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<p>WashDad - Can the Roomba handle changes of floor level? On and off area rugs? Bumping down from hardwood to tile and back? I’m soooooooo tempted! How often do you have to empty the little dust cup?</p>
<p>I got a happy afternoon with my family - mother and father-in-law, four sisters-in-law, five BIL’s, two nieces and four nephews, plus my wife and our three great kids. This time of year gets me to thinking that I was truly twice-blessed when I met my then-future wife: I ended up marrying her, which turned out to be the best thing that ever could have happened to me, and then I got the rest of the family, which was the other best thing that ever happened to me.</p>
<p>Oh, I got a sweater, too.</p>
<p>I spent the last few minutes reading more on the Scooba. I’m definitely going to Linens N’ Things tomorrow to check them out (20% coupon will come in handy). I abhor mopping floors - plus, I’ll have more fun watching the Scooba than the darn LCD TV.</p>
<p>I want a roomba and a scooba. Maybe I can suggest it as a valentines day gift</p>
<p>I got one and it is already making a really weird noise. I was a big poopooer and disbeliever, but this thing has turned me into a believer, so I want it fixed and back already.</p>
<p>And we have no carpeting at all, just wood and rugs, and it does incredibly well, reaching areas that have been well neglected.</p>
<p>I am a convert for sure.</p>
<p>dragonmom, I had an older model roomba so maybe they have improved–but I passed mine along because most of our area rugs have fringe and the darn thing would get so tangled in the fringe I had to cut it loose!</p>
<p>It has been passed to my mother (who just didn’t like it), to my daughter (who said it got stuck under furniture) and now to my son who has no complaints, but also never turns it on!</p>
<p>I got a 16 gig Ipod Touch. That thing is sweet!</p>
<p>My son won a $50 Apple gift card at a dorm poker tournament before he came home; he used it to give me an iTunes card for the holidays. It was so sweet! I also got a pink Nintendo DS from my sweetie, and a mess o’ bath stuff.</p>
<p>I’m going out today to buy a Scooba (before the snowstorm starts) and I’ve decided to name “him” Mr. Belvedere (per S’ suggestion).</p>
<p>Thanks, WashDad, for the awesome tips - the Roomba/Scooba and personalizing them.</p>
<p>I got an amazing diamond band–1 carat 5-stone gorgeous quality! I’ve wanted one for a long time, and this year is our 25th wedding anniversary. I feel like a wild bird, staring at the shiny thing all day! lol. My older D got me a leather-bound copy of “Lamb-the gospel according to Biff, Christ’s childhood pal”-one of my favorite books of all time. It looks like a missal from old church services–soft black leather, gilded pages and a red ribbon bookmark. My younger D got me a red wool coat that fits like a dream! She knew that I’d never buy a red coat–I always end of getting something in a muddier pallette. So she got it for me and I love it. I got her a new video camera and Final Cut Express to mix video on, and I got D1 tickets to Little Mermaid and an Ipod and docking station. I got hubby a sony vaio laptop for his very own.</p>
<p>Our family gift- two sets of NCAA billiard balls. One set of UF balls (half are solid orange with UF logo, other half have a blue stripe and gator head); and one set of UNC balls (half are Carolina blue with NC logo, other half have a light blue stripe and logo). I am a UNC alumni and the rest of the family are all Gators. So we can have UNC/UF 8-ball tournaments (the only time the Heels and the Gators match up).</p>
<p>I got a MacBook Pro and have been spending the last few days transferring my stuff from my PC over to it and learning all the neat stuff it can do. After 14 years of nothing but Windows PCs, I’m a convert!</p>
<p>I want a Roomba! I also have a shedder pooch, and the vacuum bag fills up quickly, so would I have to change whatever comes on the Roomba every few minutes?
I am also worried my 85 wimp-of-a-dog would freak out. He already won’t go in the back yard because of the pool sweep.
Oh my Xmas gift to myself was an i-phone.</p>
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<p>Rosie goes over the transitions between hardwood, vinyl, and carpet without any problem. Although you didn’t ask, the 500-series Roombas won’t eat electrical or blinds cords anymore, either. They gently spit them out after eating a bit. We only have one area rug, and Rosie usually doesn’t have a problem, although one time she pushed up the corner of the rug and bumped into reverse. When she tackled the rug from the sides, no problem. So far, we’ve been emptying the dust cup after every couple of rooms. We are getting lots of carpet fuzz, though, and I’m hoping the volume will go down when the fuzz level drops.</p>
<p>Rosie’s performance on the vinyl in our kitchen and the hardwood entry way has been stellar. She’s a great broom.</p>
<p>New vignette:</p>
<p>WashDad: TallSon, please vacuum the living room.
TallSon: Aw, Dad, I had to push the button last time. Can’t WashDadJr do it?</p>
<p>Roombas are all over but NO Scoobas in stock in local stores. I could get a remanufactured one on Amazon, but the 90-day warranty bothers me. I guess Mr. Belvedere won’t be doing the floors this weekend. :(</p>
<p>I got my husband an iPhone for Christmas. So this morning we’re hanging out in bed with a cup of coffee and I ask him a question about web design software. Next thing I know, he’s looking up the various options on his iPhone. I offered to go get him his laptop… no, the iPhone is all he needs. Last night he was watching movie trailers on the thing while I was driving back from dinner. And later, he ordered from Amazon…</p>
<p>Oh lord, what have I done?</p>
<p>OK, I took the plunge and spent the $ MIL sent as a Christmas gift on a Roomba this afternoon. (550 series at Costco) What fun! It’s been spinning around since it got charged… handles the <em>big</em> ledge between the hardwood floor and the tile with no problem. (probably at least 1/2 inch but rounded edges) We’re still trying to name him/her. THe only thing we’ve noticed is that it drags a bit of lint onto the edge of the rugs as it moves up from the hardwood. Sucks it back up when it hits that spot on the way back down. Son (who lives in modern loft with terrazo floors) is curious enough that I might get him to buy a Scooba and then we could trade off every week when he comes for Sunday dinner. (Visions of my dear late MeMaw presiding over fried chicken, cream gravy and a swap of robotic cleaning devices…I think she would be pleased)</p>
<p>Now I want a roomba - the dogs didn’t have any holiday gifts to open - maybe I can get my border collie a roomba. I can see her now, herding the roomba all day long! Off to the Costco website to check them out!</p>
<p>My dogs–standard poodles–find the Roomba very boring. They don’t even bother getting out of its way. I don’t know if a border collie would herd one or not… the problem is that they don’t react to anything the dog does.</p>