 Discovery For Pets Model 4270 111 of 114 people found this review helpful.
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.
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Last year my father bought me this Roomba for my birthday. I had wanted to try one since they came out. It's cool to watchit work its way around the house. Unfortunately, the Roomba wasn't very effective for me. I have many pets, including several cats and a dog. Although the Roomba is very good at picking up dirt off tile, wood and carpet, the small reservoir is not enough to keep up with the pet hair in the house. Also, the rotating brush is effective, but takes a lot of effort to clean. On the bright side, the company is very responsive to product issues. When the charging station stopped working, they sent me out a new charger right away. I didn't even have to return the broken one. I would recommend a Roomba for smaller houses without pets. Otherwise, the time spent emptying and cleaning the Roomba severely offsets the convenience of having the vacuum run itself.
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