Robot Vacuum, dser 1600Pa Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, BoostGen Technology, 360° Smart Sensor Protection, Self-Charging with 2 Boundary Strips, Quiet, Cleans Carpets Hard Floors and Pet Hair (RoboGeek 20T)

I bought this robot vacuum last week... before you get your expectations up this is not one of the stories where it drags dog poop all over the house. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the little renegade for the first few days. Despite what feels like constant sweeping and vacuuming, there are tumbleweeds of dog hair around the house. I feel like it is coming out of my pores at times, so I wanted the vacuum. I could not have been more ecstatic when I got the notification that it was delivered and waiting for me at home on Tuesday! I got home, unboxed it, got it charging, and read the manual while I waited. I do as the instructions say and pick up everything it could possibly get caught on. Already the house is looking better and I haven’t even ran the machine yet! It’s done charging at about 9:30 pm. This is absurdly late for us, as we get up at 3 am workdays, but I couldn’t wait to use it so I start it up. Our dog, Cowboy, who is my main reason for purchasing the vacuum, started freaking out. He was lunging at it and bashing his nose on it which just makes it turn around, so no harm done. After many various threats on his life, I got Cowboy to calm down and stop attacking my new toy so I could properly ooohhhh and aaahhh as it did it’s job. It’s beautiful and shiny and cleans for me! What else could a girl want? It’s surprisingly quiet. So quiet that we fell asleep with it on. The next morning I got up and looked to an empty charger... what on earth! The vacuum is supposed to dock itself when the battery runs low. I start questioning my purchase, especially having spent extensive time reading reviews and feeling like I got a great product, exactly what I was looking for, at quite a bargain. After my husband, Trevor, gets out the door, I have a few hours before leaving for work myself, I commence searching the house for my missing robot. On probably the third pass of what I felt would be the obvious places, I found it in the guest room/office under one of my husband’s computer chairs. This chair has very shiny, black, curved legs to the 5 wheels that blend perfectly with the black, shiny, circular vacuum. It is perfectly centered and fits just between the gaps in the wheels like it found a little cozy nook it thought was made for it. The chair and the vacuum could be cousins. So it caged itself in and couldn’t get back out, it must have bounced around between the wheels and gave up. I retrieve the stupid thing that boxed itself in and try to turn it on. It makes a sort of “eh-eh” sound and the light on top flashed red. Unsure of what that meant, like any genius, I press it again, expecting it to give me a clue, and of course, get the same angry response from the machine. Confused, I turn it over and find a cotton face mask sucked into the brushes! Another reason to hate face masks! Did it break my beautiful new vacuum? I pull out the mask and try to turn on the machine, and yet again I get the “eh-eh” and red flash, but now there is also a little orange plug shape that lights up so it’s obvious it wants to be charged. So I put the darn thing on its charger and get ready and go off to work. I have company for dinner coming that night so as soon as I get home I turn on the vacuum and let it go to work while I start cooking. After 2 hours I get to see it find its way to the charger for the first time. I’m over the moon that it’s actually doing what it’s supposed to and call for my husband to come look at at it. He’s less enthused than I am, yes, whoop-dee-doo, it’s doing what it’s supposed to. Later, I show it to my guests and laugh about how it got lost last night, but now I’ve learned my lesson. Hee hee, haw haw. We laugh about Cowboy’s silly reactions to it. Oh and it’s wonderful for picking up all the dog hair. So when it’s done charging, naturally I send it cleaning around the house again. I play with the remote and make it go certain directions. It’s like my cleaning remote controlled car! We fall asleep that night with the vacuum roaming again. The next morning I am so happy that it’s on the dock and it’s an amazing day, as it’s Trevor and my 10 year wedding anniversary. We don’t have big plans that particular day though, we’ll really be celebrating Saturday. After work, I start the vacuum and my husband and I eventually decide to pick up some BBQ just down the street. While we are gone, I realize it’s the first time we have left Cowboy home with the robot vacuum on and hope he doesn’t destroy it. We get back home, all is well, so we eat and watch tv. My husband admits how well the vacuum has been working and there remarkably less dog hair around. It wasn’t a waste of money. Yes! A little while into eating I realize I don’t hear the low hum and occasional bump bump of the vacuum changing surfaces. I get up to investigate. I go look on the dock, no vacuum. Naturally, I check it’s first hiding nook, the office chair, with no success. Hmmm... what other places could it be? I get the remote and start pushing random buttons hoping it will make some sort of noise. I listen intently for the “eh-eh” to no avail. At this point my husband is a bit peeved. It is our anniversary, of course, and I shouldn’t waste time focusing on the vacuum. The next morning, I get some deja vú- the vacuum was still not back on the charger. Again, my husband goes off to work and I start searching the house. I look under beds, even in rooms that I had the doors shut, behind couches that don’t even have enough room for the vacuum to have roved under or behind. I’m looking under planters, in closets, around absurd corners in the laundry room, bathroom, out the