iRobot Roomba 530 Vacuum Cleaning Robot

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IROBOT ROOMBA 530 VACUUM CLEANING ROBOT PRODUCT REVIEW AND DESCRIPTION

The fantastic iRobot Roomba 530 Vacuum Cleaning Robot features iRobot's newest innovations for dramatically improved performance, reliability and durability. The iRobot Roomba 530 Vacuum Cleaning Robot systematically cleans 3-4 rooms on a single charge, gets into hard-to-reach areas like wall edges and beneath furniture, avoids stairs and other drop offs and automatically adjusts from carpets to hard floors and back again.

The iRobot Roomba 530 Vacuum Cleaning Robot is supplied with two Virtual Walls® which tell Roomba where to clean by restricting off-limit areas. Roomba 530 returns to its self-charging Roomba Home Base to dock and recharge between cleaning cycles so it's always ready to clean.

NEW IROBOT ROOMBA 530 FEATURES

A solid heavy duty design featuring modular components for enhanced durability and easy servicing

Anti tangle technology so Roomba 530 can extract itself from tassels and cord tangles

Light touch intelligent sensing system that can detect when Roomba 530 is approaching a wall or obstacle and automatically slow the robot down for a gentler impact and quieter operation

One button activation, simply press 'clean' and go

A built in voice tutorial for new users that demonstrates Roomba 530's features right out of the box

A new mobility platform that allows Roomba to travel on thicker carpets and transition easily between different floor surfaces which include wood, carpets, tiles and rugs

New redesigned dustbin holds significantly more debris Roomba 530 includes all of these features and cleans up to three standard rooms before returning to its Roomba Home base to recharge!

Review on Amazon: Okay, so the Roomba was designed to vacuum whilst you are out at work or off doing more interesting things. It fails at this - there is no way you'll want to be out of the house when this little beauty is doing its thang! It's far too much fun watching little "roombie" toddle about, working its way around your furniture and belongings and then wandering off into the next room. I think I would have paid just for that alone... however, the bonus prize is that Roomba is also a workaholic. As I type he's just taken himself off into the bathroom to clean in there (good luck to him!).

If you're thinking of buying a Roomba you probably have some questions and I'm guessing they're similar to the questions I had:
1) Does Roomba really vacuum? - The short answer is yes, it really does. Perhaps if you're the sort of person who regularly throws dirt about your home then this might not be for you - but for the rest of us who just have the normal everyday kind of stuff to vacuum up then it's perfect. The suction might not be as great as with some of the heavy duty manual vacuums but the fact that Roomba goes over the same spot a few times in its journey means that so far it has cleaned everything I have asked it to.
2) How thorough is the cleaning? - I'd say more thorough than you are I ever achieve with a manual vacuum. I've watched Roomba for quite some time and it uses a combination of diving across to the other side of the room, circular motions and following the edge of the room. So far I haven't noticed it missing anywhere. My flat is in 2 halves, joined by a long corridor. I had thought this would confuse Roomba and I'd probably have to do one half one day then move it to the other half manually. No siree - Roomba works its way back and forth without any trouble whatsoever.
3) Does it get stuck? - Roomba really knows how to get itself out of a jam! I have a lot of furniture in my flat and Roomba has worked its way in and out of all of it. In particular to get under my dining table and chairs Roomba only really has one or two routes (because of the way I have anything positioned) - every time it's gone under there it has found its way back out again with very little problem.
4) What about cables and other things lying about? - Every review I read prior to buying Roomba said I would need to move these out of the way. They were all wrong. Yes, cables are a tad confusing for Roomba and sometimes it takes a few seconds to work them out, but every time it has come across one it has managed to climb over it or get itself untangled again in a few seconds, without any intervention from me.
5) Does it damage furniture or knock things over? - Nope. I see no damage to any of my furniture and despite watching Roomba hurtle into my floor-standing plant pots several times I've yet to see it knock any of them over.
Honestly, Roomba is great. I shall never vacuum again!
Update: a year on and I love my Roomba!

iRobot Roomba 530 Vacuum Product Features

Technical Details
Powerful vacuum and rotating brushes
Automatically adjusts from carpets to hard floors
Knows where to clean and where not to
Returns to Home Base for recharging automatically
Cleans under and around furniture, corners, along walls
1 Year Warranty