I have this manual device that is kind of like a roomba that you move around yourself. It works great over the course of fifteen minutes.
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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Endurance and reliability of cycles seem to be an issue with mine
I'm still on my original one from 20 years ago, only had to replace the head 3 times and the handle twice
Either I’m missing your joke or you missed the other guy’s
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My Roomba only turns on when I press the button. Granted it can have wifi access but I work from home and never set that up. All it can do is translate error codes and I can Google those.
It's my fourth Roomba in 20 years. Not bad as I'm someone who never vacuums otherwise.
The unit pictured seems like it would be better at corners than my round one.