par glnc222 » Mar 9 Jan 2018 05:38
I highly recommend the Samsung Powerbot for the quality of electronics construction. There are no reports of defective components you see on other brands, defective circuit boards. They have a reputation in TV's etc. to protect. Major electronics supplier vs robot specialist. They make many of the components used themselves, and their largest business is supplying such components to other companies. They also supply a full line of spare parts integrated into their entire appliance product service operation, at samsungparts.com, like standard appliance support. Even service manuals are available, not just user guides.
The one product to avoid imho, is the Virtual Guard IR optical boundary system, inherited from the older Navibot line, which I find poorly designed and hard to use
(however well constructed). No need to pay extra for it. I recently added mag strip detection to my 9250 to replace it, with hobby electronics work. See robotreviews.com hacking forum.