Hi Keith,
Because the house was vacuumed 2 days ago, there wasn't any build-up in the
corners etc. But, because of the shape of this Neato, which has a square edge,
it does go along the wall edges, using its side brushes, these push the
dust/hair under the rotating brushes and are sucked up. Also, because of the
square corners, it should do a better job in corners. I can only say that we
will be monitoring it over the next month, not using any other vacuum, and I
will report back to you. As for tiles: approx half of our floor space is tiled
and it works well with them. I was a little concerned when my partner ordered
the Bot before I had finished researching it because I had heard that it had
problems with dark/black floors, interpreting them as "drop-off". The thing is
not meant to fall off steps and uses brightness/darkness as a guide. Well, we
have a chess-board tiled floor and I was worried it might not manage it,
however, no probs. perhaps the problems were with earlier models. Rugs are no
problem either. However, if you have something long haired like a goat skin
rug, well, you will have the same problems that you would have with any hoover.
Lastly, re the chairs and table scenario: the Bot does map and remember,
but it also sees, in a way, it uses laser. If things are exactly in their usual
place, I imagine, it will be most quick to do its work, but if things are
moved, it will work, just as it did for me this morning, when it mapped for the
first time. By the way, we did leave the chairs down, round the tables, it was
fine! it went in between the legs and did a fine job! Do you get the impression
I like this new toy?
Lastly, as I told Jeramy, we do still need help with turning on the wifi on the
BotVac itself before we can use it with the app. But one can always just press
the start button and off it goes!
Sandy.
sent from the dark side of the moon
> On 11 Jun 2016, at 17:25, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> How does it do on edges and corners? And tile?
>
> If a dining room table has chairs positioned at the table, it can’t get
> underneath. So, if one removes the chairs on occasion to do a more thorough
> cleaning, is it smart enough to know at those times, without the chairs
> there, it should clean under the table, too?
>
> Thanks, Keith
>
> From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 11:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Unboxing my Neato BotVac! Sand Tomkins has shared a file with
> you using Dropbox
>
> Sieghard,
>
> Hugh has taken the 'orrible pooch out for a run in the local ruined abby,
> but when he gets back, I will ask him for the square footage of the ground
> floor. As for timing, I can only guess, roughly an hour, but will time it
> tomorrow, always assuming no industrial relations problems with my new
> household slave (I speak of the robot, of course!). I should say that I had
> it set to "Turbo", which is the more intensive mode. Once you have your
> floors to your liking, I imagine, you could use the quicker and less battery
> intensive mode "eco". I know that you have no carpets in your house, whereas,
> I do have some rugs, little ones in doorways and a couple of larger, say, 6
> by 8, or therabouts, and, I must say, it did a good job on them. Also, re
> noise, on Turbo,it is louder than on Eco, but I didn't find it at all loud,
> even when Hugh and I and dog were in the kitchen while it was working. When
> it did the utility room, I had thought it had forgotten it and so had started
> feeding the cat and the dog, it carried on working around them and me, in a
> really rather confined space.
>
> I am sure I will come across some glitches, but, so far, I am suitably
> impressed and I have had these things, in one form or another, for years! The
> app is very nice and seems totally accessible, think I will write to the
> owners, not only to request the implant which you so kindly suggested, but
> also to congratulate them on a job well done re accessibility!
>
> Sandy (Version 1)
>
> sent from the dark side of the moon
>
> On 11 Jun 2016, at 16:34, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Sandy,
>
> Sounds great, I suggest you contact the company that makes your botvac and
> ask if they could hook up some of that technology to your brain, next thing
> you’ll be running around without a cane or a dog, just make sure they leave
> out whatever makes the botvac suck up all the dirt it comes across, it might
> give you indigestion and I don’t think our anatomy is designed to cough up
> furballs *smile*.
>
> Just out of curiocity, do you know how many square metres your floor is and
> how long did it take for it to do the six rooms?
>
>
> Happy vacuuming,
> Sieghard
>
> From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 6:19 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Unboxing my Neato BotVac! Sand Tomkins has shared a file with you
> using Dropbox
>
> Hallo to any who were interested in the Robot Vacuum cleaners. Mine has
> arrived and I have made a couple of recordings: the first, lasting about half
> an hour, is just unboxing it. The second is my first experience using the Bot.
>
> In passing, I should say that I was very impressed with the way it dealt
> with my, somewhat, complex floor-plan. On our ground floor, we have 6 rooms,
> all interlinking. Apart from the kitchen, all have at least 2 doors, some
> have 3, not counting external doors. I left all the internal doors open,
> nevertheless, the BotVac did each room, not being tempted out of the room
> until it was finished. Ithought, when it had done 5 of the rooms and seemed
> to be heading home to the docking station, that it had missed the little
> utility room, Near to the back door, but, NO! it made its way there, back
> through 3 rooms, and did the last one. Once finished, it headed, unerringly,
> only banging its head a little on a treadmill, but not put off from its
> direct line to the docking station, where it backed into place, sang a song
> and sent me a message to my iPhone saying it was done!
>
> This hoover has better mobility than me! It walks into fewer things and
> has a great sense of which room it is in. I want a botVac hat!!
>
> Satisfied Sandy.
> Hi,
> Here’s a link to “2016-06-10 02_59.wav” in my Dropbox:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/m0jxpureed3fc6b/2016-06-10%2002_59.wav?dl=0
>
>
>
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