Nobody wants to run a Roomba while they're still home, right?
It didn't. Your question is based on wrong assumptions.
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It's super solid logic, let's all spend way way more time at home, cook a lot more meals at home, still go outside because we still need food and stuff, but at the same time clean our homes less.
Solid logic right there from OP
We exclusively run ours when someone is home. It often gets stuck in certain areas and near specific furniture. We try to prevent it as much as we can but we just don't trust it enough to let it run without a little supervision.
Edit: I am not looking for solutions. Running the roomba when we are home works fine for us and we do not intend to change the way we live or get a more expensive roomba to accommodate it. This is a perfectly fine workaround that suits our situation well. I only made this comment to point out that not everyone runs the roomba when the house is empty.
Absolutely this. Roombas are like stupid puppies; you think you have the house roomba proof, only to come home to find it stuck in some obscure corner, whining pathetically.
Exactly! There's been a lot of times that our roomba has surprised us, getting stuck in areas that we never thought would be a problem. It just happened to approach it from just the right angle that time
Why don't you fix those spots?
I have a couch that's like 1mm too low. The Roomba goes under it, but can't get back out. 3d printing a small "hat" for the Roomba prevents it from going under.
Once your house is Roomba proof, you're golden.
3d printing is not an option for us. Also one of the places that the roomba gets stuck is underneath a lazyboy chair, which needs to rock. We can't just permanently put something underneath it without sacrificing a main function of the chair. There's a lot of things around the house like this, where a temporary solution exists but a permanent one either wouldn't be appropriate, or just isn't worth doing.
I prefer having my living area comfortably set up for myself more than making it roomba-proof. I'm sure it's worth it for some people, but we don't share the same priorities.
I think at least mid tier roombas have the self mapping tech, it would only be temporary until it created a map for itself, then it would avoid the lazboy automatically and you can use it normally
Also, he was talking about a "hat" for the Roomba, it would make it physically taller so it wouldn't be able to go under anymore
You're right that I misread the hat part the first time, thanks. Still not an option for us though, and not one that would actually solve much in our case.
The lazyboy was just one example, there are other things (including areas of the floor itself) that the roomba gets stuck on. Just keeping an eye on the roomba when it runs is the easier solution for us.
The 3D hat is on the Roomba, not under the blazyboy.
You probably don't have kids with Legos and other toys?
Also, I have to clean up all the crap I leave on the floor before running it.
Personally mine runs more since it gets dirtier by being at home more.
Exactly this
You run it at night, right? That's when we run ours. And we got a robot vacuum during the pandemic because suddenly we were on those floors so much more that we got them dirty more and noticed the dirt more.
You run it... at night??? What kind of fresh hell is this?!?
Mine runs Friday mornings at 430 am in case I have people over Friday night and again Monday morning at 430am to clean up after the weekend. The 3/4 day schedule works well for me. And 430 is perfect because I'm usually asleep when it runs and it's never worked me up so it never bothers me.
You must have some cheap model.
Mines extremely loud because it's so powerful. It'll suck the dick right off you, if you let it.
Say, how did you come across this information?
It was consensual.
It'll suck the dick right off you, if you let it.
Heyy friend, so when should I drop by to totally-not-checkout your robo-vacuum?
Exactly. We just have it scheduled to not clean our bedroom at night, it does that midday when we're using the rest of the house or ad hoc.
Granted we have tile floors outside the bedroom so it's quieter plus we run a floor fan at night for noise, so that's probably why we aren't bothered by the sound.
Went up, needed some more friends at home
Spending time at home when you're not wiped... Huh never noticed how much of a pig I am I'll get a romba it'll help with the isolation too
Speak for yourself. DJ ROOMBA IN THE HOUSE!
Sure, it's most fun to run when you aren't at home, but it's very possible to run it while you're doing other chores.
Or just run it on a lower setting while you're watching TV.
Absolutely agree. My wife hates their noise so much, we run it once at weekend when go out. Or only in closed kitchen.
The noise really bothered me on our old model, but it broke recently and we replaced it with a different brand. I cannot believe how quiet the new one is. I think it's less powerful but it's worth it just for the noise. It's not just the suction that's quieter either, it also runs into walls/obstacles much less aggressively.
Might be something to look into when/if you decide to replace yours! There's probably a model out there that won't bug your wife as much.
Which one did you get?