Life With A Roomba

[nuggetrn]

So we finally got our roomba up and running after living in the house for a month. She's so cute, we named her Ruby.

We are trying to figure out how to make her be the most efficient. Also deciding where to set up light houses. DH says the more she vacuums the more she learns and the better job she is supposed to do.

We got it specifically because this house is mostly wood look plank flooring and because we have 4 animals fur to keep up with. Floor plan is very open. There are 2 bedrooms that aren't getting much use right now so we keep the doors shut. DH set it up so that she wouldn't got back the hallway those bedrooms are in but I feel that is skipping a large portion of space that is not carpeted because there is also a small den back there. Also he has it set up not to go in our bedroom which I don't exactly understand considering how much time we and the animals spend in there. He was complaining about how dusty it was when he just dusted! Maybe we need to vacuum in here more often? Lol.

I figured we would be vacuuming ourselves a fair amount still but I was curious what other people's routines are with their roombas?

[ourcrazynavylife]

We have a very open concept in our current house. I just set up the border/blocker thing to shut off the living room because the roomba tends to get stuck on our area rug. And I just shut the door to all the bedrooms so it can still go all down the hallway. Other than that it has free reign over the house (all hardwood).

[onesweetworld]

We don't use the boarder blockers. We just let it go.

[nuggetrn]

May 1, 2016 13:10:57 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

We don't use the boarder blockers. We just let it go.

DH is convinced they are a must. I might be rolling my eyes at him.

[nuggetrn]

May 1, 2016 13:47:23 GMT -5 ****** said:

Question: can thevroomba do hardwood and carpet? Like will it transition if you let it?

Yes! Our living room is carpet and it senses it and changes the way it vacuums... Or something. Lol. It easily crosses threshholds as well.

[nuggetrn]

Also now I want to start calling it the vroomba! ******

Vroom vroom!

[ourcrazynavylife]

May 1, 2016 13:47:23 GMT -5 ****** said:

Question: can thevroomba do hardwood and carpet? Like will it transition if you let it?

I think it depends on which model you have. Ours doesn't transition very well and has a tendency to get stuck.

[nuggetrn]

May 1, 2016 14:00:22 GMT -5 ourcrazynavylife said:

May 1, 2016 13:47:23 GMT -5 ****** said:

Question: can thevroomba do hardwood and carpet? Like will it transition if you let it?

I think it depends on which model you have. Ours doesn't transition very well and has a tendency to get stuck.

Oh this is a good point. Thank you.

We have the pet model. I think it is an 880 or 890?

[onesweetworld]

May 1, 2016 13:47:23 GMT -5 ****** said:

Question: can thevroomba do hardwood and carpet? Like will it transition if you let it?

Yes

[akraus2015]

I'm having some serious Roomba FOMO right now.

[cnf2013]

May 1, 2016 18:30:39 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

I'm having some serious Roomba FOMO right now.

Me too. I want one badly but they're expensive and I'm sure my dog would just immediately break it.

[nuggetrn]

May 1, 2016 19:40:45 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

May 1, 2016 18:30:39 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

I'm having some serious Roomba FOMO right now.

Me too. I want one badly but they're expensive and I'm sure my dog would just immediately break it.

Our dogs really dislike the vacuum and they surprisingly are not affected At All by the Roomba. Even though it is a lot louder than I expected it to be. So that's really nice.

Also Roomba prices are scary. I got ours on a cyber monday sale and I had saved for it for a while. Also it helps that it was the older model, the 900 series have come out and so the 800 series were a little bit cheaper. Definitely worth the effort!

[nuggetrn]

Oh, plus we kennel our dogs when we leave the house and ideally the Roomba will run when we are not home. So that cuts down the likelihood of them eating it.

[requiressnacks]

I think I know what I'll be begging people for this Christmas. I suck at keeping up with my yellow lab's endless pile of fur.

[cheezee]

May 2, 2016 8:54:14 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

I think I know what I'll be begging people for this Christmas. I suck at keeping up with my yellow lab's endless pile of fur.

I kinda begged last Christmas and didn't get it.  I was bummed!  I want one sooooo bad but just can't bring myself to spend the money.  

[ourcrazynavylife]

My DH actually ordered ours off of woot and it was wayyyyyy cheaper than retail. I don't know how often it comes on there but worth looking at.