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Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner (1st Gen) $328.50 Delivered @ Gearbite eBay via App

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Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner (1st Gen) $328.50 Delivered @ Gearbite eBay via App
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Taegukgi on 24/01/2019 - 20:00 ebay.com.au (1103 clicks)
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Gearbite have dropped the price on this vacuum cleaner. Not the cheapest ever but the best price at this time.

Currently selling for $379.95 through Shopro.

Product AU PLUG VERSION
Brand: Xiaomi
Cleaner Types: Vacuum Cleaner
Function: Suction,Sweep
Self Recharging: Yes
Suction (pa): 1800pa
Working Time: 2.5h
APP:MI HOME （English Version）
Voice: Choose English Voice at App.
Warranty:12 Months Australia Warranty
Battery Information Battery Type: Li-ion
Battery Capacity: 5200mAh
Dimension and Weight Product weight: 3.8000 kg
Package weight: 6.6500 kg
Product size (L x W x H): 38.00 x 33.00 x 8.00 cm / 14.96 x 12.99 x 3.15 inches
Package size (L x W x H): 56.60 x 43.30 x 15.20 cm / 22.28 x 17.05 x 5.98 inches

Package Include 1x Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum, 1x AU Plug, 1x Charging Dock and Your choice of Combo Pack.

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  • lostn on 24/01/2019 - 22:16

    can these things empty themselves when they're full?

    They don't look like they can carry much.

    • SnoozeAndLose on 24/01/2019 - 22:18

      you are expected $1000 Samsung on a $300 product.

      Answer is no, but they can carry fair bit of dust

      • lostn on 24/01/2019 - 22:18

        Wait.. the Samsung can empty itself?

        • donbot on 24/01/2019 - 22:23
          +3

          Yep. It has a set of mechanical legs that walks itself to your kitchen and puts it in the bin under the sink.

          You can't re-program it to anywhere else but under the sink, so if you have a freestanding bin in the corner, this probably isn't for you.

          • lostn on 24/01/2019 - 22:40

            @donbot: Does the bin have to be a short height bin with no lid?

            • railspider on 24/01/2019 - 22:46
              +2

              @lostn: No it can open kids, but only if the bin is under the sink.

              • sghetti on 25/01/2019 - 08:41
                +3

                @railspider: A vacuum that can kill kids, now I've heard of everything!

      • AdrianW on 25/01/2019 - 15:17

        …or the $2000 Roomba (which actually looks like a decent vacuum - but that price!).

    • readeral on 24/01/2019 - 23:04

      You run it every day, and so empty it every few days. It won't fill up fast if you don't let your floors build up with junk.

      • lostn on 24/01/2019 - 23:07

        Sounds reasonable but… How long does it take to fully charge the battery from empty, and how much running time does that get you?

        Underneath my kitchen sink is cupboards, so I don't see it understanding what to do. Although the bathroom sink I could put a bin there. But would it know which sink to use?

        • readeral on 24/01/2019 - 23:17
          +2

          My apartment is small so I don't know how long it lasts, nor how long a charge from flat takes, as I've never run it flat. It runs 20 minutes and hits 75% before it is done cleaning and goes back and charges. That's at it's strongest suction. So I guess about an 1 hour 15 minutes? I don't know if it's battery reporting is linear or not. In any case - I wouldn't be overly worried about it, it seems to be pretty efficient and lasts a long time.

          These don't empty themselves, it's a joke. You have to empty it. It takes 10 seconds.

          • lostn on 24/01/2019 - 23:25

            @readeral: I suspected they were being sarcastic, so I googled it. But there indeed are robot vacs that can empty themselves. Although having legs and only working if they're under sinks sounded a bit odd.

            Anyway, if they can't empty themselves, they can't operate without me, which defeats their purpose. Once they fill up, they… collect dust… literally.

            My use case would have been to have them empty it while I'm at work. But if I have to return home to empty it so it can continue to do its job, what's the point?

            I could run it every day like you, to ensure it doesn't fill up each time it cleans, but it seems like an awful waste of energy if you ask me. I vacuum once or twice a week on my 2000W vac. If I did it every day it would not be a very green thing to do.

