Three-stage cleaning system with Detect Series 2 uses optical and acoustic sensors to tease out dust and debris
Vacuums carpets and hard-floors
Automatically adjusts to different surfaces as it moves through cleaning areas
Advanced cleaning head excels at picking up pet hair, dirt, and more
Dual HEPA filters trap dust, allergens, and tiny particles as fine as 0.3 microns for cleaner air
Wireless remote uses radio frequency technology to transmit through ceilings and walls
Cleans on a programmable schedule
Remote touchpad control
Full bin indicator
Cliff detection system prevents Roomba from falling down stairs
Persistent pass cleaning method utilizes a back and forth cleaning pattern that mimics human vacuuming and performs concentrated cleaning on the dirtiest areas
iRobot Virtual Wall Lighthouse keeps Roomba in one room until it is clean before allowing it to move into the next room
Product Dimensions: 13.9"x13.9"x3.6"
Product Weight: 17.20lb
Condition - New Warranty - 1 Year iRobot Ships Via - FedEx SmartPost
Wait, I thought you guys were in the business of selling stuff cheap. Oh wait, you're funny, so I get to pay almost full price. OK! Where do I send my money! @mediocrebot
@davehochh List price for the 790 is $699 and Amazon sells it for a little less at $639. Meh is selling it for $500. That is selling it $139 less than Amazon. If you find a lower price elsewhere, tell us where you found it.
@CowboyDann No because I am planning to buy one that comes with a maid to take care of anything having to do with vacuuming. Either that or train my cats to sit on it as it goes around, with their teeth pick up stray objects, drop them off where they belong and when it gets close to the steps jump off and push it down the stairs to do the first floor.
All I'm saying is this. Today, we stuck an X-Mini Speaker on the Roomba 790. Then we used the amazing remote control to drive it around, blasting Spoon. DJ Roomba is real, and it's amazing. Sign it up for parties.
Hey, Mehtizens... The links to the pictures are broken... Specifically both the 790 unit and the 790 unit with accessories link to the same picture of the 790 unit without accessories.
Also, when will they invent a Roomba or Neato that can climb a stair or three? My whole house is on multiple different levels, so I would have to get like twelve of these to clean my place. And I'm not in the market for twelve of anything (still trying to find room for all these drummers drumming that my true love sent to me last December!)...
@JonT Don't tell anyone, but it's just a really tall, quite skinny, townhouse! But come on man, you can at least splurge for a Whopper! (it IS Wednesday, after all!)
Although you fixed the link of "Roomba 790 and Accessories" image, there're still error in this page - the Condition of 560 is New in this page but it should be refurbished. Also I'm confused on how many Virtual Wall Lighthouses are included in 790 because Amazon page says 3 while this page says 2. If you take that into consideration - each Roomba Virtual Wall Lighthouse costs $51.10 on Amazon and the price is no longer comparable.
I purchased my Roomba from Matt back in 2005. A Roomba Sage - I still have it. Battery died and I cannot afford to replace it.... I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat if I could afford it
What is the difference in the battery on the 560 vs the 790? I noticed the Roomba I got on first day of meh lasts much longer than the old one I had from woot years ago.
I've moved on from Roomba: Neato is superior. [Hopefully I've helped someone with this all encompassing,unilateral, matter-of-fact pronouncement of absolute truth.]
@unixrab No children with a lot of incentive is superior, so are good maids (of which I don't have one - little problem that they want paid - hmm maybe in speaker docks?)
Is the 560 the old lighthouse version or the new virtual wall version? I see that it comes with virtual walls, but I ask because it's a refurb and I'm not sure how they're repackaging it.
Interesting enough I got my 560 from Meh yesterday. I did some small transplants as I already have upgraded parts in the one this one is replacing (battery included is the 3000mah ni-mh which is nice but I have a 3500mah I swapped in) this refurb comes with the old style green deck which will last 3 months in my house so in went the 700 series deck and pet brushes. My old 560's lighthouses refuse to turn on with this roomba. Which I think is actually the roomba base, though I'm not sure how or why they wouldn't turn on. SO as it stands I have no way of lighthousing this new one at this point with my old white lighthouses.
