<p>Washdad, will the roomba get ‘stuck’ bouncing around behind, say, a recliner, under a high couch. or under a dining room table/chairs? Or will it eventually bounce it’s way out? How long will it go before it runs out of juice?</p>
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<p>I gave one to H for Christmas. He didn’t look up from playing with it all day long. I felt like I was dealing with a teenager at the dinner table - “put your new toy away and enjoy the meal that I spent all day preparing!” ;)</p>
<p>You guys are making me want a roomba and a scuba too! I have 2 cats, and they shed - a lot! I am definitely taking my Christmas money and treating myself! It sure looks like it would be a lot easier to tote one of those up and downstairs than my upright. Which model do you all recommend? I went online, and there were several to choose from.</p>
<p>I just couldn’t stand it. I just returned from Linens&Things- bought a roomba with a Christmas gift certificate. I’m waiting for the thing to charge right now. A woman in line saw what I was buying and started raving about how much she loved hers. She said she has a Dyson and a roomba and raves about the roomba all the time. The lady at the register said she’s heard favorable reports about the roomba, but some not-so-favorable ones about the scuba. I didn’t get any further information (there were lots of people in line).</p>
<p>They had some great sales on after Christmas items, too.</p>
<p>I nearly bought a Roomba since the Scooba is nowhere to be found. I decided to come home to do more research on which model to buy. By the way, the TV went back; H thought it was too small. Unfortunately, H is now talking of getting a larger one for “my” birthday … and all I want is a lousy Scooba. Amazon has a lot of reviews on the Roomba and Scooba - it does seem that the Roomba is better.</p>
<p>D1 got new luggage, D2 is playing with her new Intuos, and us… oh, well. We spent a fortune on new deck railing and snazzy lights for the dining room.</p>
<p>After reading all of this, I really want a Roomba!</p>
<p>I’ve been dreading my weekly housekeepers eminent retirement. She has been coming every Thursday for years…aside from the fact that I will miss our chats before I ship out to work, I dread the thought of taking on the cleaning myself again. Maybe the roomba will help me actually do it myself when that day comes. Hmm…do they make one that will clean the bathrooms? That’s the part I really never want to do again.</p>
<p>mountains- I saw a Scooba for sale at the local Sears today.</p>
<p>If someone invents something the hops up and cleans the toilet- they’ll be in millionaire’s heaven.</p>
<p>doubleplay, absolutely…I’ll buy it. I surely never could convince the kids to hop up and clean anything…let alone the toilets.</p>
<p>mom60 - I’m off to Sears today. I actually picked up the Roomba 560 yesterday from Linens N’ Things with a coupon. Guess who enjoyed watching “him” clean the most? My son! He thought it was the coolest thing and he did not want me to touch Mr. Belvedere (we now have to come up with a different name for the Scooba) in case I break him. I know this fascination will be extremely short-lived. H was slightly fascinated. Mr. Belvedere had nothing on the Patriots once the game started, though.</p>
<p>I think the Roomba manufacturers would love to peek at this thread and read about how great everyone thinks their product is…lol. I know it’s made me want to run out and buy one (although I haven’t, I definitely will).</p>
<p>What’s wrong with you people? If you think Roomba is the loot for xmas then you should get out more, psh.:)</p>
<p>I have been checking this post every once a while waiting for someone to post something about diamond earrings, trip around the world. Oh wait a minute, most of us are paying around 50,000/year for tuition.</p>
<p>I did get a very nice cashmere wrap from my husband and girls. The wrap is from my favorite cashmere company. My husband was a bit hesitant initially because of the price. The girls said to him, “It already costs x for a no brand, you might as well pay extra to get her what she wants. We’ll chip in for it.” My husband is still waiting for their share.</p>
<p>I think Washdad should get a commission for all the Roomba’s sold due to his post.
I am going to buy one but still have to adjust my mind to buying another vacuum when I own two plus a broom.</p>
<p>My kids gave me an ipod shuffle - about an inch by and inch and a half, with a strong clip to fasten to your workout clothes. I just love it!!! DH bought me a Tomtom portable gps for the car, and I downloaded the australian guy’s voice (turn roight at the light), because I like the accent. Not something I even thought I would want or need, but, it may grow on me!</p>
<p>TallSon and I have been playing with Rosie, but WashMom really liked her new Fiestaware every-day dishes. I don’t buy her clothes or jewelry because she never wears anything I buy her, and she won’t exchange it for something she likes. (Exceptions: one year I knew she went shopping at Nordstrom’s and didn’t buy anything. The next day I went into the same Nordie’s, the sales person remembered her, and I bought exactly what the sales rep said she liked. 100% hit. The next year, I went back to the same Nordstrom’s and told the sales rep, “I want to buy her a sweater that Ally on Kate and Ally would wear.” The rep showed me a gray cashmere sweater. WashMom wore it until it wore out. In 34 years of gift-giving, those are the only two times she has worn anything I’ve bought. The diamond necklace and earrings I gave her for our 10th anniversary haven’t been seen since the day she got them. So, she got dishes and a vacuum cleaner this year.)</p>
<p>Did I mention that my sons gave me a Dremel kit? I love these boys.</p>
<p>Mr. Belvedere has been quite popular today. I could have opened a petting zoo with all the dust bunnies he found under the beds. The Roomba is really great, even on ceramic floors. I was able to bake and check CC while Mr. Belvedere happily (or so I’d like to think) cleaned my house. The best part, he does not complain.</p>
<p>WashDad,
I like your style. Years ago DH used to buy me clothes the same way. He would go into Nordies or some other upscale store and tell the clerk, I want everything on that mannequin! I’ll have to ask him if he ever asked the clerk about Kate and Ally!<br>
They would fall all over themselves to help him and he always got it right.</p>
<p>I got a Roomba a few years ago. Unless it has improved significantly, I cannot recommend it. It just kept getting stuck on chair & table legs and eating carpet fringe. It had trouble going from tile to hardwood to area rugs. I had to watch it all the time, so it wasn’t a time saver. My central vac does a better & faster job. I guess it works for some people.</p>
<p>Based on what I have heard, the Roomba has improved greatly through the years. Mine does not have any problems at all going from carpet to tile and back. It does not eat cords - sort of sniffs them, and then turns away. It has not gotten stuck - yet.</p>