iRobot Roomba Discovery SE Bagless Robotic Vacuum

When reading other reviews for the Roomba Discovery, please note that the model they can be referring to may differ. In my opinion, this is very poor differentiation on the part of eBay.

I have used the Discovery Model 4270 (for Pets) model in my house with 3 dogs, and I have to say that it works very well. I was at first worried the dogs would have an issue with the robot, but like the manual says, it was a quick transition, and within a matter of minutes they were either avoiding it if it came near or were ignoring it.

The brushes seem especially nice for picking up dog hair, and the cleaning tool they provide makes cleaning it a cinch. The virtual walls are great for trying to restrict roomba's movements to a particular area, and its ability to sense whether it is on carpet or hardwood/linoleum makes the transition seamless.

The robot cleans the same area multiple times and will detect when an area is particularly dirty and basically vacuum in circles around it. There is a nice spinning brush that grabs hair along wall edges and corners and moves it toward the center.

All together, there are numerous features that make the 4270 a nice addition to a home that gathers dirt and hair more frequently than the humans in the home would like to vacuum. We decided on the purchase since we were sneezing quite a bit and simply didn't want to vacuum every day. Roomba doesn't have a problem with that, and can work quite well unsupervised.

I just love the Roomba it makes life a little easier. Also, I must say I had the best service ever from the seller. Thank you so very much.

Excellent item! Removes all floor dust. Makes living more easy. You can set time to clean or leave it in a room and when you return you will find it in his chargng station.

I love the roomba, but I was lead to believe when I purchased it that it was brand new. It was in fact a refurbished machine. The battery life isn't great. Actually it's pretty terrible, but I live in a small apartment so it does the job for me. Also the brushes wore out VERY quickly much quicker than a previous roomba I purchased NEW. I still like the product and I'll continue to use it till it wears out, but for the price I paid I would have MUCH rather had a new one. I feel I was duped by the seller, but hey what can you do.

I bought an irobot and received it. It works fine but one of the virtual walls was broken. I contacted the seller to fix this and got no response. I a new one would cost $39.99 so I asked for $25- back to go t words a new one and she did not even responded. I was going to keep it ether way I would have like a yes or no answer. I think all seller should have a responsibility to at least answer to the buyer inquiry. I would stay away from this one.

When I recieved both of my Roombas, I found the same issue with them both. If you buy a used machine, pull the filter out and clean the whole thing. I took some cleaning wipes (i won't throw names around) and cleaned the filter holder, dust bin, and the brushes. I know it sounds wierd, but you have to clean your vacuum. I really enjoy having the Roombas and they are a good time saver if you don't have the time to deep clean your floors. HOWEVER, they don't work to well on my carpets, as I have a medium pile carpet. If I had been able to afford a Roomba in college, that would have helped clean those floors before inspections.

If you are unsure on weather to buy a Roomba or not, let me tell you my test. I took a tube sock filled with talc (AKA baby powder). I dropped it on my bathroom floor and made two big splashes of powder on the floor. Anybody that uses powder on the floor knows it is now the easiest thing to get up. I let my Roomba work and 45 mins later, you could not tell I had dropped the powder. Now, why would powder be signifigant if you are thinking of getting a Roomba? If your house is mostly hardwood, like mine, it helps pick up the dust on the floor. If you are like me, you can dust and clean the hard wood and turn around 30 mins later and have dust. It is maddening, but Roomba can dust/sweep every day if you want, more than once if you want them too.

In short, I am happy with my Roomba(s) and don't regret buying them. I wish they had been cleaner and better taken care of when I purchased, but they are good now. I would and have and DO recommend them for College students, elderly, and ANYONE who wants a clean floor but doesn;t have the time to sweep or mop every day!

Today, I turned my Roomba SE on just before I left to work. When I came home from work, my room was really clean. For those that think having an iRobot would make you lazier... That's not true. It will actually give you more time to do other things.

