Self-charging Home Base, 2 Virtual Wall Lighthouses, an extra filter, and more included
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
Roomba 560 Review:
We all like the product at our home. My wife and I run the Roomba daily. Our dog and cat are amused. How much easier can it get? Is there a robot that dusts?
Breaks constantly!:
We bought the Roomba 560 in January '08. So far (in 7 months), we have had 3 of the internal brushed replaced. The side brush also broke, but we have not been able to get a replacement because they are back ordered (most likely because they break for most people all the time). Then, we had a problem where it wouldn't clean, just spun in a circle and gave us an error message. After being told it was the left wheel module, we waited a month to get the replacement part. Then, I called. Come to find out, they... more info
My Mom loves it:
It's a Christmas gift for my Mom and she really loves it. The machine saves a lot of time and very simple for my Mom to operate. Definitely, it is not perfect but I still give 5 stars based on my Mom's satisfaction. Few things I would like to see in the future Roomba models: - Reduce noise level: I cant sleep if Roomba is operating.
- Side bush should be more robust. One finger of side bush was broken after 1 month use.
Disappointed:
I had high hopes for my Roomba 560, but it failed after 10 days and IRobot's customer service has been very poor. The 560 does a good job of vacuuming when it works, but it started telling me that its brushes needed cleaning when they did not. I called customer care three times before I got through, and after finding that the Roomba gave the same message even with the cleaning brushes removed, the care person said IRobot would send me a new cleaning head module, which I will have to install myself. I was... more info
