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Dealmonger: iRobot Looj Gutter-Cleaning Robot $70

By Nick Carter

The iRobot store is selling their Looj gutter-cleaning robot for $70.  Based on the comments we got on this one, it definitely doesn’t work on all gutters;  but if it works on yours, it could turn the chore of gutter-cleaning into a pleasant and easy experience — certainly well worth the price.

Looj Gutter Cleaner [iRobot]
Street Pricing [Google]
Via Amazon [What’s This?]


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8 Responses to “Dealmonger: iRobot Looj Gutter-Cleaning Robot $70”

  1. blitzcat Says:
    December 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    Every review I read said these were terrible and owners wouldn’t purchase it again. Buyer beware, the price is still high.

  2. John Laur Says:
    December 23rd, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Let’s just cut to the chase and get this out there:

    This thing is a piece of shit.

    Don’t waste your money on it at any price.

    Don’t waste your time on it if you get it for free.

    If someone gives you one, return it and get something that doesn’t suck.

  3. Chuck Cage Says:
    December 23rd, 2008 at 5:44 pm

    @John Laur: Bravo! (And no, I’m not being sarcastic.) This is why I love TM readers — they’re a no-bullshit bunch that are happy to call out something they’ve had a bad experience with. Thanks for the tip!

  4. Brau Says:
    December 24th, 2008 at 3:59 am

    Or … for the $70 you can easily buy some high quality gutter covers and never have to clean your gutters at all.

  5. Zathrus Says:
    December 24th, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Brau, I don’t know where you think you can get “high quality” gutter covers for $70…

    I could certainly buy some crappy ones for $70, which will mostly work fine for leaves, but if you have pine needles then they’re not worth a damn and you’re better off cleaning them a few times a year.

  6. Coach James Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    Our gutters also get hickory nuts in them plus have lots of angles. Seems just as easy to just clean them by hand.

  7. CJeanKay Says:
    June 15th, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    We purchased our gutters last year and are so pleased with the seamless aluminum. However, we have three ancient oak trees that cover the entire roof. From the air you can’t even see our home. Well, you can guess we have a full time job keeping the gutters clean all year long. We live in central Florida so you can figure out what “all year long” is! We’ve tried every tool on the market. The “Gutter Sense”, “Gutter Wand”, “Gutter Scope”, you name it, we bought it. We even tried getting up on the roof and using our blower to get rid of those nasty leaves, small branches, small trees that start growing, all kinds of bugs, mold, to no avail. One of our friends told us about the Looj Gutter Cleaner. I did a lot of research on this product and even watched a demo of it in service. Not liking the idea of all gutter debris being flipped out of the gutter, and I still had to get up on a ladder to install it into the gutter, then take it out and move it again to the next gutter. So my other friends sent me to a brand new product they just bought on line at http://www.gutterclutterbuster.com I watched the two videos and read the newspaper article about it and was so impressed I bought one.
    Maybe your readers at Tool Monger should think about a “better, cleaner, faster, and easier way to clean out their rain gutters, and at a lot less money.

  8. John Nielson Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    http://www.gutterclutterbuster.com
    I find demo videos like this very insulting to my intelligence. You’ll need a very powerful vacuum to get all the wet leaves and twigs out of my gutters. Still the best way is a $3-4 plastic gutter scoop and some manual labor.

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