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Technical Details
- Vacuuming robot picks up dirt and debris with the touch of a button- Easy-to-empty bagless dustbin; fine-filtration system traps allergens
- Anti-tangle technology; gentle-touch bumper system; built-in cliff sensors
- Self-charging Home Base, 2 Virtual Walls, an extra filter, and more included
- Measures 16-3/4 by 21 by 5 inches; 1-year limited warranty
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By pepper's mom (NY)
Roomba-530....Love it. Made my life much easier. Just threw out another regular vac that broke and "Rudy" just took over. He has been working here for 2 1/2 weeks non stop with great success. Be smart and realistic...I read every review and he has met my expectations and more. Suggestions ...empty the dust bin after every use and tap out the filter,
if you have animals, woman or girls w/ long hair you must provide maintainence by pulling out rubber and brush rollers and getting the hair wrapped around them off. This will prolong the life of your roomba and it will work great. Most reviewers who had a problem admitted not cleaning it.
The cleaning is still better than vacuuming, it takes but a minute.
I find he works better if you break up the amount of space he cleans. I only have him do one room at a time and use the lighthouses to block him from spreading out too much-even though I have an open house plan.....he can find his charging station better with average size rooms one at a time.
He does not bump hard and damage any of my "special " furniture, stops before the steps, he is not as noisy as a regular vac, why do people expect him to be silent?
I will try to update this review if my opinion changes, but I want another one for the upstairs so I don't have to drag him around. At this point I will wear him out vacuuming my entire 2,800 sq. foot house. He works every day and I just move him from room to room. I run him while I am out and he does the downstairs while I sleep. LOVE THAT!
By F. Wang (Los Angeles, CA USA)
Pros:
1. Improved noise level (according to my friend who has an older model)
2. The "Super dirty" blue light is sensitive and works accurately. It does clean harder and longer in the area with more dust.
3. It's very convenient and easy to operate.
4. cleaning out the dirt is easy. Once I came to the realization that hair can and will absolutely get stuck in any kind of vacuuming device, I set my expectation at the ability to remove hair easily from the device, which can definitely be done with this unit. I consider cleaning dust and hair out of this unit relatively easy primarily because all the places that hair can get stuck into are pretty easily accessible and components can be easily removed and reattached.
Cons:
1. It will scratch your dark color furniture. I have dark colored furniture and this unit definitely scratches them when it goes around the legs of the furniture or move along the bottom edges. I ended up buying a lot of felt pads and stuck them to the front and sides of the unit (about 180 degrees of the front side), spaced out but fully covering all white plastic areas. I never worried about my furniture getting scratched up again.
2. The unit is virtually blind. It can ignore a big piece of paper on the floor if it's not in its calculated path. It seems silly at times. It's also funny but it doesn't know there is a piece of trash on its back and it can't clean it.
3. My unit seems to get obsessed with cleaning a certain area. For example, it will keep coming back to the kitchen 80% more than going to other areas. I had to physically move it and block the kitchen with the virtual wall.
4. If your place has a winding layout like mine, you can't just leave it on and forget about it. You will have to ask it to clean by section, which may mean that you will need more virtual walls. It will not find rooms/places too far away that are not "easily visible" from the home base.
In summary:
Even though I listed a of cons, I still consider this as a 4-star product. There is no perfect product. Judging by how well it performs its intended functions and how easy customer-specific issues can be resolved or worked around, I think this is a robust product that can benefit many buyers. I'm also looking forward to experimenting with the programming functions so it will do more things.
By G. Misyak (FARMINGDALE, NJ)
So far so good. Cleans our floors very well. The charge lasts for about what they publich (3 rooms). The product is a little noisy, not something you want on while eating a family dinner. The robot seems smart enough to clean an area and stay in that area until clean. There are some times when it does not hit a certain spot, but that is the exception. The bot did plow through a virtual wall once but I bet that was a user error and not the robot.
By Molly Schaefer (North Carolina)
My boyfriend got me my Roomba 530 as a birthday gift. I just allowed it to run it's first cycle and I couldn't be happier. I have a one bedroom apartment and "Marvin" went through and cleaned the whole thing. It took about 1 1/2 hours start to finish.
Before I let him loose, I pre-cleaned by getting certain things off the floor. I can already tell that just by owning him, everything in my house will be cleaner since the floors have to stay clear and I don't like clutter on tables, counters, etc. When he began, he first cleaned the living room and zoomed around for the most part. Whenever he approached walls or furniture, he slowed down and never bumped into anything too hard. He transitioned seamlessly into my kitchen and laundry area which have linoleum floors and got all the crumbs up. Last, he headed for the bedroom and cleaned under the bed (yes!). It was definitely entertaining to watch him buzzing around.
Overall, he went over each area he cleaned 3-4 times and my carpet looks absolutely beautiful. He is much, much quieter than an upright vacuum and the beeping noises are very cute. However, I'd recommend running him during the day when you aren't looking for absolute silence--he might be too loud to deal with for some people if you are trying to sleep. I was impressed with the amount of dirt he picked up. Cleaning the filter and dust bin out only took about 2 minutes and it was easy to do. It's far less effort than dragging out my regular vacuum, plugging it in, keeping the cord from tangling or getting unplugged, etc. I will probably only bring out my Hoover once a month from now on, for deep cleaning purposes and to do my furniture with the attachments.
I haven't used the virtual walls yet, but I'm sure they will come in handy when I want him to concentrate on specific areas. I parked his home base in an out-of-the-way corner. I don't feel like I will need a timer or anything because I plan on just hitting Clean before I leave for work each day. Then when I get home, I'll have sparkling floors. Right now I'm the only one living here, until my boyfriend comes back from overseas, but even then I'm sure Marvin will still do a great job.
I definitely am giving this product two thumbs up. I'm already attached to my new robotic friend.
By Tak D. Nomura (Sunnyvale, CA)
Used it in all the rooms of our three bedroom, two bathroom house during the first two days after receiving it, and it collected dirt and other trash that has accumulated since we remodeled our home last year, and we have a housekeeper that comes every two weeks.
The amount of dust/dirt collected by the iRobot 530 impressed both my wife and I, and will use it every week from now on.
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