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It can’t be that hard. I think I’ve got a pretty good idea from reading the PIT.
Funny. Thanks.
Is he/she really worth $400?
Two questions for you:
1> Does it suck? I mean, c’mon. Footprint cover is nice, but what good is a vacuum cleaner if it doesn’t suck.
2> If it does suck, where does it keep all the despicable detritus that extracts from the depths of your carpet? Does it drag a big bag behind it like Santa Claus? And can you program it to tell your wife to change the bag when it’s full?
Okay, that was more than two questions.
It’s all fun and games until the robot kills you in your sleep.
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It doesn’t have the same kind of power as a full size vacuum, so it doesn’t have the same kind of suction. But since it runs across the floor over and over and over and over, it does a totally decent job. It has a box for the dirt, which will dump some out if you’re not careful removing it.
I got it for Christmas, but my understanding was that between sale, discount and store cash it was about half that. Which is about what I paid getting one for my father back when they first came out. And they work a lot better now than then.
This would get under my bird cages and clean up the bird seed and feathers? If only!
You’re so blink’n funny I’d follow those tracks for sure :)
Thank you, ma’am.
I loved my roomba. First of all because it disciplined me into keeping my floors clear.
I liked to start the roomba, fill and start the dishwasher, load and start the washing machine, and maybe also the dryer, maybe even put together a slow cooker meal, then head out to play in my garden all morning while all my household servants were working away on all the boring stuff .
Alas it died, and the repair would have cost the same as a new one.
Ugh. How long did it last?
This.
I have a Samsung Powerbot. It has a full strength vacuum, and rather than the random bump/turn pattern, it builds a map of the floor plan and runs a grid around the room, doing edges, under beds/tables, around legs, etc. It even senses things on the floor, like pets or toys, and moves around them.
They range in price from $300 to > $1000. I paid around $400 for mine, and am quite satisfied. It saves me hours in vacuuming time and it puts a nice polish on my hardwood floors to boot.
I have had mine a year now and highly recommend it. We call ours ‘Rosie’ after the maid on the Jetsons.
@Phenry you wouldn’t have an extra $400 lying around would you? I really need to get the bird seed and feathers under control.
Yes. But pay attention to sales and when new models get released (and thus older ones discounted). We got Rosie* (our iRobot Roomba 890) for considerably less than the list price, but now that we have her I see her value. Sure she sometimes wakes me up in the middle of the night running into the chairs or going over from the carpet to hardwood floors, and yes, I do have to spend an extra 5 or so minutes in the evening making sure all the kids’ toys are picked up off the floor, but it’s really nice to have clean floors all the time. I’m seriously considering getting a second one for upstairs.
*Edit – @phenry – great minds think alike.
No, nothing extra lying around, sorry! ;)
When I got Rosie, I was looking at vacuum’s in general, and found the ‘cyclone’ style uprights were between $200 and $600 so when I found Rosie at $400 it made it easier to justify it. No, it isn’t cheap, by any means. But, being a generally poor housekeeper, it has made a huge difference in the usual level of cleanliness of my floors. I used to vacuum ‘as needed’- in other words, about once or twice a month when I got time. Now it runs a couple times a week, since it takes me <5 minutes to prepare the rooms and turn it on. It runs until the battery gets low, ( 3 or 4 rooms, usually) finds its way back ‘home’ to recharge, and starts back up where it left off. I can even set it to run while I’m at work. The new ones have internet connectivity, but I don’t even want that. I don’t need everything online! It is great on carpets as well as hardwood and tile, but I do have to remove any throw rugs with fringe, it catches on the brushes.
Thus, for me, it has meant a noticeably cleaner house at far less effort, so it is well worth the initial investment, so far!
Oh, and I should mention, it is sold as designed to pick up pet hairs, I’m sure it will work fine on the seed, but the feathers may cause some clogging issues- you would have to empty it more often. ( I empty mine after it does the whole house once, but it is never really full at that. )
Shush, one go over in the bird room and I have to empty the vac canister. Let alone the rest of the apt. Big feathers I can pick up but all the rest of the little fuzzys line up against the baseboard under the cages. My family paid about that much for a Shark Swivel several years ago, will wait for it to tank.