Aldi Robot Vacuum Cleaner €179.99

bogman

Kristopherus wrote: »

Could one of you lucky folk upload a video of it working, please

Poor light conditions, tiled floor, short clip, great bloody job

nkay1985

SeanyMc22 wrote: »

Picked one up myself after some extensive research! Cuffed with it so far! Does a great job on the wooden floors and set it loose on the carpeted rooms tonight. After popping my head in to check how he was getting on, it appeared to pull up dirt from the carpet as I noticed balls of fluff spread about the room that weren't there before then it went around and collected these. I purposely didn't hoover for a week or so to see how the bot got on.

Has anyone successfully set it to a plan? Reading the instructions it says press the clock and set the time but when I press the clock, the bot makes a sound but nothing shows on the screen of the remote?

You press clock, use the arrows to set the hour and minute values, then press clock again. That's setting the clock for the remote and the unit. Then you press plan, use the arrows to set the time you want it to start cleaning at and press plan again. Job done. Haven't used it myself yet but everything else had worked a dream so can't imagine why this wouldn't.

take everything

Our 1year old was terrified by it at the start.

Aw. Poor thing.

Re stock levels I'm sure there's plenty. Most would see this as a fairly big spend on a not so necessary item. I on the other hand hate Hoovering and so will take all the help I can get!

I've never been so torn about a bargain alert :P
As you say it really is a luxury buy. I'd love to have one, especially going by the reviews here but dunno if i can justify 180 euro to myself.
Wonder would it be a good mother's day gift.

mrcheez

bogman wrote: »

Poor light conditions, tiled floor, short clip, great bloody job

hmm says video is "private" ?

Muahahaha

Can't wait till some sticks a Go Pro on it and records their cats reaction to the robot whizzing around !

nkay1985

Muahahaha wrote: »

Can't wait till some sticks a Go Pro on it and records their cats reaction to the robot whizzing around !

Mine have been mostly eyeing it with deep distrust. It also caught one of the dogs by surprise when it wheeld up behind her while she was drinking.

CH3OH

bogman wrote: »

Poor light conditions, tiled floor, short clip, great bloody job

mrcheez wrote: »

hmm says video is "private" ?

It's obviously a very Dirty video!

Clare20

It's brilliant.

I have an open plan downstairs in hardwood and it's just shining.

Upstairs is carpeted and it did such a great job.

Congrats Aldi. Great job! Don't let me down with the product!

Loving the robot

C20

PS: Just remove extraneous items from the floor that shouldn't be around - chords,shoes, bags ...

thesandeman

SeanyMc22 wrote: »

Cuffed with it so far!

I've seen various videos of cats etc on those things, but this could be the most interesting of all.

vienne86

CH3OH wrote: »

It's obviously a very Dirty video!

Ooh - it must be good. Maybe the poster can do something about this because we're all fascinated now!

majoliroja

I got mine on sunday - charged it for the 12 hours and set it to work yesterday
Its brilliant on my ceramic tiles and even manages to go from the tiles through into the carpeted living room -
Its not as good on carpet as tiles but it does collect pet hairs although it has to go over them many times to get them all and its better if i give it a turbo boost but i did give it a carpet that had not been vacuumed by my dyson for 5 days
For the money you cant go wrong and with the 60 day money back guarantee and three year warantee its definitely the best robot cleaner buy at the moment
My house wil look clean all the time now even when the dogs mault their hair and when i have got them used to the robot i look forward to planning a cleaning schedule with it to get on with while i am at work
I give it a 9 out of 10
Thanks aldi

take everything

Plenty of Youtube videos of babies/cats etc on Roombas. Parents cracking up in the background.

dec2000

Really tempted by this - just to keep the house a bit tidier between hoover cycles - have a dog and a cat so have lots of hair lying around.

Does anyone know how it would compare to this Vileda which is a similar price and same wattage?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vileda-143004-Cleaning-Robotic-Cleaner/dp/B00DEB8NOM

SeanyMc22

nkay1985 wrote: »

You press clock, use the arrows to set the hour and minute values, then press clock again. That's setting the clock for the remote and the unit. Then you press plan, use the arrows to set the time you want it to start cleaning at and press plan again. Job done. Haven't used it myself yet but everything else had worked a dream so can't imagine why this wouldn't.

Yeah that's how to do it alright but the thing is when I press Clock on the remote nothing is displayed on the remote's screen but the bot does beep. I have tried turning it off from underneath and different batteries but it's the same. Just want to see if there's something I am doing wrong and if any one else has successfully set it to a plan yet? Left him to tackle the carpeted bedrooms when I left for work, will see how they look later.

deadl0ck

SeanyMc22 wrote: »

Yeah that's how to do it alright but the thing is when I press Clock on the remote nothing is displayed on the remote's screen but the bot does beep. I have tried turning it off from underneath and different batteries but it's the same. Just want to see if there's something I am doing wrong and if any one else has successfully set it to a plan yet? Left him to tackle the carpeted bedrooms when I left for work, will see how they look later.

