Other Robot Vacuum Cleaners

[Erhan]

Erhan, can't the robot find its way home? what brush do you use, how often do you run the robot?

[Medtech]

Medtech, he finds his way home before entering all the rooms. But, even, having started vacuuming in one room, he can, leaving uncleaned places, roll off to another. But even where he deigned to visit, rubbish still remains, which is very noticeable on my white tiles.
I use a combined brush. As for the side, it almost immediately lost its shape - it spun around its axis, so debris also remains along the walls and in the corners.
Launched a robot purchased in March 2015 2-3 times a day 5 times a week. Now the robot has stopped charging, and I don't even want to look for a new battery for it.
As for Rumba, after four years of impeccable work, he moved into the good hands of his mother-in-law, where he was safely broken in a couple of months, since he was not at all cleared of garbage and was crushed by the guests trying to weigh themselves.

[Erhan]

Erhan,
And for 170 meters, the usual Botvak will be too small, this is guaranteed with intermediate charging and, accordingly, with rapid battery wear.
The robot does not humanly divide the territory into rooms, for it there is an available cleaning area that will eventually be completed.
In your situation, it is worth purchasing a lithium-ion battery from usually they are on an Amazon or ebea, metal hydride is rather weak for this mode.
The side brush quickly regains its shape when rinsed in boiling water.
As you yourself can see, not all robots are suitable for apartments or users. You should have looked at the Kobold, or rumba 980, but the price ....
If you do not want to use the robot, then it is better to sell it, it will still serve other users with a smaller area.
If it's not a secret, how much time did you clean your apartment with a rumba if you count all the time from start to finish with exercises.

[Medtech]

Medtech, I know the robot is cleaning with its squares, not my rooms. But, as you said, as a result, the entire area should be removed. But, even at the beginning of his career, the robot wrote that the cleaning was completed and returned to the base. In this case, the battery was not completely discharged, and some places in the apartment were ignored. I, of course, launched the robot from another place for the second time, but this was not a guarantee of complete cleaning.
In addition, at its cruising speed, Botvak simply does not have time to capture all the garbage, and the second time does not pass through one place.
I cannot look at other robots here, they are not on sale, Botvak was brought from Germany. Buying online from abroad is not an option for Turkey.
It is also difficult to sell it here - 170 sq. meters is the average area of ​​the local apartments. And I don't know anyone who has a robot vacuum cleaner, although my husband actively advertises it to his family friends. We, with all our gadgets, are looked at with irony.
Rumba I did not clean the apartment completely every day. Be sure to run it in the kitchen, hallway, and in some room. Thus, the kitchen was cleaned every day, and the rooms 2-3 times a week.
And I want to use a robot, even if it is not quite suitable for me. It's much better than vacuuming yourself.

The process of cleaning the kitchen is very interesting: how the vacuum cleaner moves under the dining table if there are chairs. Do they need to be removed while cleaning?

[$ vetLana]

$ vetLana, of course, it is desirable to remove.

Good day. I have xrobot 510d. Lasted 2 years, then the battery died. Tell me where is the best place to buy a new battery?

I advise lovers of robosos to watch an entertaining vidos on YouTube! Very well reveals the capabilities of devices) "Test robot vacuum cleaners: iCLEBO Omega, Neato Connected, iRobot Roomba 980, Xiaomi Mi Robot, Panda X900"

[Natia]

Natia, unfortunately, does not reveal well, because the garbage is specific, testers change measurement methods on the fly and completely ignore the results, robots work in different modes.
Robots are now designed for cleaning apartments, but not for cleaning one room, so the test with sand in one room is synthetic and is very similar to the test that the seller Q-Robot conducted, in the last test it was not shy and conducted the test on its own behalf, but the winner remained again from the manufacturer iKlebo, only now Omega.
Despite the fact that the Omega universal robot would not recommend it in the presence of animals and carpets.
But the seller gives its robots for testing and this is the best way to choose a robot for itself - a test in your own apartment.

[Medtech]

Medtech, tell me too, please
1. The area of ​​the apartment? 60 sq. m
2. Number of rooms? 3
3. Size of the largest room or combined space? 18 sq. m
4. The composition of the coatings? Linoleum and Soviet carpets.
5. The presence of animals and which ones? no
6. The presence of long-haired with hair length over 25cm? no
7. Who will service the robot (clean, empty the bin, watch)? Husband
8. How do you imagine the work of a robot? Dry and wet cleaning
9. Are you ready to adjust the apartment for robotic cleaning? Yes
10. Budget? I would like to be inexpensive, but reliable

Question 10 requires a specific answer. Moreover, the criteria are opposite, plus wet cleaning, it is worth clarifying what is the ratio of carpets and smooth surfaces.

