iRobot Roomba Discovery SE

Frankly, I was hesitant to order this because there weren't many reviews and replacement batteries from another vendor can sometimes be a little sketchy in my limited experience. The price made it worth trying for me, and I'm very pleased. The battery fits in my Roomba Sage perfectly, and it charged with no problem. It's been running for a while now doing the first cleaning (hooray for getting housework done while I'm on the computer). I'm happy!Get more detail about Tenergy 4905 Replacement... Read Full Story

iRobot 560 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, Black and Silver irobot 560, Cleans routinely, so you don’t have to. 500 Series robots offer the latest innovations from iRobot with unprecedented efficiency, coverage, and cleaning performance. irobot 560 Review I would like to see Roombas at various times over the years, and with this latest (newest, greatest) version, I decided Roomba 560 a shot. Now it runs much, much better than I had expected. I really thought it would be in other areas and not in a... Read Full Story

My wife and I decided to get one of these because our 8 month old son is about to start crawling. While we try and keep our floors clean, our beagle has other thoughts as she sheds all over the place. We went with the latest 560 model as it has just about everything we would want with a product like this. It works as advertised and we will definitley keep it but there are some areas that need improvement. Here is a quick breakdown of the pros and cons Pros 1. Quieter than a standard vaccuum... Read Full Story

The product I own is a Roomba 535; available only through a television retailer. However all the 500 series cleaning components are the same, only the battery life, lighthouse/virtual wall compatibility, and scheduling features differ. Note: This review is for the 500 series only. Its performance is greatly improved over earlier models. When the Roomba first appeared on the market several years ago I purchased one which wasn't worth the paper the owner's manual was printed on and it was... Read Full Story

I won't duplicate what others have said. On our hardwood floors Roomba does a better job than the top-rated cannister which we've been using. We have a good whole-house furnace filter and we don't get an enormous amount of dust, so I don't find that the Roomba dust tray fills up quickly. It's true that the Roomba needs minor regular maintenance (such as cleaning the brushes), but all vacuums need this, and they rarely get it. It is easier to perform that maintenance on a Roomba. Two things... Read Full Story

I have been a long time customer of iRobot. I have had multiple early generation Roombas (and still have four fourth generation Roombas in my house). I bought two 560's in September and the side brushes became "amputees" within the first few weeks, with the brushes breaking off. When I called for Technical Support (not listed on their website: 877.855.8593) I was told it was a "known problem", and they would ship out the new redesigned side brush replacements as soon as received. Weeks later... Read Full Story

We have two Roombas plus a Scooba in our house. When one of the batteries on one of our Roombas finally reached the end of its life cycle, we decided to donate that Roomba to a friend and to get ourselves the new top of the line - the Roomba 560. We got this right when it first came out, but we waited several months before posting a review. It's pretty much impossible to review one of these Roombas after only a few days! It takes weeks if not months to start to see how well they last over... Read Full Story

The problem with product reviews on Amazon is that for an expensive item people tend to love it because they paid good money for it. They don't want to feel they made a mistake by then giving it a low or even medium review score, but instead give it a 4 and downplay the limitations as little flaws. So, my score of 3 stars must be wrong, right? Three stars, to me, means pretty good, nowhere near ideal. And Roomba is indeed pretty good, but I expect someday in the future we'll laugh at the... Read Full Story

Remember that scene in Star Wars IV: A New Hope when that little black robot is going down the hall and sees Chewbacca and lets out a little electronic yelp and starts heading the other way? That's was my first impression of the Roomba 560. When I got the package from Amazon, I couldn't wait to try this out, so I started a little spot clean before I let it get its first charge. The robot immediately started a spiral pattern which widened until it ran into me sitting on the floor, and then it... Read Full Story

I was doubtful about the effectiveness of Roomba machines since they came out, because I figured, "What could a "fan on wheels" really vacuum?" That is because the Roomba is not meant to replace your real vacuum -- it's not going to agitate deep dust and pollen in a shag carpet like a powerful vacuum. Those vacuums are heavy and loud for a reason. But if you let Roomba work regularly, you have to use the big vacuum a LOT less. I bought this model last year for our new house, so that it could... Read Full Story