Hallo Peter,
Congrats on your new Roomba! I wonder if you can assist a little more with
some info for me? It appears that the machine works with different sensors, one
of which is the camera, which looks, primarily, at the ceiling, to locate
itself. It seems to me, from my reading about the 980, that it has to be
online, all the time, that is, with an internet connection, in order to
navigate, sending pictures up to the cloud, until it is finished cleaning. I
have heard that if it can't do this, the Roomba will not work. Indeed, I have
heard that if there is insufficient light, it will not work either! So, do you
know, will your machine work without an internet connection?
Where I live, our broadband is severely limited and often goes off. If I am
dependent upon the net for the roomba to work for me, I shall have to think
again.
How have you found yours to be performing for you? If I might ask, have you
had one before? If so, how does it compare? I have a, slightly, defunct Roomba
560, which could be resirrected, probably, so, would love to know if this one
is worth the hype! If the issue of the internet is as I suspect, I will take a
look at the previous version, the 880 instead.
Thanks for your feedback,
Sandy.
sent from the dark side of the moon
> On 28 May 2016, at 20:27, Peter Logan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Ok, my unit arrived a couple of hours ago. Setting it up was quite easy.
> There are a couple of really good unboxing videos on You Tube that might
> help. The app has a few places where things aren't labelled the best, but
> you should be able to figure it out. The basic things are all accessible...
>
> Fired Mr. Roboto up...you can name the unit .. And he took off. Did a pretty
> decent job ...
>
> My suggestion is to make sure you buy it from a place that will allow you to
> return. With spending almost $1K, you want to make sure it does all that you
> expect.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 27, 2016, at 6:15 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hallo There!
>>
>> OK, so I am in the market for a new robot vacuum cleaner. The latest, from
>> iRobot's Roomba range, is the 980 and it comes with an app! I want to know
>> how accessible it is. I downloaded the app, and it looks OK, but, because I
>> haven't, as yet, got the machine, needing to know if it will work for me
>> with the app, I can't tell if it is usable with VO.
>>
>> So, my question is: does anyone have experience of the app and running the
>> 980 Roomba. Now, before you all shout at me for profligacy, I know it costs
>> an arm and a leg! I can only say that I have been seduced by the hype! I
>> have long term experience of the Roombas and love them! This new one, not
>> only has an app which should help with error analysis, but will allow me to
>> start the thing off from anywhere and, it says, it will do the whole of one
>> level of my house, going back to the charger for a refuel session and then
>> continue where it left off.
>>
>> Anyway, I am almost convinced, but, with such a large outlay, just need to
>> know about the accessibility.
>>
>> Can you help?
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>> sent from the dark side of the moon
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