Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I don't have to vacuum anymore and my floors have never been so clean. I scheduled it to run every day. It is amazing how much dust and other debris this thing picks up. All it takes is a 5 minute clean up of the Roomba each day-dump the bin, shake out the filter and clean the 2 rollers. It runs just over an hour before going back to base to charge. I have a large house, I run it in the main living area each day, and I move it manually to other parts of my house about 2x a month. My father bought one instanty after seeing how well mine cleaned-he is very critical of everything, but has no complaints about his 650. My 3 year old daughter & I named it Rico-she loves watching daddy's "robot" run around the house. It is much quieter than a conventional vacuum-I can watch TV while it runs, but I schedule it to run after I leave in the morning. A couple of tips: Vacuum one time yourself before setting this thing loose-it makes a world of difference in the performance. Pick up blankets and things that you would normally get off the floor to vacuum. Confine it it to 2 or 3 rooms at a time. Make sure you clean the bin and rollers after each run. Run it as often as possible-schedule it for every day. Clean it once a month by blowing everything out an air compressor. Kick back with cold one and enjoy your new found free time... Update 7/2013-Still running Rico every day except on the weekend, battery life is still good. The vacuum is still cleaning very well, I replaced the side brush once and I swap the filter while I'm cleaning the other one. I don't clean it as often but at least 2 times a week, I do empty the bin and shake out the filter after every run. I'm still very pleased with the peformance. I'm still amazed at how much dust this thing collects. We've had a baby since the first review and I'm very happy that the floor he crawls around on is vacuumed every day-gives me great piece of mind since everything he picks up goes straight to his mouth.