Roomba or equivalent?

nigwerwig · 20-11-2020 12:04am

JAMM222 wrote: »

Ordered the s5 max from aliexpress on 11.11.11 from the warehouse in France.....no updates on tracking only to say it was dispatched on 11.11.11
Did anyone who ordered on 11.11.11 receive theirs yet and if so was it delivered by an post or dpd and di you get a notification the day before?
Thanks

I ordered one was meant to be here today with DPD get the text for the time etc but never showed up. I called and they rebooked it for tomorrow.
I have ordered other stuff and it came with in post and the tracking number didn't work for a week until it landed in Ireland

JAMM222 · 20-11-2020 12:11am

nigwerwig wrote: »

I ordered one was meant to be here today with DPD get the text for the time etc but never showed up. I called and they rebooked it for tomorrow.
I have ordered other stuff and it came with in post and the tracking number didn't work for a week until it landed in Ireland

Thanks @nigwerwig hopefully I'll get a text tomorrow from dpd.....this thing will be working overtime when I get it, 3 kids, house is a mess, constantly sweeping, hoping this is the magic bullet

JAMM222 · 20-11-2020 2:53pm

Dpd rang, looks like it will be delivered tomorrow or Monday

bittihuduga · 22-11-2020 11:52pm

got mine delivered from their CZ warehouse via dpd

Argo foc yourself · 23-11-2020 1:27pm

I am currently looking for something that has a climb height of 1 inch. It needs to go from a tiled floor to a wooden floor. There is a sloped. saddle board that plateau at 1inch.

alec76 · 23-11-2020 1:45pm

Most of the robots could go as high as 2 cm .
1 inch probably would be out of the range.
You migh check Dyson 360 robots , they might do it , but you'll pay well for them , probably enough to buy 2-3 Roborocks.

nihicib2 · 23-11-2020 1:46pm

We have a small extension being built, open plan downstairs, will be a separate granny flat type place, looking for a vacum that I can just use the app to go away itself and clean the place, will be tiled floors no rugs, not looking for anything high end as the place wont be used daily, budget between 100-250. Any ideas?

seannash · 23-11-2020 2:46pm

Argo foc yourself wrote: »

I am currently looking for something that has a climb height of 1 inch. It needs to go from a tiled floor to a wooden floor. There is a sloped. saddle board that plateau at 1inch.

Knowing how beneficial they are to me I'd consider installing a low profile saddle

thebackbar · 23-11-2020 7:42pm

hello,

I'm looking for a recomendation for a robot hoover, I'm looking at the range of roomba robots.

I'm hoping to find one that i can schedule to hoover only our kitchen every day, and hoover all of the house twice a week. I'm finding it hard to distinguish which ones have this feature and which don't. I'm willing to spend circa 600 euros

thanks

alec76 · 23-11-2020 8:14pm

thebackbar wrote: »

hello,

I'm looking for a recomendation for a robot hoover, I'm looking at the range of roomba robots.

I'm hoping to find one that i can schedule to hoover only our kitchen every day, and hoover all of the house twice a week. I'm finding it hard to distinguish which ones have this feature and which don't. I'm willing to spend circa 600 euros

thanks

Robots are not as effective as regular hoover, they only 1/10 suction power of your hoover . In order to keep house clean they have to do it once a day or even twice .
Twice a week won’t do the trick I am afraid.
ps. Not sure for Roomba , but you could schedule to hoover specific rooms with Roborock.

Clareman · 23-11-2020 11:08pm

The robots are great to keep everything tidy but it won't keep the house clean if that makes sense? When you have the robot you get into the habit of keeping stuff off the ground. We have the Roborock S5, it goes off about twice a day I'd say, once when the kids go to school and again after lunch. We'd vacuum the house maybe once a week as well, but we've wood flooring so the steamer once a week normally does the job that we need.

xckjoo · 24-11-2020 10:46am

thebackbar wrote: »

hello,

I'm looking for a recomendation for a robot hoover, I'm looking at the range of roomba robots.

I'm hoping to find one that i can schedule to hoover only our kitchen every day, and hoover all of the house twice a week. I'm finding it hard to distinguish which ones have this feature and which don't. I'm willing to spend circa 600 euros

thanks

Just checked the Roborock app and it doesn't seem to have that feature. You can manually tell it to do 1+ rooms but scheduler doesn't seem to let you split by room. TBH I just tell it to run manually every day and decide which rooms and when based on convenience at the time.

