slo’s THURSDAY 7/20 poll - Robot Vacuum

[slo]

Do you have a robot vacuum?
If yes….how much do you like it and how often do you use?
(multiple choice)



For Me…..I had one in our old house 20 years ago and it did not move with us - it got sold in a garage sale. I’m sure they’ve gotten better in 20 years, but I’ll never get another one. I didn’t like it because I felt like it never did a good enough job for me. With it being round, it’s not getting into corners and the sound of it bouncing off things was annoying. Not a fan

 

[_19disnA]

Do not own one and have no interest in having one. Seems more like a pricey gadget then a good vacuum. All of the ones I have seen look tiny and seems you would have to empty the dust bin too often. When the battery fails to hold a charge likely very expensive to replace. Can imagine wasting a lot of time trying to get the wifi/app/control things working correctly. Good luck if you have tech issues trying to get help from any kind of customer support if it works like most other IT based products for home use.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Don’t have one and don’t see me getting one.

 

[mamamary]

I don’t have one and no plans for one in the future.

 

[Kitty 34]

Have no desire to have one.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

We don’t have one. I am certain our dog would be terrorized if we had one. He hates the regular vacuum cleaner.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I don’t have one and I’m not about to get one I go through vacuums, like Sherman, went through Atlanta, and burn them up
The amount of pet hair in my house is unreal. I don’t know why my animals still have fur on them. I believe they shed it all off on a daily basis. So I can’t imagine having that tiny little thing trying to vacuum my floors let alone the fact my dog would probably eat it. It’s just one more thing I got a mess with the Wi-Fi with I don’t think so.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

I love mine. I got it a couple of years ago, and use it mainly on the living space / kitchen hardwood areas every 2-3 days. It is unreal how much that thing picks up. It is kind of loud, so I run it when no one's using that area.

 

[Meriweather]

I don't have one and don't want one.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I have two of them. The one upstairs looks remarkably similar to the example picture. It is a Shark brand, it may be the same one. It seems to do a good job, and I have no complaints.

We have another one downstairs is a Eufy brand (not sure I spelled that right). It also does a good job and I have no complaints about it either.

As far as pets... the cat really does not care one bit. However, the dog... well the entertainment value alone is almost worth the price of the vacuum.

I did buy another one for downstairs that I returned after about 2 uses. I cannot remember the brand name for sure (I believe it was Ionvac), however it was really bad. It cost like $59. It never would connect to the wifi, and after its second run one of the brushes came off somewhere and I couldn't find it. I figured for that price I could live without the wifi, but when pieces started falling off, I returned it and bought the Eufy. The Eufy cost probably twice what that other one did (which is still cheap really), but it actually works. It too was some kind of "Black Friday adjacent" special.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Nope, never had one nor wanted one. My parents got a Roomba when they first came out and were less than thrilled with it.

 

[jo-jo]

My DIL had one. She said it's like having a pet. Runs around on its own, gets stuck under furniture, has to go find it once in a while.

 

[kanerf]

I have one and the amount of hair and other gunk it pulls out of the carpet is amazing. You do have to robot-proof your room before using it.

 

[mjkacmom]

I’m on number 2 and 3 (#2 is now upstairs, doesn’t hold a charge as well as the newer one). I love them and run them every day. I got my first one tears ago, with 5 kids I was vacuuming daily, and hated it. Now that it’s warm, I do need to empty with every cleaning, my 20 short haired dog keeps shedding. She’s not a fan of roomba so I never run them at the same time so she can retreat somewhere. I plan on buying a new one every 3 years or so. I also have an upright oreck, and a cordless stick vac.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Don't have one, don't want one.

 

[soccerdad72]

We got one for our lake house and use it each week when we’re up there. It’s more of a mop than a vacuum, which works for us because our house is nearly all laminate. We got a cheaper, knockoff brand just to see if we’d like it.

 

[Moliphino]

I don't have one. With the say my house is laid out I would need 4, so it doesn't seem worth it.

 

[ronandannette]

Until they make one that can navigate stairs (3 flights of carpeted stairs in our current place) it’s a total “why bother” for me.

 

[SueInBoston]

I love mine.

 

[SandyinMonterey]

Bought a Shark Ion for the main floor which has mostly hardwood floors except for one bedroom with carpet. I realy like it. It's not a deep clean but good for inbetween cleaning. Like it so much, got two more. One for each floor. I especially like it on top floor where the bedrooms are. It does a good job on carpet and I like using it in my master bath to pick up dust/hair before I Swifter.