Maybe there was a plan in the remote already and pressing the button just sends it to the vacuum.
Maybe if you tried hold down the button it might allow you t set it ?

unklerosco

Have to say it's the business, set it off this morning around the house.. does a great job, very impressed by it.

Mezcita

Quick question for those who have bought it. It it any good at returning to it's docking station if it is in a separate room?

nkay1985

Mezcita wrote: »

Quick question for those who have bought it. It it any good at returning to it's docking station if it is in a separate room?

I haven't tried it but the manual says it won't work. I'll give it a go today and let you know how it goes.

frash

Out of interest (given that there's probably no stock left) does anyone know if it has a memory of where it's done or is there a chance it will just keep doing the same area of a room & not actually do the whole room or even go into the next room.

nkay1985

frash wrote: »

Out of interest (given that there's probably no stock left) does anyone know if it has a memory of where it's done or is there a chance it will just keep doing the same area of a room & not actually do the whole room or even go into the next room.

I'm pretty sure it's just based on random movements and doesn't have any memory of what it's done. The reasoning being if it's at it long enough, it will eventually cover all areas. From my experience, I'd have to say that appears to ring true.

syklops

nkay1985 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it's just based on random movements and doesn't have any memory of what it's done. The reasoning being if it's at it long enough, it will eventually cover all areas. From my experience, I'd have to say that appears to ring true.

Assuming the aldi one is the same as the Roomba, then its not based on random movements. If it was, how would it know how to find its charging base when finished? For that matter, how would it know it was finished?

Likewise, with my roomba, if it couldn't finish the floor in one go, it would return to charge, and then go back to where it had gotten to and continue on.

It doesn't hoover the floor the way a human does, but it does map out the floor and cover all the floor space.

frash

syklops wrote: »

Assuming the aldi one is the same as the Roomba, then its not based on random movements. If it was, how would it know how to find its charging base when finished? For that matter, how would it know it was finished?

Likewise, with my roomba, if it couldn't finish the floor in one go, it would return to charge, and then go back to where it had gotten to and continue on.

It doesn't hoover the floor the way a human does, but it does map out the floor and cover all the floor space.

I thought there might be some radio signal thingie to call it back to the base?

deadl0ck

frash wrote: »

Out of interest (given that there's probably no stock left) does anyone know if it has a memory of where it's done or is there a chance it will just keep doing the same area of a room & not actually do the whole room or even go into the next room.

Appears random to me, however, on the actual product page from Ariete here it seems to claim on the video that it covers the whole room - watch the video at the bottom of the page from around 1:19

nkay1985

syklops wrote: »

Assuming the aldi one is the same as the Roomba, then its not based on random movements. If it was, how would it know how to find its charging base when finished? For that matter, how would it know it was finished?

Likewise, with my roomba, if it couldn't finish the floor in one go, it would return to charge, and then go back to where it had gotten to and continue on.

It doesn't hoover the floor the way a human does, but it does map out the floor and cover all the floor space.

Yeah I don't think it is the same as the Roomba in that respect. I assume it relies on various algorithms that ensure it's as successful as possible. Like it definitely works out when it's at an edge of something and goes seems to go into perimeter mode and things like that. I could be wrong because I did see the same thing as deadl0ck on the website but it doesn't seem that way to me.

frash wrote: »

I thought there might be some radio signal thingie to call it back to the base?

Yeah, that's exactly how it works, there's an IR transmitter on the base and receiver on the unit.

BenAndJerry

Just picked one up in Rathfarnham Aldi (beside Nutgrove) and they appear to have more stock - they keep them in the store room so you need to ask for it.

I gave it a quick go and it seems the business - it's charging now as it recommends a 12 hour charge before first use so as not to damage the battery in the instruction booklet.

A man beside me in the queue said he got one yesterday for his daughter and she loves it so far. I confirmed they will take it back within 60 days no questions asked if you are unhappy and it's in the packaging etc.

So far so good it seems. It's only going to pick up small bits of dirt but if you have kids or pets there will be plenty of that.

majoliroja

my docking station is in the hall and the manual does say that the robot must be in the same room as the docking station but I just put my robot in the living room and asked it to go home - it moved around randomly but then found its way out of the living room door and found the docking station and successfully docked

frash

Just picked one up in the branch on the Long Mile road in Dublin .

They were in the back but got the impression there's plenty of stock still thereif anyonelooking .

Clare20

majoliroja wrote: »

my docking station is in the hall and the manual does say that the robot must be in the same room as the docking station but I just put my robot in the living room and asked it to go home - it moved around randomly but then found its way out of the living room door and found the docking station and successfully docked

my clever robot did something similar. He found his way from the hall to the living room docking station via the kitchen. I was really proud of him.

vienne86

My Roomba finds its way from the living room back to its docking station in the hall. The only problem I find is that sometimes the docking station gets moved around so it won't dock properly .....I have been threatening for ages to secure the docking station with something like blue tack.....must do it now!

Isn't it a great invention? I know someone with breathing problems who had a lot of trouble hoovering - got a robot, problem solved!