Specs
Model: 560
Condition - Refurbished
Warranty - 90 Day iRobot
Ships Via - FedEx SmartPost
Model: 790
Condition - New
Warranty - 1 Year iRobot
Ships Via - FedEx SmartPost
What’s in the Box?
Roomba 560
Roomba 790
Pictures
Roomba 560
Roomba 560 and Accessories
Roomba 790
Roomba 790 and Accessories
Price Check
Roomba 560 is $249 at Amazon (refurbished)
Roomba 790 is $639 at Amazon (35+ reviews)
Roomba 790 is $630 at Robot Shop
Find a relevant price comparison? Please share it in a reply to this comment
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, March 18th - Friday, March 22nd
Wait, I thought you guys were in the business of selling stuff cheap. Oh wait, you're funny, so I get to pay almost full price. OK! Where do I send my money! @mediocrebot
@davehochh List price for the 790 is $699 and Amazon sells it for a little less at $639. Meh is selling it for $500. That is selling it $139 less than Amazon. If you find a lower price elsewhere, tell us where you found it.
@mediocrebot The cheapest I could find the 790 new was actually at Amazon through seller Allan's Goods for [$613][1] [1]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/main/ref=olp_merch_name_1?ie=UTF8&asin=B00BUU07M0&isAmazonFulfilled=0&seller=A2BI4MYPYQSEWU
Finally!
Wow. This deal sucks. Haha...*goes and sits in corner.
Anyone wanna trade a collectible "first roomba sold on meh.com" roomba for the one that climbs stairs??
@CowboyDann I think you mean "doesn't fall down stairs with helpful cliff detection technology"
@ChadP thats definitely what i meant. i'm just gonna buy 20 and get all the stairs their own
@CowboyDann I think kthe 560 may also detect stairs anyway even if its not listed in the product specs. My old roomba did from way back in the day.
@CowboyDann No because I am planning to buy one that comes with a maid to take care of anything having to do with vacuuming. Either that or train my cats to sit on it as it goes around, with their teeth pick up stray objects, drop them off where they belong and when it gets close to the steps jump off and push it down the stairs to do the first floor.
@CowboyDann And in my kid's room I don't need no lousy roomba cuz the floor is so covered in junk the dust can't find the floor the floor.
Nooooooooooooooooo more Roombas, please
@khunjeff sounds like a desperate cry for more roombas.
All I'm saying is this. Today, we stuck an X-Mini Speaker on the Roomba 790. Then we used the amazing remote control to drive it around, blasting Spoon. DJ Roomba is real, and it's amazing. Sign it up for parties.
@ChadP so that's what that party was in the back
Damn it. Now i might have to buy a speaker dock.
@denboy one of the parties
@denboy was there 'business in the front'?
@marklog Yep. unfortunately, @denboy is situated in the shaved no-mans-land region :)
@ChadP @marklog
@snapster can shaved-no-mans-land be a new thing? web series?
Meh.
If they're selling roombas's sansa's are gonna show up soon!
@eeterrific
@eeterrific But first... the Leakfrog.
Hey, Mehtizens... The links to the pictures are broken... Specifically both the 790 unit and the 790 unit with accessories link to the same picture of the 790 unit without accessories.
@curtise Woohoo! Someone looks at the pictures! Seriously though, thanks for letting us know. It's fixed.
@ChadP Of course I do! Otherwise I would miss out on the sucking-battlebots and all the other funny pics you folks create and use.
@curtise You don't have to look at all of the pictures for that; just jump to the last one.
Wait a damn minute! I thought you weren't going to advertise?!
http://1sale.com/electronics/other/hero-2-roomba-models/
Above is a "partner offer" from 1sale.com
Sellouts! or just meh. Don't care. Rock on doing what you're doing.
@aaronhurt BUSTED!
@aaronhurt 1sale had to pay their protection fees with services instead of cash this month. We let it slide...this time.
@aaronhurt good catch! so there's a longer story here but basically this was a trade of services by our wholesale group.
@snapster that's actually pretty cool. Thanks for weighing in on it.
