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When 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 reall

When 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 ago
But 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.
  - StarGrit 1y ago
    Considering some of these things can cost almost £1000. This firmly then lives in the total waste of money pile then. I will stick with my £50 tesco vacuum thank you.
    - Mashimo 1y ago
      I bought mine about 6 years ago for 200 EUR then. Still works. Had to switch the battery once.
- erinnh 1y ago
  If 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 ago
    Ok fair enough.
- dugite-code 1y ago
  I was surprised to discover that if you run the robot vac once a day or even every second day it significantly reduces the amount of dust that ends up on other surfaces. You just schedule it and forget it. As everyone says it doesn't do as good of a job as you do but the main benifit is it's consistent about doing that job more frequently.