Roomba or equivalent?

digitaldr wrote: »

Did you get caught for duty?

No ordered through their Polish warehouse so no duty on it.

Still very happy with it but one thing I wasn't aware of was that it can only store 1 map with no-go areas etc. If you want it to do upstairs and downstairs for example you'll just need to get it map out the rooms each time and make sure any no-go areas have barriers to stop entry. That's not a problem for me and hopefully they'll release a firmware update that stores at least 2 floors. I believe that's a feature on the new S6 though so they might leave the S5 as it is.

Anyway, overall I'm very happy with it and it does a great job. Wife also really likes it and has been the quickest gadget she's seen the benefits of in a long time! Still struggling to convince her on the Harmony Remote & Hue bulbs!

digitaldr wrote: »

I sent my Harmony remote back. I didn't think the technology was quite there yet and definitely didn't pass the wife test! Very happy with Hue though - mainly use ikea smart bulbs with it plus a few motion sensors for bathrooms, hall stairs & landing.

My Harmony remote used to work brilliantly, but after some recent firmware updates it has been a bit all over the place. Genuinely though, normally once it's set up and you do all the preset functions (time consuming I'll admit) it's a good piece of kit.

I received the Roborock S5 yesterday and am struggling with one issue regarding mapping.

The first vacuum of the house completed (but missed a bit of the house) and the map is visible is the cleaning history as follows:
https://imgur.com/a/NG0zDmT

However when I open the app less than half of one room is showing and this is all that is visible - I cannot set no go areas and the "go to" function is not working:
https://imgur.com/a/RKhwUSr

Any advice? I am running the latest firmware (3.3.9_001864)

RonanC wrote: »

I received the Roborock S5 yesterday and am struggling with one issue regarding mapping.

The first vacuum of the house completed (but missed a bit of the house) and the map is visible is the cleaning history as follows:
https://imgur.com/a/NG0zDmT

However when I open the app less than half of one room is showing and this is all that is visible - I cannot set no go areas and the "go to" function is not working:
https://imgur.com/a/RKhwUSr

Any advice? I am running the latest firmware (3.3.9_001864)

Have you enabled map saving under vacuum settings? It's not enabled by default and you can't set no-go zones etc until it's on.

RonanC wrote: »

Yes, did that straight away. I may have to try a full reset at this stage

Just noticed I'm on the 0017698 firmware. I have an update pending but I think I'll delay the update until you fix your problem! 😜

Shane732 wrote: »

This one look ok?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32958072820.html?spm=2114.search0604.3.1.270011f8mm6Iu3&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0%2Csearchweb201602_3_10065_10068_319_10059_10884_317_10887_10696_321_322_10084_453_10083_454_10103_10618_10304_10307_10820_10821_537_10302_536%2Csearchweb201603_52%2CppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=dd7a5f74-86fd-4966-b211-2640f358a497-0&algo_pvid=dd7a5f74-86fd-4966-b211-2640f358a497

Yep that's the one I bought from Poland warehouse I think.

Shane732 wrote: »

How long was delivery?

Just over a week I think. Less than 2 away. No customs.

Black_Knight wrote: »

Neato d3 price drop to £229. Tempted to pull the trigger, though the few really scathing reviews have me thinking.

Neato Robotics Botvac D301 Connected Self-Charging & Docking Robot Vacuum for Pet Hair & Allergies - Alexa & Smart Home Compatible Automatic Vacuum https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KV1C1C2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_TxfjDb5SG1MAS

cant understand what people would have issue with, its a brilliant device and has an excellent feature set.

Suarezistheman wrote: »

Anybody got the D3, serious price drop tempted to take the plunge... will love some more info on it

Don't have the D3 but I went for the Eufy Robovac 30c, similar price range (https://www.eufylife.com/uk/products/variant/robovac-30c/T2118211) and find it great, favourite piece of smart home kit.... it actually largely saves you a job.

If you hang on for Prime Day, July 15th I believe, I'd say you'll see discounts on lots of smart home kit. Personally I got 30C on deal a few months back for £208, normally they're around the £299 ish.

i have a d3 what do you want to know,

i dont believe the eufy is in the same segment in terms of features

Suarezistheman wrote: »

How do you find the cleaning power on it? Does the mapping work ok? how do you find the battery life, form reading reviews it seems the 60 minutes is not great. Is it slow to clean also? Thanks for your help

cleaning power is great no issues with that,

mapping works perfectly as do no go lines

Battery life isnt an issue really as it will go back and recharge if it needs to finish the cycle i find it can do my down stairs without recharging.

Im not sure what you mean by slow to clean? hasnt been an issue for me, but remember you are likely to run these devices when you arent there or at night so battery life and time to clean are less of an issue.

you can also upgrade the battery if you want (its the only difference between the d3 and d5 i believe)

alec76 wrote: »

Neato would be the different league to Eufy 30c, they were the first to introduce laser mapping.

exactly

As I finish mopping all my floors and know the bloody things will be dirty again in 24 hours, I just want a robo mop now!

Help

Shaunoc wrote: »

24 hours is not bad
tell my dogs about 24 hours and they say 2 hours:pac:

I think most of us have seen those disaster stories about a RoboVac going off before a dog accident was cleaned up off the floor.... eeewwwweeuuu