Aldi Robot Vacuum Cleaner €179.99

mrcheez · 10-04-2014 06:29PM

positron wrote: »

This is why I am not getting one of these "dump" robots - I'll wait till for these devices to advance a bit more, incorporates more sensors and cleverly figures out how to cover maximum floor space with least distance traveled and taking less time over all to clean given area; and then perhaps a 'maintenance' mode where they would first scan the floor around them and will clean if they sense dirt / dust.

a self-clean would be *cringe* "awesome"
(I hate using it but it's apparently back in fashion... next up "radical" makes a comeback)

Pinkycharm · 10-04-2014 09:05PM

I have both groupon and aldi and they are great! You only get an hours work out of the groupon one and it beeps to let you know battery has run out. It's perfect for my kitchen by itself and then Monty from Aldi can do the other rooms.

schadenfreude8 · 11-04-2014 11:40AM

Saw one of these in the glass case in the dublin newlands Aldi this morning.

evosteo · 12-04-2014 05:50PM

is there any websites available for ordering spare parts????????

deadl0ck · 14-04-2014 10:33AM

OK- so found a site in Italy that sells spare parts for the Ariete Briciola (i.e. the Aldi one)

Click Here

I got one of the Italian guys I work with to drop them a note and they will ship to Ireland, but it takes about 2 weeks.
I ordered the 2 extra brushes and hepa filter as a test (this)- the shipping is 6.90, so total of 21.30
I'll post back when I get them (so you can be sure they actually do ship here !!)

The battery is expensive though - 38 yo-yo...
I wonder if you got the exact specs of the battery if you could buy a generic one on eBay that would fit.....

TomCo · 14-04-2014 10:51AM

deadl0ck wrote: »

The battery is expensive though - 38 yo-yo...
I wonder if you got the exact specs of the battery if you could buy a generic one on eBay that would fit.....

That's pretty cheap tbh, the roomba batteries are over a hundred.

deadl0ck · 14-04-2014 11:02AM

TomCo wrote: »

That's pretty cheap tbh, the roomba batteries are over a hundred.

Though it was expensive in relation to one of the earlier posts where some said they talked to customer support and a new battery is supposedly 20 euro....

excalaber · 14-04-2014 11:09PM

Bought the one from amazon Italy, arrived v promptly with Italian plug and Italian instructions. 🙋

deadl0ck · 15-04-2014 09:55AM

excalaber wrote: »

Bought the one from amazon Italy, arrived v promptly with Italian plug and Italian instructions. 🙋

Italian instructions as PDF are here and you can use this website to translate the PDF and it will keep the formatting in the PDF

beardybrewer · 15-04-2014 10:15AM

excalaber wrote: »

Bought the one from amazon Italy, arrived v promptly with Italian plug and Italian instructions. 🙋

Is this the one?

http://www.amazon.it/Ariete-AR2711-Briciola-Robot-Aspirapolvere/dp/B009FU7H5M/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397553281&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=vacuum+Ariete+Briciola

irelandrover · 15-04-2014 04:36PM

excalaber wrote: »

Bought the one from amazon Italy, arrived v promptly with Italian plug and Italian instructions. 🙋

Maybe a stupid question but how did you buy it. Says it cannot be shipped to my address. Help would be greatly appreciated.

danjo-xx · 15-04-2014 08:33PM

irelandrover wrote: »

Maybe a stupid question but how did you buy it. Says it cannot be shipped to my address. Help would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.parcelmotel.com/ probably.

excalaber · 15-04-2014 09:03PM

irelandrover wrote: »

Maybe a stupid question but how did you buy it. Says it cannot be shipped to my address. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Yes no problem with delivery and much quicker than promised

vienne86 · 15-04-2014 09:27PM

I think they're still around in Aldi - I saw a price sign for one in Churchtown today, though I didn't see the robot. But they have the robot in the Aldi beside the Square in Tallaght.

irelandrover · 16-04-2014 04:20PM

excalaber wrote: »

Yes no problem with delivery and much quicker than promised

So you had no problem ordering it? When i try to purchase it says it cannot be shipped to my address.

excalaber · 16-04-2014 06:35PM

irelandrover wrote: »

So you had no problem ordering it? When i try to purchase it says it cannot be shipped to my address.

That's strange. I usually order from amazon.uk but I logged into amazon.it and my details and delivery addresses were all there. Didn't do anything different to the uk site. Got it in 4 days

k123456 · 23-04-2014 07:39PM

Can the Aldi robot be programmed to vacuum on particular day and time , or is it just time only

January · 23-04-2014 08:16PM

There was one of these left at the till with some other special buys in Aldi Mulhuddart today.

bogman · 23-04-2014 11:23PM

Battery in my sisters robot has failed, it wont charge, I have one but dont use it as often, working fine, anyone else with battery problems, think Aldi will refund this and not replace the battery :-(

frash · 26-04-2014 07:44PM

bogman wrote: »

Battery in my sisters robot has failed, it wont charge, I have one but dont use it as often, working fine, anyone else with battery problems, think Aldi will refund this and not replace the battery :-(

My battery wasn't charging and I thought of this post that they were all doomed but thankfully I discovered that there was some oily residue on the bottom of Johnny which was stopping the connectors from charging properly .

