Shefwedfan wrote: » I have and would love one but what sort of money are they coming in at? did you buy via China and had to pay customs ?
taytobreath wrote: » have you looked at the xiaomi vacuum, it gets very good reviews, I have one and it is very good. But its not as good as a regular vacuum, it leaves matted pet hair in your carpet, but it is handy and there's an app that allows you to set when you want it to clean every day or every 2nd day or whenever you want from wherever you want. I unfortunately only got mine last week and still have not figured out how to pair it with the app. I keep getting timed out messages, I'm about to post a thread here to see if anyone else had this issue.
Shefwedfan wrote: » Sorry to pull this back up, I am still looking for Robo Hoover I seen the Neato D85 and the D5 connected. The D5 is about 80 quid more and wondering do you need the app? Anyone any experience? Can you set the D85 timer etc?
Dardania wrote: » Interesting about the mop...next item for me. With myrobotcenter.eu, can't say I had a good experience with them when buying Roomba a few months ago. They disputed whether I had paid or not, were very difficult to get in touch with, opening many support tickets with many people rather than dealing with queries - overall a 1 week delivery took about 3 with a lot of grief. Maybe I was a once off...
SpannerMonkey wrote: » Shefwedfan wrote: » Roomba on special from Amazonhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0182G4BO4/ref=pe_3090231_230866191_pd_h1_t thats not really a good deal at all £230 = €260 , especially considering there are better models available at that price . here is the same model for €60 less at €199 https://www.myrobotcenter.eu/en/irobot-roomba-605 i recently bought an Irobot Braava 390t mop from them and its a fantastic bit of kit and they were very good to deal with
Shefwedfan wrote: » Roomba on special from Amazonhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0182G4BO4/ref=pe_3090231_230866191_pd_h1_t
Irish Gunner wrote: » Seems to be basic model and just as cheap as elsewhere so going to hold of on purchasing this Still tempted by the Xiaomi but just cannot justify the price yet
jmBuildExt wrote: » What's there to work out?? Customs is simple - anything over the value of $22 coming from outside the EU you should be paying duty on. However, certain channels are more prone to enforcement than others. So whenever you get a package into the country with a value of more than $22 you have gotten away with being charged. With DHL I'd imagine they get the price and type of the item on collection, and they know the destination, and it automatically goes into the "process for customs" pool. With other more public delivery methods its down to whether it randomly gets picked out by customs officials for a check.
Shefwedfan wrote: » I asked question on Gearbest thread but no answer from them yet
eddiem74 wrote: » Did you figure out customs?
Irish Gunner wrote: » How is it buying from Gearbest and customs take this is coming from China. Tempted to buy but don't want Customs to hinder my decision
mrcheez wrote: » How high is it? My Roomba can climb over my coir doormat easily which is about 3cm high
yannakis wrote: » All good with Xiaomi too. In my previous place we had a rather tall "step" between tiles and engineered wood, and it did just fine. Sometimes I noticed on the map that it didn't go exactly straight, but it would reverse/change angle slightly/try again.
tedpan wrote: Xiaomi are going global at the moment with mobile phones, really impressive company.
KintarÅ wrote: » I don't mind cheap Chinese electronics that don't need to be permanently left plugged in but those that do, I'm always wary of the quality of the power supply.
KintarÅ wrote: » How's the quality of the unit with the Xiaomi?
givecredit wrote: » If your robot is going to be cleaning on a regular basis, realistically how much dirt will it gather on each clean?
Shefwedfan wrote: » My wife will kill me if I buy one but then again she is used to me buying stuff The small issue I see is the dust bin size. It says it has 0.42ltr. The one I had before was 0.3ltr and it would fill up very quickly I am just wondering will it be big enough My house is 3,000 sq ft but in reality I will block off half the house so it will be covering about 1,500 sq ft. I just wonder would it have a dust bin big enough
endacl wrote: » http://www.scarymommy.com/roomba-meets-pile-of-poop-jesse-newton/
givecredit wrote: » No, it maps out the room first then cleans in an orderly fashion. User uses similar technology to self drive Google car.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m91rEfzp3DA Check end of video to see it in action. ( Since this video was made, the app is now in English)
Shefwedfan wrote: » Just wondering how does it clean? is it like the Roomba and just bumps it way around? Thanks
yannakis wrote: » Got mine from aliexpress back in August, from a seller shipping from Germany. Many Chinese sites have sellers shipping from around Europe so have a look around. If you end up buying from outside the EU, calculate VAT+handling fee of Anpost/Courier (~€20).
Shefwedfan wrote: » I have loads of Xioami kit and it is great It mentions on the lin Generation 1. That would be a concern or not?
Kintarō Hattori wrote: » Hmmm Roomba or the Xiaomi?https://www.amazon.co.uk/iRobot-Roomba-Vacuum-Cleaning-Robot/dp/B00AXJW94S/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1511517310&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=roomba&psc=1https://www.gearbest.com/robot-vacuum/pp_440546.html?wid=21&utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=linkshare&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-_CB85MvaGEe4CAiBigXhlA - can apparently be bought for roughly the same price as the Roomba.
givecredit wrote: » I own the Roomba 650 for a year now. Great Machine. But if I was buying now, I would definitely get the Xioami. Its the equivalent of the Roomba 980 at circa €900. Xioami is a much more intelligent robot than 650 roomba. Xioami have taken the best of Roomba and Neato Connected and made their own device at a fraction of the cost.
