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iRobot 560 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, Black and Silver  | 
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Brand: iRobot
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $449.99
Buy New: $314.03
You Save: $135.96 (30%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  189 reviews
Sales Rank: 62
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14.6
Dimensions (in): 24.3 x 18.2 x 8.4
MPN: 56001
Model: 560
UPC: 853816560011
EAN: 0853816560011
ASIN: B000UUBCNO
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Vacuuming robot picks up dirt and debris with the touch of a button | | • | Easy-to-empty bagless dustbin; fine-filtration system traps allergens | | • | Anti-tangle technology; gentle-touch bumper system; built-in cliff sensors | | • | Self-charging Home Base, 2 Virtual Wall Lighthouses, an extra filter, and more included | | • | Measures 16-3/4 by 21 by 5 inches; 1-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
Life happens in busy homes, and keeping up with accumulating dirt, dust, pet hair, crumbs, and debris can be a daily challenge. Introducing the iRobot Roomba 560- a member of iRobot’s newest generation of Roomba Vacuuming Robots. Now there’s a better way to maintain cleaner floors every day. With dramatically improved navigation, cleaning coverage, vacuum pickup, particle filtration, and scheduling capabilities, the Roomba 560 picks up amazing amounts of dirt and debris from your floors with the touch of a button--so you don’t have to. The Roomba 560 even cleans on schedule when it’s most convenient for you. Use the on-board scheduling system to easily program up to seven days and times per week for Roomba to vacuum--whether you’re at home or on the go. The Roomba 560 also offers the most efficient room-to-room cleaning available using two innovative, new Virtual Wall Lighthouses. With dramatically improved navigation, cleaning coverage, vacuum pickup, and particle filtration, the Roomba 560 vacuuming robot picks up amazing amounts of dirt and debris with the simple touch of a button. The powerful unit features innovative spinning side brushes that grab dirt and dust from corners and along wall edges, as well as two high-speed, counter-rotating brushes that pick up pet hair, cat litter, food crumbs, and other debris from floors. The vacuum sucks up the debris and deposits it into a large, easy-to-empty bagless dustbin, and its improved fine-filtration system traps dust, pollen, and other allergens inside the unit, reducing infiltration into the living environment.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 184 more reviews...
 570 Cleans Great, but Lacks Quality July 27, 2008
I've had my 570 for almost a year now. I have to say it does an excellent job of cleaning. Unlike some of the previous models, it seldom gets stuck and usually finds its way back to the docking station. When it comes to keeping up with the dog hair from two Golden Retrievers, I am completely satisfied!
This series uses a modular design that makes changing modules for side brush, main brushes, wheels, etc, easy. Should something go wrong, iRobot can simply send the owner a new module to install. There should seldom be a need to send it back to the factory for repair.
Unfortunately, breakdowns are all too common. The quality control of the brush modules is very poor. In the time I've had mine, I had to replace the main brush module after about 5 months. It has now failed again as has the side brush. Evidently, the side brush units failed with fair regularity since I had to wait for them to be in stock.
iRobot sent me a new main brush assembly the first time at no cost. I am still waiting for the side and mail brush modules now, after a month, as they sent it to a non-existent address. Needless to say I am far from pleased with the quality of the new robot.
Bottom line . . . it cleans great, but the quality of the brush modules is very poor. Until they improve that, I would have a difficult time recommending it to anyone.
 Hurray...My hardwood floors are always clean! July 26, 2008
I received the Roomba 560 for my birthday. I'm a goofy guy, so having the Roomba (name: "Dusty") totally fits my personality.
I live in a Manhattan apartment with hardwood floors. I mention Manhattan because if you open a window and leave it open for a while, you find your window sill and floor covered in a light layer of "city dust". After a while, this can turn into dust bunnies and it tends to gather together in a community of dust bunnies under hard-to-reach places, such as my platform bed. But now that I have a Roomba, there isn't 1 single dust bunny to be found!
Every weekend I wake up Dusty to start cleaning (every other week I empty the dust bin and tap the filter clean). While the Roomba vacuums, I can simultaneously clean the bathroom and dust. By the time I'm done cleaning, the floors are clean. Very nice!
Overall, I'm very happy with my Roomba. It has a few very minor quirks, but I would totally buy this if it hadn't been gifted to me.
Pros:
* cleans under hard-to-reach places, like under the bed.
* charges itself when it's finished
* seeing it makes you smile, and it will make your friends laugh
* perfect for tiled and hardwood floors
* does a surprisingly decent job getting into corners
* can be scheduled to clean automatically
* comes with 2 "lighthouses" that act as virtual walls
* cleans carpet/rugs as well
* comes with 1 spare filter and brush
* very easy to empty and maintain
* bumps into furniture softly
* does a decent job avoiding getting caught on cables/wiring (see Con #1)
Cons (minor):
* gets tangled once in a while: I once left my Roomba alone in my bedroom and left for work. When I got home, the Roomba had gotten caught on a thick power strip cable and couldn't get out, so I found it stuck there, waiting to be recharged.
* can trap itself in a room: the Roomba once closed a bedroom door and couldn't escape (the charging base was in another room)
- If you decide to get one, and you have several electrical cords where Roomba might get stuck, buy some cable hoses or zip-tie the wires together.
 I wish it was better July 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really miss my little Roomba 500 series! I had to return it due to it's multiple flaws, but I really love the concept.
Pros: It made vacuuming fun! I would tidy the room, move things out of the way, and then turn it on and move on to the next room while it happily did its thing. The Roomba picked up a lot of dust, hair, dirt, etc.
The virtual wall/lighthouse feature worked well. I liked being able to divide my great room into two areas for the robot. I think it made it able to clean each space more thoroughly.
Cons: After the first use, a hair (just a regular human hair, nothing heavy-duty like dog hair) tangled on the rubber roller brush and actually cracked it! Not very robust...
After the first week of use (about 5 times), the little side brush stopped spinning like it should. It almost never spun, and when it did it moved in slow motion.
The unit would crash into some of my furniture. It can't "see" anything black, so it doesn't slow down, and it was just barely too tall to fit under my entertainment center, so the little "eye" on the top kept crashing into the bottom of it (evidently the sensor judged that it would fit underneath so it would hurtle full force toward the unit, only to be stopped by that little plastic piece sticking up from the top).
It was too tall for some places under kitchen cabinet toe kicks and would get stuck. Again, it wasn't that good at judging where it would and would not fit.
It really didn't navigate well between my hardwood floor and simple area rugs. In fact, I think trying to climb on the area rug is what broke the spinner brush.
Cleaning it every time was a bit of a chore, but I would be willing to put up with that mess if it really worked like it should.
So in conclution, I actually would still like to replace this Roomba. I just may need to wait for the 6th generation model.
Amazing Roomba Roomba July 22, 2008
My fiancee and I just got our roomba the other week and so far we are loving it. We live in nyc and have a 1 bedroom apartment and it does a great job of cleaning the dirt and dust our of the apartment.
It is really fun to watch in action and it so far has made my life a good bit easier since i dont have to worry about vacuuming once a week. I set it to clean every few days and it runs while I'm at work.
I wish the collection bin was a little larger but all in all it isnt bad.
Here is a video I made of it in action
http://vimeo.com/1385263
Poor instruction on usual manual July 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is very poor instruction on manual. The discription on battery side is wrong also.
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