HOBOT-298 Window Cleaning Automatic Robot with Ultrasonic Water Spray, Intelligent Cleaning, AI Smart Route Plan, Replaceable Water Tank, and Control via Smartphone or Remote

Great machine. Works as expected. I live in a condo near Biscayne Bay with a lot of glass and this makes it very easy to keep the windows and glass terrace panels clean. I have 7 4’x10’ glass sliders and 30’ of glass terrace wall. That’s about 900 sq ft of glass counting both sides. I (or rather it) can clean all of that with very little input from me in a few hours. It’s ALMOST as simple as plug it in, stick it to the window and press go. Value: if I had someone come clean all that glass it would be over $100. If I use this device once a month, it’s paid for in six months. (I live in a bay, windows get dirty fast and often). I would eagerly recommend this to anyone who has large rectangular windows to clean. I’m sure it would work on traditional windows with mullions, too, but it would require more attention. Also would be great for store-fronts. Cons: when it does “get stuck” i don’t think it can resume from where it left off. Not a significant con. Doesn’t get stuck often.

UPDATE!! After several months, the manufacturer contacted me and offered me a $20 gift card to remove my original review below. Hmmm... You don't know how bad I wanted this product to work. Two large homes, both 3-stories, 130 panes of glass each. I've been spending $780 for each home twice a year for a pro to clean the windows. I had high hopes for this nifty product, but it just doesn't work. The technology is cool, it's simple to turn on, it stays stuck to the window and the robotics magically detect the window size and shape and direct the machine over every inch of the window. But it doesn't clean. If the window has anything other than a very light coat of dust, it just doesn't clean it, even after two passes. I used it as directed, used their cleaner product, and it's a non-starter. This cool gadget sprays a very fine micro mist ahead of its path, then sweeps the area with what is basically a micro-fiber pad. No heavy mist, no scrubbing back and forth to get the crud off. The vacuum feature suctions the machine on to your window, but doesn't "vacuum" off the dirt. If you had a foot square micro-fiber cloth mounted on a flat piece of cardboard and gently slid it over your window after an extremely light mist of Windex, you would simulate the cleaning action of this product. Try it. It just doesn't work on the inside or outside. Won't remove a light finger print on the inside or even light waterspots on the outside. Dang, I wished this worked! In ten years, we'll all be washing our house windows with a robotic product, but the technology isn't there yet. Gotta love Amazon's return policy.

The Hobot -298 works extremely well. The micro cloth really does a fine job and the unit seems well built. Its auto dispenser emits a fine spray as it works its way over the window surface. It works best on large windows. Small windows seem to confuse the sensors. Our small non opening windows are recessed into the wall significantly as that is the design the builder went with. It looks great but it seems to cramp the Hobots style a bit. On the large picture windows and on tall vertical windows such as storm doors, it works excellently. Also, for oversized bathroom mirrors it does a fine job too. I have heard the argument that a person can do a window cleaning faster than the robot, and this is true. But with the robot doing the window, you can ca doing other things at the same time. It increases productivity. Example; While the robot was cleaning the very large living room window, I was doing laundry and watching dinner on the stove. A beep alerts you to when the Robot is done or needs attention. It has not fallen off a window yet. It has battery backup should power be lost. A safety tether is included but using it is not convenient because what are you going to hook it onto? Unless you have a curtain rod above the window, there is nowhere to fasten the rope to. I took it off. I will get another unit for outside, but probably not this model. This one is pricey so a less expensive model can get dirty outside and live in the garage when not being used.

From small, medium to large windows Hobot does them all. We've struggled for ten years with our windows and were never satisfied with our hand cleaning results. We have a lot of different size windows and Hobot is excellent on all of them, but is outstanding on our larger ones where it seems to do the best because of more mobility movement. Our windows are now the best they have ever looked and we could not be more pleased. The price point has always been the sticking point for us, but it sure beats a broken bone or worse from a ladder fall or the cost of a professional cleaner. 3/4 of our windows are two and three stories high. We haven't started on those yet, but on the lower level where we can reach with two feet on the ground it did excellent and we are now proud of our windows. We are so proud we are going to name our Hobot "Sparkle." If Sparkle has longevity and holds up well without costly repairs or replacement then it will be money well spent. Highly recommend anyone that is hesitant to go ahead and bite the price bullet as we don't think you will ever be sorry. If you do decide to get one make sure you do as Hobot says by either dusting your windows first with the Hobot and blue pads (optional, not included) or with a swifter if this is the first time using the Hobot. We followed the Hobot protocol and could not be happier! We love the included liquid cleaner and will always be using that instead of plain water. My only suggestion to Hobot is to make a duel pair where they will synchronize with each other and do the inside and outside windows at the same time as this would be a perfect set up for us! Think about doing this Hobot and and then send us royalties. Ha! Sparkle needs a roomie named Shine.

Nachdem ich nun den Hobot-298 ausprobiert habe, muss ich sagen ich hatte mir aufgrund der Beschreibung und der im Internet gemachten aussagen mehr versprochen, leider sind meine Erwartungen nicht erfüllt. Die in der Software hinterlegten Programme zum Automatikbetrieb, machen was Sie wollen und fahren nicht den hinterlegten weg. Ich überlege ob ich das Gerät zurück schicke oder ob es nochmal eine Chance bekommt

When ordering the delivery said 7 days but after ordering it was 3 weeks. I contacted the seller to make sure i received the item quickly. They ensures delivery made in time ans so very grateful for that. The product does what it says but note it comes from abroad and so they have includes travel plugs to be able to use in the UK. Good suction on glass but yet to try on really dirty glass or on a hit day to see the results.

I found that the hobot got stuck on the angled trim around the window that made it stop moving and fall off. The widow needed to be fairly clean. But when I made a trim to square up the trim around the window it worked well.

nor perfect cleaning but does a great job if used regularly

It promises a lot of functions but at the end of the day it is very limited, the remote control is very basic, the cleaning is basically very weak because it leaves lines and smudges all over. The cloth has to be changed every two minutes and finally, It slips too much. I am sorry but I guess to make it work properly I would have to do the windows by hand before one uses the robot and once again after the robot is done to remove the lines and stains it leaves behind.