Electrolux Trilobite? Automatic Vacuum

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George

Electrolux Trilobite? Automatic Vacuum

Post by George »

Does anyone have any idea how this compares with the Roomba?
Rick

Post by Rick »

From what I've read, it doesn't compare very well at all.

It has some fancy obstacle sensors in it that make it so it can avoid objects instead of bumping off of them, and it also does some sort of room mapping as well which is cool.

Unfortunately, when it comes down to actual usefulness it doesn't clean anywhere near as well as the Roomba Discovery, and it requires that you lay down magnetic strips for room blocking, instead of the more elegant virtual wall method. Also battery life is pathetic, it runs for only 30 - 40 minutes at a time before needing a recharge. And from what I understand the dust filters are not reusable and they require you replace them every few days. For $1,800, I would expect much better.

Rick
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Post by Kenwood True X »

http://www.everydayrobots.com/index.php ... 14&Itemid=

According to that review it is superior to the Roomba Discovery. It has a more powerful suction motor (90 watts compared to Roomba's 30 watts), and it can do shag carpet much better. But its not really a fair comparison because the Trilobite costs so much more. However, I have seen it at some online stores for much cheaper then 1800, some sell it for around 1300.
JJ

Post by JJ »

That site isn't really very unbiased. I've noticed that they tend to praise all of the really expensive models a bit too much, perhaps in hopes of finding people to buy them.

I also noticed that their first reviews of the eVac and the Zoombot where fairly positive as well, and for some reason the reviews where mysteriously changed over time to be less glowing when the more expensive models were added.

Seems a bit shady to me.
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Found some articles:
http://www3.hardwarezone.com/articles/v ... =11&id=654
http://www.i4u.com/article1634.html
http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk/trilobiteReview.txt
http://techdigestuk.typepad.com/tech_di ... t_vac.html

Essentially, while Roomba bumps then blindly runs off in some random direction, Trilobite maps out the place and has both mapping and obstacle-sensing sensors.


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Post by Kenwood True X »

I don't think they are biased towards the expensive vacuums. They reviewed the Karcher RC3000, which costs 1500 dollars, and did not like it.
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Post by gemniii »

Anonymous wrote:Found some articles:
http://www3.hardwarezone.com/articles/v ... =11&id=654
http://www.i4u.com/article1634.html
http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk/trilobiteReview.txt
http://techdigestuk.typepad.com/tech_di ... t_vac.html

Essentially, while Roomba bumps then blindly runs off in some random direction, Trilobite maps out the place and has both mapping and obstacle-sensing sensors.


Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^
Love the references - the last one says it cleans stairs!!
The key differences are that the new model includes sensors that will let it clean stairs
After reading all the fancy words about the Trilobite it sems that it only determines the perimeter and bounces around, mapping NOT.
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Post by Kenwood True X »

Well, I think it does do some mapping to determine the perimeter of the room (so it knows how long to clean the room). After mapping the perimeter I think it moves around in a semi-random manner similar to the Roomba.
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