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The iRobot® Roomba® 770 vacuums like you would and leaves behind clean, healthier air on schedule or at the touch of a button. The Roomba 770 Vacuum Cleaning Robot removes up to 98% of dirt, dust, and pet hair from your floors. Using iAdapt Responsive Cleaning Technology, the robot thoroughly vacuums the entire floor, including hard-to-reach spots under furniture.
Roomba 770 includes dual HEPA air filters to stop fine dust from circulating in your home. It also features Dirt Detect™ Series 2 technology to find the dirtiest areas of your home and perfom a concentrated cleaning in those spots. The included Virtual Walls® keep Roomba confined to the areas you want it, and out of the ones you don’t. The robot’s Full Bin Indicator lets you know when it needs to be emptied, taking any guesswork out of cleaning. Plus, with Roomba’s on-board-scheduling the robot cleans when it’s most convenient for you, even when you’re not home. The state-of-the art touchpad gives you control of the robot at the touch of a finger.
This model includes a 12 month limited warranty for the robot and a 6 month limited warranty for the included battery.
Product Features:
3-Stage Cleaning with AeroVac™ Series 2 – Roomba 770 uses a powerful 3-stage cleaning system to pick up an amazing amount of dirt, pet hair, and other debris. A spinning side brush cleans along wall edges to loosen dirt and dust. Then, Roomba’s counter-rotating brushes act like a broom and dustpan to pull debris from the floor. Finally, the powerful AeroVac Series 2 vacuum sucks the dirt, hair, and debris from the brushes into the back of the bin. Roomba 770’s advanced cleaning head provides superior cleaning performance.
Dual HEPA Filters – Roomba 770’s dual HEPA filters trap dust, allergens, and other tiny particles leaving behind clean air.
Dirt Detect Series 2 with Persistent Pass Cleaning Pattern – Dirt Detect Series 2 allows Roomba 770 to clean the way you do. Sensors optically and acoustically locate dirt and hair so Roomba can perform concentrated cleaning on the dirtiest areas. Persistent Pass uses a back-and-forth cleaning motion that mimics the way you vacuum.
iAdapt Responsive Cleaning Technology – iAdapt is iRobot’s advanced system of software and sensors that allows Roomba to clean more of your room, more thoroughly. Roomba covers every section of your floor multiple times, cleaning areas you can’t easily reach including under furniture, around everyday obstacles, along walls and under cabinets. It automatically adjusts to different floor types and avoids stairs and drop-offs.
Virtual Walls – Included Virtual Walls keep Roomba cleaning where you need it and block off-limit areas.
Full Bin Indicator – Roomba 770’s full bin indicator lets you know when the dust bin needs to be emptied.
On-Board Scheduling –Roomba can be scheduled to perform up to seven cleaning sessions per week, even when you’re not home.
Remote Control – The included infrared remote allows you to control Roomba from across the room.
What’s In the Box?
• 1 iRobot Roomba 770 Floor Washing Robot (with 1 Robot Battery, 2 AeroVac Series 2 HEPA Filters, 1 Side Brush, 1 Bristle Brush, 1 Beater Brush)
• 2 Virtual Walls*
• 1 Self-Charging Home Base (with Power Supply)
• 1 IR Remote Control
• 1 Extra Set of 2 HEPA Filters
• 2 Brush Cleaning Tools (Round & Flat)
• Owner’s Guide & Documentation
*Requires 2 ‘C’ batteries (not included)
Product Features
- It uses a new advanced cleaning head which provides superior performance for picking up pet hair, dirt, dust and more
- Dual HEPA filters trap dust, allergens and tiny particulates leaving behind fresh, clean air
- The included infrared remote allows you to control Roomba without getting up
- The robot can be scheduled to perform up to seven cleaning sessions per week, even when you?re not home
- It uses sophisticated power management software that results in 50% longer battery life than previous Roomba generations
The little Robot that cleans BIG Even with numerous friends that swear by their Roomba, I was still skeptical. How could this little machine really clean enough to impress me?When I received it I was really surprised at the size of it, much smaller than I had imagined. I was anxious to test it out, so using the quick start guide I had it unpacked and on the charger in less than 10 minutes. I do suggest that you consider the location you want to set up the home base, not because it’ll take up much room, more just to have it out of the way if possible; mine is under an end table.I decided to start it on a Monday through Friday schedule at 3:15pm each day. It’s a time when the house is usually empty and it would be less of a bother. The first time it ran of course I was home and I think I watched it the entire cleaning cycle. I was amused to say the least and it also let me see what problems might arise. I realized I needed to install a virtual wall to keep it from the laundry room as this is also our cats room for food, water and litter box. I also took notice of cords and other items that were loose or in the way and that needed to be picked up or secured. During this first cleaning the “full bin” light did come on, which definitely showed me that it was picking up plenty. After about 2 hours it did head back home to its dock for a recharge and had no trouble finding it.The course the Roomba takes is still a mystery to me. Mine goes from one room to the next and back and forth several times. Sometimes it zigzags and other times it follows a path. Overall though the carpets and hardwood floors are noticeably cleaner. I still run my regular vacuum once on the weekend, but the amount it picks up is a lot less than it used to average and I can see it through the clear canister.Maintenance is pretty easy on the . It comes with an extra set of HEPA filters and some cleaning tools. The round brush cleaner is especially helpful in our household, because both my daughter and I have long hair that loves to get sucked up and caught in the vacuum brush. Otherwise emptying the dust bin is very simple and mess free.If I had to bring up any negatives about Roomba 770 it would be these two minor issues:* Find a way to not have to use C batteries for the virtual walls. With so many power/battery options available and especially on such a high end appliance, this just seemed out of place and inconvenient.