Question 10 requires a specific answer.

up to 30 thousand is possible? If not, then I collect more

There are discounts on robotic vacuum cleaners at Ozone. Who is interested?

[Elina]

Elina, I have iCLEBO Arte Silver. I'm not overjoyed at him. Such a smart girl. It has been working properly for two years already. He walks through all rooms without any beacons. The carpet cleans, removes sand from the rug, crumbs in the kitchen. He returns to the base himself. Well, what else is needed!

[two]

Elena, I have Kitfort KT-519 superbudget dust for the area you specified is enough for your eyes. There are few state employees on the market who charge enough for 2.5-3 hours of cleaning. If you give up the idea of ​​wet cleaning, then what you need. About Soviet carpets, I am tormented by vague doubts that not a single robot will take it. One of the reasons why I got rid of carpets, now they are vacuumed by homeless people. Regarding reliability / price, for the price of the cheapest Roomba 616 you can buy two Kitfort KT-519 which will work the same or even more rumba

[sazalexter]

sazalexter, It will be interesting to listen to you in 8-9 years. But Elyf 4, which local sellers sell under the trade name Kitfort, perfectly cleans carpets with a turbo brush. But in two or three years your KT-519 will be a dancer on your carpets with homeless people, rumba is hard to survive.

But after two or three years your KT-519

Sergei, I'm ready for this in three years, the donkey will die, I'll buy a new one if it won't be repaired. There is neither desire nor opportunity to overpay for a popular Chinese rumba. PS: your blog and forum is a trunk, I read it regularly, more and more convinced that nothing lasts forever under the moon and ideal things do not exist.

[Medtech]

Medtechunfortunately I didn't see your advice.

[Elina]

Elina, inexpensive, reliable, wet cleaning - iKlebo Arte.
sazalexter, my 9 year has already gone, while it works, you don't even need to PR or it's worth it.

[Medtech]

Medtechwhile I study the sites, my daughter ordered me an IROBOT Roomba 616 as a gift
I'm a little confused, the order can be canceled, but I don't want to offend her. I am also afraid, what if it is of inadequate quality? What to do? Redeem or not?

Rumba 60 meters back to back, but inexpensive and very reliable

Hello Sergey. Help with the choice.
1. Apartment area = 60m2
2. Number of rooms = 2 + kitchen + hallway
3. The area of ​​the largest room or combined space = 20m2
4.Coating composition = laminate + 1 short pile carpet 1.6 * 2 + hallway mat
5. The presence of animals and which ones = not
6. The presence of long-haired with hair length over 25cm = 1
7. Who will maintain the robot (clean, empty the bin, watch) = husband
8. How do you imagine the work of the robot = regular cleaning of visible debris, crumbs
9. Are you ready to adjust the apartment for robotic cleaning = yes
10. Budget = up to 30,000 rubles (although I did not study the range and prices, I would like something budgetary, but workable)

Almost everything is efficient, far from everything is reliable.
Xiaomi, Rumba 6xx series 7 is no longer there, Elyf 4 or kitfort, polaris, lilin with a turbo brush since there are carpets, Khrobot.
There are no animals, no wool, and Omega is also possible.

Thank you, I will choose

Hello Sergey. Can you help me decide?
1. Apartment area: 78m² (the apartment is currently rented, how long we will live here - we do not know).
2. Number of rooms: everything is complicated here, according to plan 2. In fact: the kitchen is a studio in which a part of the bedroom is fenced off (there is a separate entrance) + a nursery.
3. The area of ​​the largest room or combined space: 39m² is the area of ​​the combined kitchen and room, the room-bedroom 2.3x2.5 probably in size.
4. The composition of the coatings: linoleum (but ideally even only in the children's room, in the corridor and the kitchen of the studio, waves went + there are sills in the doorways, they are stepped from the kitchen of the studio into the corridor 2 cm and then 0.7 cm somewhere, from the corridor to the kitchen - the studio immediately turns out to be almost 3 cm, in the nursery 2.5 is the maximum. But if anything, then as an option I can safely carry it around the rooms).
5. The presence of animals and what kind: 2 cats, one has short hair, but a lot of undercoat - down. Second cat with long hair.
6. The presence of long-haired with a hair length of more than 25 cm: while I am alone, then maybe my daughter will have braids.
7. Who will service the robot (clean, empty the bin, watch): me and possibly my husband.
8. How do you imagine the work of the robot: dry and wet cleaning.
9. Are you ready to adjust the apartment for robotic cleaning: honestly, I don't quite understand what to do, if you turn the chairs over, then yes, otherwise there is rubbish on the floor (there is no wires in it).
10. Budget: 500 $ ±
If the budget is not enough for my requests, then please write down the possible options, maybe the husband, having heard weighty arguments, will revise the budget for the purchase of this device. And one more thing: I am from Ukraine, so many of the robots I wrote about here for the first time I hear (maybe of course I just haven't come across on the Internet).

