Product purchased on special from Aldi 3 months ago.
Thought we would try a cheaper unit before purchasing a more expensive model (Lg or Irobot - Roomba) .
My wife and I have both been impressed with its performance. The unit comes well packaged. It is easy to set up - program and get it doing its thing.
It has been used on carpet - lino - timber - tiled floors. It does the carpet, lino, timber very well. Has a little trouble on the tiles at times. Flat un-patterned carpet it does ok. Carpet with deep patterns it is not effective...Read more

Can't figure out whether the unit vacuums (as in 'sucks' air) or not, perhaps that's a testament to it's quiet operation (or the lack of any suction). However it definitely has spinning roller brushes on the underside. It is perfect for wooden floors and tiles as it picks up dust, hair, fur and anything small. I would give it no marks for it's effectiveness on carpet, it just doesn't work. I have the unit for my bedroom (wooden floors) and it's perfect. Returns to a docking station for charging, and you can program it for a specific time on any...Read more

I first bought the robot 2/3yrs ago but it stopped working not so long ago so I phoned the helpline who sent me to a local repairer who changed the board (I think). He was very impressed with the build and said he'd buy one any day.
A month or so ago I purchased my second and the first one now lives and works permanently downstairs on the vinyl tiles. The new one now takes care of the upstairs fully carpeted floors. I should add that the new one seems a bit quieter and has two front brushes instead of one.
Regarding furniture, you soon get u...Read more

He isn't as strategic as I thought he would be, and sometimes mounts the furniture and can't get back off it, but every time I get home from work, I have known he has been a busy little bee.
We have quite a large family room which joins onto the dining room, kitchen and formal lounge room. Everything has been picked up off the carpet and the tiles and the catcher is quite full even cleaning everyday, which surprises me. I even take him into my bedroom and he whips around even under the bed... Fantastic!
We do have some very thick rugs around ...Read more

The only robot vacuum I've had to compare to this is the Dirt Devil Free Time which cost $49 on special. The Dirt Devil does a better job for a fraction of the price.

I have wooden and tiled floors with a shag pile rug and 3 dogs and a cat, so plenty of hair. I cleaned it out daily but each day I'd come home to piles of pet hair on the floor. The vacuum would suck it up but then spit it out the back of the vacuum! This never happens with the Dirt Devil. The Stirling vacuum also gets caught on my rug (Dirt Devil doesn't) and seems to go aroun...Read more

I chose this Robot Vacuum for its price as I wasn't convinced that it would do a worthwhile job no matter what the price but I have been VERY pleasantly surprised. I now use it every day for the last 2 weeks since I got it, and I have not needed to pull our our very large vacuum once despite having a toddler and a very fluffy cat in the apartment.
We have tiles and laminate floors throughout the apartment and this Robot Vacuum has no problem cleaning both of these. We set it to run while we are out so I don't get frustrated watching it zoom an...Read more

My Stirling robot was purchased 8 months ago for $179 with a 3yr warranty and several spare bits. I have a few rugs on both hardwood and tiled floor and the robot deals with all of the above brilliantly. Like all robot cleaners, it covers the chosen area following some sort of chaos-theory, which is confusing and amusing to watch, but somehow works well. At this point, I named the robot "Leroy". I have not used my normal vacuum (a Miele) on my floors for months. Due to its shallow height, Leroy is very effective at reaching under furniture. 2 d...Read more

I agree with the reviewer above here - this robot vacuum, while not terribly smart but more random in its operation, is fantastic. I have hard floors, single level, with about 20% rugs (short pile). While it does get stuck ocassionally with tricky furniture legs, the thing is like anything, it's not meant to perform like a Dyson, but rather dramatically reduce the amount of dust and hair around the hard floors if you use the robot regularly. What this means is you do have to try and clear the floor of much things as possible, such as kids toys ...Read more

I purchased Aldi’s Robot Vacuum at half of its original price of $180. I was one of a lucky seven shoppers to get it at this clearance price so while I only paid $90 I am basing my review on if I’d paid the full price. Well I took a chance and was sure it was a bit of a gimmick but it does better than I expected.

The pro’s – If you run it every day your floors will stay noticeably cleaner. It actually picks up pet hair, dust, dirt and crumbs. Not just sweep them aside like I have heard some models do. The suction is not bad from its little ...Read more