I love my Roomba, but why does it have to be such a delicate little blossom?

Pffffhahahahaha. Yeah, on her head. To my knowledge, my wife didn’t grow fur.

Some can - the linea nigra can be just pigmented skin, or it can be hairy in some cases. And without googling, I’d bet that some women get (more of a) moustache during pregnancy too :slight_smile:

(apologies for continuing the hijack!)

Loved it at first, but it jams so easily I stopped trying to use it. Mind, I have a dog and I suspect that if I did not it would be fine.

My Roomba 560 is still going strong after daily use at 18 months old. It vacuums every day while I am work right on schedule. It gets tripped up loose objects and cords from time to time but I spend about 90 seconds a day tops with the care and cleaning her (I call it Shirley). She cleans the hell out of my place and I barely even have to dust anymore. The main problem now is what to get her for Christmas?

Mine has generally held up(5 years). Of course, one time it locked itself in the bathroom and started beating it’s head against the toilet…:dubious:

I had set mine up more than a year ago but then it got lost under the couch, but for the last few weeks since we had the floors redone we’ve been trying it again. Mixed results - it usually knocks the fireplace screen over and gets trapped under it, but we have three cats and a dog and the hair situation is much better.

Hey, don’t blame Roomba - we have all done that at some time or another. I remember after eating some bad Mexican food - but that is another story…

Ours is starting to weaken. We still use it occasionally for a quick tour - but it just ain’t working as well as it used to. Oddly, the floors are cleaner after it finishes, but the little dust bucket is almost empty? Is it eating the dust and dirt?!

For those who have both Roombas and cats, how well does your cat cope with an autonomous, self-propelled vacuum running around, given how badly most cats cope with ordinary uprights?

Eh, they’re wary of it but they just walk away.

Why do you all have the vacuuming Roomba? Why not the much sturdier sweeping version of the Roomba, the Dirt Dog?It gets better reviews on Amazon then the Roomba. Roomba gets 4 stars, Dirt Dog gets 4,5 stars, and is is especially good on walk-in sand and pet hair. And it has a bigger dustpan, too.

We only use our Roomba in our bedrooms with the door shut and the cats outside. But the sound definitely doesn’t freak them out nearly as much as a regular-sized vaccum does.

We’ve had a couple of problems with our Roomba chassis, both related to the “bump sensor”, I think. On one occasion it was under warranty, and on the other occasion we had to buy a new chassis.

“Bee-booop…clean Roomba’s brushes!”

Don’t call it Shirley. :wink:

I’ve owned mine for 6 months with no problems so far, but I only run it once a week and have no pets. It’s a Model 620 in case anyone was curious. His name is Jarvis.

there are youtubes of cats riding the Roomba.

I’m hoping that someday they’ll cross-breed a Roomba and a Shop-Vac. Otherwise, it would be litter more than entertainment for my dogs.

The one with a load of kittens on it, with a kitten falling off every time the Roomba bumps into it, is hilarious. I think that a human put the bunch on the Roomba, and let it go, to see if the kitties liked it.

I have a Neato - and it copes really well with pet and human hair. I rarely (maybe every couple of weeks) have to clear out the brushes and I’ve only taken it to pieces once in about 2 years.

Mine is currently having issues with getting lost … but I think I just need to pull the battery and clean the sensors a bit.

I’ve seen some of those, but figured those were unusually relaxed kitties. :smiley:

They’ve programmed Roombas to play Pac-Man.