How well does roomba work on wood floors?
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It works just fine with wood floors from what I can see. It can be pretty loud though
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The roomba works great on wood floors! You'll still have to mop from time to time, but it does a great job sweeping. I purchased mine a few months ago and am so happy with it!
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We really like it. It does a great job picking up items. You do have to empty it often. This could be bc we have pets. It's worth the money.
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Roomba works very well on wood and laminate floors! It works in a consistent pattern to pick up dirt and debris without leaving marks behind. I have multiple pets and it always picks up hair and dirt well. The bin fills quickly, so one must check often to assure maximum sweeping action. It also must have a pretty obstacle free floor to work most efficiently. If you move stuff around a lot or have lots of clutter, that impedes Roomba's ability to work by memory and it may appear to bump around randomly in this situation. Love Roomba and even purchased a Scuba after my Roomba purchase.
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It works great on hardwood floors in my experience. I do vacuum first to pick up anything that may scratch the floor.
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I do not have hardwood floors. It is a smaller vacuum that I keep upstairs for our loft bedroom and bath. It is very powerful for its size. It is mostly carpet up there and does a very good job. It also works well on the tile floor, so I would imagine it would be good on hardwood too. The attachments are handy. Hope this helps. I have been very happy with it.
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I do vacuum b swiftly and it will do a great job.efore use of the haan. It's safe if the hardwood floor is not kept wet, use it
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My home is small, about 1400 sf., all tile and wood floors. I have no trouble vacuuming the whole house in one charge. I have a lot of "dust bunnies" (dogs) and the brushes are easy to clean.
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I have both, and I would definitely get the Roomba first or only. The scooba works , but not that great. It gets stuck a lot, filters clog on dog hair fast so you would have to run the Roomba first anyway.
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This roomba is used on the wood floor in my house. The wood is 4 inch oak with some rugs. The vacuum has done a good job so far. I usually run it twice a day. I have had the vacuum less than a month and have no complaints about the performance. The only grip is that the vacuum dirt collection bin is no big enough. The remote also works well.
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Not too well, specially if your shag carpet is quite thick. The Roomba will eventually avoid it. We have one in our bedroom and when the Roomba gets to it ends up being unable to climb on to it and treats it like a 'wall' and avoids it. However we do have a shag carpet in the living room that is not that high pile, and the Roomba is able to work on it with no problems or snags. I guess it all depends on the height of your shag carpet/rug.
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It does a pretty good job. My hardwood is in the kitchen, so there's a lot of dirtiness. I like using the vacuum to pick up all stuff that gets in the corners of my hardwood floors, and then do a swiffer/mop on top if it to truly clean.
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I'm thinking of asking Santa for a Roomba for no other reason than pet hair. I have dark walnut hardwood floors and a new golden retriever puppy that sheds like a summer shearing. His hair flies across my floors when the ac/heat kicks on even though i have a swiffer vac that i use SEVERAL times a day. I see your post is almost a year old, i've read several that loved their Roombas for only a few weeks or months....do you still love yours and do you think it's worth the price? Kelley
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i have tile AND carpet. depends on the carpet. regular bedroom carpet: it does a great job. however, i just bought some modern "high pile" rugs at ikea and the roomba won't move on them :-( my mom has the 780 roomba and that one moves on high pile rugs easily. luckily, the rugs i bought are small enough to just shake them. again, it does a great job on regular bedroom carpets. my friends have only carpets and have had all generations of roombas and love them.
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I also have tile & wood floors with area rugs. Fringe has to be combed and it depends on how thick the area rug is. The roomba works for me but I don't have much traffic or pets that shed.
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I have hard wood with 2 large rugs and a dog,the roomba cleans the hard wood and transitions to rugs easily. I have not vacuumed the rugs once and there is no loose dog hair on my hardwoods!
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No. For hardwood, you should buy a canister vacuum. Canister vacs are lighter, and allow you more easily to get under furniture and into corners. I love my Kirby, but I never use it on my hardwood floors. You simply don't need that kind of power to clean wood floors. A Kirby is also not the easiest vacuum to use on area rugs since they are not tacked down. For wall-to-wall carpet, the Kirby is great. But in your situation, there are much less expensive options that will work better. And the Kirby is heavy, very heavy.
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Well of course u need the brush..how do u think the machine works..the brush rotates to pick up hair ,dust & dirt and throws it up into the dirt bin! Very simple answer..still LOVE my robot..I too only.have wood floors!
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I also have three dogs and was given a Roomba for Christmas. You WILL still have to use your regular old vaccuum even though you have a Roomba. It will probably be great on your hardwood floors--likely a big help. However, on the carpet, it will probably just do 'maintenance-quality', picking up quite a bit of hair, but still not replacing a good manual vaccumming. (But hey, every little bit helps when have multiple pets). I run mine every day, and I appreciate its ability to perform damage-control every day with the "kids'" daily shedding, supplemented by my own once or twice a week regular vaccuuming. I empty the bin every time it completes a cycle. It only takes two seconds. If you try to run it will a full bin, it won't be able to pick up anything very well, just like a regular vaccuum. One more very important thing-- since you have pets, you'll have to be extra dilligent about cleaning the brush and the rubber thing next to brush. The brush is relatively easy to clean with the cleaning tool, but the rubber thing next to the brush can get hair wrapped around these tricky grooves next to its wheels--its kind of time consuming, but if you don't keep those things clean than its bad for the Roomba. Oh, and for other pet people out there, I was at Roomba's website the other day and they have now came out with a Roomba for homes with pets, so you may want to look into that if you are considering buying a Roomba. The Roomba Sage for Pets is like 219.00, and the Roomba Discovery for Pets is around 300.00. The brushes are supposed to be easier to clean than the standard Roomba.
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The Roomba is amazing - I would marry it if it was feasible! Seriously it is great but we have 99% wooden and tiled floors and lots of animals so it handles the load really well. But we do have some black rubber backed low profile mats and it can have problems with them.