iRobot 560 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, Black and Silver

Editorial Review:

Life happens in busy homes, and keeping up with accumulating dirt, dust, pet hair, crumbs, and debris can be a daily challenge. Introducing the iRobot Roomba 560- a member of iRobot's newest generation of Roomba Vacuuming Robots.

Now there's a better way to maintain cleaner floors every day. With dramatically improved navigation, cleaning coverage, vacuum pickup, particle filtration, and scheduling capabilities, the Roomba 560 picks up amazing amounts of dirt and debris from your floors with the touch of a button--so you don't have to.

The Roomba 560 even cleans on schedule when it's most convenient for you. Use the on-board scheduling system to easily program up to seven days and times per week for Roomba to vacuum--whether you're at home or on the go. The Roomba 560 also offers the most efficient room-to-room cleaning available using two innovative, new Virtual Wall Lighthouses.

With dramatically improved navigation, cleaning coverage, vacuum pickup, and particle filtration, the Roomba 560 vacuuming robot picks up amazing amounts of dirt and debris with the simple touch of a button. The powerful unit features innovative spinning side brushes that grab dirt and dust from corners and along wall edges, as well as two high-speed, counter-rotating brushes that pick up pet hair, cat litter, food crumbs, and other debris from floors. The vacuum sucks up the debris and deposits it into a large, easy-to-empty bagless dustbin, and its improved fine-filtration system traps dust, pollen, and other allergens inside the unit, reducing infiltration into the living environment.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Breaks Easily:

The idea is great, but the product has some major flaws. I've been through 3 of these in less than 1-year. The brushes take forever to clean. I use a screwdriver, letter cutter, and scissor to remove the hair from the brush ends. If I fail to do so, it doesn't work very well. Once it gets tangled on a cord, it makes a grinding noise and doesn't work as well.
For a 1900 square foot home, I'm forced to clean the brushes 8 times in one-week and each cleaning takes about 20 minutes due to the hair that... more info

Almost worthless:

I strongly recommend against buying this product, especially if you live in a home with rugs or flooring that are dark, stairs, hinged doors that can't be fastened open, or power cords, and all people and pets living with you aren't bald. An older model may work better for you.
My wife and I owned a previous version of Roomba, and it worked pretty well. It's main drawback was that it couldn't clean dark rugs because it can't tell the difference between them and stairs, and so it backed away every time... more info

The next household timesaver!:

I have had the iRoomba for 6 months now, it is nothing short of wonderful. My floors are now cleaner than ever and cleaned nearly every day. What I find most remarkable is its ability to find dust, even when it starts out on a what looks like a clean floor it always fills its dust catcher.
The operation of the machine is very simple, simply press the button.
We did need to do a little work making the room roomba proof, for example organizing power cords underneath cabinets and making the kids pick... more info

nice helper:

A little loud, but works great. Even the Cat likes it! It does have a hard time finding the base every now and then, but worth it to not having to vacuum weekly

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