iRobot Terra Robot Lawn Mower – First Impressions

Re:iRobot Terra Robot Lawn Mower – First Impressions by deedubaya on Thursday January 09, 2020 @01:26PM (#22003909)

I absolutely hate my iRobot vacuum. Constantly getting stuck and does a poor job of actually vacuuming. Not to mention the wireless beacons it requires cost ~1/3 the cost of the actual unit.

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Re:iRobot Terra Robot Lawn Mower – First Impressions by xiphias2 on Thursday January 09, 2020 @01:43PM (#22004116)

Just buy a Xiaomi vacuum. Half the price, and no wireless beacons needed to be usable.

It gets stuck as well by default, but I set up a lot of red zones on the app and now it finishes perfectly almost every time.

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Re:iRobot Terra Robot Lawn Mower – First Impressions by moduspol on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:43PM (#22006204)

I have the new Roomba (i7) and you can use the app to draw boxes on your floor layout to tell it not to go places.

This is good for me because I try to avoid things that need batteries that must be changed.

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Re:iRobot Terra Robot Lawn Mower – First Impressions by MBCook on Thursday January 09, 2020 @02:14PM (#22004428)

What wireless beacons? Do you mean the lighthouses that mark ‘no go’ zones?

For the record I’m quite happy with mine.

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