Irobot - Roomba E and I Series Replenishment Kit - Green

TL:DR-- This is a LIFESAVER for households with bare floors and heavy shedders. Our Roomba has made it so that the fur situation is under control. Even when I would vacuum or use our microfiber sweeper every day, it didn't do remotely as good of a job as Roomba does. About our household: We have an e-series Roomba. We have hardwood and vinyl plank floors with area rugs on them and our house is an...interesting...shape. We also have two dogs, one of which is a VERY heavy shedder (aka even when I would sweep/vacuum every day, we'd get little tumbleweeds of fur). This challenges Roomba's cleaning algorithms to the max. I've scheduled it to run every weekday. On the weekend, I try to run our Shark vacuum over the rugs and to get in places Roomba can't (like under our ... MoreTL:DR-- This is a LIFESAVER for households with bare floors and heavy shedders. Our Roomba has made it so that the fur situation is under control. Even when I would vacuum or use our microfiber sweeper every day, it didn't do remotely as good of a job as Roomba does. About our household: We have an e-series Roomba. We have hardwood and vinyl plank floors with area rugs on them and our house is an...interesting...shape. We also have two dogs, one of which is a VERY heavy shedder (aka even when I would sweep/vacuum every day, we'd get little tumbleweeds of fur). This challenges Roomba's cleaning algorithms to the max. I've scheduled it to run every weekday. On the weekend, I try to run our Shark vacuum over the rugs and to get in places Roomba can't (like under our couches or coffee table). Initially, I wanted to get one of the more advanced Roombas that maps the house, simply because our house is SUCH a weird shape. How Roomba fares in our house: Despite the awkward shape of our house, it always docks having cleared the floor of fur and dirt. It transitions well from hard floors to low pile rugs (we have no high pile rugs). However, due to the sheer volume of fur in our house, I do have to vacuum the rugs once a week with our Shark upright. If I don't, there isn't any loose fur but it does get the opportunity to get intertwined with the fibers on the rugs. Again, if not for the sheer amount of fur in our house, the dirt cup would be generously sized. As it is, during the hour and a half that Roomba usually runs, I empty the cup two to three times. If I forget to empty during the run, it still gets all the fur. Every two to three runs, I clean the fur out of the rollers, which show negligible wear after two months of use.

I don't know what the others are complaining about. This this is the best since sliced bread. The rollers I have on it have been running for 6 months with no problems. Yeah the get a little beat up... from normal wear and tear. But they still do their job! The key is actually following the maintenance schedule and cleaning the brushes and machine out once a week. And they engineered this machine so you can do a full clean of it in 5min... Not long at all! If it should fail anywhere it would be my house... but it keeps going! Like I said earlier... I just replace the brushes after 6 months... and not because they were shot... but because they were getting older. And we run that thing almost every day most of the house. I have a high shedding cat, a dog and two women ... MoreI don't know what the others are complaining about. This this is the best since sliced bread. The rollers I have on it have been running for 6 months with no problems. Yeah the get a little beat up... from normal wear and tear. But they still do their job! The key is actually following the maintenance schedule and cleaning the brushes and machine out once a week. And they engineered this machine so you can do a full clean of it in 5min... Not long at all! If it should fail anywhere it would be my house... but it keeps going! Like I said earlier... I just replace the brushes after 6 months... and not because they were shot... but because they were getting older. And we run that thing almost every day most of the house. I have a high shedding cat, a dog and two women with longer hair in my house. It does a fine job!

After 12 weeks of use, our Roomba developed a fault that prevented it from cleaning. We had to think for a moment before we realized what was wrong. We have a lot of pets (two dogs and five cats), and even though we have hardwood floors, the small bot still has to pick up a lot of hair. If you don't clean the gears on a frequent basis and thoroughly, you can have the same problem we did. Hair gets trapped behind the rollers when the small plastic parts within them peel out. If you don't get it out, the gear will become trapped, and it will heat up and melt, preventing the roller from rolling. We replaced them, and the problem was solved. I like the pricing of the package because it means I won't have to get another filter for another 6 months.