iRobot Roomba 606

Sit back and relax! – Our house is fully tiled with a couple of rugs and our iRobot does a fantastic job making sure our house is spotless! I love the diversity of this beauty. Out for the day? Start vacuuming via the iRobot app on your phone. Want a scheduled time to vacuum? No worries, this can be arranged on your phone. The house needs a quick vacuum? Just press the… Read more

button on the vacuum. Kids asleep and the vacuum gets too close to their room? Pause it via your phone!

Meh.. Good for small apartments and people who are time-poor? – Got it for $399 at Big W back in April. I got it on a whim while shopping with my wife. It's tech (randomly bumping around) is old consider there are others (ie XiaoMi) that have wifi, app control, mapping, and other features for a similar or slightly higher price. After having it for 2 months, here's my honest review: I have a large, open, hard… Read more

floor area (wide entrance hallway connects with living, kitchen, dining and activity area). We turn it on when everyone leaves for work and school (1-2 times a week). It does it job, vacuum the area by bumping around at random direction. It's able to go up the rug. By the time we get home, the area seems mostly clear of dust. Visible dust can still be spotted at corners or areas it can't reach. I'd say it manage to vacuum 80-90% of the entire open area.

Is it worth $399? To my wife, yes in the beginning cause she doesn't have to do the work, but later disappointed that it does not have an app that maps out where it vacuum. To me, not really. Get a dyson V7 (i use it for the office) for same/similar price and manually vacuum. It's a lot more efficient and effective. It takes this model 40-50 mins to cover most of the area which takes 10 mins or less to manually vacuum. At the end of the day, we going to keep using it. However, If I did more research, I would've saved the money for a more advance one or something else.

Nonetheless, easy to use and maintain, does its job, well built (external feels more sturdy than my friend's Xiaomi), and available at most department stores.

Inferior to previous roomba models – When my previous roomba finally died after 6 years (model 630) I bought the 606 model as a replacement and it is a vastly inferior product. After 15 months the side arm has come off and defies all attempts to reattach it. This never happened with the old 630. The new one is also having trouble recharging too and there is no socket to plug it… Read more

directly into the charger as you could with the 630. There is no carry handle, it takes ages to recharge and doesn't clean the floor even half as well as the 630 did. When the time comes to replace the 606 I will be exploring different brands as there are so many to chose from now, I will not be getting an irobot roomba again.

Young helper's robovac – This vac works perfectly on short carpets and hard floors. I have a dodgy back and it helps me avoid pain. Sir Reginald Von Bartlesby, as it has been Christened by its young owner, needs only be charged and set loose onto work. One button and its off. Works best when supervised so that its not too long upset by lost strings and socks. It… Read more

makes a noise and stops and you just empty the vac tray or unwind the sock and set it going again.

I love that it is so so much quieter than a regular vacuum (which I can't stand).

Easy to use and well worth the money if you can get one.