Best Device ever Made…Roomba Vacuum

This is just another Random Ramblings…it has nothing to do with Tampa and has everything to do with how clean my home is.  OK, so here is the deal.  I have 3 dogs, all shed in some way shape or form.  I had the original Roomba and about 5 iterations of it.  It just could not keep up with the dogs.  I had the thing go out every night (the Scheduler) and would clean some 30% of my home where the dogs were most of the time.  It worked great up until about 6 months in, then it died.  OK, got another by the good people at iRobot and then the second died, got a third, and fourth and fifth.  They all died, but they were all free from iRobot (great customer service and they stand behind replacing their product).

So after the fifth, then the rechargeable battery died and it was difficult finding another so I held off.  In the mean time, my house started to get dirty.  So one day I was walking through Costco and came across the 5th generation Roomba and I bought it.  The new one was more sophisticated, could tell me when the brushes needed cleaning, had bigger dirt bin, better suction, and better on board software.  My home is clean again, and my Roomba is working great.  I have it still go out every night at 2am and it cleans that same 30% but it seems to pick up a whole lot more than the prior versions.

If you are like me and like gadgets, would prefer someone else to do the vacuuming and don’t mind spending about 3-5 minutes to empty and clean out the thing every day (if you have pets, but if no then once a week woud be good), take a look at the roomba, you’ll be happy you did!

~ by ToughGuy on September 29, 2008.