[Yana]

Yana, Botvak any, Omega, you can rumba 960, Xiaomi.

[Medtech]

Medtech, is ECOVACS DEEBOT DM81 really bad? What he likes for me is the presence of a water tank. Omega doesn't have that, does it? that is, if you program cleaning, then moistening a cloth and it can dry.

[Yana]

YanaIf you look at iLife 4-7, then you will quite recognize in them both debot and panda and lilin and any other, these are OEM robots that are ultimately made by all of China under different names.
It is worth considering that the robot starts pouring water as soon as you pour it into the tank, therefore automatic wet cleaning is impossible - it is poured, moistened and immediately started, wet cleaning is always under the supervision of the operator, the robot is stuck, broke, wound on brushes - as a result, it stopped - water from the tank enters the rag, the rag will not be able to absorb all the water, a puddle will not be able to absorb all the water, if you have tiles or linoleum it is not very scary - a wet and dirty napkin under the robot after cleaning will go out while waiting for you for service, if you do not notice the smell of wet rags then it's not scary. But think - the napkin collects dirt, it will not be able to absorb all the dirt, the dirt on the floor and the dirt on the napkin will begin to balance and if the robot will wash for a long time, and ordinary random robots wash until they are discharged, then your napkin usually turns into a brush that smoothly smears. Washing with one napkin is a very subjective thing, someone suits, someone does not.

[Medtech]

Medtech, and another question: how do robots feel about uneven floors?
In this apartment, linoleum was not quite high quality, and in some places decent "full". If anything, I can show you in PM

I have no experience with the waves, I won't tell you, I don't know how robots work in "sea mode"

[60 sq. m]

Sergey, please help me with a choice
1. The area of ​​the apartment? 60 sq. m
2. Number of rooms? 2 + kitchen + hallway
3. Size of the largest room or combined space? 20 sq. m
4. The composition of the coatings? Laminate + porcelain stoneware, no carpets except rubber in the hallway with very small pile
5. The presence of animals and which ones? no
6. The presence of long-haired with a hair length of more than 25cm? I (this is precisely the factor that is the subject of our heated discussion with my husband, he says that not a single robot will survive my hair)
7. Who will service the robot (clean, empty the bin, watch)? Me and husband
8. How do you imagine the work of a robot? Dry cleaning as needed, every other day, for example (once a week I do general thomas)
9. Are you ready to adjust the apartment for robotic cleaning? Yes
10. Budget? I would like to be inexpensive, but reliable, ideally up to 20 thousand, if at all possible

Thank you in advance for your response

[Kara]

Kara, since you have thanked in advance, you can not answer
the budget is only for Chinese robots, or the maximum is Rumba, but you will need to clean the brushes more often, 1-2 times a week it is easy to do it with a red ring.
Ideally, a Neato XV with a flat brush, 80% of the hair on the floor will be in the trash, the rest will most likely remain on the flat brush, long hair is well collected with a high vacuum or 8xx or 9xx series rumba rollers, and wrapped hair can be easily removed from the edges.
But the budget directs you to any Chinese without a turbo brush, only with two side ones - Panda, Gutrend, Kitfort, and Life, all will do - but for 2-3 years, then the cost of ownership will rise sharply and it is easier to buy a new robot.

Sergey, thank you!
And please explain what the turbo brush is for, and due to what

further the cost of ownership will rise sharply

It may be possible to convince the husband that more money can be spent on this assistant

[Kara]

KaraLook cheap Kitfort 519 (ILIFE A4), cleans smartly, is inexpensive, it is true with a brush, but picks up sand well

[Kara]

Kara, I was skeptical even when the robot crawled through the house. And now he himself likes to "vacuum"

[Kara]

KaraLook cheap Kitfort 519 (ILIFE A4), cleans smartly, is inexpensive, it is true with a brush, but picks up sand well

Alexander, we have almost no sand, but my hair, which regularly sheds, will kill these brushes in no time, or my husband - when he starts cleaning it

Alena, here's mine too And the fact that I got sick of it (and, by the way, I got sick of him and my son, and my neighbors for sure) to vacuum every other day at 11 at night is nonsense

[Kara]

KaraEven the rotating brush is easy to clean. I have Iklebo. at home there are two long-haired blondes and a Persian, always shedding cat. I clean myself, and my husband vacuums.

