If you want something that is going to save you from boring chores and focus on what matters this will take most of the work out housekeeping. It's quiet and the amount of dirt, hair, etc… it picks up every day freaks me out a little. We surely sitting in the middle of that much dirt all this time. It easily navigates over the area rugs including the one with the tassel thingy on the ends with ease. I'm pretty sure the algorithm for moving around objects in the other robot vacs was better, but the algorithms don't mean much when the gadget can't effectively do its main purpose. I have 3 unused for probably more than a year vacs disassembled in my shop…and they're going in the recycle/garbage bin (after scavaging a few useable things). Alternatively, this is listing on eBay for $172.28.