Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 18:21     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
My house is wood floors with area rugs too. Only one of them has a short fringe and my Roomba J9+ works fine going over the fringe and onto the rug. I absolutely love having a Roomba that self-empties and maps the rooms. I remembered at work today that my MIL was coming by this afternoon so I used the app on my phone and had it run in the high traffic rooms while I was at work.

Don't waste your money on the robots that don't self-empty and can't map a room. Maintaining those and setting up physical boundaries becomes so time consuming that it would just be easier to manually vacuum.

I'm a neat freak and now only manually vacuum twice a week.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 16:53     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
Anonymous wrote:I have a Roomba and a Eufy. Both work with rugs with oriental rugs with fringe, but it isn't super long (1.5" ?). I think the Eufy works better and was much less expensive.[/quote

It may depend on how long the fringe is. The fringe on my rug is long enough to wrap around the roller.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 16:40     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
I have a Roomba and a Eufy. Both work with rugs with oriental rugs with fringe, but it isn't super long (1.5" ?). I think the Eufy works better and was much less expensive.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 16:38     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
I have a cheaper than Rumba, and fringe has been fine. Others in my family have Rumba and it's way better than mine.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 16:35     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
Anonymous wrote:Good to know- thanks, PPs!

Anyone have rugs with fringe and use a roomba?


I have a roborock and like it but it doesn’t work on rugs with fringe.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 16:16     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
Good to know- thanks, PPs!

Anyone have rugs with fringe and use a roomba?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:25     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
Anonymous wrote:I don’t have any rugs with fringe, but I do have hardwood floors with area rugs, and my roomba has been a godsend.


This. Same.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 09:20     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
I don’t have any rugs with fringe, but I do have hardwood floors with area rugs, and my roomba has been a godsend.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 09:10     Subject: Question about robot vacuums
I’d love to be able to use a robotic vacuum, but I’m not sure if one would work in my house. We have wooden floors with area rugs. Most of the area rugs have fringe on the ends. Would a robotic vacuum work for this situation? Or would it just get tangled in the fringe?

Interested in other people’s experiences. Thanks!