When my son gave his wife an iRoomba for Christmas last year, I laughed. How could an automatic unit the size of a Frisbee approach the cleanliness achieved by someone diligent with a broom and mop? However, I was amazed to see the kind of job that the Roomba can actually do. It is programmed to turn when encountering obstacles, such as walls and doors. It is also programmed to cover every area five times. it is easy to recharge, and then, once on the floor, you simply 'set it and forget it,' as the ad (for another product) goes. Not cheap in the stores (I have seen as high as $400 with all attachments), I was able to obtain mine at a bid of approximately $200, and I am delighted with it. How nice to come home from work to find the floor clean and not needing my attention. And, my floor gets really dirty, what with six dogs and two parrots (who are allowed out of their cages during the day when people are around), and my son's two cats, who occasionally come to visit. Recommended.

I bought this unit for basically pet hair, the animals let us stay there as long as we feed them and pay the bills, can't forget leaving the dog door open. I have mostly hardwood floors and it seems to be a constant with the hair. This unit does a very good job @ picking up not only the hair in plain sight but also goes under the china cabinet and the hutch. I put it in the kitchen after I cook and does an excellant job @ picking my cooking mess up as well. I would recommend this unit to anyone who asks. My wife says it goes double for her as it saves her toiling constantly with the floors with all the traffic out the back door.

I bought the refurbished from a seller, and it has not worked right since I got it. It was short a virtual wall and now it wont run 5-10 mins and stops. The seller sent it without all the parts, and will not send them after contacting him more than twice. VERY DISSAPPOINTED!!!!!

My wife said this is the best sweeper she has had. Just turn it in and forget about it. When the battery get low, it goes back for a charge. When it needs emptied, it plays a little tune. It is well worth the money.

The iRobot Roomba Vacuum is wonderful. This product is great on tile floors. It saves me time from my busy day.
Set it and let it go!

What do i love about my Roomba? I get my embroidery machine going, do laundry, iron and vacuum all at the same time! I hated doing floors, i have hardwood and had to switch back and forth to accomodate the rugs. Roomba is terrific, there isn't another vacuum i know of that goes from one surface to another automatically and does a great job at it! I run my company, Sisters Embroidery out of my home so i have threads all over the place. Roomba is easy to clean the threads out of. The brushes just pop right out, easy as can be.

I bought the iRobot 6 weeks ago and was immediately impressed with the number of features available on this item. The iRobot size is perfect for vaccumning and the battery has a pretty good lifespan of roughly 1 hours. I love the feature of self docking when the battery runs down. Thank you.

The Iroomba Discovery collects more dirt then the new 570 model.

I have both A Discovery and a new 570 model. Our house has 3 cats and 1 dog, 5 adults. The robots run every 2 days, and collect about 1\2 cup of hair and dirt each(Discovery always has more in it) They are great at keeping up with the every day pet hair and traffic. So if the carpets start out clean the robots keep them clean. But by no means are they a deep cleaning vacs.

Here is my experiances.

The Discovery picks up more dirt, hair then the 570.
The Discovery does not need to be cleaned as often then the 570. If the 570 is not cleaned often it will destroy the main brush gears.

The 570 had better software and the ability to reverse the main brushes. This saves the main brush gears from trying to self destruct if carpet corners or tassles get in brushes. This is what eventually happened to my discovery. After repeated jammings the main brush drive gears failed. The 570 is much easier to disassemble then the discovery

Both robots do a good job.

The Discovery needs to have the room, discovery proofed... Watch it like a kid, so you find out whare there are problems. Lifting throw carpets or placing something at corners whare brushes may become jammed so discovery will go around instead of jamming will greatly prolong discovery's life.

The 570 is much better at not self destructing. You just need to remember to clean it, clean it, clean it. Cleaning takes only minutes to clean the brushes. I also recomend doing a tear down cleaning of the brush drive assembly every 2-3 months. Tear down cleaning takes about 30 to 50 min. The 570 is much easier to disassemble then the discovery. Even though you clean it alot. it's still less time then getting the vac, plugging it in every room then rolling up cord.

