All About Life Without Maids
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Imami:
Ya lor.. :sad: been to a few ntuc but still can't find them anymore..
Thanks mintymin. Is it? Home proud no more?! I know the brand and have seen them before but never buy them. Aiya.... Now no more Liao....MintyMin:
Imami,
I used to buy NTUC Homeproud brand.. quite good.. but now they no longer have it.. till date.. have not found a cheaper one and good one like homeproud brand. -
Imami:
Imami, meaning you dilute half with water? Hmm... i haven't start cleaning the windows yet.. heehee..
I clean the windows myself. I just use glass cleaner spray (diluted) and a dust cloth. A cleaner aunty taught me. Very easy, fast and cheap! Newspaper can also achieve the same result as dust cloth but your hands will end up badly stained by the ink.
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[quote=\"Angelight\"]Thanks for your sharing.
I also read somewhere that the roomba cleans randomly, so there might be some areas it may miss. Do you feel your floors are much cleaner after it's done its job, or not much diff?
I want to get some feedback from real users cos this is quite a big investment for our family (a robot cleaner costs so much more than a conventional one), and I want to make sure it's worth buying.
Btw, does your roomba consume alot of electricity? Do you have to leave its power on all the time, and how often do you charge it?
Hi Angelight,
My floors are much cleaner after Roomba, there's a discernible difference because we no longer see clumps of our dog's fur in the house :boogie: There's one thing I don't quite like about it - it takes pretty long. About an hour to do my living and dining rooms.
I don't leave it charging. Read somewhere that I should, but the guy who delivered it said its not necessary. Its parked in the Homebase/Dock. I turn on the main switch - which means the Dock wil also be turned on before running the Roomba. After Roomba is done, is goes back to the dock and recharges. While its recharging, the light pulses orange. When recharging is completed, the light pulses green, and I turn off the power - because I don't like to leave power switches that my toddler can access on. I am not sure how long the battery takes to charge up, usually I check about a couple of hours later.
I got the 650 which can be scheduled to run on its own. I've only ever used the scheduling function once - it was nice to come home to a vacuumed floor! All other days, I turn it on manually, as I can't tell in advance what time we will be ready to vacuum the floor - it depends on when my toddler goes out to the playground. (I work from home.)
About \"missing\" areas, I know it missed some spots in a particular area the first time we used it. I don't know why it missed that area, but our whole family was sitting around there, so perhaps too many blockages or something (?) I don't know if it's missed spots at subsequent uses.. -
Imami:
Those cannot make it.... I don't like them.
I clean the windows myself. I just use glass cleaner spray (diluted) and a dust cloth. A cleaner aunty taught me. Very easy, fast and cheap! Newspaper can also achieve the same result as dust cloth but your hands will end up badly stained by the ink.
Erm, is dust cloth like the orange colored type, or any cloth will do? -
Xiaodingdang, so can your room a resume its cleaning after it recharged, or u have to drag it to another room to clean the ones it hasn’t clean? How a t maintnance, easy to clean the robot?
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Angelight:
Xiaodingdang, so can your room a resume its cleaning after it recharged, or u have to drag it to another room to clean the ones it hasn't clean? How a t maintnance, easy to clean the robot?
hi Angelight (cool name, btw!)
It has never resumed cleaning after re-charging, I don't think it actually does that. I think when it goes back to the dock (where it also recharges), it doesn't come out again til the next cleaning cycle. Viz, it doesn't resume cleaning on its own after re-charging. That said, I always run it when the battery is full, so its always completed cleaning the entire space that I want it to clean before it retires to the dock.
As it is, it takes long enough to finish cleaning. If it docks, recharges, ten comes out to clean again, I think I might go mad.
Yes, it is easy to clean. I clean it once a week. Takes me about five minutes each time.
Actually, Roomba wasn't my first choice. I wanted to get the Mint Plus (which has a mopping function as well) but it was out of stock for weeks and I decided to stop waiting and get a Roomba and a Scooba instead. -
Angelight:
No, dust cloth is a special cloth. Normal cloth will typically leave ‘hair’ or fibres on the window panes/mirror surface, but dust cloth does not. You can get really good and value for money ones from Scott (the brand). Available at most supermarket (the section for detergents/brushes/mops/sponges etc, sometimes the car care section also have) and DIY shops like homefix.Imami:
Those cannot make it.... I don't like them.
I clean the windows myself. I just use glass cleaner spray (diluted) and a dust cloth. A cleaner aunty taught me. Very easy, fast and cheap! Newspaper can also achieve the same result as dust cloth but your hands will end up badly stained by the ink.
Erm, is dust cloth like the orange colored type, or any cloth will do?
I remember that they are sold a couple of dollars like $4-$6 but don’t remember the price. One piece goes a long long way (believe me, since I dont remember know the price hee!). Mine had been in use since 3 years ago. Gives you great mileage in view that it’s just a few dollars.
They come in different colours. I remembered there were blue ones, orange ones… mine is green. -
Micro-fibre cloth issit?
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Be very careful about the term “micro fibre” if you are looking for dust cloth. The Scott’s ones are specifically stated as dust cloth on the packaging.
As for micro fibre, seems like there are different grades/materials/function? I thought micro fibre cloths were the ones I needed initially and I bought a pack of blue and red. Couldn’t remember the brand though but the term ‘micro fibre’ was on the packaging. I thought that’s would be the same as dust cloth. The red one went on a test drive on my mirror. Wah piang…. My mirror became Elmo’s cousin! :faint: -
LOL to Elmo's cousin! :rotflmao:
Micro-fibre cloth comes in differing quality from my experience. I bought one set from the neighbourhood market and was given another set free! It absorbed a lotta water for the rack below the dish rack, so it was a breeze cleaning that. No more stagnant water nor slime. Used it on the windows too! Superb! No dust. No elmo. In my case.. no cousin of oscar the grouch, as i used a green cloth then. Same like you Imami, i used that cloth with diluted glass cleaner. Easy does it. My first scrub was with the newspaper and second with the cloth. Our windows shone with the following day's sunrise. :please: It was good for the dining table as well. Now all used up and don't see them sold at the market anymore. I bought from those moving push cart sellers.
I paid only $10. For buy one get one free... it was *GOOD!
*Absorbs a lotta water without dripping. Dries up instantly upon rinsing and immediate wringing. Doesn't absorb any smells.*
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