iRobot Looj

[deville9549]

Do you know how lazy you have to be to buy one of these fucking things???lol... i'd buy it just cuz it looks fun!

[YoutubularV]

I must be missing something. This is Rube Goldbergesque in the extreme. It appears to have chewed up the front edge of the shingles. Given three or four methods of gutter cleaning, I'd probably place this last after... leaf blower, garden hose, hand scooping with rubberized work gloves. People will buy anything, it seems. Again, maybe I'm missing something.

[hawkechik]

@YoutubularV Yes. You're missing the fact that some of us aren't in our 20's/30's any more

[royharper17]

Too bad it appears in the video that it tears the front edge off of your shingles as it goes.

[mrsmoon711]

There is a much quicker way of doing this. Get on the room with a light weight leaf blower and blow all of the leaves out of the gutter. It takes me about 5 minutes total to blow out my front and back gutters. Its much better than having to listen to this for 30 minutes and tear your shingles off of your house. Just wear safety goggles to keep dirt and stuff out of your eyes. I swear ppl will buy ANYTHING they see on tv now.

[EliasHasNoAlias]

If he feels comfortable filming at this height, WHY THE HELL ISN'T HE CLEANING THE EFFING GUTTER? lmao

[jeff88800]

hmm. interesting, I clean gutters for a living and there are those houses where the roof is too steep to walk on. This might be a good investment for those houses. If I were to buy this it would be the 155, i think that is the 125.

[jwbaker]

Thanks for sharing. It is just me, or did thte Looj also grind off the edges of your shingles? I swear I can see it happening in the video.

[Huntereich]

@jwbaker I saw that too. But it seems it is just the silver of the gutter showing up from cleaning it.

[wsanders1]

OTOH I suppose if you have a 1000-foot deep chasm of molten lava between you and the end of the gutter I suppose it could be useful.

[wsanders1]

WTF? I can do my whole house in 30 min with a leaf blower!

[cdsjerry]

This sounds like a good idea but it just took you about 4 min. to clean about 5 feet of gutter. That's pretty slow. Can't say I enjoy cleaning gutters by hand but the slow speed makes if of questionable value. I have two commercial buildings, over 300 feet of gutter. That's about five hours work at that speed, or 1/2 hour by hand.

[terryshilo]

I'm considering buying a cabin in the Washington cascades I've visted for years. These gutters fill with so much of the cedar droppings, etc, that it turns into peat. I'm don't go up there often and DO NOT like being on a ladder or being on a roof, especially walking around. I have a couple of disabilities which makes it tough anyway. I'm glad you posted this, I might put out the green to get one of these. May I ask how deep this guk was?

[halfcanadian1]

Thanks for the helpful review. I am not willing to pay big bucks for someone to clean my gutters and don't want to walk on my roof so this looks like a good tool to purchase. I am glad to see that it works on wet goo before purchasing, as the I Robot video only uses fluffy dry leaves.

[richdtt]

would a leaf blower do a better job? i mean the leaves just end up on the ground with the looj anyways.

[upallllnight]

Yes, a good leaf blower (backpack) works as fast as you can walk on a roof. Then use the same blower on the ground to clean up.  If you have standing water in the gutters, it's a bit messy.

[tketrns]

30 bones? hello double gift for parents this christmas, maybe 2.0 will have a better tank treads on it, lol

[Geronrocks1]

It's ripping up the edges of the shingles! not good!

[Michalrulez1]

At least you don't have to constantly move the ladder

[thethirdbit]

wtf, who needs this?! xD if u go tu the gutter tu put this robot, u could clean the whole gutter...

[mypetridish]

i dont own a house so i have to ask: why do glutters need cleaning? if they get stuffed what will happen?

[sargisp]

Water doesn't drain down the pipes at each end of the gutter. Basically you get all of the rain that is coming off the roof straight off the edge rather than down the pipes.

[mfischer1]

The water will also build up in places you don't want it to. that leads to rot.

