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iRobot 560 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, Black and Silver | 
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| Brand: iRobot
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: See price in cart
as of 9/6/2010 09:55:12 EDT details
New (16) Refurbished (6) from $217.99
Rating:  488 reviews
Sales Rank: 184
Color: Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15
Dimensions (in): 13 x 13 x 3
MPN: 56101
Model: 560
UPC: 853816560011
EAN: 0885155000033
ASIN: B000UUBCNO
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Vacuuming robot picks up dirt and debris with the touch of a button | | • | Easy-to-empty bagless dustbin; fine-filtration system traps allergens | | • | Anti-tangle technology; gentle-touch bumper system; built-in cliff sensors | | • | Self-charging Home Base, 2 Auto Virtual Walls, an extra filter, and more included | | • | Measures 16-3/4 by 21 by 5 inches; 1-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
56101 The Roomba 560 features our newest innovations in vacuum performance, room navigation, edge and corner cleaning, advanced anti-tangle technology and transitioning from carpets to hard floors. Includes: -One compact self-charging home base. -Two auto virtual walls. -One brush cleaning tool. -One rechargeable battery. -One extra filter. Features: -Vacuum cleaning robot. -Newest innovations in vacuum performance.-Room navigation, edge and corner cleaning. -Advanced anti-tangle technology and transitioning from carpets to hard floors. -Automatically returns to itself charging home base to dock and recharge between cleanings. -Improved filter captures more dust and allergens. -Covers up to 4 rooms on a single battery charge. -On-board scheduling. -Maintaining clean brushes optimizes battery performance. -One power supply (3 hour charge time). -Each virtual wall lighthouse confines it to one room until the entire floor is vacuumed before moving to the next room. Specifications: -iRobot provides one year manufacturer's warranty. -Overall dimensions: 3'' H x 13'' W x 13'' D.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 488
 560 Roomba is flat-out amazing September 6, 2010
Movie Guy
I originally bought the Roomba 560 for my mother who's getting older and having a hard time vacuuming. Long story short, it does a really great job of sucking up dirt and dust on all floor types, and does a good job transitioning from hardwood to carpet, or hardwood to rugs (even with fringe). And it can also handle very large rooms (>500sqft). HOWEVER, it will NOT cross onto a rug that has a black boarder. My mother's kitchen has 3 rugs, all with black boarders and black squares throughout, and for whatever reason the Roomba interprets black as a dip in the floor surface (akin to it not falling down stairs). It would vacuum all around the rugs, and climb onto rugs in the dining room that are cream-colored, and hall rugs that are dark red with patterns, but it won't cross a black line. So since it didn't serve my parent's needs, I brought it back to my apartment and it works like a charm, covering about 1100sqft in 45 minutes. I have it set to 3pm and every day it auto starts at 3pm sharp and cleans everything and returns to the base to recharge. It's fascinating to watch! It's fuzzy logic is incredible!
Some of the other reviews said it takes a while to clean out the dirt tray & filter, but it takes us less than 1 minute to slide out the tray, dump that, and then slide open the hinged filter and dump the second area. I suppose you could wash out the filter every time, but it really doesn't need that. We also don't empty the dirt tray every day (as some other reviews said was necessary), but we don't have kids or pets so we're not generating too much that needs to be vacuumed on a daily basis.
Bottom line; if you don't have rugs with black edges, I most certainly would suggest buying this thing -- it takes care of business. And it's really nice to have one less thing to do.
 Nice vacuum! September 6, 2010
Jason Richeda
I have to admit, I had my doubts after reading some of the reviews but after having my iRobot 560 for about 3 weeks now, my floors are spotless and I'm a very happy customer. I have it scheduled to clean daily when I'm not home and clean out the bin every few days (which only takes just a few seconds - they made it very simple). Just hoping it lasts over a year since the warranty ends at that time.
 Beware! Roomba Treats Customers with Open Contempt September 2, 2010
Aristoteles (Old Europe)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wanted to alert potential buyers to the fact that iRobot treats their customers with open contempt.
I tried to buy a Roomba from iRobot website, but my purchase was rejected due to iRobot error. So I complained.
iRobot's reply was breathtaking:
"Once again our selection system proved flawless. We keep avoiding the pain in the a** customers."
This is no joke but an actual response to my complaint by iRobot's customer service. This is no malware either, as I checked, using WhoIs, that the website ([...]) actually belongs to iRobot.
This is an actual response from iRobot (Roomba manufacturers) service people, to a query in which I complained that my purchase had been rudely and groundlessly rejected. [Note: I have flawless credit history and all my credit cards work perfectly]
My message to any potential buyers is: BEWARE! These would be the people who you actually would have to deal with, should you ever require support for your Roomba. My experience makes me happy that my purchase was rejected, however erroneously.
P.S. After this experience I purchased Neato XV-11. I am very happy with this choice, and Neato went out of their way to assist the purchase process.
It broke in less than 6 months! August 30, 2010
Y. Blanco (IL)
I WAS an IRobot fan. My first Roomba mas model 410, even though it was the cheapest model it worked fabulously well. Then I got a Scooba 380 and in the course of a year it broke 4 times. It kept going into the drying mode before completing the cleaning cycle. Every single replacement worked well for around 2 months and then it would break. In the final exchange I was so enraged for having paid $500 for this that I wanted instead of a replacement for another Scooba that would break, a Roomba. And guess what? In less than 6 months the Roomba 560 broke! It started to give the "Remove and Clean the Brushes" message. Brushes were clean, everything was checked and it kept on going with the same problem again and again. Nothing worked! End of story: These robots are a wonderful idea that doesn't work well.
Expensive toys that don't last long!
I WILL NEVER EVER AGAIN BUY ANOTHER IROBOT PRODUCT.
Disappointed August 30, 2010
Izzy
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a lot of money to spend for a vacuum that only lasts 14 months. I discovered that the front sensors were no longer working and was told by the help center in India that the roomba cannot be repaired and the warranty is only for one year. Am now using my 15 year old Kenmore and have nothing good to say about the roomba experience.
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