It is a one-room cleaner, has worked fine since I got it several months ago. Today it seem to have finished, I heard the vacuum power noise stop, but the vac kept running around for like 5 minutes, just wandering around, no vacuuming at all, then it docked. It still had 75% power.
It also has trouble navigating around my desk chair, it gets in between two of the five legs and just bounces there. It also gets caught on a rug corner that sticks up a bit. What is the best way to correct it? Do I leave it alone, or nudge it, or pick it up and put it elsewhere?
I have a large area rug in the living room that has a tendency to curl up one corner so I used carpet tape to hold it down. Not aware of any method to have the vacuum approach from a different direction.
I have to move two chairs so it can get in and out. If someone pushes a chair back, ‘Sharon’ wanders around looking for a home. Wyze recommends 1.5 feet on both the left and right sides, and 4.5 feet directly in front of it. Someone modified a cabinet with an automatic door that their robot vac could slide into and then the door would close.
I’ve had ours about 2 months now. The first time I used it it got stuck about 5 times. Biggest problem was end tables with skinny legs. Robby (the robot) would get stuck bouncing off the legs, same as @TomG described his chair.
No-go zones are your friend. It took a while to get them all setup but once in place Robby no longer gets stuck. BTW, if it does get struck I pick it up and move it about 5 inches. It usually figures it out.
