If you do not have a large rug don t put any rugs out until you can buy one.
What does roomba do with small rugs.
Roomba can easily handle not only the hard floor but the high pile floor areas as well.
Place the large rug within 12 inches of the walls on all sides or place it in the middle where it stops several inches away from all the furniture.
This way it doesn t look like the room is crowding the rug.
When roomba finishes the housework it docks itself in this recharging station and charges up its batteries ready for next time.
No doubt you are asking yourself which model is the best roomba for carpet.
Later roomba models have rubber rollers that are much better at not getting stuck.
It may get a little tangled or think the rug is a cliff.
A cheap roomba tends to have a difficult time transitioning from hardwood to rugs or to another surface.
I behaves the same way a regular vacuum would if you come in from the wrong angle.
Let s take a closer look.
How does it work.
But a roomba s problems with rugs does not stop there.
They are designed especially to meet the requirements of thick carpet and make them dirt and dust free.
Is it any good.
We do believe that after this review you can simply answer yes it actually works.
We are 100 sure that our top 3 models will perfectly handle everything from pet hair on the thick carpet to small debris.
Either that or roll the edge up in a way to let to roomba think it hit a wall.
So yes roomba being carpet friendly actually works on them and do the needful.
Should you buy one.
Several rugs make a small room look crowded.
I would recommend picking up a fuzzy fringy rug before launching the roomba.
So does roomba actually work on thick pile flooring.
Few robots can cross rugs that are woven from long fibers or even ones that have tassels without.
And also earlier roomba models such as the 400 and 600 series had bristle rollers and the bristles got caught on the carpet fibres.
I discuss two other rug issues in later sections.
Rugs can be the roomba s worst enemy if you are using a cheaper model.