back door in the yard, under beds, under couches, the bathroom, in closets, under planters, rooms the doors were closed to, the laundry room, the backyard, etc... im going in circles, I’m loosing it. Finally I go to work, perplexed and bebothered about the flipping vacuum. It’s Friday, I get off work at noon, so it’s nice and bright and I have tons of time to search. I open all the windows and really start hunting. I take my baseball bat and other clutter out from under our bed, sure that the vacuum made it’s way behind one of those things. Nope. I take that baseball bat and lay on the ground along side the queen sized guest bed and start reaching as far back as I can. It’s hard to see under there because when Cowboy was a puppy last year, he decided to try and live in the boxspring. He tore the white gauzy fabric to shreds and it hangs down resembles a cave of spider webs. Hence, my need for poking around with the bat and using my phone flashlight. I’m convinced I’m feeling within inches of the walls, as it’s in a corner of the room and the way the furniture is configured, I only have access from one side. I see black round coils of the internet router cables coming out from behind the desk into the space under the bed. No luck, no hint of vacuum under there. Again I am searching every conceivable inch of the house. I’m moving furniture it couldn’t have possibly been hiding behind. I jokingly tell my husband that Cowboy must’ve killed it and buried it in the backyard. I’m trying to enlist the dog in the search. Asking him to fetch it. C’mon boy, find it, you can do it! Find the vacuum! I’ve told friends by now how befuddled I am. They are googling places robot vacuums get lost, making suggestions, there may be hidden tunnels in the house that it’s wandered into. At this point I guess so!! Since it changes levels and floor media so well maybe it’s propelled itself up against a wall, lodged itself behind furniture. I now discover there is actually a tiny button on the remote that has a bell on it. Great. I start walking around the house again with the remote, pushing the bell button with the tiniest shred of hope that the alarm function has its own battery somehow and will make a sound. Nothing. I search for hours with no progress. My house that has been so well cleaned the last few days and in beautiful shape is now torn apart. A complete disaster area. Worse than before I got the vacuum. I accuse my husband of hiding it. That he’s playing a terrible joke on me. That he thought it would be hilarious to just hide it for days... or that he accidentally stepped on it and broke it and had now hidden it so I wouldn’t find out. Friday goes by with out finding the vacuum. On Saturday I start questioning my sanity. Did I ever have a robot vacuum to begin with. Have I just imagined getting it? Maybe it’s still in the mail on its way here. No the charger is still plugged into the wall. It must be here. I am determined to find it. Trevor and I will be getting massages and having a spa day this afternoon in celebration of our anniversary I cannot go to our spa day upset about this vacuum!!! I think my hardest about where I could have possibly missed in the house. I have been now using a broom handle to help me search behind things like the washer and dryer, under beds again. I look various other places and make my way back to the guest room. We are storing a few pieces of someone’s extra furniture in there right now... there’s a nightstand and massive tv that is the width of the bed. The tv is wedged between the nightstand and end of the bed so the foot side is completely cut off. I heave the tv to the other side of the room so that I can budge the bed a tiny bit. My husband’s massive L shaped desk with shelves and many drawers is next to the head of the bed and there is only a couple inches of clearance on that side. But I have the bed a couple inches away from the corner it’s wedged into and I again am armed with my phone flashlight and broom handle. I search the crack between wall and bed and there in back corner I see a sliver of shiny black vacuum!!! I found it! I found the little bastard!! I can’t reach it. I have tiny t-rex arms- that obviously were not long enough when I was reaching under the bed previously with baseball bat and broom stick to feel the vacuum. There is only a few inches of clearance under the bed so there’s no way in heck I can crawl under. I’m supposed to meet my husband at the spa, he’s going straight there after work so I can’t wait for him to come home and lift the bed while I crawl under. I’m determined to get it out now. I start nudging it with the broomstick along the wall more towards the open side. This takes forever. This is the wall with the massive desk abutting against the bed, so it’s just a horrible angle and eventually, using my trusty broom stick, I finally get it out. I am yelling in triumph. I’m cussing out the vacuum. I am using profanity that I would have never expected. I am home alone with Cowboy and I know he thinks I’m unhinged by now, which I’m pretty sure I am. And Cowboy... Cowboy who I was trying to get to help me find it, he knew where it was the whole time!! He loves getting under that bed! But it’s been a few days now and the vacuum has not been lost like that again. My anger at the vacuum soo dissipates as I continue to discover new handy dandy things about it. The brushes actually pop out for the utmost ease of cleaning. As I was picking up laundry, it swooped under the corner or my bed an came out right in front of me with a dirty sock! Good boy!! Our daughter was visiting family for those few eventful days and now if the vacuum goes amiss, she quickly gets it out from under the guest bed for me, but for the most part I keep that door shut now. For his adventurous nature and the fact that he cleans, we’ve named the vacuum Wall-E. 🥔