Edit. You can do it in the Roborock app if you aren't using Multifloor

alec76 · 24-11-2020 12:10pm

xckjoo wrote: »

Just checked the Roborock app and it doesn't seem to have that feature. You can manually tell it to do 1+ rooms but scheduler doesn't seem to let you split by room. TBH I just tell it to run manually every day and decide which rooms and when based on convenience at the time.

Could be the old firmware or Multifloor function enabled, otherwise it is under the Timer tab.

xckjoo · 24-11-2020 12:18pm

alec76 wrote: »

Could be the old firmware or Multifloor function enabled, otherwise it is under the Timer tab.

I haven't updated to the most recent firmware alright cause I'm hoping there'll be a hack for it soon but would have thought that kind of thing would be app specific. I've Multifloor enabled but don't have a Timer tab, just Schedules under the Settings. Are you using the Roborock or MiHome app?

alec76 · 24-11-2020 12:34pm

Mi Home , but there is no huge difference AFAIK.
Multifloor function won't let you set schedule for the specific room, it has to be disabled.

xckjoo · 24-11-2020 1:04pm

alec76 wrote: »

Mi Home , but there is no huge difference AFAIK.
Multifloor function won't let you set schedule for the specific room, it has to be disabled.

Ah that's the difference so. I disabled Multifloor and the option appeared. Good to know. Thanks

Bluefoam · 24-11-2020 1:07pm

Just ordered another Eufy 15C Max in the Black Friday sale. You can never have too many RoboVacs... in fact, you can, but now I have two, one upsatirs and one downstairs.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BoostIQ-Connected-Super-Thin-Self-Charging-Medium-Pile/dp/B07R5R7XF6/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=3JRM5DWG5XGWG&dchild=1&keywords=eufy+robovac&qid=1606219553&sprefix=eufy%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyN1VDQUUzS0xVWEJCJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTM1NjkyQkkwMk1ZSkgwRE43JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAyNTQ1NDNOTjVLNFpOOUVGNVMmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

The Black Oil · 24-11-2020 2:32pm

Bet they hold secret meetings when you're not there.

Bluefoam · 24-11-2020 2:57pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

Bet they hold secret meetings when you're not there.

Thats okay, once they don't unionise!

downtheroad · 25-11-2020 7:20pm

Looking at a Eufy 15C Max myself. I presume you're happy with it if you've ordered a second one. We have a dog that sheds a fair amount, should the 15C be able to cope with that? Obviously will set it to work when the dog is outside, otherwise I can't see it lasting too long!

Bluefoam wrote: »

Just ordered another Eufy 15C Max in the Black Friday sale. You can never have too many RoboVacs... in fact, you can, but now I have two, one upsatirs and one downstairs.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BoostIQ-Connected-Super-Thin-Self-Charging-Medium-Pile/dp/B07R5R7XF6/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=3JRM5DWG5XGWG&dchild=1&keywords=eufy+robovac&qid=1606219553&sprefix=eufy%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyN1VDQUUzS0xVWEJCJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTM1NjkyQkkwMk1ZSkgwRE43JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAyNTQ1NDNOTjVLNFpOOUVGNVMmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Bluefoam · 25-11-2020 10:21pm

downtheroad wrote: »

Looking at a Eufy 15C Max myself. I presume you're happy with it if you've ordered a second one. We have a dog that sheds a fair amount, should the 15C be able to cope with that? Obviously will set it to work when the dog is outside, otherwise I can't see it lasting too long!

Yeh, it's a great thing. I keep it on standard power. It has two levels above that, but standard does fine for me. I have three different dogs that visit regularly.

My brother has the 30C Max, with a dog in the house and it manages the hair perfectly.

But be aware, with any robot, you'll still need to take out the big hoover occasionally.

The Black Oil · 25-11-2020 11:00pm

Thanks Bluefoam, just ordered the Eufy 15C Max as a Christmas present - my first bit of seasonal shopping. Haven't bought anything online in a while, must tip the local postman all the same. I've an S50 the past 2 years myself, but I didn't see the S5 Max dropping to the low €300 mark, the codes on Aliexpress on my phone felt clickbaity and were not available in my region, apparently. France, EU and one other - can't recall. Don't know Eufy, but am not worried.

downtheroad · 25-11-2020 11:45pm

Thanks Bluefoam, also ordered. Not expecting it to replace the regular vacuum but if it can deal with some of the dog hair then I look forward to it arriving already!

nihicib2 · 26-11-2020 10:06am

I have a question about Amazon's pricing, when the vacum is for sale its 179.99 sterling but when when I go to checkout its 181.49, I know its only a few pound but Id rather have it in my pocket than in Amazon's, any ideas what is going on ?

august12 · 26-11-2020 10:12am

nihicib2 wrote: »

I have a question about Amazon's pricing, when the vacum is for sale its 179.99 sterling but when when I go to checkout its 181.49, I know its only a few pound but Id rather have it in my pocket than in Amazon's, any ideas what is going on ?

