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A robot vacuum will literally change your life. It seems silly, because as the parent said, it doesn't take long to vacuum normally, but it's one chore struck

by Alupis 2y ago

A robot vacuum will literally change your life. It seems silly, because as the parent said, it doesn't take long to vacuum normally, but it's one chore struck off the list and becomes something you rarely have to think about anymore. Coming home to a freshly vacuumed house is a great feeling. With a robot vac, you get to have that feeling every single day. Robot vacuums aren't as effective at vacuuming as a human would be, but it also doesn't matter. Whatever it missed today, it'll get tomorrow. Yes, you need to adjust somewhat your living style. If you leave a lot of clothing on the floor, or have cables just laying about, the robot vac will find them and get stuck. You should clean those up anyway - but within the robot vac-owning community it's often a joke that you have to "roomba-proof" your house. The upsides outweigh the downsides by far.

bigiain 2y ago
> A robot vacuum will literally change your life. For me at least, my robot vac stops well short of that. But the feeling of smugness I get while I sit on the couch doomscrolling or watching Netflix, while being able to tell myself "Look at me, I'm an adult! I'm doing the chores!!!" as my extremely dumb non wifi robot randomly bumps around my lounge room is priceless. Totally worth the couple of hundred bucks I paid for it, and the minor rearranging I had to do to make my apartment suitable for it to roam around.
- Alupis 2y ago
  > while I sit on the couch doomscrolling or watching Netflix It'd say that's a tangible improvement to your life. Less mundane chores, more leisure time to unwind after a long day. Permanently removing something from the "todo" list is always a significant positive.
  - bigiain 2y ago
    Oh yeah, definitely a life improvement, but it's not an "OMG! You won't believe this life hack! It's totally changed my life!!! Don't forget to like and subscribe, smash that bell to be sure to see my next amazing video!"(tm) kind of life changing event. But also, this for me is way more than just "one more thing off the todo list", it's the smugness of "That todo list item is being handled WHILE I'M SITTING ON THE COUCH STUFFING AROUND! HOW GOOD AM I???" :-) (I acknowledge this is a fairly childish reaction, I'm sure I'll grow up and get over it one one day, I'm only 57 after all...)
- jajko 2y ago
  Having some discipline is a tremendous advantage in both personal and professional life, much better life success multiplier than ie just raw intelligence. I guess we all have seen it many times around us. In the sea of kids having 9 seconds attention span due to parents giving up on screen time, the ones with just a bit of discipline or focus will get much further in life, in whatever direction they will decide to pursue. And this is one way to get and maintain it, another may be cleaning dishes preemptively (well maybe not if you have family with 2+ small kids). There are many more. Not taking away from the benefits of automation and getting a bit of extra free time (nobody is thinking how cool it is to handwash all our clothes all the time, do we), but if you would say that instead you could do 10-15 mins meditation, learn something new or have a longer run outside, now that would be an improvement. Those passive activities you mention are one of the worst one how to spend extra gained time (albeit very popular due to easy access and addictivity). Just my take on some chores, I honestly believe making the life too easy has some negative consequences later and that's how I raise my kids, contrary to many other parents.
drdaeman 2y ago
Sadly, because of two medium hair cats (and carpets), all the robots I’ve had required brush maintenance after every single run, ruining that “coming to a freshly vacuumed house” feeling. Maybe someone knows a robot vacuum that somehow solved it and doesn’t need daily maintenance for pet hair?
- Alupis 2y ago
  This is the same story for anyone with pets. You need to keep at it. Eventually the robot is "caught up" with the hair and then everything is fine. Run the robot daily (while you're at work or something).

by Alupis 2y ago

bigiain 2y ago

> A robot vacuum will literally change your life. For me at least, my robot vac stops well short of that. But the feeling of smugness I get while I sit on the couch doomscrolling or watching Netflix, while being able to tell myself "Look at me, I'm an adult! I'm doing the chores!!!" as my extremely dumb non wifi robot randomly bumps around my lounge room is priceless. Totally worth the couple of hundred bucks I paid for it, and the minor rearranging I had to do to make my apartment suitable for it to roam around.

Alupis 2y ago
> while I sit on the couch doomscrolling or watching Netflix It'd say that's a tangible improvement to your life. Less mundane chores, more leisure time to unwind after a long day. Permanently removing something from the "todo" list is always a significant positive.
- bigiain 2y ago
  Oh yeah, definitely a life improvement, but it's not an "OMG! You won't believe this life hack! It's totally changed my life!!! Don't forget to like and subscribe, smash that bell to be sure to see my next amazing video!"(tm) kind of life changing event. But also, this for me is way more than just "one more thing off the todo list", it's the smugness of "That todo list item is being handled WHILE I'M SITTING ON THE COUCH STUFFING AROUND! HOW GOOD AM I???" :-) (I acknowledge this is a fairly childish reaction, I'm sure I'll grow up and get over it one one day, I'm only 57 after all...)
jajko 2y ago
Having some discipline is a tremendous advantage in both personal and professional life, much better life success multiplier than ie just raw intelligence. I guess we all have seen it many times around us. In the sea of kids having 9 seconds attention span due to parents giving up on screen time, the ones with just a bit of discipline or focus will get much further in life, in whatever direction they will decide to pursue. And this is one way to get and maintain it, another may be cleaning dishes preemptively (well maybe not if you have family with 2+ small kids). There are many more. Not taking away from the benefits of automation and getting a bit of extra free time (nobody is thinking how cool it is to handwash all our clothes all the time, do we), but if you would say that instead you could do 10-15 mins meditation, learn something new or have a longer run outside, now that would be an improvement. Those passive activities you mention are one of the worst one how to spend extra gained time (albeit very popular due to easy access and addictivity). Just my take on some chores, I honestly believe making the life too easy has some negative consequences later and that's how I raise my kids, contrary to many other parents.

drdaeman 2y ago

Sadly, because of two medium hair cats (and carpets), all the robots I’ve had required brush maintenance after every single run, ruining that “coming to a freshly vacuumed house” feeling. Maybe someone knows a robot vacuum that somehow solved it and doesn’t need daily maintenance for pet hair?

Alupis 2y ago
This is the same story for anyone with pets. You need to keep at it. Eventually the robot is "caught up" with the hair and then everything is fine. Run the robot daily (while you're at work or something).