Liking to tinker with things, the maintenance doesn't bother me. And nothing is nicer then pressing a button and the whole floor is vacced while you do other things.

Iroomba has good customer service. And I will be looking foward to there next model. I think they will get it perfect on there 3rd try.

I have a bad back and was told by the dr. not to vacuum, sweep or rake anymore. That's why I bought this vacuum and it has delivered. I love this vacuum and highly recommend it. It is a little noisy, but not as loud as a regular vacuum. It manovers around well and picks up good. The remote control allows you to manover it exactly where you want to. A+++

It is fully automatic device! Only 1-2 hours for each room and your home is very clean! So you can do what you want when roomba is cleaning.

Recently I had to have a disk removed from my neck so I have had a hard time keeping up the house work especially the floors. Now I don't have to worry anymore. This product is fantastic! I have no dislikes about it.

Save your money.

It works wonderfully, when you can get it to work.

It's great for light vacuming but this is what happened to me: I purchased it and was thrilled when it came. I followed the instructions to the letter but was diappointed when it took longer than 72 hours for the battery to charge. I called the manufactoring comapny to ask about the battery, they sold me a new one. The battery was on back order for 6 weeks and finally came 2 weeks ago. I charged it, it worked wonderfully for about an hour. It died in the living room. I placed it back on the dock, this was 2 weeks ago and still waiting for the battery to fully charge. I called the manufactoring company and they will be happy to replace my dead battery for $69.99

Bottom line: If you want a light vacume job for 1 hour it will cost you about 70 bucks.

I really like my Roomba Discovery 4211 by iRobot! (Also my 4107 Sage model too!) It is regular maintenance though, like cleaning the brushes EVERY time, and empty the dust bin, brush out the little filter, and of course you have to charge the battery . . . and of course if you have long hair, it will get tangled up in the brushes, but what vacuum doesn't?

It will clean by itself for 75 - 90 min; it will clean under things you would not normally clean, like bed & couch (providing it can fit under there!) Sometimes you have to blow out the cliff sensors, as they accumulate dust, but it depends on the environment that the work in.

I also have an iRobot Scooba model that mops the floor! Love that too!

These 4XXX series models and the newer 4XX models are more reliable than the 5XX models that they are coming out with!

Once your warrantee is up, I recommend that you take the covers off and clean out the dust accumulation under there. The iRobot site has an owner’s forum and there also is a good site called roombareview, both are excellent sites with lots of help. I buy used ones, preferably non working and I fix them (usually just needs a good cleaning!) and I'm good to go!

I would not be without it.

Shawn

John 3: 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I bought i used to test it out and wish i would have just bought a new one. It is great and exactly what i wanted it to be. I would recommend anyone to try one you will love it. We have 3 cats and 3 dogs, I love to work out in the yard all hours of the day, so we all track in a lot of dirt and dust. Not to mention all the shedding that they do. I would say though if you have pets go for the one designed for them i am sure it would be even better for the hair. LOVE IT!

I bought the Roomba when it first came out and had nothing but problems with it. I returned it. At that time I had wall to wall carpet.
Now I have wood and tile floors and after reading some positive reviews I decided to buy one again. It worked fine for two weeks. Then it stopped despite the fact that I did everything recommended in their manual. Now I feel frustrated that I bought it on ebay because I cannot go to the store and return it and have to deal with customer service. At the moment they are still repeating the same thing I already tried over and over again.

I loved it from start to finish. at first I was not sure but payment was fast tracking was accurate and item was as described. thank you

Great product - We have a wonderful kitten that leaves present of hair all over the house. The irobot did a great job, only thing better is get a maid! Recommended highly.

Just Love it I needed something to make house keeping easier This is it Everyone needs one of these .Never thought anything like this would really work Hurrah for Roomba