Comment by steveBK123
3 months ago
Agreed, putting aside the low cost competition, failed Amazon acquisition, etc.. the core product just literally got worse.
I had over a ~10 year period purchased 3 roombas. Generally I purchased in the upper half of current product range at each purchase time.
The most reliable, problem-free, longest lasting Roomba was the first initially purchased one. Every new one with more sensors/cameras/features worked worse. Cleaned worse, got stuck more often, was less easily fixed when in a bad state, etc. They got so bad I just stopped using them all together about a year ago.
Every time I purchased a newer Dyson cordless by comparison, the product seemed better than the last generation.
I have to believe that cordless broom vacs have put a dent in robovacs generally as well. When I looked at robovacs last, I came to the conclusion that my house wasn't great for them and that a broom vac I could just pull off the wall and run in a couple heavily trafficked locations for a few minutes was really just fine. The issue previously was that it was sort of a pain to pull out my plug in canister vac--so I mostly didn't. (I have a housekeeper every 3 to 4 weeks.)
I tend to agree. I have a roomba, I like my roomba. But it's old and I probably won't get another robot vacuum because I have a cordless vac now.
Is it my best vacuum if I'm comparing vacuums on technical specs? Hell no.
Is it my best vacuum if I'm comparing by time used? Absolutely.
I think also if you wfh then listening to the roomba go in circles for two hours versus just quickly vacuuming with a stick vacuum in fifteen minutes is a different equation.
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