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Rhoomba (was Good Lawn Mowers) Should be Roomba
Doug White wrote:
"Bill Noble" wrote in : OK, I've got a question for the Rhoomba owners. I think they are a neat idea, but our house has hardwood floors with big pieces of area carpet filling in most of the space in any given room. There's usually a 4" to 6" border of hardwood showing around the edges. The carpet is ~ 3/8" to 1/2" thick. Am I correct in assuming that a Rhoomba can't handle the transitions from carpet to hardwood very well? The 530 does handle the transitions well for things like throw rugs. Even rugs with tassels, (though it can hang up on very long tassels). For small throw rugs, I found that I can get a better cleaning job done faster. I just pick the rugs up and shake them onto the hardwood. It takes a few seconds each. The Roomba cleans up after me. The 530 *does* vacuum, so you would probably be surprised how well it handles the hardwood border around your area rugs. Try it, would be my advice. If it doesn't work, you can always sell me your 530. The unit was initially marketed as a way to lengthen the time between manual cleanings. I find that I can take a quick swipe with a moistened towel behind doors and in the odd corner to catch the few places our 530 doesn't access and I'm good to go. We gave our upright vacuum cleaner to charity a couple months ago. I could unlease one is a room and move it and the charging station to each room, but at that point I might as well haul out the Sears-sucker canister vacuum. We have 'sunken' rooms too. I solved that problem by putting a 530 in both these rooms. Occasionally I will lift one of these units 3" into the main part of the house. It vacuums the kitchen, hallways, bathrooms and offices and stops at the end of the job. Then I trigger the 530 in the garage. SWMBO was extremely happy at the lack of dirt tracked from garage to house! She mentioned that several times with a kind of awestruck wonder. I was retrieving a pen that had fallen under the bed soon after getting the first 530. Glancing under the bed, I was pleasantly shocked by the clean 'polished' appearance of the hardwood. Before the Roomba, it *never* was that clean! It is cool to have 3 robots cleaning the house while I go off and do something more entertaining. Here is the bad news: SWMBO's office and the hall bath door don't latch open the way my office door does. Our Roomba has a way of closing the door behind it in these rooms. Luckily both doors can be wedged open easily. Vertical clearance *can* be an issue. We have one chest in SWMBO's office that is exactly the right height to trap the Roomba underneath. I expect that I will offer SWMBO a hardwood box for storing stuff under that chest to solve that problem. Chairs can be an issue. Our Roomba spends a lot of time in the dining room because the chair legs comprise a real obstacle course. I normally set up a 'lighthouse' to prevent it from going into the dining room. Otherwise, I am a *very* happy customer and only wish that I bought them sooner. --Winston |
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Rhoomba (was Good Lawn Mowers) Should be Roomba
Winston wrote:
Vertical clearance *can* be an issue. We have one chest in SWMBO's office that is exactly the right height to trap the Roomba underneath. I expect that I will offer SWMBO a hardwood box for storing stuff under that chest to solve that problem. Put a nickel under each leg? Otherwise, I am a *very* happy customer and only wish that I bought them sooner. --Winston OK, I'm sold. The usual commission applies? |
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Good Lawn Mowers
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:20:40 -0700 (PDT), Andrew VK3BFA
wrote: On Aug 18, 12:16 pm, Andrew VK3BFA wrote: On Aug 18, 6:48 am, Tim Wescott wrote: The Lawnmower That Refuses To Die Get a pair of sheep - low maintenance, automatic height adjustment, auto steering, recycles grass to motive fuel, conversational ability on par with most wingers, and you can eat them if they start plotting against you.... Andrew VK3BFA. Well, you didn't need to modify the post Gunner - I didn't specify right or left. (Not being paranoid, are you?) Extremists of both persuasions are a danger to us all......ignorance, prejudice,stupidity - neither side has a monopoly on them. Andrew VK3BFA. But we still like you extremists. And where did I modify the post? You are one of the anal types who simply has to remove everything in some vain hope of saving bandwidth? Gunner Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do something damned nasty to all three of them. |
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Good Lawn Mowers