A quick baby wipe and he's charging away again now.

Something to keep an eye out for.

SeanyMc22 · 27-04-2014 08:27PM

Came home today to find one of his arms broke off

Pinkycharm · 27-04-2014 09:33PM

4 in nenagh

ImARebel · 28-04-2014 07:36AM

SeanyMc22 wrote: »

Came home today to find one of his arms broke off

I'd have been gutted... Did it get tangled up or did it just come off.

I'd be lost without Percy now... He's taken massive pressure off in our house.

If anything happened him it would be like a death in the family, lol

deadl0ck · 28-04-2014 08:18AM

SeanyMc22 wrote: »

Came home today to find one of his arms broke off

I got 2 spare brushes with mine - did you not ?

SeanyMc22 · 28-04-2014 09:10AM

Yeah I was pretty gutted alright! It's just one of the arms of the three on the left hand side. He didn't get stick/tangled but I assume it was gradually worn down and finally gave up the ghost. I've been using him almost daily to keep things spotless and since he does such a good job I notice every speck of dirt and send him off nearly every day. May need to cut down to every second/third day.

I got two spares as well, he still works fine with the one arm missing so may hold off on replacing them straight away.

k123456 · 28-04-2014 03:26PM

Does anyone have a link to Spares please

Brushes, hepa filter, and battery

Does that cover all the spares, or is there more

deadl0ck · 28-04-2014 03:27PM

I found 1 Italian site doing spares and ordered some as a test - 1 month later and they still have not arrived....

evosteo · 28-04-2014 11:36PM

im not sure if they ship to ireland

, sent off the following message to them, ill see if i get a reply ( thank god for google translate

)

Ciao come stai. vorrei comprare alcuni pezzi per il mio robot aspirapolvere e il tuo negozio li ha in magazzino. Quello che vorrei sapere è quanto costerebbe spedire a Dublino Irlanda? l'articolo può essere trovato qui ..... http://www.assistenzasbrollini.com/product.php?id_product=1855. So di numerose persone provenienti da Irlanda che potrebbero essere interessati a questa voce se può essere spedito qui. Cordiali saluti, .......

and in english

hi how are you. i would like to buy some parts for my robot vacuum and your store has them in stock. what i would like to know is how much would it cost to ship them to Dublin Ireland? the item can be found here.....http://www.assistenzasbrollini.com/product.php?id_product=1855 . I know of numerous people from ireland who would be interested in this item if it can be shipped here. kind regards, .........

if i get a reply ill post it up here

deadl0ck · 29-04-2014 12:45PM

evosteo wrote: »

im not sure if they ship to ireland , sent off the following message to them, ill see if i get a reply ( thank god for google translate )

Ciao come stai. vorrei comprare alcuni pezzi per il mio robot aspirapolvere e il tuo negozio li ha in magazzino. Quello che vorrei sapere è quanto costerebbe spedire a Dublino Irlanda? l'articolo può essere trovato qui ..... http://www.assistenzasbrollini.com/product.php?id_product=1855. So di numerose persone provenienti da Irlanda che potrebbero essere interessati a questa voce se può essere spedito qui. Cordiali saluti, .......

and in english

hi how are you. i would like to buy some parts for my robot vacuum and your store has them in stock. what i would like to know is how much would it cost to ship them to Dublin Ireland? the item can be found here.....http://www.assistenzasbrollini.com/product.php?id_product=1855 . I know of numerous people from ireland who would be interested in this item if it can be shipped here. kind regards, .........

if i get a reply ill post it up here

I got one of the Italian guys I work with to email them and they got back to him and said they would ship to Ireland but it would take about 2 weeks for delivery. Be interesting to see what they come back to you with...

Muahahaha · 29-04-2014 02:38PM

deadl0ck wrote: »

I found 1 Italian site doing spares and ordered some as a test - 1 month later and they still have not arrived....

I once waited nearly two months waiting on an indicator light bulb from Italy. Companies there are very slow to ship and then often they also have big problems with people stealing items from the post. Many ebay sellers refuse to ship to Italy because of the amount of goods that never reach the buyer. Avoid ever getting anything shipped from Italy if you can. Sadly in this case you might have to, unless someone unearths a German company doing the same spares- they might be out there given that Aldi are German and would have sold a lot of these robots on their home soil.

Aldi Robot Vacuum Cleaner €179.99

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