I don't usually review unless I have VERY good service or LOVE a product. This is my first robot vacuum. I originally I bought the Ecovacs Debot E795 because it was a good price. I got a refurbished one because the price was better. Initially I turned it on and it would just go in circles...no straight lines. Either mine was a dud or it was just cheap. I returned that right away, and saw such good reviews for this one that I thought I would try it. Being on a budget I didn't want to spend almost $300 for a Rhoomba, even though I know it is top of the line in the robot vacs. We just can't afford it right now. Another thing I was looking for in reviews was something that was quiet because we have a toddler and a baby, and something that has good suction that can pick up pet hair with a Bernese mountain dog and pom in our house. And something that is good on hard floors and area rugs. After testing it out, I can't rave enough about it! It is fast and goes from floor to carpet well. It does get stuck on one of our rugs by the door but the other ones it goes just fine over. I noticed on our big rug in the living room it doesn't get absolutely everything so that's why I gave it a 4 for suction. It is pretty quiet...if anything it helps my baby fall asleep while its running and shes in the same room. I do run it sometimes at night when they are both asleep too. If you're looking for a smart robot vac this is the one! It's decently priced and does a good job of getting all our pet hair too...and trust me we have a lot! I usually run it twice a day and it gets all the dog hair!

I have had three or four Robovacs and this is by far the best. I have used the machine twice and will update this review if things change. Pros: It cleans well. Isn't that why you're considering buying a Robovac? It's quiet. It's short, so the Robovac goes under furniture and cleans in places other machines can't. It's easy to set up. Just remove from packing, charge the device and then follow the simple instructions. It has the easiest boundary mechanism I've used, which contains two long strips of a fairly heavy magnetic tape. You just cut it to size, and then lay it on the floor near the places you don't want the defice to go. I recommend using the boundary strips to block all cords and cables. It's easy to maintain. All you do is empty out the trash bin and clean easy-to-reach areas such as the various sensors. Cons It just stopped under my table even though there seemed to be nothing interfering with it. Having said that, this machine is more reliable than any of the other two or three I've owned. I suspect that the customer support is either poor or non-existent even though I haven't used it. That's because there is no telephone or chat support, only email. Additionally, although it has a well-written manual, the company doesn't provide YouTube or any other videos about how to use and maintain the machine. ? This robovac lets you can run it when you're away from home, but I haven't tried to use that function because I don't know of any vac that's reliable enough to operate when I'm away, including this one. Conclusion This is a very good machine at a reasonable price so I recommend that everyone in the market for a robovac seriously consider getting it.

