Anyone having any experience with those robotic vacuum cleaners?
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
Umm, I have to dissassemble a friends Roomba when it got in to the cabel corner and ate a SCART lead. So cool for a while just don't expect it to lift anything more than dust, crumbs & the odd peanut, set the limits short.
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Umm, I have to dissassemble a friends Roomba when it got in to the cabel corner and ate a SCART lead. So cool for a while just don't expect it to lift anything more than dust, crumbs & the odd peanut, set the limits short.
glennPattonWork wrote:
don't expect it to lift anything more than dust, crumbs & the odd peanut, set the limits short.
glennPattonWork wrote:
and ate a SCART lead.
:confused:
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
I got the standard model from Stepford.
Nihil obstat
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glennPattonWork wrote:
don't expect it to lift anything more than dust, crumbs & the odd peanut, set the limits short.
glennPattonWork wrote:
and ate a SCART lead.
:confused:
So was I, the darned thing thought cool only seemed to have enough grunt to pick up dust, then its picked up and ate (well chewed) a SCART lead.....
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
I got a Roomba about 5-6 years ago. One poster mentioned that you're excited for a week and then meh after 6 months. That pretty much sums it up. We loved it at first, but it was actually more of a hassle to get it working correctly/cleaning it out than to just vacuum once a week.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote:
When to buy one and when not.
When the wife wants one.
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
What's the usual problems?
The wife not reading the manual.
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
What brand/model and why?
The pink/blue/white one. Whichever is the wife's favourite colour. Hope this helps. :-D I have heard good things, from the wife, about the Roomba[^].
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
My wife came home with a Roomba a couple of years ago. Cool little thing when it gets used. Problem is, in my house, I can't remember the last time it got used.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
I plan on getting a maid. The robotic cleaners can't do dishes or windows that well and scare my dog.
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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Sy Borg?
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
I'd be concerned that they're not advanced enough to respect the three laws.
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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I plan on getting a maid. The robotic cleaners can't do dishes or windows that well and scare my dog.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
Why not use the conventional products? The exercise will do no harm. :)
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
Anyone having any experience with those robotic vacuum cleaners? Mine is great. For best performance he runs off Newcastle Brown Ale and Black Pudding, but Guinness and Pork Pies will due if required.
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
What's the usual problems?
Hmm, I find it best not to over fill him (especially with Brown Ale). It does take a lot to over fill that particular model but if you do ... the mess is worse than you started with and it's impossible to make him stand upright! :rolleyes:
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My wife came home with a Roomba a couple of years ago. Cool little thing when it gets used. Problem is, in my house, I can't remember the last time it got used.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
Marcus Kramer wrote:
I can't remember
So you probably forgot to take your memory loss medication, too.
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Anyone having any experience with those robotic vacuum cleaners? Mine is great. For best performance he runs off Newcastle Brown Ale and Black Pudding, but Guinness and Pork Pies will due if required.
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
What's the usual problems?
Hmm, I find it best not to over fill him (especially with Brown Ale). It does take a lot to over fill that particular model but if you do ... the mess is worse than you started with and it's impossible to make him stand upright! :rolleyes:
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B
Sounds like a useful model, but somewhat delicate. If you happen to wear that one out, I'd be happy to take its place. I'm an older model, but have a greater capacity and no difficulty remaining upright.
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Marcus Kramer wrote:
I can't remember
So you probably forgot to take your memory loss medication, too.
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When to buy one and when not. What's the usual problems? What brand/model and why? And so on. <edit> There seems to be some agreement among the more serious posts, and I have decided to follow suit with Peterchen. Mrs. Wife will get another birthday present. </edit>
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
We got a Roomba after a lot of research. Not the top model but not the bottom either (can't remember the number) It has a 'reverse the spinners if it gets tangled' mode so doesn't tend to suck up cables. It does take a while to empty it and clean the rollers - but only a couple of minutes if you do it each clean. They only come with one 'invisible wall' - you may need more depending on your room layout. If you just bung it on every day before you go out, it is great. we have mainly wooden floors which get REALLY dusty (and we have dogs in the house which doesn't help) We also have regular carpet and a couple of rugs in various rooms, and it does them all fine as long as we limit it to one or two rooms on each run (it will do the whole house at a push, but not as good a job as if you confine it) Only annoyance I have had is that we have a tv cabinet and a bed-end which it can get stuck underneath (there is a rug next to each, and if it drops down off the rug it jams in at an angle - but give it its due, if it does get stuck it sings out and shuts down) Don't buy one of the $100 or less one's - they're crap I wojuldn't buy one of the really expensive 'vision enabled, computer mapping of room' one's eiother - the roomba programming is good enough that it gets every part of a room with furniture all over the place. Oh - it doesn't get right into corners (obviously - it's round)!
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