* Provide a hard copy manual. I appreciate the CD, but the first time a light came on that I didn’t know it was a hassle to have to boot up my computer just to look at the manual. (I’ve now printed it out for myself.)My final opinion on the Roomba is that it definitely exceeded my expectations on its cleaning ability. It’s intuitiveness, style and ease of use also impressed me and the four stars that I’ve giving it are well earned! Hopefully I’ve covered most all of it’s features, but if there is something I’ve missed or a question you have feel free to leave me a comment and I promised to respond.*Update 9/9/12 – Now that the Roomba has been cleaning for over 3 months I wanted to comment further on how it’s doing. At first I was still vacuuming once a week, but now I don’t find the need to do that at all because what it was picking up was so minor it was a waste of my time. I’ve also found that it has more of a set pattern. It still zig zags occasionally, but it’s more consistent now. Overall it’s nice coming home from work everyday seeing a vacuumed floor and knowing that I didn’t have to do it!
Life changing product! I am 41 years old and have had allergies my entire life – they have gotten worse over the past 5 years. I already take Singulair and Claritin but still have symptoms. I was just diagnosed with asthma, which apparently was caused by my allergies. Thus, I decided to wage war on indoor allergies in my house.I hired a cleaning company to clean my house a few years ago – they were horrible. I did a better job then they did. Also, I have pets and am not comfortable with someone being in my house with them when I am not there. My problem is time – I work full time and was finding little time to vacuum (to the point where I was vacuuming only once every week or other week). I have 3 cats and one dog, with hardwood floors and area rugs on my first floor and carpet in my bedroom and hallway upstairs. My house was not clean, to say the least. I just couldn’t keep up with it.My brother suggested that I purchase this product. I thought, why not? I did not buy this on Amazon because they did not offer the 770 model at the time of my purchase (in April 2012) or I would have – I bought it from the iRobot website.This model offers a vacuum with HEPA filters in the dust cartridge. Please note that the low cost models like the Mint are not vacuums! They just push around a dusting cloth to collect dust. This would not meet my requirements, for obvious reasons. This product also has a schedule so I can tell it to start vacuuming at a certain time each day. You can also start the cleaning manually at any time but pushing a button.It’s not loud – much quieter than a regular vacuum and I can be watching TV in this room and it’s vacuuming in the next room – would be too loud to watch TV if it were running in the same room. And, my cats and my dog were not afraid of it at all. They can be in the same room with it with no issues. It moves slowly so it it is coming towards them, they just move out of the way.It comes with an instructional DVD which you don’t really need as it’s pretty easy to figure out. It runs for up to 3 hours on a charge, and will take itself back to its docking station if it needs to recharge and when it’s done cleaning. It has cliff sensors so it knows it it is near steps, for example, and will not fall down! It also has a dirt sensor and will go over an area repeatedly if it finds a lot of dirt until it’s clean.The dust bin is a good size – I have yet to fill it up to the point where the vacuum can’t go on until I empty it (it has a dust bin light which turns on to tell you if it’s full). But, this is not meant to catch the same amount of dirt as you would have if you vacuumed every week or two – this is intended to be used for regular maintenance (every day or two) so it doesn’t need to have the same size dust bin as a regular vacuum.I have a Dyson Canister vac and this product works better than that for many reasons. First, it takes the time to clean the floors – as long as it needs and will go over an area until it’s clean. Also, it has an edge cleaning tool built in and cleans along edges (for example, against the wall) well. I have a 2600 square foot house and I couldn’t even clean one floor in 8 hours before, since I was rushing to vacuum, dust, etc. in the one day that I had on the weekend to clean.Since purchasing this product, my asthma has improved significantly and my house is spotless! I loved it so much that I bought another one for the second floor. And, I have found that I dust much less – I used to have to dust every few days (and didn’t, ended up doing this once a week if I found the time) and now, I dust every 3 weeks!This is a life changing product for me. Yes, it’s expensive but it costs about the same as my Dyson and it does all of the work for me. I highly recommend this product!