Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The iRobot Looj definitely makes gutter cleaning more fun! There is a "guy with remote" kind of satisfaction, as you stand on the ground with the remote in hand, directing the robot to go forward/backward and churn out debris from the gutter! Unfortunately, after the initial fun factor, I realized this didn't save me any time (it may have taken longer) than just using my hands or cordless blower to clean the gutters. While the promise of only having to place the ladder once (to put the Looj into the gutter), is very appealing in concept, I found 3 major flaws that kept this concept from saving me time. 1)It requires repeat coverage - The Looj was not able to clean any section of my gutter with only 1 pass. I basically had to move it forward a foot, then back a foot, forward a foot, back a foot ... you get the picture. Pretty much had to go over the same 1 foot length about 8 times in order to get it clear enough of debris that the Looj could move forward. This takes a long time! 2)It gets stuck - The Looj repeatedly got stuck, requiring me to re-position my ladder anyway, in order to rescue it. - It gets stuck against the upper straps holding my gutter to the roof (it requires absolutely ALL debris to be removed from under it in order to clear the strap). - Its tracks get bound in the bottom of the gutter where it narrows. 3) It runs out of juice - With a fully charged battery, I was only able to complete about a 10 foot section of gutter before it ran out of juice. I'm not the kind of person who wants to have to keep worrying about this all day, by having to repeat the clean/charge process every few hours. So, unfortunately, the Looj will be moving on to someone else's home. Maybe the cool factor will be enough for some of my techie friends!