I have used a few different robo vacuums in this price range over the last 4-5 years and this vacuum is easily the most quiet. The sensors on the vacuum are very good at identifying obstacles and the device will rarely clank into anything. I have this vacuum set to run early morning right around the time the sun starts to rise and it has yet to wake my roommate or I up, something the other vacuums failed at. The other vacuums I have used allow you to set an automated run time, but they require you to be at the device and use whenever you first start them to set when to run. This was usually inconvenient and I found they tended to not count 24 hours out well and ended up getting off time. This device actually has a clock built into the remote so you can set your exact time to run and it has reliably run every morning. Other than that the remote comes with standard functionality such as spot clean, hug the walls and quick clean. I can't speak to how well it handles pet hair or carpet as I have a fully hard floor home with no rugs. This device comes with a full set of replacement parts for ease of maintenance as well as black strips to block the device from going somewhere you do not wish. I found the included adhesives for these strips to be unreliable but the strips themselves do work so a little tape and I was good to go. The battery has lasted longer than advertised so far, roughly 1.5-2 hours. I don't know how well the battery will hold this level of charge, but I am so far very impressed and it has a long way to degrade before I would consider it to be too weak to be used reliably at that activity level.

This is my first robot vacuum, and I am in love! Wish I had bought one sooner. I researched for months and decided on the dser because of the quiet operation, suction power, and I don’t need a bluetooth connection. I have a new black labrador and the amount of hair was too much for me to be vacuuming daily (I have 2 cats too but they don’t shed like this guy does!), so that’s why I decided to try a robot vacuum. But it’s not just the amount of hair it picks up, but the dust!, that completely won me over. I had no idea my house was so dirty! I’m lucky - my floor surfaces are tile and hard wood, with one very low pile carpet, and the dser manages it all. It’s slim profile allows it to get under couches and chairs, and the sweepers do an amazing job in cleaning hard-to-reach corners. It does need to be emptied after every run, and it gets pretty dirty/dusty so I wipe it down with a barely damp microfiber cloth every couple runs, but it works hard and keeps me from running the vacuum all the time, so I give it the care it needs. It can get hung up on cords, so beware. But it even runs over my black workout mat, which I did not think it would, and the magnetic strips are great for containing the dser in a room or area to focus on instead of having free reign all over the house.

I had zero experience with robotic vacuums prior to getting the RoboGeek. It was recommended by a friend and the price was attractive, so I decided to take a chance. Initial impressions: impressive packaging, easy to understand user manual, and very solid construction of the actual unit itself and the charging cradle. The units took about an hour to fully charge and then it was time to start experimenting with what it can do. There're several different cleaning modes, but I went with the default mode. My house is old and on the smaller side and full of different obstructions that I assumed would present a few challenges to the RoboGeek. To my surprise the unit was effective right out of the gate - it effectively navigated various obstacles, seemed to learn where not to go after bumping into a few different things, and most importantly did a great job of actual vacuuming. The included barrier strips were effective with blocking the stairs. I've set up automation where the vacuum does its rounds at the same time each day and so far it's been very consistent in its process. Overall, I'm very happy with the RoboGeek and highly recommend as an alternative to the well-known, but more expensive brands.

Admittedly, I’ve never owned a robot vacuum before, but with a new dog that sheds everywhere, I had to purchase one to keep some semblance of floor cleanliness. I was expecting to spend at least $500, but took a chance on this $125 model based on all the positive reviews. I don’t regret this purchase at all. This is a fantastic unit, cleans very well, and I literally have not cracked out the Dyson since I started using this unit. Worked right out of the box, comes with a remote. You can program cleaning times, use different modes, and I generally use the “max” mode. I run this unit twice a day through about 1000 sq feet of high traffic space, the house just feels so much cleaner. I do not have experience with higher end units that have more features, but for the price, this unit provides an extremely good value. It runs about 45 mins (I think) on max mode, longer on the regular mode. Takes about 2-3 hours to recharge. Highly recommended.

When I first purchased this vacuum it seemed to work pretty well. The debri canister opening would get clogged with pet hair easily, and would prevent the vacuum for picking anything else up. The worst part about this is that although clogged with hair, it would continue running like normal , making you unaware that it wasn’t doing any cleaning. After just a year, the vacuum began malfunctioning and then stopped working completely, all in the course of a week. She I reached out to customer service, they told me to purchase a $26 replacement battery. The new battery didn’t fix the problem and they basically had no answer for why their product couldn’t even withstand a year of gentle use in a very small house. You’re better off buying a better quality product that will at least give you more than a years worth of use.