I have this manual device that is kind of like a roomba that you move around yourself. It works great over the course of fifteen minutes.
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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Endurance and reliability of cycles seem to be an issue with mine
I'm still on my original one from 20 years ago, only had to replace the head 3 times and the handle twice
Either I’m missing your joke or you missed the other guy’s
My Roomba only turns on when I press the button. Granted it can have wifi access but I work from home and never set that up. All it can do is translate error codes and I can Google those.
It's my fourth Roomba in 20 years. Not bad as I'm someone who never vacuums otherwise.
Ecovacs claimed: "Users can rest assured that they do not need to worry excessively about this," as the highlighted security vulnerabilities are "extremely rare in typical user environments and require specialized [sic] hacking tools."
The unit pictured seems like it would be better at corners than my round one.