            • readeral on 24/01/2019 - 23:42

              @lostn: Vacuuming regularly preserves your carpet. If you don't vacuum regularly, dirt embeds deep in the carpet, destroying the base of the threads, so your carpet becomes threadbare quicker. That's why I'm keen to vacuum regularly.

              Just run it as regularly as it takes to fill your catcher. If it can run every three days and it's not full, then you're sweet. If you make a shit-tonne of mess, and the catcher fills daily, then yeah maybe stick to your 2000W vacuum. I doubt it's more power efficient though.

              I can get away with not running it for 3 days and it won't fill up - but because I don't want any food Theo might've lobbed somewhere I can't see walked into my carpet I run it daily.

            • sghetti on 25/01/2019 - 08:49

              @lostn: You literally take the canister out and tap it over the bin, not that difficult. The robot vac gets under couches and beds where you often won't vacuum or miss.

              As said below, having it vacuum every day has made keeping the house clean so much easier. We set it off around 6PM every night, it's finished by 7:30PM. Every Monday night we mop straight after the vacuum is finished.

              • lostn on 25/01/2019 - 09:58

                @sghetti:

                You literally take the canister out and tap it over the bin, not that difficult.

                It's not about the difficulty of the task. It's about the fact that I can't perform it when I'm not home. If I'm at home, I'd rather do it myself because I can do a better job and quicker.

                The robot vac gets under couches and beds where you often won't vacuum or miss.

                You can easily get under a couch with a standard vacuum. The handle and tube will be long enough.

                Vacuuming regularly preserves your carpet.

                I guess I should have mentioned my house is carpet free. But even with carpet, vacuuming once a week is greener than once a day in terms of energy use.

                I used a bagged vac, so I have no idea how many days a catcher would take to fill up. In my case, it's still more energy efficient to do it only once a week, even if that one day a week would have picked up more dust than a catcher could hold. A bag lasts 6 months, so I don't worry about it. It actually feels really good hearing those dust particles get sucked through the hose, and seeing the difference in cleanliness. When there's barely any dust and you suck it up, you don't really notice the change and don't feel like you're doing much.

                then yeah maybe stick to your 2000W vacuum. I doubt it's more power efficient though.

                I doubt yours will clean as good as mine though. 2000W is when you have it set to max, which I don't because it's too powerful.

                Secondly, I have to challenge your belief that this robot will be more power efficient. It will use fewer watts than my traditional vac, but I'll only be spending 5-10 minutes on the job. This thing will spend an hour to cover the same area. Is it really more power efficient?

                • sghetti on 25/01/2019 - 10:52

                  @lostn: These vacuums perform extremely well on tiles and floorboards, much better than carpeted areas. We had a dog and ran this robot vac every day, we had virtually no dog hair around the place at any time.

                  It's all about priorities and lifestyle (I'm not saying either is right or wrong). We have 2 kids and both of us work full-time and the weekday evenings are a frantic process. Removing one of the chores requiring our full attention at that point in time is a significant time-saver and enables us to spend more time with the kids.

                  We only pull out the corded vacuum once every month or so to do the carpeted rooms due to this vac.

        • sghetti on 25/01/2019 - 08:45

          We run ours everyday on our downstairs floorboards and carpet. It covers our entire downstairs floorplan (~85-95sqm) and has about 50-60% battery left at the end (on quiet mode). Still has about 30-40% on a higher setting. Enture cleaning duration takes anywhere from 90-115 minutes.

          I'm not sure how long it takes to charge as we honestly don't take notice. It takes off, cleans the entire area we want it to and returns to dock, ready to go the next day.

    • readeral on 24/01/2019 - 23:23

      The only self-emptying option for you is a few brands have a vacuum system in the robot dock which will empty the dust bin. So you just empty a bigger canister less regularly. I personally like to empty it more regularly because I use the vacuum to clean up after my 1 year old throwing food on the floor.

  • tempura on 24/01/2019 - 22:53

    Never it goes sub 300

  • FartArse on 24/01/2019 - 23:09

    Just bought the 2nd generation for $472.50 after ebay 10% off deal. $144 more for the newer version worth it?

    • pluelp on 25/01/2019 - 09:15
      +1

      Would like to know as well. Gen 1 or gen 2? Is the mop function worth it or useless?

      • Miko642 on 25/01/2019 - 12:30

        Me 2, I doubt the mop will be worth the additional price, but the unit itself I assume is better? is that itself worth the additional price?

