My Review of the Roomba Vacuum

My husband bought me a Roomba Pro for my birthday. I love, love, love this vacuum cleaner! I use it every night to sweep my kitchen and dining area, plus one other room. That way, the whole house is done about once a week, with the high-traffic areas being vacuumed every night. In fact, my kitchen is so clean all the time now that I don't even freak out when my boy drops something on the floor and eats it anyway.

The Roomba is fantastic - I don't even worry about catching the crumbs from the table or the countertops when I clean the kitchen - I just sponge them right onto the floor! Then, when I am done cleaning up I put the Roomba in one room and let it go. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes to vacuum my kitchen, then about 20 minutes to do my dining room - all while I am giving my son a bath and reading him his bedtime stories.

The way it cleans is quite ingenious; It starts in a small circle that keeps getting bigger and bigger until it hits a wall, then it rebounds off the wall and 'learns' with straight lines and wall-following the layout of the room, and then it cleans the whole thing. It picks up everything - pet hair, my hair, food crumbs, glitter, dirt, dust - everything. I've used the Roomba on bare floors and low-pile carpet with excellent results. I have not used it on medium or high pile carpets.

I don't think they sell the Roomba Pro anymore, but I have heard the new models are even better - there is theiRobot Roomba 4210 Discovery Floorvac Robotic Vacuum and the iRobot Roomba 4100 Intelligent Floorvac Robotic Vacuum.