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Question: What about pet hair? I was just given a roomba for my  birthday.  While it is a very generous and thoughtful gift, and I love the idea of not having to vacuum myself, but.... I have two dogs that shed daily.  Is it realistic to think that this will pick up all their hair and how much does the dirt container hold.  I sweep up 1-2 large handfuls of hair/dirt daily just from the hard floors.
Document: With 2 dogs and a cat, this vacuum does a GREAT job of helping out in between major house cleanings. However, the bin doesn't hold much, so it has to be emptied often. Also, when it goes from a hard floor to carpet or a rug, it sometimes gets hung up at the transition, and if the bin is near full, it will leave a large pile of dirt and hair at the transition.
I got the Discovery Roomba for tile floors with a lot of pet hair and discovered that it has storage for about a pinch of the stuff, where I needed it to pick up handfuls. The dustbin has room for perhaps a cup of dirt, and it would probably be good for picking up superficial dirt when used regularly. It certainly doesn't have the power for deep cleaning. The search strategy takes a lot of time and repeat sweeps to cover a given area, so it's not very efficient or ecological.
It leaves suction tracks in the carpet and has sucked up some pretty large items that I accidently left laying around (another good thing is it "forces" you to pick up smaller stuff so that it doesn't get sucked up in the vacuum." :-) There is always a bunch of hair and dirt in the compartment when I dump it. I think it sucks up most dirt before it can get ground in deeply, so I don't need the bigger vacuum as much.
The iRobot Roomba 4210 Discovery Floorvac is soooo wonderful! I use it almost every day! It allows me to be doing other things around the house while it vacuums the floor. It is great on ceramic tile, wood floors and carpet. We have 2 big dogs that shed horribly and it picks up the pet hair with ease! I don't know what I would do without it now. Highly recommend this product!!!! !
We have 2 dogs and 2 cats, hardwood and carpet floors, and lots of open furniture. The hair and dust-bunnies accumulate faster then we can clean them and et's face it, I am lazy and don't want to vacuum every week. The roomba is not a replacement for a vac, but it will keep the worst of the dirt at bay. This is more of a sweeper than a vacuum. It won't pick up everything.Don't let your first experience throw you, however.
With two dogs and two cats, I really notice the days when I've forgotten to run the Roomba - there's grit and hair on my hardwood floors. So, it's very useful to run on a daily basis.On the negative side, it's noisy (so I usually set it to run when I'm going outside), it gets stuck on things (which forces you to pick up the floor before you run it), and it's messy to empty and clean the cup and rollers.
They seemed to have fixed all the problems. It is still a Discovery and looks the same, but this machine is much, much improved.I have a couple of large dogs who shed and I use this machine just about daily. When I first got it, I did keep an eye on it and actually did some room rearranging to accomidate it. Things like electrical cords and furniture too close together can stop it.
This was my first Roomba purchase. I've been using it for 3 weeks now & I think it's great!! I have 1200 sq. feet of hard wood flooring & tile, 2 BIG siamese cats and severe allergies (to cats & dust). I was never able to keep up with all the dust and cat hair on my floors. I'd have to sweep and 'swiffer' nearly every day or my allergies would be out of control. I haven't swept since Roomba arrived!
I love my Roomba!! I am so amazed with what this little machine can pick up. I have wood floors, tile, low carpet and thick carpet, and it works on all of them. It doesn't mark the wood floors, and it picks up very fine dirt and dust. Believe me I give it a work out with two 3 year olds running around. If you purchase be sure to take good care and empty the dirt compartments often and clean the brushes. It doesnt have a large capacity.
The box will actually tell you this: the little guy can't distinguish between grandma's pearls and a leaf brought in from outside: Pick up your stuff for crying out loud.4. The canister on the vacuum seemed small to me. If your floors don't get crazy dirty, then I betcha it would be fine, but I live in the country and dirt gets tracked in daily.This is a great idea.
Answer: I have the Roomba Discovery for Pets and it is awesome. I have a husky (need I say more) and two cats. My floors are hardwood, tile, carpet and rugs, it works great on all of them. After the big clean it has been just routine maintenance. I use it daily. It has never been overwhelmed by the hair even at the beginning.