Are you thinking about buying an iRobot Roomba vacuum? Wondering if they’re worth the price tag?
Before we get into that, let’s talk about what a Roomba is. A Roomba is a robotic vacuum cleaner that uses sensors to navigate and clean your floors automatically. They are often used in homes, offices, and stores to help keep things neat and tidy without having to vacuum manually.
There are many benefits of owning a Roomba such as saving time on vacuuming or creating fresh air by sucking up dust particles from carpets. But with all these great benefits come some downsides too!
Let’s get into the details of them here.
Benefits of a Roomba
Let’s start by looking at some of the benefits that you’ll get from a Roomba.
- No more vacuuming by hand, huge time-saver.
- Made to vacuum every day or two, so your floors are always clean.
- No more backaches from lugging around heavy vacuums all day
- Reaches those hard-to-reach spots under furniture, corners of rooms, etc.
- Smart mapping to save maps of your floor layout, so you can target clean rooms.
- Navigation system and sensors to recognize and avoid obstacles.
- The Recharge & Resume feature allows you to recharge your Roomba anytime during a cleaning cycle so that if the battery dies mid-cycle, it will resume where it left off
- Leaves fresh air in households with carpets due to sucking up dust, dirt, and allergens in the air. Great for asthma sufferers who might be allergic or sensitive towards dust and even pet hair.
- Almost fully automated robot if you get a Plus+ with the Clean Base self-emptying dock.
- No matter the floor type, the Roomba is designed to handle it. Carpets, hardwood floors, tile, marble – you name it!
- Wi-Fi Connected, so you can control the Roomba through the iRobot Genius app on your phone.
If you think these benefits are attractive, you’ll want to research the best Roomba models out there and see what’s the best fit for you. There are so many vacuums available, you need to compare them together and choose which ones meet your personal needs or lifestyle.
With so many great benefits, are there any disadvantages?
Downsides of a Roomba
The Roomba doesn’t have many downsides, but there are a few.
- If your pet gets scared or excited easily, the Roomba might set them off, because it is a robot that’s moving by itself along the floor and making noises.
- If there’s an area is covered by a curtain or bed skirt, the roomba won’t go through them. Those areas won’t be cleaned by the Roomba. If you want them cleaned, you’ll need to lift the fabric up.
- Roomba vacuums aren’t that cheap and can range from $250 to $1000+ for the top of the line model.
- Recharging can take around 2-3 hours, but most models will resume cleaning where it stopped in order to recharge.
Older models will be cheaper, but they’re more manual. That means you’ll need to do things like empty the dustbin yourself, because it won’t be compatible with the Clean Base stations that the Plus models have.
Different Floor Surfaces
Roombas also work on a number of surfaces, including hardwood floors, carpets, tile, and more. Some high-end models can seamlessly move between different floor surfaces while it’s cleaning.
The Roomba has sensors that allow the vacuum to detect stairs and other obstacles, before adjusting accordingly. It also emits a sensor to let it know if it’s about to reach the stairs, so it won’t drop.
The Roombas are able to clean various types of floor, because they have powerful suction abilities and dual rubber brushes to agitate the dirt and debris hiding in carpet. They also have sensors that can see if there’s still dirt on the floor, and it’ll run over the area again and again until it’s spotless.
Smart Home Integration
The smart home is meant to make our lives easier and robot vacuums do just that. They give us our time back and if you get creative, you can connect your smart home devices to work together.
Robot vacuums are a core component of a smart home and work well with other smart devices. You can even program the Roomba to start cleaning after your smart lock has locked the door, because you’ve left the house for work.
Roombas can be programmed to clean at certain times of day, or scheduled for specific days of the week.
If you’re away from home and forgot you’re having guests over that night, you can tell Roomba to vacuum the living room and more directly on your phone. No more running home to power it on and then running back out to finish work and errands.
Conclusion – Are Roombas Worth It:
Yes, a Roomba is worth buying. You save time and effort by having a Roomba clean the floors in your home. You don’t have to worry about pets or children getting hurt on a regular vacuum’s cord, and you can enjoy living with fewer allergens floating through the air after it has been cleaned up.
And that’s all with little effort from you, because the Roomba is all about saving you time and making your life easier.
