iRobot Roomba 560 Vacuum Cleaning Robot – Model# 72-94560

Monday, July 13th, 2009 at 5:34 am

iRobot Roomba 560 Vacuum Cleaning Robot - Model# 72-94560

Manufacturer: Trademark Global
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List Price: $379.99
Sale Price: $249.99
Availibility: Usually ships in 2-3 business days

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Product Description

Why waste time pushing a heavy vacuum when you could be spending that time with your family The Roomba is a robotic vacuum that cleans your floor without your guidance. The Roomba will clean surfaces from midpile carpet to hardwood floors, automatically adjusting its cleaning head to gather dirt the most effectively. The Roomba robotic floor vac is easy to use, but under the hood it's a complex robot featuring a high-efficiency particle vacuum and cleaning brushes that provide exceptional surface cleaning. It may be circular, but the Roomba still cleans edges and corners using its spinning side brush, which rotates outside the unit's housing diameter to gather debris from tough-to-reach spots. Just turn it on and walk away!

Product Details

Picks up dirt, dust, pet hair and more from carpets and hard floors
Cleans the whole floor, under and around furniture and along wall edges
Automatically adjusts from carpets to hard floors and back again
Detects dirtier areas and spends more time cleaning them
Spot Clean provides quick cleanup of spills and concentrated messes

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Customer Reviews

Great floor cleaner.... More free time...

Review Date: November 13, 2009

Reviewer: Toh Soon Hock,

The iRobot Roomba 560 has changed our lifes. We get more free time by having iRobot Roomba 560 clean the rooms before we return home from work/school.

Simply amazing invention! :-)

Useful but lacking intelligence

Review Date: July 27, 2009

Reviewer: Sundar Ganapathy, New York, NY USA

Let me start out by saying i love this thing and if you have any doubts about the roomba product in general, do yourself a favor and buy one. It is a must have if you have an apartment or studio and don't have the time or the energy to sweep.

The product works as advertised and cleans up everything that a broom would get. Its even better because it can get under some furniture and requires little work on your part. I say little work because there are some things that can really cripple the roomba.

For one thing, the cliff sensor technology does not work. I have to use a virtual wall (included w/o batteries) to stop the roomba from going into my bathroom. The bathroom is set a few inches below the rest of the apartment and without the wall, the roomba would drive over this edge- but will not be able to climb back out.

The other thing that totally cripples the roomba are plastic bags and wires. The roomba will totally choke on plastic bags, and then get those bags caught in its wheels. It will struggle to get out continuously until it runs out of battery life. The roomba will also suck up cables and wires on the floor, like laptop or cell phone charging cables. It will not let these go but it will continue cleaning and driving around like a dog on a leash until it runs out of battery.

Finally, it has a tendency to move things like shoes or clothes on the floor all around the apartment (and under furniture).

In order to use this thing, you need to make sure that the floor is clear of the obstacles mentioned above and that the virtual walls are in place. I have the roomba scheduled to clean everyday shortly after I leave the apartment in the morning. Before I leave, I have to make sure the shoes are in the closet, clothes in laundry, and cables and wires on the table - otherwise I will come home to find the roomba lying dead somewhere on the floor rather than sitting idly on the charging base.

I recommend the product but I believe that iRobot has its work cut out for it to make future roombas even more hassle free and convenient.