We have owned the Roomba 650 nearly a year now and absolutely love it with no regrets. We primarily have hardwood floors but for the bedrooms.
The only cons I find about with the Roomba are no show stoppers just little nuances.
- Small dirt trap - We have no pets in the house and do not wear shoes in the house, but the trap fills up rather quick and mainly from rug fibers. We only run it on the hard floors and those rugs that exist on the hardwood, we don't let it in the bedrooms due to the fiber pick up and its pain in the butt to clean those rollers but does a good job on the carpet. Pro's to this.....where does all this dirt and dust come from. this thing is awesome at keeping the floors clean finding those particles you never see or feel.
Loud - I cannot be in the same room as it, noises do bother me but it is rather louder than I expected. We either run it when we are not home or I work from home and I cannot here it from my home office. The performance more than makes up for the noise though.
Rugs - No issue with the Roomba on rugs BUT for the hall runner and after reading some of the comment on here, it is a rug runner that has black and white swirls and the Roomba does not go over it. The runner also has a lower profile than some of the others as we also have a big thick rubber mat in front of the sink and it jumps it with no problem.
A co-worker has both the Roomba and Neato, he swears by the Roomba and said he will never purchase another Neato. His Neato had broke and it cost him almost the purchase price to have it repaired, he stated they were both bought at the same time. I have a client who owns both a Roomba and Neato and he said he uses the Roomba only for hard wood floors and the Neato for his carpeted floors.
The only cons I find about with the Roomba are no show stoppers just little nuances.
- Small dirt trap - We have no pets in the house and do not wear shoes in the house, but the trap fills up rather quick and mainly from rug fibers. We only run it on the hard floors and those rugs that exist on the hardwood, we don't let it in the bedrooms due to the fiber pick up and its pain in the butt to clean those rollers but does a good job on the carpet. Pro's to this.....where does all this dirt and dust come from. this thing is awesome at keeping the floors clean finding those particles you never see or feel.
Loud - I cannot be in the same room as it, noises do bother me but it is rather louder than I expected. We either run it when we are not home or I work from home and I cannot here it from my home office. The performance more than makes up for the noise though.
Rugs - No issue with the Roomba on rugs BUT for the hall runner and after reading some of the comment on here, it is a rug runner that has black and white swirls and the Roomba does not go over it. The runner also has a lower profile than some of the others as we also have a big thick rubber mat in front of the sink and it jumps it with no problem.
A co-worker has both the Roomba and Neato, he swears by the Roomba and said he will never purchase another Neato. His Neato had broke and it cost him almost the purchase price to have it repaired, he stated they were both bought at the same time. I have a client who owns both a Roomba and Neato and he said he uses the Roomba only for hard wood floors and the Neato for his carpeted floors.