On Aug 21, 9:10 pm, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:20:40 -0700 (PDT), Andrew VK3BFA wrote: On Aug 18, 12:16 pm, Andrew VK3BFA wrote: On Aug 18, 6:48 am, Tim Wescott wrote: The Lawnmower That Refuses To Die Get a pair of sheep - low maintenance, automatic height adjustment, auto steering, recycles grass to motive fuel, conversational ability on par with most wingers, and you can eat them if they start plotting against you.... Andrew VK3BFA. Well, you didn't need to modify the post Gunner - I didn't specify right or left. (Not being paranoid, are you?) Extremists of both persuasions are a danger to us all......ignorance, prejudice,stupidity - neither side has a monopoly on them. Andrew VK3BFA. But we still like you extremists. And where did I modify the post? You are one of the anal types who simply has to remove everything in some vain hope of saving bandwidth? Gunner Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do something damned nasty to all three of them. You know where you modified it Gunner, unless early dementia is kicking in. And for the benefit of anyone interested (not many, I know) if you all read Gunners reply to my original reply to the post, you will see he has inserted the word "left" in fron of wingers...... Gunner, if thats the best you can do, the populace of America must be sleeping peacefully at night, knowing people like you are eternally vigilant... Andrew VK3BFA. |
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On Aug 21, 10:04*am, Andrew VK3BFA wrote:
On Aug 21, 9:10 pm, Gunner Asch wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:20:40 -0700 (PDT), Andrew VK3BFA wrote: On Aug 18, 12:16 pm, Andrew VK3BFA wrote: On Aug 18, 6:48 am, Tim Wescott wrote: The Lawnmower That Refuses To Die Get a pair of sheep - low maintenance, automatic height adjustment, auto steering, recycles grass to motive fuel, *conversational ability on par with most wingers, and you can eat them if they start plotting against you.... Andrew VK3BFA. Well, you didn't need to modify the post Gunner - I didn't specify right or left. (Not being paranoid, are you?) Extremists of both persuasions are a danger to us all......ignorance, prejudice,stupidity - neither side has a monopoly on them. Andrew VK3BFA. But we still like you extremists. And where did I modify the post? *You are one of the anal types who simply has to remove everything in some vain hope of saving bandwidth? Gunner *Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your *wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do *something damned nasty to all three of them. You know where you modified it Gunner, unless early dementia is kicking in. And for the benefit of anyone interested (not many, I know) if you all read Gunners reply to my original reply to the post, you will see he has inserted the word "left" in fron of wingers...... Gunner, if thats the best you can do, the populace of America must be sleeping peacefully at night, knowing people like you are eternally vigilant... Andrew VK3BFA. Actually, we sleep well at night knowing that people like him are completely impotent. |
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On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:04:04 -0700 (PDT), Andrew VK3BFA
wrote: On Aug 21, 9:10 pm, Gunner Asch wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:20:40 -0700 (PDT), Andrew VK3BFA wrote: On Aug 18, 12:16 pm, Andrew VK3BFA wrote: On Aug 18, 6:48 am, Tim Wescott wrote: The Lawnmower That Refuses To Die Get a pair of sheep - low maintenance, automatic height adjustment, auto steering, recycles grass to motive fuel, conversational ability on par with most wingers, and you can eat them if they start plotting against you.... Andrew VK3BFA. Well, you didn't need to modify the post Gunner - I didn't specify right or left. (Not being paranoid, are you?) Extremists of both persuasions are a danger to us all......ignorance, prejudice,stupidity - neither side has a monopoly on them. Andrew VK3BFA. But we still like you extremists. And where did I modify the post? You are one of the anal types who simply has to remove everything in some vain hope of saving bandwidth? Gunner Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do something damned nasty to all three of them. You know where you modified it Gunner, unless early dementia is kicking in. And for the benefit of anyone interested (not many, I know) if you all read Gunners reply to my original reply to the post, you will see he has inserted the word "left" in fron of wingers...... Gunner, if thats the best you can do, the populace of America must be sleeping peacefully at night, knowing people like you are eternally vigilant... Andrew VK3BFA. So please provide the original post. Ive been working in LA since Monday. It was Thursday night when I read your post and commented. Addition of the word Left made the posting far more correct than the original version. Gunner Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do something damned nasty to all three of them. |
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