[Kara]

KaraHave you already had a robot vacuum cleaner? You should rent a robot and try it yourself.

Sergei, it was not, but too late
Now I have a brownie


Yesterday we remembered our youth, when the whole family sat in front of the washing machine. The whole evening they followed him in single file, watching how diligently he cleans up all the corners.

[Kara]

Kara, congratulations on your new family member!

I will report how much I racked my head over which robot to take, in the end I took an inexpensive one (ECOVACS DEEBOT SLIM DA 60 Lightning Green), for several reasons:
1. I immediately "laid eyes" on him, very beautiful.
2. A rented apartment, this robot is enough for cleaning the rooms.
3. If you didn’t like the quality of cleaning, it would be very sorry for the money spent.
4. Well, we also talked with my husband like this: if everything is arranged in this robot, then after how many years there, you can already buy a smart

I have no experience with the waves, I won't tell you, I don't know how robots work in "sea mode"

Since this vacuum cleaner is low, it hangs a little "on the waves", and when it drives with a cloth, even the slightest wave stops it, puffs for a while, then goes back.

On the cons of this vacuum cleaner:
1. Cleans up until it is discharged (for auto mode).
2. Very chaotic movements, even if you set a cleaning program around the perimeter.
But (!) I initially bought an inexpensive vacuum cleaner, so there shouldn't have been any special smell of intelligence. What has become cleaner is yes. Cat hair removes with a bang. Works quietly.
The apartment is clean and without my participation - it's wonderful and wonderful.

[Yana]

Yana, the robot vacuum cleaner (if selected correctly) can't help but like it. Congratulations on being relieved of much of the household work.

Now I have a brownie

and I have the same. He requires attention, like a small child - everything must be hidden and removed from the path, especially wires and every little thing. He cleans super, after passing the daisan, still picks up a full container of dust, but does not like the fan, squeaks all the time, climbing on it or can stop on the bed ... then I catch it with a "mop"

[Medtech]

Medtech, Sergey, and here I will ask not only about Rumba. I myself have Rumba 630 for 4 years, I am happy to the point of madness! I also pick up a robot for my son, because one has not yet lived, a young lonely guy, I’m not used to getting around at all. Odnushka, no animals, no one but him. A virtual wall is required. Floor tiles, laminate. I would very much like something more budgetary, but to clean it. When I bought my own, I read a lot of good reviews about Panda. Now there are good reviews about Clever & Clean. Sergey, what do you recommend? I was swollen to read the reviews, I decided to ask here. Or just pull on Rumba ???

Hello, dear forum users! Presented with a Neato XV Signature vacuum cleaner. Menu and instructions in English, which I do not speak. I looked in the internet for instructions in Russian, but alas. By typing, I managed to turn it on a couple of times and see it in action. Users and pros, please tell me the algorithm for using it or a link where all this is described. Thanks in advance!

[Rosie]

Rosie, Put the robot on the base, the robot should always stand charged at the base, press the start button, the robot will go to clean the entire available area, if the territory is large, then in a little over an hour it can return to charge and then continue cleaning, so it can do it three times and then stop , can be taken to any room and run there, if the door is closed, the robot returns to the starting point after cleaning the entire available area, the trash bin must be cleaned as it fills, it is also necessary to periodically clean the brush and bearings in orange silicone bosses, a very unpretentious and reliable robot ...

[Medtech]

Medtech, thanks a lot for the clarification!

I bought Kitfort 519 (ILIFE A4) for my dust dust, 10pcs hepa filters for 600 rubles

The girls came for advice, bought a Panda i5, dry cleaning for 5, everything suits, but when I cling to a container with a rag for wet cleaning it gets very wet, there are some secrets to reduce the water supply, the tiles are washed perfectly, but the laminate is all wet. ...

[Medtech]

MedtechHello Sergey. Please help me with a choice.
1. Apartment area - 90 m2
2. Number of rooms - 3 + kitchen + hallway
3. The area of ​​the largest room or combined space - 22m2
4. Composition of coatings - laminate + porcelain stoneware
5. The presence of animals and what - cat 1 (long-haired)
6. The presence of long-haired with a hair length of more than 25 cm - 2
7. Who will maintain the robot (clean, empty the bin, watch) - I
8. How do you imagine the work of the robot - regular cleaning of visible debris, crumbs, wool
9. Are you ready to adjust the apartment for robotic cleaning - yes
10. Budget - up to 30,000 rubles (35,000)