Anyone have a roomba?

[Kenazo]

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I am so close to buying one of these. We have laminate through most of our main floor, so this would be perfect for cleaning, especially if we can set it to go while my wife and I are at work.

Which model should I be looking at?

 

[venk]

How well do these guys work?

 

[Hammer]

the scheduler of course

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Hammer
the scheduler of course

It looks like the scheduler is an add on to a regular Roomba actually.



no roomba owners??

 

[2cpuminimum]

Bump. Somebody here has to have tried one, now talk! Whose seen one?

 

[iwearnosox]

I have one. If your room is pretty basic and doesn't have a couch that will capture it, thick rugs or rugs with tassles and you don't have "high traffic carpets" then it's a good gadget to have.

 

[tami]

i have a roomba

 

[Rudee]

I bet you own a pair of blue-blockers, a thighmaster, a Ronco food dehydrater, and about a hundred other pieces of crap you can buy off of television infomercials.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Rudee
I bet you own a pair of blue-blockers, a thighmaster, a Ronco food dehydrater, and about a hundred other pieces of crap you can buy off of television infomercials.

Nope.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: Rudee
I bet you own a pair of blue-blockers, a thighmaster, a Ronco food dehydrater, and about a hundred other pieces of crap you can buy off of television infomercials.

uh that would be me. But, I get them at garage sales for like 5 bucks. HOW CAN I GO WRONG?!

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly

Originally posted by: Rudee
I bet you own a pair of blue-blockers, a thighmaster, a Ronco food dehydrater, and about a hundred other pieces of crap you can buy off of television infomercials.

uh that would be me. But, I get them at garage sales for like 5 bucks. HOW CAN I GO WRONG?!

:thumbsup:

 

[QueBert]

Roomba = teh r0x0rs! They sell them at Target, great place to see some of that Infomercial stuff close up.

It doesn't do a perfect job, but it does as good of a job as I could. Since I can clean no better myself then a Roomba, I'll let it do the work, while I play Swat 4.

 

[Doggiedog]

My Roomba Discovery just recently broke down. I need to RMA it. It seems like a common problem with these things.

 

[cubby1223]

Basically, to appreciate the Roomba, you must be able to appreciate the technology and work that has to go into creating such a robot. For cleaning a room, you still get a quicker & much better job done pulling out the vacuum cleaner.

The biggest drawback is that you have to Roomba-proof the room first - no loose wires, no rugs, and cover any spaces where the Roomba could get wedged underneath.

 

[blazerazor]

Oh, no. Pet robots in the house doing slave labor for free!
THE END IS NIGH

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: blazerazor
Oh, no. Pet robots in the house doing slave labor for free!
THE JETSONS IS NIGH

Fixed.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: blazerazor
Oh, no. Pet robots in the house doing slave labor for free!
THE JETSONS IS NIGH

Fixed.

NICE

 

[Fritzo]

Friend has one for his apartment. They only work well if your room is square or rectangular, without too much furnature.

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Friend has one for his apartment. They only work well if your room is square or rectangular, without too much furnature.

That is BS. I have some very odd shape rooms and plenty of furniture. It worked great. Of course this is over hardwood floors.

It is a life saver for keeping cat hair tumble weed from going crazy.

 

[Spooner]

I bought one for my parents a while back and we have pretty thick carpeting in the living room, so it sucked for that. It also tended to stay in one area for such a long time that if left it seemed like it would take 15 years to get the entire living room done.

Not worth it, IMO

 

[shud]

People still vacuum?

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Codewiz

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Friend has one for his apartment. They only work well if your room is square or rectangular, without too much furnature.

That is BS. I have some very odd shape rooms and plenty of furniture. It worked great. Of course this is over hardwood floors.

It is a life saver for keeping cat hair tumble weed from going crazy.

His apartment is carpeted, and he can only use it in his bedroom. It will only do 1/4 of any other room because it can't figure out that he has a round coffee table, or that there are chairs around his dining room table.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Rudee
I bet you own a pair of blue-blockers, a thighmaster, a Ronco food dehydrater, and about a hundred other pieces of crap you can buy off of television infomercials.

roombas appeared on infomercials? that's news to me.

i got it as an engagement gift.

doggiedog: irobot is great about RMAs.