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by systemtest 2286 days ago
I've owned a mid-segment Roomba in 2019 for about 48 hours. The downsides included aggressively bumping into my thin-legged chairs, moving them for a couple of centimeters before coming to a stop. Not being able to vacuum black carpet. Not being able to vacuum dark rooms, so I either have to leave all the lights on when I leave or leave the curtains open (thus letting in cold). It broke the delicate moulding at the base of the radiators by ramming into it. It would distribute the coconut fibers of the doormat all over the house. It would go under the bed but would not be able to get out. And I had to enable 2.4Ghz WiFi after all these years. Which was troublesome because my iPhone was connected to the 5Ghz network and it tries to copy your iPhone network to the Roomba.

Returned it. Doing a 15 minute vacuum every Saturday morning is easier for me than to deal with all this, and it keeps the house tidy during the week.