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Roomba?

Does anyone have a Roomba? What are your likes/dislikes?

Our new house is going to have wood floors in all the rooms except the bedrooms. Currently we have all carpet and tile in the kitchen and I vacuum/dust mop dog hair every single day. Wood floors are going to be a nightmare, so I was thinking of getting a Roomba that can run at night to try to cut down on the tumbleweeds. My concern is that it won't be able to handle the dog hair. 

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  • Didn't Dana##s have one she liked?
  • I don't have one, but I also have all wood and I bought a Hoover Linx and I cannot recommend it enough.  It is wonderful on floors and gets right to the edge.  I have cats and if I don't vacuum, I have fur everywhere...  Love the Linx if you end up getting a floor vac.
  • There's a new one on the market called Mint but I don't know anything about it except it looks cool.
  • My BFF's mom had a roomba for years and said she loved it. They had two small dogs and all wood floors. She said it did not eliminate the need to sweep/mop entirely but it cut it down considerably.
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  • My mom has one and LOVES it.  I want to get a couple of them since our entire house is wood or tile but I can just picture my small cat riding it or the dogs flipping out and barking at it. 
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  • I love love love my Roomba! It is a life saver, especially with 3 large dogs and one cat.
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  • Your new house?  Sheeeesh you really are leaving us huh?

    I've considered getting a roomba off and on for years, our house is all hardwoods/tile, not a stitch of carpet, and we have two cats and a dog and a long-haired human.  I only have time to vacuum once a week, in the interim we just name the furball-tumbleweeds and consider them very quiet extra pets.   My concern (and the reason I haven't bought one yet) is that our house has a lot of hallways/doors/small rooms so I think the roomba would just get stuck a lot.  I have heard many people say it only really works well in wide open, uncluttered spaces-- which is the antithesis of my house. 

    I will be very interested to hear your opinion though if you get one.  

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    Your new house?  Sheeeesh you really are leaving us huh?

    I've considered getting a roomba off and on for years, our house is all hardwoods/tile, not a stitch of carpet, and we have two cats and a dog and a long-haired human.  I only have time to vacuum once a week, in the interim we just name the furball-tumbleweeds and consider them very quiet extra pets.   My concern (and the reason I haven't bought one yet) is that our house has a lot of hallways/doors/small rooms so I think the roomba would just get stuck a lot.  I have heard many people say it only really works well in wide open, uncluttered spaces-- which is the antithesis of my house. 

    I will be very interested to hear your opinion though if you get one.  

    You are welcome in my house any time!

    The roomba is a big help just to keep up with the tumbleweeds.  We ran ours at night when everyone was sleeping.

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  • I want one but H thinks they're stupid, so we just kinda let the tumbleweeds drift between cleaning lady visits.  Unless one of our moms comes over, then we bust out the Swiffer.
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  • Yes, Dana#s had one she really liked, I think it was made for like a workshop so it was a little more powerful to handle the dog hair... if I remember correctly... or I'm smoking crack (while 5 months pregnant, call CPS)

     

    The reviews online were always just so LOVE or HATE it on the Roomba back then that I decide to just get a stick vac.  I got the Eureka Quick Up when we put our laminate in and absolutely LOVED it. In our last house, 2000sqft, everything but the bedrooms was wood/tile.  The Quick Up was great.   

     

    My BIL/SIL have some sort of more swiffer like roomba think that they seem to like.  I don't know the name of it though.  

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  • I have a Roomba and I love it!  It's on a timer and starts around 11:30pm.  It definitely helps with the pet hair.  

    Happy to hear that you are headed back to your family/friends in the Mitten!

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  • We got one for our wood floors and dog hair and I love it.  We have had it for 3 years now and run it 3-4 times a week. 
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