        • FartArse on 26/01/2019 - 09:34

          Just received my gen 2 and used it for the first time. All i can say i am impressed. It cleans and mops very well

  • bleemo on 24/01/2019 - 23:14

    Does this generation allow you to ‘save maps’ and setup virtual barriers/no go zones? Or is that limited to Gen 2 only?

    • readeral on 24/01/2019 - 23:19

      Can't save maps, no. But you can ask it to vacuum certain regions through the app if you want to keep it from going into certain places. It retains last vacuum's map so you can choose your zones for the next time. If you want those features to work automatically rather than manually you'd be best to go with Gen 2.

  • 1jwoz on 24/01/2019 - 23:39

    "Package Include 1x Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum, 1x AU Plug, 1x Charging Dock and Your choice of Combo Pack."

    What does this mean?

    Is it ready to use out of the box when i select "vacuum" from the drop down list? Combo packs are just spares?

    • readeral on 24/01/2019 - 23:43
      +1

      Yep just spares. But get the spares, you'll need them eventually.

      • 1jwoz on 24/01/2019 - 23:43

        Cool thanks

  • thispasito on 25/01/2019 - 00:40
    +1

    Is this the global version? Can I connect it to the Chinese servers?

    • fyeahm on 25/01/2019 - 16:45

      No you can't connect it to Mainland China server. Which means you have to switch the Region back and forth between Singapore server and China server if you have devices working on China server.

  • LowRange on 25/01/2019 - 01:19
    -4

    Bought the S50 v2 and boy what a hunk of junk. It's absolutely hopeless, just way easier to get out a proper vacuum and do the floor myself faster, and properly rather then dealing with that useless hockey puck of Chinese landfill.

    • Wallyt99 on 25/01/2019 - 05:39
      +2

      Not sure what planet your on. The s50 absolutely rules. As a family we love ours. We have hard floors with large transitions and it handles them all with ease.

    • azm on 25/01/2019 - 23:33

      I am quite happy go buy it from you if you want to sell it. Pm me.

      • LowRange on 26/01/2019 - 01:25

        It was getting constant errors, missing parts of the floor, going back to the dock after 2 minutes cleaning when it still had 95% of the zone to clean up etc. And the show stopper is it drove down a large set of stairs. It's screwed, you could probably nail it to a post as a letterbox except the dustbin is too small to hold letters.

  • tempura on 25/01/2019 - 05:35

    I still can't pull trigger on this; dunno why.

    • mhs m0nk3y on 25/01/2019 - 05:57

      Nor can I.

      I keep wanting to say I want to buy one, but can never do it…..

    • alexthebargainman on 25/01/2019 - 07:20

      I was like this for over 12 months. Then I bought one in September and have never looked back.

      probably my No.1 OzB purchase for 2018. And trust me there was a lot of purchases.

      • tempura on 25/01/2019 - 07:25

        Did you buy at its lowest price point?

    • Heybargain on 25/01/2019 - 07:31

      I bought mine in 2017. One of the best purchases I made as well.

    • pdtmathieson on 25/01/2019 - 08:26

      I was the same, but the Lite came down to a decent price so I bought it for my wife for Christmas (asked her first). If you have indoor pets, these things are life changing because you don't get anything accumulating. We have two cats who fight a bit and send up fur clouds, but you can't tell any more, which means less fur ending up on clothes and furniture.

      As an added bonus, my two year old is slightly scared of it, and quickly packs up all her toys when it starts up - huge win.

      • tempura on 25/01/2019 - 08:36

        asked her first

        good man

    • Porker on 25/01/2019 - 09:41
      +1

      "I still can't pull trigger on this; dunno why."

      Possibly because it's an expensive luxury when in reality you could just sweep/vacuum the floor yourself. That being said, I got one (V1) and I'm going to get another one (V2). My initial reluctance was confirmed in that it will never clean as good as a human could. But I run mine every second day to surface clean up and it just means that rather doing the 'big/intense' human cleans every week, I could hold it off to every 2 or 3 weeks.

      You'll be disappointed if your expectation is that it will replace the need to do the big/intense/proper cleans altogether - but I love that it keeps the place to a nice cleanliness/level in the interim

    • jztilly on 25/01/2019 - 12:00
      +1

      its amazing. do it. we were super skeptical but its been a life changer

  • abuch47 on 25/01/2019 - 07:51

    Xiamo, miele, samsung or roomba?