AlanS181824

Got 2 of these little guys the day, one for the upstairs and one for the downstairs. They just go around the house as they please picking up dirt and mostly dog hair. One of them just past by my feet there now! Only thing about them is they seem to get a bit stuck on the mat. Seems to be great little things.

Skill Magill

Dear God have pet owners thought ahead?
:pac::pac::pac::pac:

bogman

bogman wrote: »

Poor light conditions, tiled floor, short clip, great bloody job

mrcheez wrote: »

hmm says video is "private" ?

My apologies, sorted the privacy issue

Let Manuel do its thing again last night, checked to see how it had performed later on, had done its work and returned to the docking station to recharge, brilliant

AlanS181824

Skill Magill wrote: »

Dear God have pet owners thought ahead?
:pac::pac::pac::pac:

House Training my friend, house training.

Mezcita

Sandyford branch also have these but once again you have to ask as they are keeping them in the back.

Worth checking the box before you leave as well. The one I was first given had obviously been returned.

username123

vienne86 wrote: »

My Roomba finds its way from the living room back to its docking station in the hall. The only problem I find is that sometimes the docking station gets moved around so it won't dock properly .....I have been threatening for ages to secure the docking station with something like blue tack.....must do it now!

Isn't it a great invention? I know someone with breathing problems who had a lot of trouble hoovering - got a robot, problem solved!

How do you get it to return to the docking station? Mine just stops wherever it's at when it's done.

majoliroja

press the picture of the home button on the remote control - the hoover then flashes orange and looks for the docking station

majoliroja

You can make this robot hoover do many things with the remote control
You can turbo boost where the hoover makes a circular motion at a higher suction rate
You can press the perimeter button to do a clean of the edges of the room and you can press the arrow buttons to move it forwards etc at any point
My house has never looked so clean and all with the press of a button !!

username123

majoliroja wrote: »

press the picture of the home button on the remote control - the hoover then flashes orange and looks for the docking station

Ah, I dont have a remote control - perhaps thats why its not doing it!

deadl0ck

username123 wrote: »

Ah, I dont have a remote control - perhaps thats why its not doing it!

So have you a roomba or the Alid robotic vacuum ?

sillymoo

Wow I want one of these badly for the gimmick value and purely to see if my cat would sit on it.

I'd don't know if I could justify the price though!

username123

deadl0ck wrote: »

So have you a roomba or the Alid robotic vacuum ?

Roomba - I asked a user who said their Roomba returned to the docking station how it was doing so but then a different user responded saying to press the Home button on the remote control - but they must have been talking about the Aldi robot.

mad m

C'mon ladies & gents, is it really that good?

pippip

mad m wrote: »

C'mon ladies & gents, is it really that good?

I'd well believe they are as good as people are saying.

Were talking about hoovering daily dust from wooden/tiled floors.

It really doesn't take much to achieve that.

Muahahaha

sillymoo wrote: »

Wow I want one of these badly for the gimmick value and purely to see if my cat would sit on it.

I'd don't know if I could justify the price though!

Wait 5 or 6 months and I'll sure you'll be seeing robot vacumns for €100-150, the prices of them are falling all the time but they haven't reached rock bottom just yet.

majoliroja

Sorry guys yes I was talking about aldis robotic hoover - does that mean that Roomba is not as good as the aldi version then ??
I thought Roomba were the best - I chose aldi because of the great price and 60 day money back and 3 year guarantee

vienne86

username123 wrote: »

Roomba - I asked a user who said their Roomba returned to the docking station how it was doing so but then a different user responded saying to press the Home button on the remote control - but they must have been talking about the Aldi robot.

You asked me, actually. I don't know what I do that you don't do - it just returns of its own accord!

vienne86

majoliroja wrote: »

Sorry guys yes I was talking about aldis robotic hoover - does that mean that Roomba is not as good as the aldi version then ??
I thought Roomba were the best - I chose aldi because of the great price and 60 day money back and 3 year guarantee

There is one hell of a difference in the price!

username123

vienne86 wrote: »

You asked me, actually. I don't know what I do that you don't do - it just returns of its own accord!

Thanks, I must read the booklet! Maybe there's some button I need to press on it. All I ever do is switch it on and it stops when it's done.

pippip

My only concern on this would be the battery.

From past experience with items from Aldi & Lidl the battery is the first thing to fail and is never covered under their warranty.

I'd suspect with this it would end up where the hoover is just constantly returning to its base without finishing any of the rooms.

Even the Roomba only comes with a 6month battery warranty.

Beadyeye

pippip wrote: »

My only concern on this would be the battery.

From past experience with items from Aldi & Lidl the battery is the first thing to fail and is never covered under their warranty.

I'd suspect with this it would end up where the hoover is just constantly returning to its base without finishing any of the rooms.
Even the Roomba only comes with a 6month battery warranty.

That is a concern alright, how much and how difficult would a replacement battery be?

Also is it possible that the hepa filter and brushes are replaceable with iRoomba parts?