# I'm in love with a vacuum cleaner **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106 "2003-02-28T12:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/41 "2003-03-01T23:26:13Z")
How’s a Euro convert to the dollar? The [Roomba](http://www.hammacher.com/publish/66632.asp?promo=homepage) retails for $200. It’s been on sale for months, maybe a year by now. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/42 "2003-03-01T23:42:50Z")
Sure, a little motorized bathroom scale can run about and suck up floor level soil,but what about the ceiling level webs, dust on the furnishings, and so forth? I’m a Rainbow fan, having bought one over 20 years ago-still running-needed only minor repairs over the years. Does anyone else recall the episode from Rocko’s Modern Life when he bought a Suck O Matic from a telemarketer? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/43 "2003-03-02T01:03:50Z")
Boyo, it’s about $1750 right now. Wow, that Roomba does seem like a very similar device for a lot less. Wonder what makes the Electrolux so special? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/44 "2003-03-02T02:45:08Z")
One difference I see is the navigation system. Yours has the sonar thing – the Roomba just turns in a new direction when it hits something. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/46 "2020-07-21T12:46:12Z")
Why is this in the front page? Last post was 17 years ago! StG ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/47 "2020-07-21T12:51:18Z")
And the product apparently doesn’t even exist anymore. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/48 "2020-07-21T17:16:11Z")
> [@saje](#): > > And the product apparently doesn’t even exist anymore But it does have a Wiki page: [Electrolux Trilobite - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolux_Trilobite) And I note that since the comment in 2003 the Roomba is available with a mapping system that learns the room layout, it doesn’t just turn when it hits something. Ours doesn’t but it does run from your smart phone. It needs an onboard camera to send real time video of your house as it sweeps. I like the way ours always gets stuck as it tries to go under one recliner chair. The chair rocks up and traps it and it stops and the onboard lady calls out pitifully for help. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/49 "2020-07-21T17:20:23Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Why is this in the front page? Last post was 17 years ago! > > StG Likely a spammer. Looks like revived threads don’t sink back into the primordial ooze like on the old board. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/50 "2020-07-21T17:25:54Z")
I was wondering about that; on the old board, as soon as a spam post was removed, the thread listing was re-sorted and the thread dropped down. Now the threads remain on the front page, even though no activity is shown for years. Is this changeable? ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/52 "2020-07-21T18:14:51Z")
I’m going to close this. No use promoting something from a 17 year old thread. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-vacuum-cleaner/158106/53 "2020-07-21T18:14:56Z")
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