[yen0652]

it wont drain to the right areas and you will have water falling in areas you dont want it to

[seanpatrickgilmore]

the reason for gutters is to set water flow away, the end pipe is further away from the house, this is so water does not pool around the house as that could cause basement flooding

[DisgruntledC2]

rain won't go neatly down the drainpipe to be guided to the sidewalk, which means your porch will drip everywhere instead of just one single place. More severe cases would involve an actual puddle forming somewhere on your roof which can cause damage if it doesn't drain fast enough.

[caeruleas]

If your gutters get clogged, then the rainwater will run over the side of the roof and down around your house. At best, it just makes a mess of your yard, but eventually the moisture being so close to your house becomes a problem for your foundation/basement walls.

[krazykushluk]

I'd probably buy one just to scare ducks away or something.

[sker45]

or just put some gloves on and clean it out with your hands in half the time

[nutterireland]

iRobot Looj is a pile of junk , im disappointed by irobot selling these . scooba + roomba great .

[Colhoon]

Gutter guards - worse than useless, I had them, but since they don't stop pine needles they then make it harder to clean the gutter than if they wheren't there.

My gutters are too high for a ladder on some parts of the house.

We only have tank water. So often have to clean the gutters when the rain starts. good fun with lightning around, had my fair share of zaps just with sheet lightning.

So yes, some people would find these useful. me for eg.. pity it won't go around corners.

[cruzmail]

I wish people would only comment on things they knew something about. Anyone who says they could have done it faster with their hand either a) has never experienced the unpleasantness of putting their hand into that mass of decomposing crap or b) does not have a roof that is to high for an extension ladder and too high pitch to walk on. After reviewing all the relevant comments, I am ordered one of these because I realize it value and degree of effectiveness.

[nutterireland]

you say " comment on things they knew something about " and you ordered a looj i hope it works better than mine . ps: dont sell your long ladder just yet .p

[SolidAsSnake]

Dude, you sound just like Egon.

[GhettoStank]

Yeah, if he would have said, "I collect spores, molds and fungus." I would have been convinced.

[fiockthis]

Wow, people will buy anything.

[DeliriumSC]

Loud little bugger :)

[AudioRev]

ya it's definitely cool but not that quick at all. the same job would have taken a human 40 seconds to do with a tool for extended reach, that's how i clean my grandparents gutters. the cool thing about this is though that i wouldn't have to move the ladder around or stick my hands in the gutter.

[phreezerburne]

the problem there is people just like cool stuff

[tb0n3z]

For less money you can buy a decent leaf blower which will clean your gutters in a fraction of the time. And you can use it to clean up the mess on the ground too! Then buy gutter guards. I'm sure it'll sell like hotcakes though. People love their gadgets.

[billrhea]

You could have stuck your hand in there and done the job faster then it took to start the thing. Nice video

[FourTripleTwo]

It might work faster if it was turned around and the auger on front was smacking the stuff away from the roof rather than back towards it.

[chrialex]

It might do a better job if it was facing the other way and throwing the stuff out the side instead of up under the roof. Just a thought...

[bgmvp42103]

Yeah, mine sucked too. I needed a video for my wife's colonoscopy blog post and I trashed all my videos.

You're just a bot lover. It really does suck

[Shadowsniper689]

Very cool. I was wondering if it worked, and this helped a lot. Not like I'd get it, since I'm in college and live in a dorm, but cool nonetheless.

[fiockthis]

Cool?  Or useless?

[Nickedgington]

i have been a seamless gutter installer, and now i manage the company. i am interested in this thing. It wouldn't make my job easier at all( cause when i remove, we call it tear off lol, the gutter i usually just throw the crap in peoples yards. ;-)

I think the only danger in using this is on steel gutter where people usually have to paint it after installation. it would probably remove the outer layer of paint due to vibration.

[3dmaters]

better than watching paint dry

[chechnya]

Seems like a big waste of money.

[okamotos]

When it's going back and forth like that, are you doing that with the remote or does the Looj do that automatically? Also, how's the battery life?

[robotca123]

it is controlled by the remore, its not fully automatic like roomba

[wealjays]

Thanks for sharing...go irobot