iRobot Roomba Discovery SE

I love my new iRobot 560. I have had it about a week now and my house has never been cleaner - despite have a cleaning service that comes once a week! We have set it to vacuum every day - once a day - while we are at work - this might be over kill but I swear it is like coming home to a freshly cleaned house every day. The rugs look freshly vacuumed and the hardwood floors/tile floors are clean. I have a crazy little dog with a dog-door and I'm used to dirty paws, small leaves, etc. being... Read Full Story

i must say that until we had a Roomba, we always thought that we kept our place clean. I mean, we'd usually vacuum and mop at least once a week, even if we'd been out of town all week. Well, it didn't take us long to see just how clean a home can be with a Roomba. On our first couple of runs we were amazed to see how much stuff it found and we thought the place was clean. It actually stopped early because the bin was full. After a few days, it got up all the stuff that we'd clearly missed... Read Full Story

The Roomba is Excellent. I have it scheduled to clean when no one is home, and you can schedule different times on different days, or if you choose, schedule a day not to clean. It picks up all types of trash on the floor. Does a great job of doing the living room and dining room. I love the virtual walls to keep it out of rooms you don't want it to go into. Just have to remember to remove towels, shoe laces, string from the floor. It will try to suck it up and get tangled. But it is very... Read Full Story

Of all of the Roombas, the 560 is the best designed. Having said that, it's still not there if you have a high traffic house and need to vacuum every day or so. I'm not writing this as a Roomba newbie--I've owned, in addition to the two Roomba 560's I purchased months ago, every high-end Roomba introduced since day one. My house is 3,000 sq. ft., tile or hardwood, and I own two Labrador retrievers and a cat, so I've as good a testing area for vacuum cleaners as any. Here are the qualities I... Read Full Story

I'm very pleased with this robotic vacuum, and it does a really good cleaning job, but I'd like to add a few comments, none negative. I purchased this little robot for a rather specific reason. We have a rather small master bedroom with an oriental rug with fringes under the king size bed. It was very awkward to clean under the bed with a conventional cannister vacuum. The Roomba 560 model was advertised to be able to negotiate fringes on rugs, so I that's why I selected that model. Works... Read Full Story

I found the Roomba robotic vacuum to be excellent product, easy to unpack and set up. It was ready to use after the battery was charged. iRobot 560 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, Black and SilverThe Roomba is very good at picking up pet hair and the only mild criticism I can think of is getting the hair out from the ends of the brushes. Over all, I can think of only good things to say and perhaps the strongest endorsement I can give is to say I would buy it again and am thinking of getting a second... Read Full Story

We really loved our Roomba. And its replacement. When the first one died of wheel motor cancer just after the warranty expired, we got a new one. Also loved. The clever thing did quite a good job on our wood floors, collecting dust, dirt, hair, sand, etc. It was very convenient to set it to work while we were able to do other things. The problem was that we used it weekly. The second one died of charger cancer soon after its warranty expired. We used the corpse of the first to charge the... Read Full Story

I have had the Roomba 560 for about a week now...I LOVE IT...At first I was very skeptical because I bought a Roomba years ago and it was a pain...it always got stuck and I had to clean it every 5 minutes ~ therefore I ended up returning it. NOW...my whole life has changed...like I mentioned in the title, I have 9 cats and 2 dogs...(I know, the crazy cat lady) anyways...I read all of these reviews so I broke down and gave Roomba a 2nd chance...I am glad I did! First I charged it and then let... Read Full Story

I was skeptical when I saw a review claiming reduced dust in the house with the Roomba, but it's true! Since getting it, I have noticed much less dust in the house. Apparently, it is picking up dust that would normally get kicked around. Even the hardwood floors that the Roomba doesn't get to is showing less dust. The other surprising thing is that when I tried to run my Dyson vacuum cleaner in the family room where Roomba runs, it didn't pick up anything significant! Although Roomba is no... Read Full Story

I've had this model for a month and it does a wonderful job on the hardwoods and short nap rugs keeping up with the constant supply of shedding from my Golden. I do have to clean the brushes after every use but the 2 minutes it takes is still better than vacuuming. Besides, there is an entertainment value involved. It does have a problem with lamp cords and such. You almost have to "Roomba Proof" the house before it runs smoothly and returns to the docking station with regularity. I'm hoping... Read Full Story