I think it's our vat difference, they charge Irish vat rate.

nihicib2 · 26-11-2020 10:35am

august12 wrote: »

I think it's our vat difference, they charge Irish vat rate.

Ah grand thanks, always wondered why it was added on

:)

Raoul · 26-11-2020 12:26pm

Clareman wrote: »

The robots are great to keep everything tidy but it won't keep the house clean if that makes sense? When you have the robot you get into the habit of keeping stuff off the ground. We have the Roborock S5, it goes off about twice a day I'd say, once when the kids go to school and again after lunch. We'd vacuum the house maybe once a week as well, but we've wood flooring so the steamer once a week normally does the job that we need.

Your robot vacuums twice a day? And you hoover once a week?

If you came to my place, you would probably think it is filthy

. The robot goes around twice a weeks everywhere. I do the kitchen most days. And mop with the robot once week. Obviously, sometimes that isn't enough and a spot clean is required. Other than that, every few weeks, I give the corners of the floors a wipe.

Clareman · 26-11-2020 6:31pm

Raoul wrote: »

Your robot vacuums twice a day? And you hoover once a week?

If you came to my place, you would probably think it is filthy . The robot goes around twice a weeks everywhere. I do the kitchen most days. And mop with the robot once week. Obviously, sometimes that isn't enough and a spot clean is required. Other than that, every few weeks, I give the corners of the floors a wipe.

Mrs. Clareman is a bit of a clean freak to be honest, the floors are steam cleaned weekly as well as the rest of it.

seannash · 27-11-2020 4:37pm

Clareman wrote: »

Mrs. Clareman is a bit of a clean freak to be honest, the floors are steam cleaned weekly as well as the rest of it.

I send the wee fella out once a day too, when I'm asleep. Might as well, I don't see a reason not to.
Just a reminder to set up no go zones for your christmas tree when you out it up

kave2 · 27-11-2020 11:52pm

Hi all, looking to order S5 max from Aliexpress. Delivered from Poland via Cainiao warehouse experess shipping for 332e. Who are these Cainiao warehouse experess? Never heard about them? Are they reliable?

kave2 · 19-12-2020 1:03pm

Received my roborock s5 max. Works perfect, amazing piece of tech. Sometimes on the app when I click on robot I get message 'current network is slow, please wait' and it won't load the map. Any solution to this?

When cleaning upstairs do I need to bring docking station upstairs too?
Thanks

Clareman · 19-12-2020 1:14pm

No need to bring the dock upstairs, it'll either return to where you started the cleaning or it'll stop at the top of the stairs.

kave2 · 19-12-2020 1:27pm

Clareman wrote: »

No need to bring the dock upstairs, it'll either return to where you started the cleaning or it'll stop at the top of the stairs.

Thanks.
Any idea regarding the slow network message?

baldshin · 19-12-2020 1:32pm

Picked up a Eufy 15c for just under €90 from Amazon warehouse during the black Friday weekend. It's doing a great job so far, even with pet hair to contend with! Can see myself getting in deeper and going for a smarter model next time, maybe even have one upstairs and one down.

Clareman · 19-12-2020 1:49pm

kave2 wrote: »

Thanks.
Any idea regarding the slow network message?

Not a clue, sorry, I know it uses the 2.4 network, might be a bit far from the router.

Diaell · 19-12-2020 2:20pm

kave2 wrote: »

Received my roborock s5 max. Works perfect, amazing piece of tech. Sometimes on the app when I click on robot I get message 'current network is slow, please wait' and it won't load the map. Any solution to this?

When cleaning upstairs do I need to bring docking station upstairs too?
Thanks

From other fourms I believe this to be an issue with the Roborock servers, might be down to increased users. Have a roborock s5 max awhile only seen this issue in the past two/three weeks. Only seems to be at certain times too.

xckjoo · 22-12-2020 12:58pm

Diaell wrote: »

From other fourms I believe this to be an issue with the Roborock servers, might be down to increased users. Have a roborock s5 max awhile only seen this issue in the past two/three weeks. Only seems to be at certain times too.

