SILVERCREST Robot Vacuum Cleaner with App

I see Lidl selling this again. Did anyone buy before and is it any good?

https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=20231

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I decided to take the plunge and purchase this. I had been considering a top-of-the-range Roomba because my sister advised me to. However, she lives in Miami, in a spacious single story house. Tropical climate so all the flooring is tiled. No carpets, no rugs, no curtains and no clutter. Me, I live in Ireland, on a hill in a bungalow that has been extended to the rear and upwards. Lots of steps and stairs.
After some Googling research I decided that the Silvercrest might be value at the price. It’s a Lidl re-branded iLike and that make seem to be reliable.
As my wife and kids are away this weekend I was able to get a good feel for it.
I’ve only used it twice so far, here are my initial thoughts:
The battery doesn’t seem to last very long. Maybe a little over an hour. Takes about two or three hours to charge. The unit doesn’t seem to be very good at finding its way back to the docking station. The latter isn’t very robust either and gets knocked around by the unit itself!
However, the sweeping/cleaning on tile, wooden floor and short pile carpet is very good. And the coverage around the room seems to be very good too. The path it takes doesn’t make sense initially but I assume this is the mapping process and there is method behind the madness. I would say that if you were to sit and watch it in action you would not be impressed. But the first time I used it I made a mental note of the detritus on the floor and was pleasantly surprised by how the room looked when I returned an hour later.
The less stuff in a room, the better. Consider when you do the hovering yourself. A quick rub and you’ll just work around the chairs, cables, etc. But a thorough job requires you to move those chairs out of the room, lift/remove cables, etc. I would say you need to do the latter prep work to the warrant one of these.
Does a great job but equally what you put into it you’ll get out of it.

Muahahaha wrote: »

€120 seems like a good price but I would wonder how many years you could expect to get out of them. Lidl usually has three year warranties which is great but if it broke down soon after the three years is up then €120 may not look so good when you've to buy another one

I guess you need to also take into account the time and labour that this device saves you over the 2-3 years. That would bring the cost a fair bit, making this a bargain; if the thing does a decent job.

bunderoon wrote: »

I guess you need to also take into account the time and labour that this device saves you over the 2-3 years. That would bring the cost a fair bit, making this a bargain; if the thing does a decent job.

My wife has a cleaner come to the house every two weeks. €20 for two hours. It is t all hovering she does, but it dies give you an idea of how reasonably priced this is.

Man, it’s great. It really is great.

I have had one of these (not a Lidl one) with years now. First one I got in Aldi, wasn't the best it kept breaking and I went then and got the iLife A6. Great little yoke. And considering the amount of crap it takes between dog hair, human hair (daughter has long hair) I can't believe it's still going strong but it is.

Worth a punt if it's got the 3 year warranty although that said the Aldi one had the same and it broke my heart

Anyone any views on this ?

Sold out in blanch as well.

There is a vileda one at the moment. Anyone got any idea if it is the same as the one above? Or any use?

holly8 wrote: »

I got Vileda one this week. Very happy with it. Its a basic 1 button job, no smart tech. But no need. It goes all over the place but floors are clean.

What price please

nava wrote: »

Link to it €99

Has anyone seen any of these in stock in Dublin?

We got the Vileda one too, great yoke for €100. Goes all over our laminate downstairs. Even the dogs are grand with it.