A few years ago I was completely stumped on what to buy my wife for Christmas, then one day while walking through Costco she stopped to look at a robotic vacuum cleaner called Roomba.
She said " I wonder if it works?" she then carried on with her shopping. I knew what her Christmas present was going to be.
She actually seemed really happy when she opened her Roomba, her eyes lit up, and she enthusiastically said "I can't wait to use it!"
It's been about 4 years now, and we still use our little robot to this day, it's amazing that this little thing can pick up so much dirt. I honestly didn't think it was going to work as well as it does. The compartment that holds all the dirt, dog hair, and everything else is completely packed full.
We can turn it on and go to town while it does its job knowing that it will have picked up most of the dirt on the floor. I will say that vacuuming by hand does do a better job but having a robot makes it so we don't have to do it as often. The one thing our little robot does that we can't do so easily is go under the beds in the bedrooms, I really like that feature.
I have seen other robots on the market, there is one that mops the floor but the reviews are not so good, there is another robot that supposedly cuts your lawn, and yet another one that is supposed to go into your garden and pick weeds. Once again the reviews on these other robots is a mixed bag and nobody can seem to agree if they are good or bad.
I may buy another robot in the future but it will have to be proven to be effective if I were to buy it. For now I'm pretty happy with my first house robot.
Scott Goerz
