You Must Buy a Roomba

OK, Let's talk quickly about the Roomba. It is a little robotic vacuum that wanders around somewhat aimlessly and cleans your floor.

It's the best thing since... well, ever.

It has two brushes that spin in opposite directions to pick up hair (cat, human, monkey) like no other vacuum I have ever seen. (Not even the Dyson does that.)

You need to clean it regularly, however. That's the down side. But that's it. And it doesn't care much for rugs. And you have to use it regularly or the battery goes wonky. And you have to "Roomba-proof" the area, not unlike if you were doing the vacuuming instead of the little gray helper.

Ros hates it. Why? Because when I get a wild hair to Roomba, he has to get off his lazy ass and help me pick up. Then I run around detangling the bugger while he's pausing Tivo. I guess it's loud, too. But it really cleans, people!!

(Just because he chases a toddler around all day and is drop-dead tired at the end of it doesn't mean he gets out of cleaning. What is this, 1956?)

Most of the time if we let it run all night he's hung up somewhere dying by morning. Every now and then he has re-docked himself and is ready to go! You should see all the crap he will pick up. In fact, you will see it when you clean him out after every use.

And he won't do stairs.

Never mind, Roomba's a pain in the ass.

I love my Roombie. He died after 8 months or so (I suspect b/c I didn't clean him regularly enough - lesson learned people) and iRobot sent me another one!

So start saving your pennies now, buddies. I'm waiting for the Stairba!