    • Heybargain on 25/01/2019 - 08:04
      +2

      Xiaomi

      • abuch47 on 25/01/2019 - 10:36
        +1

        Why other than price?

    • Ozitravel on 25/01/2019 - 12:17
      +1

      Neato

  • asa79 on 25/01/2019 - 08:02

    How does it handle rugs with long pile?

    • Heybargain on 25/01/2019 - 08:04

      Not great

    • diddy50 on 25/01/2019 - 11:12

      It can't. We have Ikea rugs under each bed.
      The rugs are like walls to the unit. It does the floor board brilliantly, as long as you don't have crap or shoes with laces laying about. Or hair ties or Lego any thing it loves to suck up or get stuck on haha.

      I do love it though.

      • asa79 on 25/01/2019 - 15:56

        So no kids room

        • Heybargain on 25/01/2019 - 18:45

          No. Not if you have long pile.

        • diddy50 on 27/01/2019 - 14:15

          Yes kids rooms, but they gotta clean their floors hahaha good luck!

  • Kimkimkim on 25/01/2019 - 08:17

    Thanks OP wanted one fpr a while based on reviews on ozb. Is it better to get a combo pack or just the vaccum? I can only see the pics for the combo packs so am not too sure

    • Heybargain on 25/01/2019 - 08:33
      +1

      you can get one without the combo, and get the parts later on.

  • TimApple on 25/01/2019 - 09:27

    If you have a bad taste of Xiaomi in your mouth, or want something sub $300, I recommend this: https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/eufy-robovac-11s-slim-robot-vac…

    It’s pretty good. Does not connect to wifi or apps, but does the job very well.

    • asa79 on 25/01/2019 - 15:57

      This has WiFi and a home assistant api. No point buying cheap

  • jason andrade on 25/01/2019 - 10:49
    +1

    We've now had our (1st gen) for a year - here's our feedback:

    • We wanted this to keep general level of dust/pet hair down

      • mixed success - it does help but with 3 cats we find you probably have to empty the bin 2-3 times as it fills up quickly

    • after a year, we have noticed it has a lot less suction/picking up less stuff than at the start

    • you have to spend some time on maintaining it. my missus tends to assume it's just 'set and forget' and empties the collector. That means I'm the guy who is cleaning the brushes and doing all the other maintenance. I'd suggest you need to allow for 15 minutes every week (if you run it weekly).

    On the whole, manually vacuuming (we have a Dyson V6) does a much better job but if you wanted something just to keep dust down generally these aren't bad.

    The battery life is excellent and has never been an issue.

    It's just not (yet) a replacement for a good manual clean, sadly. It's not clear to me whether you save any actual time at all given you have to clean the robot itself. It also has the potential for disaster if you have had a cat throw up and you don't catch that in time and your robot just spreads it all around..

    Would we buy one again ? probably.

    • asa79 on 25/01/2019 - 15:59

      How about cat accidents how bad does it make a mess when it hits one

  • diddy50 on 25/01/2019 - 11:10

    I hope they get the xiaomi roidmi f8 storm stick vacuum soon

  • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2019 - 12:12

    Does the unit travel over little bumps/drops? Especially between my tiled section of home til bedrooms?

    • fyeahm on 25/01/2019 - 16:47
      +1

      It can go over it, no problem.

  • datzed on 25/01/2019 - 13:51

    Anyone care to comment on the battery being able to keep its charge over time? Is the battery accessible (and therefore replaceable)?

    I'm thinking of using this in a large house with wooden floors.

    • AdrianW on 25/01/2019 - 15:20
      +2

      Had my V1 for over 18 months and the battery still lasts just as long. (Cleans around 130m² in just over 2 hours on a single charge).

  • frozenkuku on 25/01/2019 - 14:28

    my LDS (laser distance senosr died within 6 month)
    where's the cheapest place to buy the spare parts??

  • suemaruk on 25/01/2019 - 20:44

    Worth waiting for a gen2 deal? Keeping hardfloors clean of cat hairs is proving to be a nightmare hoping am this Hoover could win me some brownie points with the mrs.

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