I voted "meh" because I have open plan spaces and occasional furniture, and my robot (admittedly a cheapie) is too stupid to figure them out. It gets confused and just goes over the same territory.
But I understand the more expensive ones are better, and in terms of basic suck-up, they're fine for increasing the time between "proper" vacuums. They might not handle things like animal hair and big spills that well, but they'll handle your basic bits of dirt and fluff that come off your clothes and shoes everyday. They have their place, but I think that place is a home with defined rooms, not much occasional furniture, and probably no kids (unless it's a much better robot than mine).
Oh - I just clicked the Amazon link, and that one is much smarter than mine. Mine doesn't even return to dock when its battery is low, the stupid f**k.
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Date: June 17th, 2008 12:02 am (UTC)From:But I understand the more expensive ones are better, and in terms of basic suck-up, they're fine for increasing the time between "proper" vacuums. They might not handle things like animal hair and big spills that well, but they'll handle your basic bits of dirt and fluff that come off your clothes and shoes everyday. They have their place, but I think that place is a home with defined rooms, not much occasional furniture, and probably no kids (unless it's a much better robot than mine).
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