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so this isn't exactly The Cutting Edge latest technology I mean the first

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Roomba was introduced in 2002 and it's

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now 2015 meaning I'm about 13 years late

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to the party but I'm not convinced that everyone who is interested in a Roomba

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already has one so this video is for people like me who put off trying one

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for years because they saw the price of

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what on the surface frankly looks like a silly Gadget compared to similar priced

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Central Vac or portable vacuum cleaning systems from known Brands like Hoover

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and Electrolux and just didn't have the stomach for it until now welcome to my

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thoughts on owning the iroot Roomba 595 pet Edition now that I've had it for a

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few months and if cleaning supplies aren't interesting to you don't worry I

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week February 22nd to March 1st 2015 click on my face to learn more now most

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roombas have pretty similar features give or take some Advanced doodads here

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or there so while the actual model that I got was a fairly obscure Costco

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exclusive one here in Canada anyway most of what I'm saying will apply to all

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modern fourth generation roombas in general except with like some extra bits

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here and there so in the Box you get the Roomba itself a base station with an AC

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power cord two virtual wallo dads um

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this little red cleaning tool thing for the brushes and another one a couple

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extras each of the side brushes filters bristle brushes and beater brushes the

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last one just in case you can't find a broom in the big quidditch match is

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coming up next Saturday anyway bad jokes aside the accessory package is actually

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overall outstanding and even though Roomba is definitely going to bleed you

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dry on overpriced Replacements through their store in the long run at least

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they have the decency to keep you up and running for a reasonable period of time

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before that becomes necessary and they offer some pretty tangible upgrade

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options as well if you're looking to get a bit more performance or battery life

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out of your device and of course third party options are out there if you want

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to save a few bucks all right so let's do a quick tour of the device itself

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these have come a long way since even the demos that I saw in my first year

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attending CES back in the late 2000s on

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the top is all the controls that you'll need buttons to set up scheduling that's

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a cool feature of this particular pet friendly Model A spot button for when

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you don't need to clean a whole room but you just want to do a deep clean in a

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particular isolated spot a dock button to tell it to go dock itself to its

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charging station a clean button which should be pretty self-explanatory it

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sprays water out the top of the unit Beday style and you kind of squat over

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it to no that's not what happens it starts a cleaning cycle for the Roomba

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to go around the I mean did you really believe that man I should come up with some other nonsense to tell you how

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about this one the dirt detect light illuminates to tell you the Roomba

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detected dirt wait that that's actually what that does it cleans a little

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heavier when it detects dirt or something hitting some kind of sensor

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cool also on the top is the big red button to access the replace filter and

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to dump out the dirt canister there are speaker holes for the tones that the

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Roomba uses along with the error code display to tell you stuff like hey I'm

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done hey I'm getting started hey charge the bloom and Battery you fart lad uh

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much more politely than that of course at the front we find the infrared sensor

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for the virtual wall units that sends out beams telling the Ruma not to cross

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them though frankly my wife found it was less work to close doors or find some

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random boxes to put in its way than to use these as as well as a physical

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bumper that tells the Roomba when it's hit a wall or other solid object then if

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we flip it over there are four infrared sensors for Edge detection to keep your

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fancy Gadget from flinging itself over a cliff like the rest of the Lemmings and

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while we're down here there are the charging contacts a Caster wheel the

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little brush that is needed to grab debris away from the edges around walls

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and Corners thanks to the roomba's round shape a couple super grippy Drive wheels

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and the beater and brush spinning pieces that are actually responsible for

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removing hair and dirt from the floor to be sucked up but that's all fine and

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good in theory how well does the darn thing work great question in some

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respects really well in spite of all the drop offs in my house the Roomba has

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never fallen down for me and it does anywhere from an 80 to 90% job of

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cleaning most of the hallways and rooms in my house it's actually a very

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impressive little piece of technology but there are some drawbacks to the

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experience as well the preparation for rooming is a bit more involved than just

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kind of grabbing a hose and then like going to town going under things and all

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that kind of stuff you got to set up your barricades position it then come

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back to it when it's ready for the next task that and the roomba's approach to

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room cleaning especially if your rooms contain a lot of furniture and other

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obstacles feels a touch on the random side and even though it actually

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eventually seems to get pretty good coverage it takes a really long time

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much longer than it would take you to do it yourself manually but lonus I think

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you're missing the point you don't have to be actively vacuuming so that's where

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the time savings comes in and yeah it is but there are some other things that

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weigh into it for me I mean for one thing the noise of the room it makes is kind of annoying not as bad as a as a

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standalone vacuum cleaner but having it running for extended periods of time

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does bother especially my cats and for another the darn thing gets stuck on or

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fails to clean enough things in my house like this black bordered rug that it

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refuses to go onto but won't stay inside

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if I start on top of it that I have to check on the Roomba periodically and so

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while I can do other things while it's cleaning I can't go too far away or

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it'll often end up sitting there doing nothing it also requires some things

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that my central vacuum system doesn't more upkeep as far as replacement parts

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is concerned very frequent emptying of the Dust chamber about once per room

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charging so it can be used only for about one or two rooms per charge before

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you either have to pick up your base station and put it in the roomat

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cleaning so that it can dock to it when it's done something that's a bit of a pain since the cord for it is so bulky

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and actually kind of gets in the way of cleaning near the station or pick the

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Roomba up and take it back to the base station but I guess the bottom line is

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this am I going to keep it I paid for it am I going to keep it and continue to

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use it or not and the answer is that while the price tag for what is

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effectively a cleaning accessory that does not replace a normal vacuum is um

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pretty high and I'm not actually the ideal customer for the Roomba folks with

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smaller single story dwellings with fewer obstacles or this Baby's

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wheelhouse since it can't clean things like uh a sunken living room or stairs

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um and it's just kind of set and forget um I still plan to continue to use it

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and I do plan to keep it I mean if the whole house needs to be cleaned it is

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still more efficient to just grab a vacuum and do it properly uh it'll be

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more thorough and you know it that needs to be done periodically anyway just to

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get under things like tables that the Roomba can't access but the thing about

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the Roomba is that if you make it part of your daily habit it definitely does a

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great job of dramatically decreasing the

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required frequency of proper cleanings as long as you're willing to accept a

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