All About Life Without Maids

[YJL]

mamemo:

YJL:

I'm counting down to next week when my helper of five years leaves. It may take awhile to get use and settle down with the routine but given the thoughts that I no longer have to put up with her nonsense, I'm all ready for it to take charge!

Some of the things I got ready are Happycall pan, a turbo broiler, spin mop and piles of cooking recipes

Hi YJL, how good is the spin mop ? What's the difference between that and a normal mop ?

Yet to try :oops:
Will try after she leaves

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ER:

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Hi daranic, pm-ed u 1 link... the fb ones will do so when i'm off work...

Please PM me too the recipes link. Thanks!

Sent!!

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mamemo:

fifiyeo:

Roomba will bump around like a little bumper car and goes into places as long as there is room for it to go in. It is a dry vacuum. If you want a wet floor washer, you'll have to buy the Scooba.

All of us have short hair at home so I don't know how it works with long hair. But the fur (from my cat) and our hair all goes into the bin and you just have to slip out the bin and pour away the dirt and hair collected. Mine is also a Roomba 550.

Yup, roomba is like a little bumper car, so it'll bump the dining chair legs too. I have to put my chairs aside so that it'll go under the dining table, else the space of the chairs' legs are too narrow for it to go through. I'm thinking of buying those black rubber pads to stick around the roomba so that it doesn't scratch the furniture.

It'll slow down before it bumps a large obstacle like the wall or sofa, I guess to minimise impact. Regarding the wall, I've seen it going along the edge of the wall and the side brushes would sweep the edges, which is actually what we want !

I don't think it has any mapping mechanism though, seems rather haphazard. That's why the salesman recommended us to run it daily, so that in case it misses one spot today, it'll cover it the next day.

Yesterday my roomba got stuck on the base of the standing fan, so I put something at the base of the tower fan so that it cannot climb up. Hmm, so far only went home 1 day out of 4 days....let's hope that it'll go home today.

Thanks for the reviews!

Hmmm.. thing is, i have long hair, and it gets stuck in the navibot's roller brush at the bottom... very silly if you ask me... :roll: will probably call the svc ctr to enquire further... if its how it works, im so so bummed!!!

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YJL:

mamemo:

[quote=\"YJL\"]I'm counting down to next week when my helper of five years leaves. It may take awhile to get use and settle down with the routine but given the thoughts that I no longer have to put up with her nonsense, I'm all ready for it to take charge!

Some of the things I got ready are Happycall pan, a turbo broiler, spin mop and piles of cooking recipes

Hi YJL, how good is the spin mop ? What's the difference between that and a normal mop ?

Yet to try :oops:
Will try after she leaves [/quote]Where did u get yours? I saw one on gmarket... kinda tempted to get.. hmmmmmmm :scratchhead:

[1amber]

tee hee hee,


dashed down last night to IT show at Suntec to get my toys - the roomba 780 and the scooba. Took roomba home last night and now it has been cleaning my home since this morning (2.5hours already and still going strong because home has not been cleaned for more than 1 week :oops: ). So here is my quick review:

1. It is not as noisy as I thought it to be.

2. Seems quite haphazard but cleans very well. It was so meticulous with our bedroom.

3. Easy to remove dirt from the bin.

Can anyone share how this idapt technology works? My home configuration is quite irregular. It doesn't seem to be able to clean all rooms at one go. I had to chaperon it and restart at the rooms not previously cleaned.

Other than that, I have fallen in love with my roomba. :rahrah:

[daranic]

1amber:

tee hee hee,


dashed down last night to IT show at Suntec to get my toys - the roomba 780 and the scooba. Took roomba home last night and now it has been cleaning my home since this morning (2.5hours already and still going strong because home has not been cleaned for more than 1 week :oops: ). So here is my quick review:

1. It is not as noisy as I thought it to be.

2. Seems quite haphazard but cleans very well. It was so meticulous with our bedroom.

3. Easy to remove dirt from the bin.

Can anyone share how this idapt technology works? My home configuration is quite irregular. It doesn't seem to be able to clean all rooms at one go. I had to chaperon it and restart at the rooms not previously cleaned.

Other than that, I have fallen in love with my roomba. :rahrah:

Wow, you acted very fast! How much did you pay for your roomba?

[1amber]

daranic:

1amber:

tee hee hee,


dashed down last night to IT show at Suntec to get my toys - the roomba 780 and the scooba. Took roomba home last night and now it has been cleaning my home since this morning (2.5hours already and still going strong because home has not been cleaned for more than 1 week :oops: ). So here is my quick review:

1. It is not as noisy as I thought it to be.

2. Seems quite haphazard but cleans very well. It was so meticulous with our bedroom.

3. Easy to remove dirt from the bin.

Can anyone share how this idapt technology works? My home configuration is quite irregular. It doesn't seem to be able to clean all rooms at one go. I had to chaperon it and restart at the rooms not previously cleaned.

Other than that, I have fallen in love with my roomba. :rahrah:

Wow, you acted very fast! How much did you pay for your roomba?

hi daranic,

I paid a total of $2246 for both. $300 off for the scooba because I bought both at once.

Actually I had wanted to get them last month but the roomba was out of stock. So this time I made sure I got it before my family gets drowned by the dirt in the house. :nailbite:

[dasalo]

Can I know how long does the battery lasts? I heard only 3-4 months and how much does a replacement battery costs?

[1amber]

dasalo:

Can I know how long does the battery lasts? I heard only 3-4 months and how much does a replacement battery costs?

I am not sure. Perhaps you could call the agent John Ackerman 65323733

[BeContented]

1amber:

tee hee hee,


dashed down last night to IT show at Suntec to get my toys - the roomba 780 and the scooba. Took roomba home last night and now it has been cleaning my home since this morning (2.5hours already and still going strong because home has not been cleaned for more than 1 week :oops: ). So here is my quick review:

1. It is not as noisy as I thought it to be.

2. Seems quite haphazard but cleans very well. It was so meticulous with our bedroom.

3. Easy to remove dirt from the bin.

Can anyone share how this idapt technology works? My home configuration is quite irregular. It doesn't seem to be able to clean all rooms at one go. I had to chaperon it and restart at the rooms not previously cleaned.

Other than that, I have fallen in love with my roomba. :rahrah:

Wow, you are seriously fast and willing to spend
Same here.....am having fun with my Roomba.

Agree with your views....thot it would be noisy but quite ok. Tho it seems haphazard, it does clean quite well for areas that it come across. Something interesting.....first day, it took ~2 hours to clean, 2nd day ~1.5hours, 3rd day ~50mins. Wondering if it's because not much to clean it will auto reduce the time required? Will continue to monitor.
Currently, I just let it run in the hall......yet to try room cos' room got lotsa stuff, may not be effective to let it bump around.