Dalek Suck

[neadods]

I'm stealing copperbadge's brilliant name for his roomba for my own - I've had the thing for about a month and only now have I found the time to charge it and set it up!

Because the house is in an O setup, what started in the newly-cleared library has tootled happily into the new pantry (it likes it there; it keeps going back), around the kitchen, across the living room, and almost threw itself down the basement stairs until I closed the door. It hasn't quite finished any room (except the pantry).

Also on the down side, little whisking brush aside, there's only so much a round object can do about corners. And it turns out that its solution to dealing with a lot of cat hair is to every now and then cough up a hairball. (Seriously. It just leaves this big clump behind.)

On the plus side, it's easy to pick up said clump and dump it. Also, it's really quiet. So quiet I can barely hear it in another room; I think I've found a way I can clean while M's asleep.

Bottom line, I don't think it's a way of getting out of never having to vacuum again, but it's going to be a pretty darn decent way of giving a regular lick and a promise to the floors every other day or so, and that does mean a lot less vacuuming I have to do. So that's a big plus - big enough that I'm wondering if Dalek Suck needs a brother to help cover all this territory.

As for the cats, Kaylee's gone high and given it the evil eye; Mickey stared from a short distance until it came at her, and the others have gone into hiding except for Mulder, who is watching closely and even dared touch it.

Oh lord, it's doing something obscene to the chain saw...

Comments

[dora-took.livejournal.com]

from the reviews I've read, it takes most of a year to really decide how it works. People love it at first, but the question is after a year, has it broken and the 'honeymoon' is over. I believe Rae has had hers for over a year and she still likes it.

If you do spring for the pethair model, I found this review while researching:

"The Best Deal on the Brand New, Roomba 532 For Pets is at Hammacher Schlemmer.

"Hammacher.com has the Roomba 532 For Pets on sale for $319.95. Hammacher charges no sales tax except for deliveries to NY, OH, and IL, and standard shipping is free for a limited time if you enter the coupon code ROOMBARV in the box marked "Shopping from our catalog?" at checkout. This free shipping offer is available exclusively through RobotReviews.com.

"The advantage of purchasing from Hammacher is that they offer a 100% Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee on everything that they sell. The Roomba normally comes with a 1 year standard warranty, but if you purchase it from Hammacher Schlemmer and you ever become dissatisfied with the Roomba for any reason, they will replace it or refund the entire purchase price, whichever you prefer!"

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Oh, now that is worth knowing! Now the question is - is that coupon still valid?

Also worth knowing is that my office mate says that she knows people who beta tested two of the pet hair models - on huskie hair. She says they were happy with it and continue to keep them.

Anything that handles huskies can handle cats.

[dora-took.livejournal.com]

good to know about the beta-testers! I have no idea if the coupon is still good, there is no date on the webpage. But even if it's full price (gulp), its' the only place I've seen that has a 100% lifetime guarantee rather than the standard 1 year. So if there's a problem 1.5 years later.... worth checking out at least. here's a link to robotreview that I was saving <http://www.robotreviews.com/buy/roomba-562-pets> you may be able to find coupons for Hammacher Schlemmer also on the web, seems their lifetime guarantee is a standard think with them.