Reply to: Best robotic cleaner

[Cheshire Cat]

Best Robotic Cleaner

Metal Mickey.

[FarmerPalmer]

DC06 - was never launched - it was too expensive - but the rest are crap

[gingerjedi]

Tried that with the robot lawn mower. The dogs were not best pleased for the first few weeks, but with perseverance, and one of those elastic lines, most eventually got used to it. It was a bit heath-robinson, one of them bathroom plunger sucker cups on top of the machine with a broom stick in it and the lead attached at the top. Stopped it lopping off the flowers in the beds, and came away if caught around a tree.

Is this you or the lawn mower? The BBC props department were way ahead of their time.

[Purple Dalek]

On another point, could you attach your dog to it, and make it go for little walks around the house?

Tried that with the robot lawn mower. The dogs were not best pleased for the first few weeks, but with perseverance, and one of those elastic lines, most eventually got used to it. It was a bit heath-robinson, one of them bathroom plunger sucker cups on top of the machine with a broom stick in it and the lead attached at the top. Stopped it lopping off the flowers in the beds, and came away if caught around a tree.

[Cheshire Cat]

How did this actually occur ? was it whilst it was docked and charging or when it was actually charged an in motion ?

Dunno, he just told me he smelled burning from the other room, and found a small fire on his living room floor.
Not sure if it was in use or not. It would be almost comical if the thing caught fire and kept scooting around setting everything alight whilst you frantically tried to catch it.

[KentPhilip]

Wouldn't you find it gets in the way a bit. I mean you are sat in a chair and you push back (as you do) and CRUNCH you've run it over, or cracked its shell.

I'd be too tempted to use it as an object to take my anger out on - so it would become a high speed frisbee


On another point, could you attach your dog to it, and make it go for little walks around the house?

[eliquant]

My mate bought one, and it caught fire. Just spontaneously combust in the front room. Thankfully he was in when this happened.
As Lyn Folds-Wood might say "a potential deathtrap"

How did this actually occur ? was it whilst it was docked and charging or when it was actually charged an in motion ?

[Purple Dalek]

My mate bought one, and it caught fire. Just spontaneously combust in the front room. Thankfully he was in when this happened.
As Lyn Folds-Wood might say "a potential deathtrap"

I think this tends to happen with grey-imports from the USA. The power supply won't work with 240 volts and catches fire. Either use one of them in-line transformers or if you know which end of a soldering iron is hot, then you can exchange a couple of components in it.

[Cheshire Cat]

My mate bought one, and it caught fire. Just spontaneously combust in the front room. Thankfully he was in when this happened.
As Lyn Folds-Wood might say "a potential deathtrap"

[Bagpuss]

my cat has one

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-jv8g1YVI

[KackAttack]

We have the Roomba, best cleaner we've ever owned.

The first clean on the carpet previously cleaned by a regular machine picked up loads of dust & dirt.

Go out and buy one straight away you wont be disappointed.

[TimberWolf]

I gather the Roomba uses only 30 Watts (compare that to the 1900 Watts of my vacuum cleaner) and that it's efficacy, with such little power to draw from, comes from its sweeping rather than its sucking prowess. But its customer reviews don't seen too bad, perhaps because the people that buy them have regular vacuum cleaners too.

[chef]

I've got one, very useful and u can also set a timer on it so it only cleans when im out as it can be a bit noisy..

excellent for cleaning up pine needles 3got it last xmas)

definitely worth buying

[PAH]

I'm waiting for the one that can paint walls.

[NickFitz]

A Roomba? My mum and dad have got one - they reckon it's really good. Then again, they do like gadgets.

It is entertaining watching it wander around the place, then head off back to its base and plug itself in - when it gets there, it plays a little tune to celebrate