Happening all the time to me these days. PITA.
It looks like they're making good progress hacking it though so might jump on that once it's available. Hopefully that has offline maps.

DeadSkin · 22-12-2020 1:05pm

For the Roborock S5 Max, I see the option to easily change from downstairs to upstairs when selecting a room to vacuum is gone. If I want to change floors I have to go in and play around with the maps to get the upstairs as default!

Any one else see this, FW version is 01.10.26

bittihuduga · 28-12-2020 3:06pm

when i want to move s5 from downstairs to upstairs, i do it via manage maps - restore

i also get slow network when im outside my wifi or when my wifi signal is ok. are they not accessible via cloud or outside home wifi?

keg · 02-01-2021 11:07pm

Any good sales prices for Roborock S5/6 max?

DeadSkin · 04-01-2021 9:38am

Any one ever deal with Roborock EU support? Just looking for any feedback with respect to expectations!

The front wheel broke from my Roborock S5 Max, no idea how it happened, I just heard a crack when it was getting back on to the dock! I've dropped them an email as it's still under warranty.

DeadSkin · 04-01-2021 1:15pm

DeadSkin wrote: »

Any one ever deal with Roborock EU support? Just looking for any feedback with respect to expectations!

The front wheel broke from my Roborock S5 Max, no idea how it happened, I just heard a crack when it was getting back on to the dock! I've dropped them an email as it's still under warranty.

Got a reply from Roborock "Generally, A physical damage on the cleaning process is not not covered by warranty." They also said to contact the seller with any warranty queries.

nialldinho · 04-01-2021 1:26pm

I see the new Roborock S4 firmware allows for multiple floors. How do you do the second floor without a second dock? How does it know where it is in relation to the rooms?

Thanks

DeadSkin · 04-01-2021 1:56pm

nialldinho wrote: »

I see the new Roborock S4 firmware allows for multiple floors. How do you do the second floor without a second dock? How does it know where it is in relation to the rooms?

Thanks

For the S5 I just bring the dock upstairs.
You change the floor in the app and let it off or select a room, but since this is new option for the S4 you will have to let it off and map the space so you can create your rooms first.

bamayang · 04-01-2021 2:58pm

Have a sudden horrible noise coming from one of the wheels on Eufy 15c Max. Anyone every have an issue like this before? It got tangled in a stringy Matt thing and has made the noise since.
I turned the unit upside down and the wheels and cleaners run without the noise.
Would it be worth trying to open the back and see if it’s something simple/obvious or is this more likely a gearbox type problem?

The Black Oil · 04-01-2021 3:03pm

DeadSkin wrote: »

Got a reply from Roborock "Generally, A physical damage on the cleaning process is not not covered by warranty." They also said to contact the seller with any warranty queries.

The motor went on mine early on, something got stuck in it. It was easier to order the spare part and fix it myself, posting the whole thing back to China would probably have cost a fair bit. Hope you get sorted. Presume it's support@roborock-eu.com you're dealing with? I bought from Tom Top originally and was redirected to them by Roborock.

DeadSkin · 04-01-2021 3:35pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

The motor went on mine early on, something got stuck in it. It was easier to order the spare part and fix it myself, posting the whole thing back to China would probably have cost a fair bit. Hope you get sorted. Presume it's support@roborock-eu.com you're dealing with? I bought from Tom Top originally and was redirected to them by Roborock.

Yup - that's the email address alright for Roborock, I bought from EU Global - have pinged them let's see what they come back with.

Thinking the same thing as well to order the wheel and repair it myself. Where did you order the part from?

Bluefoam · 04-01-2021 4:11pm

DeadSkin wrote: »

Yup - that's the email address alright for Roborock, I bought from EU Global - have pinged them let's see what they come back with.

Thinking the same thing as well to order the wheel and repair it myself. Where did you order the part from?

If it came from eGlobal it's possible its a grey import and won't be covered by local warranty. Good luck getting anywhere with that supplier.

The Black Oil · 04-01-2021 4:50pm

DeadSkin wrote: »

Yup - that's the email address alright for Roborock, I bought from EU Global - have pinged them let's see what they come back with.

Thinking the same thing as well to order the wheel and repair it myself. Where did you order the part from?

AliExpress, iirc. Looks like they've the wheels.

DeadSkin · 04-01-2021 5:05pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

AliExpress, iirc. Looks like they've the wheels.

Cheers for that. May as well look at ordering a few more other spare parts too :pac:

Roomba or equivalent?

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