They get up and walk away as he approaches.--Noise is not bad.

so the noise isn't an issue.

The one problem is that the motor emits an annoying high frequency noise in addition to the motor sound which by itself would not be a problem

The robot eventually cleans everything, even though it seems like a random exercise (first day is more random than next as it learns the layout), the first cleaning period before charging is the longest due to the all night charge (about 90 minutes with a mix of carpets and hard floor), interim charging periods are approximately 90 minutes long with 1 hour cleaning cycles after that, the noise is comparable to a regular vacuum when in "carpet boost" mode which it automatically senses when on carpets, on some of our carpets it does not get all of our dog's white hair, these are the carpets that usually require a bit more "back and

Where most vacuums make a horrible noise and you wonder if you broke something, this unit simply stopped

The question is truly do it yourself in 5 minutes or endure loud vacuuming noise all day long

some good and some bad surrounding the noise level, pet friendliness, and cleaning capacity

8 hours is a long time to endure loud persistent vacuum noise on the main level on and off all day

Schedule it to run while I am at work & the noise is not an issue.

Here's the short: the question is vacuum yourself in just minutes or endure loud vacuum background noise all day long by a vacuum that gets confused and dies before going home to recharge itself

But Rosie runs while I'm at work so noise is not an issue.

The nice thing was I was able to grab my phone, change to the quieter eco-mode and noise went away

The noise is not overpowering.

Noise, it is quite loud

Just a few days after writing this review, my Roomba started making a loud grinding noise

It was still working fine, but the noise was so loud my next door neighbor was banging on my condo wall to get me to turn it off

The Neato has loud vac noise and also makes a very annoying sound constantly wwith its

it is higher pitched and maybe same noise level or a tad louder than 650

My cat and I find the noise of Roomba to be minimal relative to my trusty Panasonic vacuum cleaner.

About the time I wrote this review, I was hearing an awful screeching noise whenever the Roomba would be on hardware floors.

Where most vacuums make a horrible noise and you wonder if you broke something, this unit simply stopped

Also the noise is not louder,.. if you close the door of a bedroom you will not listen it

(Hates vacuum noise

We just set it to run when we're not home, so the noise isn't an issue

The only drawback is the noise.

Cons:- Noise

The noise doesn't bother me as some have stated

so you have to clean out often, take awhile to recharge, and noise is pretty loud

O-Cedar O-Duster Robotic Floor Cleaner

The 980’s cleaning pattern seems to be repetitive.