Customer Reviews

Koolvac KV-1 Robotic Vacuum

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I bought the KoolVac because I hate vacuuming my floor. When it arrived I let the battery charge for the full 12 hours as reccomended then I turned it on and let it go. I have indoor/outdoor carpet. It didn't pick up anything and it kept getting stuck.I found I was doing more work not vacuuming than if I were to vacuum myself. I had to babysit the thing. Every 15 seconds I had to get up and move it away from a table leg where it kept getting stuck, away from a corner where it kept getting stuck,away from the legs of my bed where it got stuck, away from my stove where it got stuck under the front of it. Well need I say more? Using this vacuum is more of a chore than vacuuming yourself.I bought it from (...)and it is going right back to them.

Don't buy this vacuum -- it is a blatant ripoff of the original Roomba vacuum -- which iRobot has since dramatically upgraded with the Discovery series. You can get a Roomba Red for about the same price, with double the suction and much better reliability.

I was very disapointed with this product for several reasons: 1) the dustbin is very small 2) the main brush needs to be unscrewed to be cleaned 3) the little side brush is made of a rigid plastic that was about to break after being used only a few hours 4) but the main problem is that this robotic vacuum kept spinning around table legs and bed legs, often 5 or 6 times before getting unstuck, and once even 13 times before I finally turned it off and moved it to another spot. There was obviously something wrong with the software of the unit I purchased.

Overall, this seems to me to be a very cheap and unreliable product. I am unable to recommend this product to anyone.

Only lasted maybe 6 months and it didn't work. Dog hair was getting caught in it.

I am a mother of a 2 year old and wanted a robotic vacuum with less noise. I bought this item from Amazon and I liked it a lot. It is not pricey and is truly robotic. I would recommend this vacuum cleaner for anybody who wants less hassle while vacuuming the floors. Plus the noise is minimal when compared to the non-robotic vacuums.

Well I own a Roomba and got a Koolvac for Christmas from a friend ! It's exactly like my roomba! The battery and charger are the same ! It is like Koolvac took apart a roomba and copied it part for part.... Even the wheels are the same! Performance is the same also! This thing picks up dirt like a tornado ! Looks like I am going to sell my roomba and keep my koolvac !

I recently bought the koolvac vaccum and it has saved me alot of time cleaning my apartment. All I have to do is start it up and I come home an hour later and all my work is done. the price I bought it for was very reasonable and I reccoment it to all my friends and family.

I have owned about six original roombas. They all work well initially, but all fail within a month or two. I attribute it to poor quality control. The reason that I have had so many is because irobot is liberal about replacing them while they are under warranty.

Koolvac is supposed to be a knock-off of the original roomba and is being sued by irobot. I have ordered one for two reasons:

1) If another company can make the same thing with good quality control, it would be an excellent buy.

2) If it is almost an exact copy of roomba, between them I will have a way to replace defective parts. My last roomba became worthless, when a simple plastic part became worn. Irobot does not sell replacement parts.