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The Roomba 500 Series is dead. Long live the 600 Series! iRobot is giving some products a very nice upgrade today, starting with its entry-level robotic floor vacuums.
The 600 Series is going to pick up where the 500 Series left off, or rather, it will replace the 500 Series entirely. The 600 Series is now iRobot’s lower price-point series of floor-cleaners, but it’s got some enhancements over the previous generation. It sports AeroVac technology (a version of what the high-end 700 Series uses), which distributes the flow of air more evenly. That causes the bin to fill up more evenly, enabling it to fit more, so you have to change it out less often. It also has a redesigned brush that is designed to keep hair from getting caught in it. This gives you been cleaning efficiency, and less nasty, hair-pulling maintenance.
They’re also, y’know, just better-looking. There’s nothing ground-breaking here, but these are all welcome improvements to the entry level line. While UK pricing hasn’t been announced for the 600 Series yet, over in the US the 620 has been set at $330, which converts neatly to £210 — once taxes etc have been added on, they’ll likely be closer to £300, we imagine. [iRobot]
I have wanted one of these things for years but I just can’t bring myself to spend that much money on a hoover.
One question I have about these is, “are they any good in a UK sized house?”, I can understand them working in those massive USA sized house’s, but are they any good in our little houses over here?
While I don’t like in the UK, the houses in the Netherlands are probably comparable. I absolutely love my Roomba and if it would break down I would buy a new one the next day. It is quite a bit of money but especially if you have a cat and both me and my girlfriend work full time, it is absolutely great to come home to a clean home.
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I live in a one bedroom flat and have a similar one to the Roomba, from Electrolux — all of our floors are wooden, and it does a pretty good job of cleaning. We mostly pop ‘er on when we leave the flat, so we don’t have to constantly walk around it.
Mind you, it’s nowhere near as efficient as our Dyson — much better for reaching corners.