Roomba 560 Vacuum by iRobot (IR117)
September 28, 2007
The Roomba 560 Vacuuming Robot by iRobot (IR117) ($349) has improved to cover four rooms and 30% more area than its predecessors. This means that the Roomba is finally the next generation house hold staple – sort of like the 5th generation iPod. This version delivers more suction power, improved side brushes, and the main brushes work better to clean up pet hair. The improved system can also identify and slow down to gently clean around furniture and other objects. It also automatically identifies and adjusts to work with all floor types.
The low profile design makes the Roomba 560 easily clean under deep sofas, beds and chairs with absolutely no effort. Also, there are no bags to replace because the Roomba has a permanent built in dustbin. It runs on a built-in NiMH battery pack and it comes with two infrared “virtual walls.”
The operation is simple, you press a button to tell Roomba how much to vacuum, and that’s pretty much it. You’ll follow it around at first, watching it do everything it said it would. Then it’ll be a part of the family and you’ll let it have its space.
There have been over 2 million households who have already taken advantage of the Roomba. With the new model and its features it will start to make its way into almost every household.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:51 am
yeah, i thought the worst part was picking up after myself, but once i got the roomba, you have to leave room for it to go around the apartment. now its really clean, all the time. and its fairly quite for a vaccuum. good grab