Pre-Order Roomba Discovery for $224.99

[aolshove]

The new model of Roomba, the "Discovery" (auto-locates it's charger!), is normally $249.99. But from Amazon, you can apply the $25 House Wares coupon code plus it qualifies for free shipping so your out of pocket rings up as $224.99. This new model will be shipped on Sept. 15th.

 

[ianbergman]

OK, so I've been wanting to get one of these for a while. Any first-hand stories on how well they work? (I realize that this is a new model and most people will only have seen the older ones)

 

[aolshove]

Most all of the problems reported have been fixed in the new Discovery model: Battery life, bad wheel tread, small bin, long charge time, short run time.

Amazon has 241 customer reviews of the old model at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B00008439Y/ref=cm_rev_all_1

 

[Scarpozzi]

My new house has a lot of hardwood floors so this would be great, except for the way it treats rugs. I can't justify the price...it doesn't take that long to use an old-school vacuum.

-Scar

BTW: The cheapest place to get the old model that I've seen is ecost.com. I think they were running around $139 there rather than Amazon's $179...

 

[csc2]

Don't buy the old model, you can get the Roomba Red for $125 delivered at Amazon.com using the same $25 off coupon code.