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A robot vacuum cleaner. «I» now vacuum every day, the the flat just looks overall better. There is barley any dust on the shelfs anymore either. https://us.rob

A robot vacuum cleaner. «I» now vacuum every day, the the flat just looks overall better. There is barley any dust on the shelfs anymore either. https://us.roborock.com/pages/roborock-s5-max https://us.roborock.com/pages/roborock-s5-max

kyriakos 6y ago
Similar experience here. Also cause I have it on schedule it also indirectly forces me to keep things tidy so it can clean the floor without too many obstacles.
- stevekemp 6y ago
  I'd say the first few years of owning a Roomba were magical, but recently a combination of too many children's toys on the floor, and working from home has meant that I don't use the daily-schedule any more. I have to remember to turn it on when I head out for a beer, go shopping, or do something else outside the home. There were a few days I was working from home, on a video-call, when the robot started cleaning away. Wonderfully useful tools, but not at all quiet!
  - kyriakos 6y ago
    I agree about the children, Lego pieces on the floor are a big issue. Working from home the only issue is the noise it makes but because its constant my noise cancelling headphones filter it out completely.
wavepruner 6y ago
So it decreases dust levels in the entire house, even far above the floor? That would suggest a major source of dust on counters / shelves is the floor. Seems counterintuitive!
- frank2 6y ago
  A dust particle in the middle of the room takes many hours to settle on the floor or other horizontal surface. During that air time, it frequently changes direction and rises and falls many times. Every time someone walks on a dusty floor, lots of dust is put into the air. Most will eventually settle on the floor again, but some ends up on other horizontal surfaces. But the dust that ends up on the fllor again is likely to put in the again by people walking.
nielu 6y ago
I have a complete different experience. Went from cheap robot to high end dyson standing vacuum cleaner, and the latter performs much better. Robot was getting stuck everywhere, after some time the mechanism broke due to dust getting inside the gears. Now i just spent 10 minutes every two days for a quick vacuuming around the house and lo and behold - the dust is no more. It might just be that the robots aren't best suited for small flats.
codq 6y ago
We actually just bought this exact model, the S5 Max, and it was a near-instant quality of life improvement. We can now walk around the apartment with bare feet without any dirt or kitty litter-dust getting on the soles of our feet. The kitchen floor is now always clean, it's really incredible.
mleonhard 6y ago
Roomba 614 (Wirecutter pick) is only $135 used from Amazon Warehouse. https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-Cleaner-Self-Charging-Carpets-Surfaces/dp/B00IPEZKBW https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-Cleaner-Self-Charging-Carpets-...

kyriakos 6y ago

Similar experience here. Also cause I have it on schedule it also indirectly forces me to keep things tidy so it can clean the floor without too many obstacles.

stevekemp 6y ago
I'd say the first few years of owning a Roomba were magical, but recently a combination of too many children's toys on the floor, and working from home has meant that I don't use the daily-schedule any more. I have to remember to turn it on when I head out for a beer, go shopping, or do something else outside the home. There were a few days I was working from home, on a video-call, when the robot started cleaning away. Wonderfully useful tools, but not at all quiet!
- kyriakos 6y ago
  I agree about the children, Lego pieces on the floor are a big issue. Working from home the only issue is the noise it makes but because its constant my noise cancelling headphones filter it out completely.

wavepruner 6y ago

So it decreases dust levels in the entire house, even far above the floor? That would suggest a major source of dust on counters / shelves is the floor. Seems counterintuitive!

frank2 6y ago
A dust particle in the middle of the room takes many hours to settle on the floor or other horizontal surface. During that air time, it frequently changes direction and rises and falls many times. Every time someone walks on a dusty floor, lots of dust is put into the air. Most will eventually settle on the floor again, but some ends up on other horizontal surfaces. But the dust that ends up on the fllor again is likely to put in the again by people walking.

nielu 6y ago

I have a complete different experience. Went from cheap robot to high end dyson standing vacuum cleaner, and the latter performs much better. Robot was getting stuck everywhere, after some time the mechanism broke due to dust getting inside the gears. Now i just spent 10 minutes every two days for a quick vacuuming around the house and lo and behold - the dust is no more. It might just be that the robots aren't best suited for small flats.

codq 6y ago

We actually just bought this exact model, the S5 Max, and it was a near-instant quality of life improvement. We can now walk around the apartment with bare feet without any dirt or kitty litter-dust getting on the soles of our feet. The kitchen floor is now always clean, it's really incredible.

mleonhard 6y ago

Roomba 614 (Wirecutter pick) is only $135 used from Amazon Warehouse. https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-Cleaner-Self-Charging-Carpets-Surfaces/dp/B00IPEZKBW https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-Cleaner-Self-Charging-Carpets-...