@harrison interesting. Can I ask what Meh gave 1sale in this trade?
@RedHot we just ensure there's no unfortunate "accidents" with their website
@harrison So... they advertise or "Something goes terribly wrong?"
Also, when will they invent a Roomba or Neato that can climb a stair or three? My whole house is on multiple different levels, so I would have to get like twelve of these to clean my place. And I'm not in the market for twelve of anything (still trying to find room for all these drummers drumming that my true love sent to me last December!)...
@curtise Your house has 12 floors?
@katylava technically there are four floors, but each floor is divided with steps into multiple levels.
@curtise look at Mr. Fancypants with his 12 floor mansion too good to buy Roombas... cries into Big Mac wrapper
@JonT Don't tell anyone, but it's just a really tall, quite skinny, townhouse! But come on man, you can at least splurge for a Whopper! (it IS Wednesday, after all!)
The day Roomba comes out with a model that grooms my dogs for me is the day I'll by one. Bonus points if it sneaks up on them. :)
@Thumperchick http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Groomba
@Thumperchick and has a speaker dock.
@The_Baron I could pretty much watch Shark Cat ride Roombas all day long.
I miss Battlebots. Not much out there even on the torrents, and the clips on the YouTubes are really uneven. Sigh.
Roomba knife fights. Nothing dangerous about strapping knives to Roombas and setting them free in your house.
@The_Baron What, no balloons?
@The_Baron Don't get me wrong. It's cute. But.
Although you fixed the link of "Roomba 790 and Accessories" image, there're still error in this page - the Condition of 560 is New in this page but it should be refurbished. Also I'm confused on how many Virtual Wall Lighthouses are included in 790 because Amazon page says 3 while this page says 2. If you take that into consideration - each Roomba Virtual Wall Lighthouse costs $51.10 on Amazon and the price is no longer comparable.
@mghostsoft both fixed, thanks for being far more observant than us
I purchased my Roomba from Matt back in 2005. A Roomba Sage - I still have it. Battery died and I cannot afford to replace it.... I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat if I could afford it
@jmhsrv It's actually fairly easy to rebuild a battery pack that'll work - http://www.robotreviews.com/hack2/battery.shtml
Can't wait for the speaker docks this Friday.
What is the difference in the battery on the 560 vs the 790? I noticed the Roomba I got on first day of meh lasts much longer than the old one I had from woot years ago.
@milliamp had to check out the batteries. they both run on the same battery, an robot advanced ni-mh dc 14.4v 3000mAh.
Now if that was Scooba.. everybody has roombas already, Waiting for a s-c-o-o--o-o--o-o-b-a deal!
This deal really woots.... urr umm sucks.. sorry I mean sucks.....
I've moved on from Roomba: Neato is superior. [Hopefully I've helped someone with this all encompassing,unilateral, matter-of-fact pronouncement of absolute truth.]
@unixrab No children with a lot of incentive is superior, so are good maids (of which I don't have one - little problem that they want paid - hmm maybe in speaker docks?)
@Kidsandliz let me rephrase: if ( context == robotic vacuums) { Neato > Roomba};
@unixrab Yeah I knew (context) - I was just being a smart ass
@Kidsandliz me too :-)
Is the 560 the old lighthouse version or the new virtual wall version? I see that it comes with virtual walls, but I ask because it's a refurb and I'm not sure how they're repackaging it.
only for singles....
Holly craps
~~~~@Jakobson01 what? I hope not
the roomba will try to throw itself down the stairs once it sees the floors i have in store for it. but it can't, so suck it up roomba (literally)
Interesting enough I got my 560 from Meh yesterday. I did some small transplants as I already have upgraded parts in the one this one is replacing (battery included is the 3000mah ni-mh which is nice but I have a 3500mah I swapped in) this refurb comes with the old style green deck which will last 3 months in my house so in went the 700 series deck and pet brushes. My old 560's lighthouses refuse to turn on with this roomba. Which I think is actually the roomba base, though I'm not sure how or why they wouldn't turn on. SO as it stands I have no way of lighthousing this new one at this point with my old white lighthouses.