{"id":3100,"date":"2010-06-18T00:36:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T08:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2011-11-24T19:49:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T03:49:48","slug":"4-tips-to-improve-your-roombas-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/4-tips-to-improve-your-roombas-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"4 tips to improve your roomba’s performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love my little Roomba, and most people you talk to love theirs too.\u00a0 However, as far vacuum cleaners go, they cannot really compete with a standard high power vacuum cleaner.\u00a0 Nor are they supposed to.\u00a0 However, here are 4 tips to get the most of your Roomba.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Maximize your battery life:\u00a0 Depending on how often you use your Roomba, there are two techniques you would employ.\u00a0 If you live in a small place and only run it once every two weeks, keep the battery out of the unit.\u00a0 Immediately after you have ran the unit, recharge it.\u00a0 Once its recharged, take the battery out. This will extend the battery’s life. If you have a large are or many rooms, leave it on the charger as soon as its done and let the charger trickle charge the unit.<\/p>\n

2. Empty the dust catcher often:\u00a0 If you live in a dusty place, or have pets, or both in my case, you will find you will get much better performance if you empty the Roomba at least twice per cleaning session.\u00a0 Depending on the area and layout, the Roomba will normally do at least 1 circumnavigation around the area in around 20 min. After 20 min, stop the unit, clean out the catcher AND the filter and then let it run to exhaustion or till it finds it way to the home base unit.\u00a0 In my case, since I let the Roomba clean 4 rooms at once, I clean it at around 20 min, then 20 min again. This lets it run a little better and longer since its pulling more air with less effort.<\/p>\n

3. Create a Roomba friendly area:\u00a0 One of the best things about the Roomba is that it loves to seek out corners.\u00a0 But it also tends to get confused if there are too many obstacles around.\u00a0 So try to keep your area as clear and open as possible BUT do not get into the habit of moving things to the corner or side.\u00a0 The whole idea is the let the Roomba get to those little areas you normally cannot get to.\u00a0 If you have lots of little things laying about, move group them together in the center of the room.\u00a0 Also dont forget to pick up chords or house plant leaves or anything else that can get caught in the vacuum brushes.<\/p>\n

4. COMPLETELY clean the unit every 4-8 uses:\u00a0 The Roomba is great as a supplementation to vacuuming, so the big win is the ease of use.\u00a0 However, having to do a deep clean of the brushes every time defeats the purpose of having the robot in the first place.\u00a0 No problem. If you do a deep clean every now and again, say once a month if you use it twice a week, that should be fine.\u00a0 And by deep clean I mean taking the brushes out and making sure there are not threads or dirt or anything else to keep the brushes from spinning well.<\/p>\n

There you go. If you can think of any other tips, send them along and I will add them to this post.<\/p>\n

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