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Anyone else have a Roomba?
ChadTower:
I'm waiting for the Pac Man model before I buy one. It has to be yellow and say WAKKA WAKKA as it rolls around.
AtomSmasher:
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I'm waiting for the Pac Man model before I buy one. It has to be yellow and say WAKKA WAKKA as it rolls around.
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SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on September 04, 2008, 04:13:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on September 04, 2008, 01:21:10 pm ---iRobot used to sell Roombas that were specifically designed (probably more like marketed) to pet owners.
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http://store.irobot.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3203440
The pet series. I've been waiting for these to evolve.
In the time I spend de-hairing the normal Roomba, I could have vacuumed twice with a normal vacuum. Plus, the hair gets wound into the bearings, they heat up, and melt the housing. Really. I've had the bronze bushings melt out of the yellow carriers.
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It looks different than what I remember from last time, but yeah, that's the idea.
I find human females are infinitely harder on my vacuum than any animal though. I've had my Panasonic for twelve years and the poor thing has seen more abuse in the last two than it has in the first ten. I've already gone through four drive belts, have a bent accessory and lost another. My HEPA filter add-on has gone missing and there’s evidence of severe damage to the wall bumpers. I’ve pulled it apart six times to clean huge quantities of human hair out of the bearings and I suspect the relief valve might need replacing. There’s also a short that developed in the light as well.
It boggles me why she loves to use my plastic Japanese Panasonic vacuum over her American made all steel vacuum. Hers has far more accessories, has more power, has a drive transmission, uses an air powered geared rotor, but she loves to use mine ???
Panasonic still makes my line of vacuum but I really don’t want to go and replace it. It’s tough to find a vacuum that lasts more than three years anymore. Buying a Roomba might be a good incentive to save the life of my beloved vacuum.
Vanguard:
MY kids and I really want one of these. We were in a store that had them last week. We sat and watched the video that was playing for 20 minutes. However, we have too much Lego that ends up on the floor. With the price of Lego, I can't see letting the robot eat it.
Mauzy:
--- Quote from: Vanguard on September 04, 2008, 08:44:53 pm ---MY kids and I really want one of these. We were in a store that had them last week. We sat and watched the video that was playing for 20 minutes. However, we have too much Lego that ends up on the floor. With the price of Lego, I can't see letting the robot eat it.
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The reason I never vacuumed my floor (or allowed anyone else to do it) from the ages of 5 till about 2 weeks ago (12 years later).
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