bObsweep – Bob PetHair Plus Robot Vacuum and Mop – Mocha

Amazing… I have a Siberian Husky that might be simply the most shedding doggy in the world…and this machine can keep up with her..After initially vacuuming with my regular Dyson this machine still picks up more… now I don’t need to use my Dyson…the daily pick up this machine does keeps my place nice and clean… very happy with this purchase.

Even if you got Bob for free, you paid too much.
I’ve had 5 robotic vacuums in the last 10 years- all different brands- and I’ve never had to deal with such an idiotic badly-designed machine before.
Bob is clunky. He is too tall to go under regular-sized kitchen cabinets, so forget about him properly vacuuming your kitchen.
Bob is loud. Comparable to a standup vacuum, rather than a robot. He is much louder than other robot vacuums.
Bob is REALLY stupid. Unlike every other machine I’ve owned, he doesn’t remember even where his base is. He gets stuck everywhere: Under the sofa (I stuffed a pillow there after the 3rd time), in the slight gap between the tile and the screen door (rolled up a carpet to keep him off the gap), in the corner between the black kitchen mat and the trash can (placed a stool there), in the corner between the speaker and the wall (???? I just let him tire out there, it’s just a corner!!). These are not places that were hard for any other vacuum cleaner before him. I had him 10 days and he NEVER completed a cycle. Apparently, black floor mats make him feel like he is falling, so he refuses to get near them. He has no mapping system and you can tell. He wastes tons of time and battery going back and forth in corners trying to get out and hitting objects and pushing them repeatedly.
If your house has any sort of step-down (under 3 inches), Bob will lose his mind. Bob’s sensors tell him to stop rolling when he reaches a step of 3+ inches (so he doesn’t throw himself downstairs). If you have shorter step-downs, you are in for a treat. Bob pushes his front end down, tilts, and then just hangs there, wheels in the air, running his battery out. I called the factory- there is nothing they can do. They told me to just send him back.
Bob comes with a nifty barrier to keep him out of places. Great! We used it on the stepdown to keep him from falling. Except, the barrier is only active for 3 hours (to conserve energy). Bob technically runs for 90 minutes. You can’t use using the programmable schedule if you want to use the barrier. They have to be turned on at the same time and the barrier is not programmable.
IF YOU DO NOT USE THE PROGRAMMABLE SCHEDULE AND ARE HOME TO START BOB AND TURN ON THE BARRIER EVERY TIME, AND YOU STUFF PILLOWS AND ROLL CARPETS INTO AREAS WHERE HE GETS STUCK, it should work, right? Nope. Once Bob is done cleaning, he’ll slowly run around looking for his base, for longer than the battery on the barrier lasts… because this morning I came out to find BOB tangled in the fringes of my very very expensive antique silk Persian rug.
Other vacuums have gotten stuck here before, and I usually just roll back the spinning brush and wheel to untangle the vacuum (silk is sturdy) But, not BOB. When Bob is off, his wheels don’t turn at all. I called the factory again. I had to COMPLETELY disassemble the machine by hand. Removed every screw and unplugged every cable inside, to get to the wheel and remove it to get the fringe free- after which I put him back in his box (disassembled), and sent him home.

I purchased this on the deal of the day, so it was a great value. The vacuum works wonders as I have a dog that sheds her undercoat in the spring. We didn’t realize how much hair was hiding right in the open of our living room rug!

It picks up dog hair and I love that, but it gets stuck everywhere, and when you push the charging button it doesn’t respond