P3 P4920 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

good floor duster in simple space
I have one of the these tiny, inexpensive vacs in each bedroom. They are prefect for bare wood floors in simple spaces. They dust a 10 x 12 bare wood floor in about 15 minutes and do pick up pet hair, tracked cat litter, and dust. It then takes them overnight to re-charge. If used every other day, dust and pet hair doesn't accumulate in the corners, so I find I need a "real" human-operated vac in these rooms only about once a month.

These inexpensive vacs don't have corner brushes so aren't as good at edges as the more advanced robo-vacs. Also, they get stuck on or under just about anything - door sills, rugs edges, chair rungs, etc., so need a clear space in which to work. (For more cluttered room, I like the Metapo QQ2 which does corners and can sterilize the bathroom and kitchen floor with its ultraviolet light. I have not tried the roombas but don't find any of the cheaper models do carpet well.)

Lastly, make sure the P2 and P3 are turned off before...

got the wrong bot...but used it anyway.
Pretty much like the title said, I sent to another company (Get Organized) and they sent me the wrong robot. They fixed that problem pretty fast--everything is okay.

So, I got to keep it--here's my review.

I gave this little gray fellow a five stars not because of what its' advertisment says--(that it's great on carpets), but because of what I use it for....to dust, vacuum, damp mop, damp sanitize mop my hardwood floors. On carpets...I would have give it a one or two star.

Pros;

1. Thirty seven bucks! Works fine on hard smooth slick surfaces.
2. Doesn't seem to get stuck 'too' much.
3. I wet the 'high tech' cloth, stick it to the bottom of it and let it damp mop my floors...and sometimes spray lysol on the wet cloth and do some 'lite' sanitizing.
4. Does vacuum up 'loose' dust.
5. hunts around alright for a sensor package.

Cons;

1. Better have level floors.
2. There are no battery...

Does not work
I have 2 irobot roombas, a dirt dog, and a scooba. When I saw the P3 which was MUCH cheaper, I HAD to try it. This product has scuffed up my laminate floors with it's rubber wheels by spinning them aimlessly. It does not move and has to be babysat, despite being put in a cleared, closed room. It got stuck on level floors. Also could not vacuum/sweep tile floors. Very disappointing. Takes FOREVER to charge as well.

Not impressive at all. I guess I am just a spoilt irobot user. I expected more from this product than it was able to give.

4/9/2012 UPDATE: I gave the P3 to my parents who had never had a vacuuming robot before in the hopes that they might like it better. They took it to someone to put in a more powerful motor and a better battery and ended up retiring it after the first use. In the words of my dad, "That thing is just rubbish." I have since given them one of my roombas and they LOVE it!

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