I love it!

The set up was so easy! I just had to wait for the battery to charge up. I plan on running it once a day for the first week since I didn't have a vacuum before this one and my dog has been shedding on the carpet for 2 months! His hair sticks better than velcro. I have used it 3 times since I got it and almost all of the hair is picked up. (there was alot!) I love the virtual walls too. It gets under my big comfy chair and really works it's little butt off. I thought I wouldn't use the scheduler because it would be a pain to set up, but it was easy and I have it set to clean twice a week (because of the shedding) while I am at school and the dog is in the kennel. ^M
I wasn't sure if the outside brush would get all the dog hair against the wall, the carpet looked white, but it got that cleaned up right away. The only bad part is the fact that I will have to clean the brushes alot because the hair gets trapped in there. Oh yeah and it even goes right to the kitchen floor and sweeps that perfectly. ^M
I am worried about the poor customer service comments I have seen, but hopefully they have gotten the message and will improve. ^M
I have a neat freak for a roommate and since I am not one, this will hopefully make him happy. Plus since the kitchen is his area to clean and it helps him out too.

Excellent product, and I received it free!

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what I like and dislike about the Roomba

I wanted to get a Roomba for a while, so finally my siblings got together and got me a Roomba for Christmas.^M
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I have 2 cats and a dog. Our house is mostly hardwood, with carpet allong the long hallway. We get plenty of hair on all sufaces.^M
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The first time I used the Roomba, I was amazed at how much dirt/dust/hair it found in a room that I thought was relatively clean. I fell in love with it right away. ^M
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It still continues to amaze me every time I use it on the wood floors. But after the first few times, I started noticing some flaws:^M
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1. The edge cleaning brush is too small. Hence, it cleans edges, but cannot reach corners. Also, it is not rigid enough, so the edges may not get cleaned depending on how solidly the dust has settled there.^M
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2. The brushes are a pain to clean, specially to get the hair off. In my situation, I find that I need to clean the brushes after every room (sometimes even after half the room), versus the recommended once in 3 times^M
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3. The Roomba sometimes "throws up" on the carpet for no obvious reason. It will leave behind a streak of hair/dust as it goes along. No such issue on the hardwood floors. Works like magic on hardwood floors.^M
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4. It doesnt clean hair off the carpet as well as a regular vacuum cleaner (I have a darkish carpet, so you can really tell)... not powerful enough for carpet/rugs...^M
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All said and done, I love the Roomba for the hardwood floors. I use it on the carpet for 'basic' cleaning every 4-5 days (read - the carpet doesnt look CLEAN but it doesnt look DIRTY either), and then follow up with a regular vacuum cleaner every other week. ^M
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I wouldnt pay so much myself to buy it if I knew about the "dark side" of it, but now that I have it, I make full use of it... If I didnt need to clean the carpet/rugs, I would give it 5 stars. If iRobot can fix the above flaws in the next model, I would definitely LOVE the Roomba!