iRobot Roomba Red 4100 Robotic Cleaner

I bought this sleek little red vaccuum about 2 years ago. It has lasted and does a good job on automatically cleaning the carpets between use of the big vacuum.

PROS:

It is easy to turn on and you just let it do it's own thing to pick up the surface dirt on the carpet. It starts off doing a very tight circle then starts roving in a random pattern that cleans the whole room on one charge and covers the whole room well.

It is also pretty easy to empty once it has cleaned the room.

It is easy to charge up but does need to remain plugged in prior to use, or it does lose its charge.

CONS:

Before you run this vacuum it does require that most items be picked up... so if the kids toys are laying around and it is bumping into them, it will get stuck a lot and not find it's way around the whole room.

Because it is round it doesn't really get into the corners very well.

Every once in a while it does get stuck in some closely spaced legs of the furniture or furniture with a low clearance. (But on a the whole it goes on it's own and cleans the whole room on one charge.)

On the whole it gets plenty of use and is a useful tool in keeping the house clean. Best of all, we can bring it out to entertain Roomba-less house guests.