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iRobot Roomba 581

The office doesn’t get cleaned very often

iRobot Roomba 581

Even polystyrene packaging was picked up, along with the dirt

iRobot Roomba 581

Another view of the office carpet: before...

iRobot Roomba 581

...and after the iRobot's attentions

Anonymous Coward

Chairs eh?

"The Roomba is incapable of dealing with them. It climbs on top of the leg and starts..."

Down! Bad hoover! Down I say!

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Untidy wife?!

And there I was thinking it was a male trait, given all the females I know comment on my pigsty (which is tidy compared to this article). They don't seem to understand my sophisticated organisation scheme and think it is just crap strewn around.

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Anonymous Coward

@Anton Ivanov

".... It climbs on top of the leg and starts bleeping for help."

ROTFLMAO!

Thanks for that, a spot of light in an otherwise dull day.

I had an image of a Roomba in a nightclub frantically signaling to its mate... "I've found a pair of slappers who are up for it but you are getting the ugly sofa from Argos"...

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And I thought my flat was a mess

Rope, bubble wrap, cement, and Lord only knows what crap appears in the photos of your office. You, Sir, live like a beast. I salute you.

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It DOES suck - in a good way...

There are a few posts on here that say that the Roomba does not have a vacuum function, or that it does not suck - this is inaccurate.

It's true that the majority of the cleaning is done by twin counter-rotating bars (one to brush the carpet and one rubber one to beat the carpet), but the beating of the carpet brings the dust to the surface (much like if you whack an old sofa or train seat), and then at the back of the Roomba is a vacuum - albeit a low power one - which sucks up this dust.

I have a Roomba 560 which cleans my flat daily, and leaves it spotless. There's no point in having one if you use it infrequently as it's not meant for deep cleans, but with it running every day my carpet looks great.

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