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 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sure, 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 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It 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.

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_carbyau_ 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

People obviously find them useful. But I will reiterate a sibling comments recommendation, get one that can run Valetudo : https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo

	▲	StarGrit 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I am not interested in getting one at all.

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bastawhiz 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When 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.

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StarGrit 3 hours ago | parent [-]

But 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 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> 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.

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SoftTalker 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I 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.

	▲	Mashimo an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But what if I'm too lazy to vacuum 10 minutes a week and don't want to do it?
	▲	raphman an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> "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.