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Whenever I read about robovac. I wonder gow good are these robot vacs really? Maybe it is just me, but surely would be less effort to hire a cleaner and they c
by StarGrit 11mo ago
Whenever I read about robovac. I wonder gow good are these robot vacs really?
Maybe it is just me, but surely would be less effort to hire a cleaner and they can do more than just vacuuming.
- Jeremy1026 11mo agoSure, but a cleaner coming twice is the same cost of a robot vacuum that will work for a couple of years, typically. They do an okay enough job, but they need to run daily, sometimes twice a day, to really keep up considering it's limitations.
- StarGrit 11mo agoIt really depends on how big your properties is. A cleaner here could be done in less than an hour and there is no cleaner charging £150 an hour.
- smt88 11mo agoWhat math are you doing here? Robovacuums don't cost £150 an hour. If you buy one for £500 and run it every day for two years, you're paying ~70p per hour. Are there any cleaners who charge less than £1 per visit?
- StarGrit 11mo agoI was being hyperbolic because people seem to be overstating the cost of a cleaner. I used to pay my Spainish cleaners about €20 euros a week for two cleaners. Granted that was while ago, but it was peanuts. Also I'd rather have cleaner do it properly, than by a robovac that (as everyone says on the sibling comments) does half a job.
- chipsrafferty 11mo agoChildren are free
- smt88 10mo agoIn what universe?
- bastawhiz 11mo agoWhen I bought my Roomba in 2013, it cost as much total as I pay my cleaning ladies to come once every two weeks. If your floors get dirty easily, it's not really going to get them spotless, but it'll get them far cleaner than they'd otherwise be.
- StarGrit 11mo agoBut the cleaners do more than the floors. Vacuuming takes me about 20 minutes once a week. I don't really see the point when I live in a 2 bed apartment.
- Mashimo 11mo ago> I don't really see the point. You save the 20 minutes once a week. That's it. That is the whole point. A slight convenience. I use one in a 1 bedroom apartment.
- erinnh 11mo agoIf 20 minutes is all you need once a week, yeah it maybe doesnt make sense for you. I have a dog and need to vacuum at least once a day, currently. Without a robot vacuum, Id go crazy.
- StarGrit 11mo agoOk fair enough.
- _carbyau_ 11mo agoPeople obviously find them useful. But I will reiterate a sibling comments recommendation, get one that can run Valetudo : https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
- StarGrit 11mo agoI am not interested in getting one at all.
- SoftTalker 11mo agoI think it’s one of the most idiotic devices anyone could own. Buy a normal vacuum cleaner for half the price, spend 10 minutes a week vacuuming your apartment, and you won’t come home and find that your cleaning robot spent the afternoon choking on a shoelace.
- raphman 11mo ago> "most idiotic devices anyone could own" Ever been to Chesterton's Fence? Hypothetically, some people who own such an idiotic device might have pets that bring in lots of dirt from the fields, lose lots of hair, and get a little bit agitated by the normal vacuum cleaner but more or less ignore the robot vacuum.
- StarGrit 11mo agoCats aren't that bothered by vacuum cleaners unless you come at them with it and they normally just run into another room. Never seen a dog that bothered by them.
- toomanyrichies 11mo agoOh, well if you’ve never seen one…
- StarGrit 11mo agoThe point being made is that some people like to make much a do about nothing. Just put the dog or cat temporarily in the other room, outside and the problem is solved.
- Mashimo 11mo agoBut what if I'm too lazy to vacuum 10 minutes a week and don't want to do it?
- StarGrit 11mo ago