Roomba

[HopeydaFish]

Does anyone own an iRobot Roomba? It's a round robot that runs around while you're at work vacuuming your rooms. We're firing our cleaning lady, but don't really have the time or inclination to vacuum for ourselves. I figure I might as well have a robot do it for me. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Anyone own one? How do you like it?

[Matt Flynn]

they don't workba.

[Blarg]

They've got a lawn mower version too. These seem like they would be pretty damn cool to try. Vaccuuming and mowing the lawn are two chores I really hate doing.

[contentless]

This one (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001ZYYYM/qid=1117474642/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/104-4539686-6501536?v=glance&s=home-garden&n=507846) works better (more sophisticated AI), but you decide whether or not that justifies the price tag ($1800).

[Luv2DriveTT]

I LOVE IT! I turn it on every day and it vacumes my bedroom while I am away. I want to get the new scuba when it comes out, mop the floors too!

The only problem is with cables on the floor, and anything smaller than 1/2" like my floor lamp's pedestal.

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[shant]

I have one. It works pretty well. Plus it's fun to watch, but the problem is you really need to clear a lot of stuff off the floor and keep an eye on it so it doesn't get stuck in a wierd repeating pattern.

[The Goober]

I have one and absolutely love it.

[illunious]

Mine broke after about 30 uses, but I liked it when it worked.

[OtisTheMarsupial]

My sister has one. She named it Sammy. She loves it.

Why are you firing the housekeeper?
What are you going to do about dishes and laundry?

[HopeydaFish]

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My sister has one. She named it Sammy. She loves it.

Why are you firing the housekeeper?


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We're firing her because she was lazy and didn't do a good job. The final straw was when I came home from work a couple of weeks ago and found a note from her stating that she hadn't vacuumed because she couldn't figure out how to empty out our vacuum cleaner. It's not a complicated machine...there's a little lever you push down on that pops out a cylinder that contains all the dirt. I think she just didn't feel like vacuuming that day. I might have let it slide had she done some extra work to make up for the time she would have spent vacuuming, but I couldn't find anything that she might have done extra. Basically, she cleaned the kitchen, emptied out some wastebaskets, cleaned the washrooms, and went home. She was probably in and out in less than an hour. We were paying her $75 for 3-4 hours work every two weeks, so to leave after an hour was basically stealing from us.

On top of not vacuuming that week, she did a lousy job cleaning our floors, would "forget" to go down to the rec room in the basement to vacuum/empty out wastebaskets, and wouldn't move small pieces of furniture when she was vacuuming.

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What are you going to do about dishes and laundry?


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We do our own dishes and laundry. All we wanted was for someone to come in and do a thorough job once every two weeks. She really blew it...we were paying her more than she deserved. She was a friend of a friend, though, so we were doing it partially as a favour.

For the cost of 4 or 5 visits from her, I can get a Roomba. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Blackjack]

I wanna buy the iRobot Blowjoba

But shooting liquid into a electrical mechanic thing doesn't sound too smart.

Blackjack

[RacersEdge]

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$75 for 3-4 hours work every two weeks

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Man, that sounds cheap. Is she an immigrant looking for work? I tried some of those maid services to clean my apartment, and they are about $60/hour.

[HopeydaFish]

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$75 for 3-4 hours work every two weeks

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Man, that sounds cheap. Is she an immigrant looking for work? I tried some of those maid services to clean my apartment, and they are about $60/hour.

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She was making about $25/hour, and it was all under the table, so it was tax-free.

We'd priced out some maid services, and they were all about $90 per visit. For $90, two people would clean the home and the list of things they'd clean was much longer than the list of things we asked our maid to clean.