Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

We purchased the Roomba 880 directly from iRobot right when it came out. We were looking for a new vacuum anyway, and the reviews about how it handled pet hair sold it for us. We have 2 cats in 1,000 sq ft apartment. It's a constant battle against cat hair and tracked litter. So far, the Roomba has done really well with both! The rubber rollers on the bottom have been the biggest difference. Our old vacuum had the bristled roller on the bottom and wouldn't even rotate it was so tangled in hair. Now, hair isn't a problem. And the rubber rollers have enough give that when it starts to eat something like an iPhone charger, it just stops, and we can easily pull out whatever is caught (no damage to any items it's pulled in so far). When we first got it, we ran it several times in a row – each ending with the "full bin" light. Definitely made me feel like we were missing a lot of the dust when we were vacuuming ourselves! Now we have it set to run every day, and it usually takes a few days to fill up the bin. It is a bit loud when it's in the same room you, but as soon as it rounds a corner you can barely hear it. We just set it to run when we're not home, so the noise isn't an issue. It gets over the raised edges in the doorways fine, and it'll go under our bed. If it's not in it's dock when we get home, it's usually pulled in something like a iPhone charger cord or cat toy. It would get confused more often when we first got it, but it seems to be a rare occurrence now. *Bonus* Our cats don't ride it, but they do follow it around. We turn it on when we're cooking and they'll be off following it instead of getting into the food.