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Amazing! – MSB –
Our home is 3,000 sq feet, single story. I have a newly crawling baby and 3 other children a toddler and two children under 8. We also have one pet, a cat. So normally I would have to run the vacuum by hand after each meal. However, with the Roomba I have not had a need to do that. I have her run after dinner each evening in our dining area. Perfect! She picks up whatever the kids leave behind. Each morning I have her clean the family room, school room and game room. Once a week she does the bedrooms.
I had concerns that because of my children liking to leave things behind, toys, books, etc. We’d not be able to use the Roomba. But each evening after dinner we do what we call “Roomba clean” so that she can do her job without running into landminds of books or toys. The house looks amazing and the carpet and hard floors look so nice after she has done her job.
I am amazed at what the Roomba picks up. And boy does she go for awhile without having to be emptied.
The spot clean feature is great for small areas. Love that and use it often!

My cat is not scared of it, and he is a very jumpy cat. I was imagining a cat running scared. So I’d imagine most animals can tolerate it very well.

I have a pet dyson and though I loved that, I needed to push that, plug it in, move it from room to room. I don’t have the hassle of me being involved in the cleaning with this, which works great so I can do other things while she handle the floors.

My only complaint is the light house/ virtual wall. I wish there were on off switches as it’s truly a pain to have to put the batteries in to use it and take them out when I don’t want it to (as they run as soon as the Roomba does) if you leave batteries in it. For the price of the Roomba I think it would be nice to have switches on those. But that’s not enough to deter me from the Roomba.
Also with a household like mine, I do wish Irobot would offer a lifetime warranty. I didn’t purchase from them because at the time the price was 9 and the warranty was just 2 years. I purchased from Hammacher Schlemmer as they had a free shipping coupon off, and a lifetime warranty. So out the door I paid 9.

I know some folks say they sleep when they run Roomba. I could not do so as I do find her to be a bit loud. I guess if you are able to shut your bedroom door maybe and confined her to another floor you could do that.

Every day I thank my husband for letting us use a bit of tax money for this little robot.
iRobot 610 : Product Details