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Freddie

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18. Yes it's great for carpet

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 04:39 AM

Sep 2014

As others have said, it requires some maintenance/cleaning but we use it on the living room carpet every couple days.
Insomniac? If I'm sitting on the couch reading while the Roomba is running the sounds of it often put me to sleep!

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Does anyone use a roomba? If so, do you like it? Any drawbacks? [View all] shraby Sep 2014 OP

I don't have one, but a fella my hubby works with does. napi21 Sep 2014 #1

That poor guy! I can imagine what he was thinking. shraby Sep 2014 #4

It's great! By the way, has anyone seen my cat? pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #2

I had one abelenkpe Sep 2014 #3

You didn't get a new battery for it? shraby Sep 2014 #5

I did but it drained the new battery pretty much right away abelenkpe Sep 2014 #23

You can get a new one from Amazon--better than the ones they sell. nt MADem Sep 2014 #8

Good to know! Thanks! abelenkpe Sep 2014 #24

Yes, run it 2 or 3 times most days Zambero Sep 2014 #6

My wife and I had one some years ago, a gift from one of our daughters. . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #7

I was going to say the same thing laundry_queen Sep 2014 #10

It sucks mindwalker_i Sep 2014 #9

yes. i bought one when they first came out. DesertFlower Sep 2014 #11

Don't own one, but the reviews at Amazon are better than I would have thought. greyl Sep 2014 #12

Every once in a while I dance to one. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #13

Oh what a Tango'd web we weave... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #14

Back at' chacha JHB Sep 2014 #20

I returned the roomba because... sandpan Sep 2014 #15

You just perfectly described my old drunk roomate. Glassunion Sep 2014 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #16

Over five years old and going strong AngryAmish Sep 2014 #17

Yes it's great for carpet Freddie Sep 2014 #18

A roomba can give a cat an inflated sense of empowerment, as if they didn't have it already. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #19

My sister had one but it did a poor job at her place. randome Sep 2014 #21

Love this picture! M.C. Escher had some dandies. shraby Sep 2014 #26

Yup, it's great. I have hard wood floors and it works wonderfully. Javaman Sep 2014 #22

Roomba? Is that like a Sybian? snooper2 Sep 2014 #25

Have the 880 model and like it IphengeniaBlumgarten Sep 2014 #28

Thank you for the discussion. I don't trust the online shraby Sep 2014 #29

I had one. Puglover Sep 2014 #30

As a person who lives below someone with one, I *loathe* them. myrna minx Sep 2014 #31