Roomba 530 review
I was so excited when I got my roomba 530 free from live search club. Vacuuming had become really difficult with fibromyalgia. My back/arms would be sore after cleaning just one room. Plus, I had to carry the vacuum up the stairs which was impossible.
Negatives:
I have to clean the roomba after pretty much every use. This takes about 5 minutes, which is about how long it would take me to vacuum.
The battery life only seems to last about 30-45 minutes or about long enough to clean one small room.
The roomba works fine on a neutral colored carpet, but on a darker carpet it still leaves behind a lot of lint that shows.
It always seems to be telling me to clean it or inspect the wheels.
Positives:
Even though I have to clean out the roomba, it’s much easier on my muscles than actually vacuuming.
It picks up a lot of dirt.
I vacuum a lot more because it doesn’t hurt my muscles.
It’s a robot, how cool is that?
Light & easy to move around.
It has an automatic edge detection so it doesn’t fall down the stairs.
Overall, I would be disappointed if I had spent a few hundred dollars on this. However, since it was free it’s a nice added bonus that really helps with the housework.





April 26th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
How on earth did you get a Roomba 530 free???? I have Fibromyalgia and would love a “free” one!!!
Take care,
Susie
April 26th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I got it playing games from the free msn site live search club. It took me about a month to earn it & 3 months for them to ship it, but it was definitely worth it.
April 27th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Mine is still on the way
Its already two months
God knows when it will arrive.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
wow that thing looks awesome… id love one of those to just toss on the floor before having guests come over.
~Reggie
April 30th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
I always wondered about these. Thanks for sharing the review.
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
I wish I could have one of those! I think my dog would probably end up attacking it though!
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:31 am
I should be receiving mine in the next couple weeks
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:16 am
Sebastien, I will get it in next 3 weeks. Wish to try it.