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Worked on my multi-story row home and saved me a few hundred bucks
By BadKarma on Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2017
We live in a tall, 4 story row home (4th story is an unfinished attic with dormer windows that looks down onto the mansard roof). The gutter facing our alley was clogged with something, causing water to overflow. I wanted to hire a gutter cleaning service but figured it would be a 15 minute job and most of the cost would be for someone to climb that high (would a 40ft ladder even reach?) So I found this on sale and decided to give it a try. Cheaper than hiring someone. Only problem is I can't exactly reach the gutter from the attic windows. Luckily the robot has a sturdy loop on the back you can tie a rope to, so I used an old mop handle (also with a loop) and some twine to create a way for me to gently lower the robot into the gutter and retrieve it if it got stuck. I charged the battery overnight. Assembly was easy. Instructions are straightforward. It's smaller and lighter than it looks. It has both a manual and automatic mode (I used manual). It has one flaw I would take away a 1/2 star for if I could: It may be the shape of our copper, rounded bottom gutters, but the robot would basically move forward a few inches, roll over, move back. I realized that I could manually change the tread direction when it flipped to keep it inching towards the blockage. Still, it would be nice if it automatically switched tread directions when it flipped over so it always moved in the expected direction. The gutter was full of 1-2 inches of standing water, and the robot happily sputtered along, kicking up a holy mess of water along the way. Finally it reached a chunk of leaves and other debris which were caught on the end of what looked like a metal rod. It flung the debris out of the gutter and everything quickly drained. Success! I would have been happy there, but noted that the large, flexible rubber paddles were grippy enough to catch the metal rod also. After some manual back and forth, switching the direction of the treads and rotation of the auger, it finally caught and spit out the metal rod, which fell to the alley 3 stories below and - upon inspection - turned out to be a piece of probably some old TV antenna on our roof (the house is 115 years old - who knows what's up there). Anyway, I'm impressed. Not sure if I'll ever need to use it again, but very glad it worked! In multi-story homes, it can apparently cost $200-$500 to get gutters cleaned. If that's true, this saved me a good chunk of money.
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Epic Fail!!!
By OPZ on Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2017
Had really high hopes for this machine.... I own several Roomba vacuum bots and love gadgets that can make life a little easier. The Looj is not one of them. First off, the battery takes forever to charge. Next, I deployed the Looj on a tricky first mission. I had a 3rd floor gutter that was not draining. I could visually see that the downspouts were jammed with debris. Since the roof is steep on the third level, I thought this would be a good job for the Looj. Since I couldn't walk out or climb up to the gutters, I placed the Looj on the roof and guided it down with an extension pole. It dropped right in. I started the Clean mode and off it went spraying leaves and other debris. But then, 2 feet down the line, it started having problems, it was backing up and moving forward. It did this a few times but then ultimately died. I didn't really see anything blocking it. Luckily, I had a string attached to the back but even then, I had trouble yanking it back. I had to use the extension pole and dig it out of the gutter. Not wanting to give up, I tried it on my garage gutters which I could reach with a 7 foot ladder. I cleaned out a lot of the debris by hand near the downspout that was jammed up. There was still a bunch of wet leaves in the gutter. Deployed the Looj. It was chugging along, not much was getting ejected (because there really wasn't much in there after I had cleared the downspout), but then halfway down (say 6 feet), it died again!! No, it didn't get turned on its side or upside down. It just went into red LED mode. I already had the ladder out so I repositioned and rescued the Looj (again!). I looked down the gutter and saw some granules of the asphalt shingles, nothing that should cause the Looj to stop. Anyways, long story short, my 3rd floor gutters are still clogged and I ended up cleaning my garage gutters out by hand.
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