All About Life Without Maids

[fifiyeo]

Autovacstore:

fifiyeo:

Autovacstore -


Do you know how long is the average life span of a Scooba?
How often does it need to have a spare part change? Like the vaccumm port, prep squeegee, cleaning head......etc???

The irobot scooba can last for about 3-4 years on the avg. The battery can last for about 500 cycles at maximum capacity, amounting to about 1-2 yrs, the vacuum port is made of rubber so is more prone to wear and tear as compared to the Stainless Steel Mash Scooba filter.The brushes below can easily last a year if well maintained.

I would think the rubber parts like the vacuum port and floor prep squeegee would probably last 2 months if you use it frequently.

[BeContented]

OK..........I'm coming back to this thread again.


After 6 years of maid.....it took me a while to clean up (maids always cut corners lah) and readjust my life while I went maidless and be SAHM for 3 years. Then due to elderly at home, rehired a maid but after 10 months, I'm back here again.

Now gotta do a clean-up all over again plus assess what's the damage (the last one was damn heavy handed). Well, gotta readjust all over again.......

:sick: the 10 months very damaging to me.....cos' having enjoyed some additional help, I got lazy again....now feeling xiong.......

[Autovacstore]

Well that’s life. Ups and down along the way. Cleaning the house us really tiring if you are doing it alone. All the best and hope you get use to it. Take care of your health too.

[fifiyeo]

Hi CWC,


Well, after a few weeks, you’ll get use to it and then it’s ok. The beginning is really bad cos got to clear up the mess left by the maid! Now after maidless for 8 months, I’m quite glad to stress free about maids. These days, maids don’t seem to be willing to work or just don’t complete contract.

[BeContented]

fifiyeo:

Hi CWC,


Well, after a few weeks, you'll get use to it and then it's ok. The beginning is really bad cos got to clear up the mess left by the maid! Now after maidless for 8 months, I'm quite glad to stress free about maids. These days, maids don't seem to be willing to work or just don't complete contract.

Thanks fifiyeo.
Tho an extra pair of hands does help, it actually feels GOOD to have them out of my way. Dun have to worry about my valuables, dun have to engage in small talk with them or worry about an extra person and importantly, regain my privacy. Happy to be stress free about maids

[fifiyeo]

Hey cwc,


By the way, someone recommended me the spin mop and it’s really a good household item to have. Even my younger boy (6+ years) can help me with floor mopping now.

[pooh-mummy]

Am very inspired by the discussion here and considering to ‘get rid’ of my maid who gives me ‘face colour’ every time I ask her to do her work faster or when I correct her mistakes.


Does anyone has any freestanding dishwasher recommendation?
Btw, anybody has Europace multi function rice cooker ERJ 18K? Is the fry function good?

[puff]

pooh-mummy:

Am very inspired by the discussion here and considering to 'get rid' of my maid who gives me 'face colour' every time I ask her to do her work faster or when I correct her mistakes.


Does anyone has any freestanding dishwasher recommendation?
Btw, anybody has Europace multi function rice cooker ERJ 18K? Is the fry function good?

Wah din know rice cooker got fry function too. Time for me go walk ard best denki to update myself of the latest gadget :evil:

[LOLMum]

as a sahm without maid, i would avoid frying as much as possible.

[BeContented]

LOLMum:

as a sahm without maid, i would avoid frying as much as possible.

Me too, too much cleaning up. And since I normally have to finish cooking dinner early, fried stuff would taste oily and terrible when cold.
Looks like I need to learn more 1-dish (ie. all-in-1/rojak ) recipe so that I can just dump into pot and stew/boil.