| iRobot Roomba 560 Vacuum Cleaning Robot | 
| Brand: iRobot
Category: Kitchen
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 8168
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.8
Dimensions (in): 20.1 x 17.3 x 5.5
Fastest counter-rotating brushes with improved design pick up more hair, debris and dust and are easy to remove and clean
Advanced filter captures more dust and allergens and holds more debris than other models
New anti-tangle technology keeps Roomba from getting stuck on cords, carpet fringe and tassels
Advanced side brush makes Roomba even more efficient at cleaning edges and corners
Battery charges from flat to full in 3 hours
Brushes spin at up to 1650 RPM
Cleans under furniture as well as the usual visible areas
MPN: DVU00029
Model: DVU00029
EAN: 5060155400037
ASIN: B0013FEND6
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| Features:
| • | Powerful vacuum and rotating brushes | | • | Automatically adjusts from carpets to hard floors | | • | Autonomously navigates through rooms | | • | Returns to Home Base and shedules cleaning automatically throughout the week! | | • | Cleans under and around furniture, corners, along walls |
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Product Description
As a member of our latest generation of robots, the iRobot Roomba 560 Vacuum Cleaning Robot features iRobot's newest innovations for dramatically improved performance, reliability and durability. Schedule up to seven different cleaning times per week for Roomba to clean when it's most convenient for you - whether you're at home or on the go. Roomba systematically cleans four rooms on a single charge, gets into hard-to-reach areas like wall edges and beneath furniture, avoids stairs and other drop offs and automatically adjusts from carpets to hard floors and back again. Two Virtual Wall Lighthouses confine Roomba to a room until the entire floor is vacuumed before it moves on to clean the next room. When the job is done, or when the battery is running low, Roomba automatically returns to its self-charging Home Base to dock and recharge. Whats in the box ? 1 iRobot Roomba 560 2 Virtual Walls/ Lighthouse units 1 Self-charging Home Base / Docking station 1 Power Supply (3 hour charge time) 1 Brush Cleaning Tool 1 Rechargeable Battery 1 Extra Filter
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 I love my "Ronnie" (the robot) January 5, 2009
J. Holt (UK)
I brought this product after despairing for a long time over the amount of dog hairs around (black labrador). My husband and I used to argue about it all the time and I hate the hair with a passion.
Well - not anymore!!! "Ronnie" came into our lives nearly a year ago and although it is not on every day, it still does a great job at sweeping (it's not a vacuum, it's a robot brush).
Possibly the most annoying thing is that it tends to get stuck on the base of our round table and has stratched the stainless steel a little. I also tend to take out the chairs from the kitchen so that he doesn't get stuck on those to.
Due to the amount of hair we have, I do empty and clean the brushes after every job but it only takes a minute. If they WERE blocked, "Ronnie" would let me know, or rather the female voice would tell me to check the brushes. Maybe Ronnie is a girl after all..........! I never met a man that cleans that well anyway :o)
Fantastic December 27, 2008
Kathleen Stewart (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to agree - this is the best thing ever. I have a cat, and the cat hairs everywhere drive me crazy. I don't have time to vaccum every day, and with the cat hair, I used to have to get on my hands and knees with one of the small attachments to get the cat hair out.
Now, I just set the Roomba once a day, and hey presto - no more cat hair, not even that cloning experiement the cat had going on under the bed. And because it goes daily - there's no build up anymore.
It does need to be checked after each cycle (emptied, filter de-fluffed, and brushes de-haired) but the design is so simple this takes about 2 mins max.
Also now, my house is cleaner, less dust building up on things.
Best product ever - don't know how I lived without one, saving up for the floor washer version now.
Roomba = my new best friend... and probably yours soon! November 26, 2008
Mr. V. G. Danner (Slough, UK)
Surprise surprise... I was eagerly waiting to see if this little wonder would live up to my expectations. I had been eying it out since I saw it on the gadget show on channel5. I'm happy to say that little Roomba is now my new best friend. I had never like vacuuming, especially when it comes to cleaning under the bed or sofa. Roomba is great, I have set it up to go and do a round of cleaning each day at a specific time, and like man's best friend, it just does what it's supposed to do. It really cleans well. It will never do the job that a Dyson does, but you really get the peace of mind that your floor can be clean of dust, hair, and other bits pretty much 7 days a week.
The few negative points that I have: sometimes tries and catch cables on the floor, such as telephone wires, and others. So it can happen that you come home in the evening and have to look for Roomba as it's not on its docking station. Another problem I've had is that the rotating brush got damaged because of those cables and I had to order some new ones. So a piece of advice, try and keep the cables away from the floor.
It cleans carpets rather well too, I only have one room with carpets. It can also get stuck or push your rugs around the room if they're not heavy enough, so I had to get rid of a couple of my rugs because of this, but I don't see it as much of an issue. I think every home should have one of these and with technology evolving over the coming years, I will definitely get a more advanced model in a few years when mine has served his duty for a while... Go and get yours now... check also the Youtube videos to see if it fits your needs, lots of people have posted their own videos there, aside from the sales materials you see.
so far so good November 24, 2008
Mr. C. J. Harris (Cheshire, UK)
Had the 560 for a week now and so far its the best `gadget' I own. I leave for work in the morning and get home to a nice clean house (well ground floor but not taken him upstairs yet) `Zoom' as my son has named him does a very good job at keeping things clean (both on wood and carpet floors) ... Saturday had a few friends round and numerous kids who had a `lets drops as many crumbs as we can` competition. Set Zoom to clean on Sunday whilst I went out and got back to a spotless living room, I like my gadgets but I must admit I was really impressed. i have read a few reviews regarding the reliability of the roomba range so will report back if Zoom lets me down but so far he is a must buy as far as I am concerned
update 2/12/08
Left zoom today with `instructions` to clean the living room then kitchen/diner ...... got home and he was under the kitchen table (poss stuck inbetween the chair legs). Not a major issue but looks like he didn't have enough steam to do both these rooms. To be honest its not a big deal but I did expect him to have enough juice to finish both the living room and kitchen. I will give him another chance and move the offending chairs but this make me think his battery life is not as long as I thought it was, still think he is great though :-)
 Not Good November 24, 2008
Nicholas J. M. Streeter (Oxford)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Was great for 2 months then conked out, sent it back to be repaired but when this was returned it conked out again after one use. A waste of time and a waste of money, am going to try and get my money back from amazon but doubt i'll have any chance of that
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