iRobot Roomba Red 4100 Robotic Cleaner

This is actually an excellent vacuum. When it arrives, you put int the battery pack, plug it in for 7 hours and then turn it loose. It will run for 3 hours on one charge. While that amount of time seems kinda small, remember that it is cleaning for 3 hours. It has excellent suction, not just for a small vac, but for any vac. I was surprised.
There is a problem though, and not what you'd think. Children and pets. The same issue applies to both. I'll address pets since my kids are just about grown. You're thinking (like my mother did) that this would be a great toy for the cat to chase around while the vacuuming gets done, right? Wrong. My dog was laying on the floor and we figured the roomba would just bump into her and move on. No Way Jose! Sucked up dog hair right off the dog. My 12 year old son was watching this and decided to see just how hard it sucked. Stuck his toe down there. The roomba latched on and my son had to literally free himself from the vac. It really does have suction!!! The other problem is strictly about pets. We have 3 large, long-haired dogs. I bought my roomba thinking if it picked up the hair during the week, I'd only have to lug out my heavy duty Kirby once on the weekends. Wrong!!! If you have multiple pets with long hair (3 inches or longer) be prepared to spend a 1/2 hour after the roomba finishes it's cycle cleaning the wound up hair off the brush. They give you a cool little tool when you buy the roomba, but it still takes some work. My best friend has long, long hair and so does her husband and daughter. She can't use a roomba for the same reason. Part of it for us is that we both are on disability for our hands (carpal tunnel nerve damage, fibermalsomething, and cronins), and let's face facts: It might not be such a big deal if we had working hands.
The facts in a nutshell: Great Vacuum - Great Suction - Works Continuously for 3 hours - Not Pet Friendly - Use MAJOR Supervision Around Small Children - Requires Manual Cleaning, including the brushes and lint trap -
This really is an excellent investment if you heed the above warnings.

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