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I owned a Roomba for a while. It did an OK job of cleaning the kitchen floor but was noisy, slow and didn't do a good job of corners, or under cabinets that sti
by jgrahamc 9y ago
I owned a Roomba for a while. It did an OK job of cleaning the kitchen floor but was noisy, slow and didn't do a good job of corners, or under cabinets that stick out a little, etc.
But worse I had to carry the thing from room to room because, of course, it can't climb stairs nor will it vacuum them. And in any room with wood floors and rugs it got stuck repeatedly.
The most labour intensive part of vacuuming my house is the stairs; Roomba 'solved' the easy part.
- visarga 9y agoYou're doing it wrong. You need a house with no carpets, all furniture at a clearance of min 15cm, no stairs, and to make sure there are no USB cables on the floor or thin slippers which might get "stolen" by the bot. Then it can do its magic unattended. I observed that running the robot daily gets much better results than my best attempt at vacuuming. It's just more attentive to detail and goes methodically without missing a spot.
- hawski 9y agoWhen I was lately buying furniture I had this in mind. However now I have a crawling baby with lots of toys and now it's not as relevant.
- visarga 9y agoI too am expecting a baby soon and bought the robovac with the intention to run it daily in his room (now I realize that I want it for the whole house, because it's so good). It's true that little toys get stuck in, but that's the same with traditional vacuuming as well - you still need to pick up the toys before vacuumig.