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Whenever I read about robovac. I wonder gow good are these robot vacs really? Maybe it is just me, but surely would be less effort to hire a cleaner and they c
by StarGrit 1y ago
Whenever I read about robovac. I wonder gow good are these robot vacs really?
Maybe it is just me, but surely would be less effort to hire a cleaner and they can do more than just vacuuming.
- Jeremy1026 1y agoSure, but a cleaner coming twice is the same cost of a robot vacuum that will work for a couple of years, typically. They do an okay enough job, but they need to run daily, sometimes twice a day, to really keep up considering it's limitations.
- StarGrit 1y agoIt really depends on how big your properties is. A cleaner here could be done in less than an hour and there is no cleaner charging £150 an hour.
- smt88 1y agoWhat math are you doing here? Robovacuums don't cost £150 an hour. If you buy one for £500 and run it every day for two years, you're paying ~70p per hour. Are there any cleaners who charge less than £1 per visit?
- StarGrit 1y agoI was being hyperbolic because people seem to be overstating the cost of a cleaner. I used to pay my Spainish cleaners about €20 euros a week for two cleaners. Granted that was while ago, but it was peanuts. Also I'd rather have cleaner do it properly, than by a robovac that (as everyone says on the sibling comments) does half a job.
- chipsrafferty 1y agoChildren are free
- smt88 1y agoIn what universe?
- bastawhiz 1y agoWhen I bought my Roomba in 2013, it cost as much total as I pay my cleaning ladies to come once every two weeks. If your floors get dirty easily, it's not really going to get them spotless, but it'll get them far cleaner than they'd otherwise be.
- StarGrit 1y agoBut the cleaners do more than the floors. Vacuuming takes me about 20 minutes once a week. I don't really see the point when I live in a 2 bed apartment.
- Mashimo 1y ago> I don't really see the point. You save the 20 minutes once a week. That's it. That is the whole point. A slight convenience. I use one in a 1 bedroom apartment.
- erinnh 1y agoIf 20 minutes is all you need once a week, yeah it maybe doesnt make sense for you. I have a dog and need to vacuum at least once a day, currently. Without a robot vacuum, Id go crazy.
- StarGrit 1y agoOk fair enough.
- _carbyau_ 1y agoPeople obviously find them useful. But I will reiterate a sibling comments recommendation, get one that can run Valetudo : https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
- StarGrit 1y agoI am not interested in getting one at all.
- SoftTalker 1y agoI think it’s one of the most idiotic devices anyone could own. Buy a normal vacuum cleaner for half the price, spend 10 minutes a week vacuuming your apartment, and you won’t come home and find that your cleaning robot spent the afternoon choking on a shoelace.
- raphman 1y ago> "most idiotic devices anyone could own" Ever been to Chesterton's Fence? Hypothetically, some people who own such an idiotic device might have pets that bring in lots of dirt from the fields, lose lots of hair, and get a little bit agitated by the normal vacuum cleaner but more or less ignore the robot vacuum.
- StarGrit 1y agoCats aren't that bothered by vacuum cleaners unless you come at them with it and they normally just run into another room. Never seen a dog that bothered by them.
- toomanyrichies 1y agoOh, well if you’ve never seen one…
- StarGrit 1y agoThe point being made is that some people like to make much a do about nothing. Just put the dog or cat temporarily in the other room, outside and the problem is solved.
- Mashimo 1y agoBut what if I'm too lazy to vacuum 10 minutes a week and don't want to do it?
- StarGrit 1y agoYou could change your attitude. A vacuum cleaner is already a labour saving device