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I bought a Neato Signature XV together with the pro brush add on a month ago. Fantastic is all I can say.
The wife was sceptical and tested it with shed loads of weetabix crumbs everywhere and the robot hoover made short work of them.
My wife is OCD about cleaning so we did a second test, she hoovered the lounge as she would usually with our other expensive upright hoover and then I set the robot off after. We were amazed that the robot was still collecting a lot of dust!!
As I live in an apartment the robot hoover can do the entirety of the floor space so Monday, Wednesday and Friday it pops off it's charging dock and cleans the whole apartment and when we get in from work it looks spotless, looks like it has been hoovered well and the robot is back recharging.
Quite funny watching it return to base and it is flawless after doing three point turn and reversing in. We have the charging dock under a unit so the hoover is actually out of sight.
The only down side is the hoover misses about 2 cms around the skirting and furniture but I guess that is so it doesn't scratch them.
Cannot recommend the Neato enough and I like the D shape as the hoover part is as big as a normal upright.
The wife was sceptical and tested it with shed loads of weetabix crumbs everywhere and the robot hoover made short work of them.
My wife is OCD about cleaning so we did a second test, she hoovered the lounge as she would usually with our other expensive upright hoover and then I set the robot off after. We were amazed that the robot was still collecting a lot of dust!!
As I live in an apartment the robot hoover can do the entirety of the floor space so Monday, Wednesday and Friday it pops off it's charging dock and cleans the whole apartment and when we get in from work it looks spotless, looks like it has been hoovered well and the robot is back recharging.
Quite funny watching it return to base and it is flawless after doing three point turn and reversing in. We have the charging dock under a unit so the hoover is actually out of sight.
The only down side is the hoover misses about 2 cms around the skirting and furniture but I guess that is so it doesn't scratch them.
Cannot recommend the Neato enough and I like the D shape as the hoover part is as big as a normal upright.
megapixels83 said:
I bought a Neato Signature XV...
The only down side is the hoover misses about 2 cms around the skirting and furniture but I guess that is so it doesn't scratch them.
Roomba has a brush which goes up to the edge and slows down as it approaches other objects to avoid damaging them. It just misses a small area in each corner.The only down side is the hoover misses about 2 cms around the skirting and furniture but I guess that is so it doesn't scratch them.
t? Same thing happened to them 
Brother D said:
Happened this afternoon while we were out. Roomba can be a bit of a dic sometimes.
I said that was a bad design for a 'bookcase' Sister D purchased.
Sister D said 'make sure you secure it to the wall' - I think this one might be on me...
It's going to take some glue to make that fly again.I said that was a bad design for a 'bookcase' Sister D purchased.
Sister D said 'make sure you secure it to the wall' - I think this one might be on me...
Mine used to knock over my bowling pin until I Blu Tacked it to the floor. I saw the funny side of the strike though.
I have a Neato signature xv and its great for picking up all the little bits during the week after my 3 year old. I just get the dyson out on a Sunday and go around the edges.
Ohh you do have to remove the dogs water bowl or the kitchen gets mopped rather than hooverd and then you have to dry and clean the filter but other words its great
Ohh you do have to remove the dogs water bowl or the kitchen gets mopped rather than hooverd and then you have to dry and clean the filter but other words its great
I bought a cheap broken Roomba as a project, and they all have one common flaw (which mine has).
When they are 'Off', they are still on. As in the circuits are live, waiting for signals and drawing power. The roomba can only charge it's battery up from about 11v, anything below that and it struggles, and blows one or both of the power MOFSETS on the mainboard, and will never charge again until you replace the modules.
Mine had 0v when it arrived, you can connect the charging plug directly to the battery terminals with bits of wire, which charged it up (the battery is old and dead, but I wanted to check the machine did work before starting to spend money on it). Charged up to 17v, and it ran perfectly.
So, if you store the Roomba, take the battery out! Or pop, and you need to do some soldering.
I quite like it though, I have an older model, and the 30 odd mins of use it has had so far have been great. Will get it fixed in the new year and let it do it's thing!
http://www.robotreviews.com/chat/viewtopic.php?f=1... is my project thread, the whole forum is bloody good for roomba stuff, there's a sticky on the main page with service manuals and tricks to do.
When they are 'Off', they are still on. As in the circuits are live, waiting for signals and drawing power. The roomba can only charge it's battery up from about 11v, anything below that and it struggles, and blows one or both of the power MOFSETS on the mainboard, and will never charge again until you replace the modules.
Mine had 0v when it arrived, you can connect the charging plug directly to the battery terminals with bits of wire, which charged it up (the battery is old and dead, but I wanted to check the machine did work before starting to spend money on it). Charged up to 17v, and it ran perfectly.
So, if you store the Roomba, take the battery out! Or pop, and you need to do some soldering.
I quite like it though, I have an older model, and the 30 odd mins of use it has had so far have been great. Will get it fixed in the new year and let it do it's thing!
http://www.robotreviews.com/chat/viewtopic.php?f=1... is my project thread, the whole forum is bloody good for roomba stuff, there's a sticky on the main page with service manuals and tricks to do.
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