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Robot Vacuum cleaner..

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Guess what I bought on Amazon prime day :)

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Normally around £270 but nearer £170 on the day.

I got that look from my wife that instantly tells you you have wasted money on some junk gadget and will be reminded of it in the days to come.

As to why I bought it... we have an Orangery style extension with a large lantern roof. During the day with the doors open flies come in and go up into the lantern. There are vent windows at the top that are wide open but most are too stupid to use them and too stupid to fly down instead of up. Consequently summer mornings involve sweeping up dead flies.

That's where Dave comes in (you have to give it a name during set up and my brother in law Dave came to mind as he has probably never swept a floor in his life). Dave is scheduled via the phone app to start work at 6.30am each day.

Turns out Dave is the best thing I've wasted money on in ages. It is not a clever device that makes a map of the room but still it somehow manages to get everywhere over the entire downstairs and every morning starts off not only with no flies but no dirt anywhere it can reach. My wife is even impressed!

It runs for 90 minutes then takes itself back to its charger. So far it has only stopped because of a problem once and that was my fault for leaving out a cable it could hook itself on. The tape in the picture is like fridge door seal magnet that you use to make no go areas. Stops him eating the cats food. It has some kind of proximity sensor built in as it stops and turns close to walls or table legs without crashing in to them. If the sensor fails to detect an object then there is a bump switch band around the front.

Recommended :)
 
Our Robot lawnmower is called Neville

Best tool I’ve ever bought


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we've had Murphy the Robovac for a few years now. all tiled on the ground floor with no thresholds. 1x hairy dog. he is great at keeping on top of the mess (Murphy not Scooby). now that my daughter is here though Murphy does struggle with her toys sometimes.
 
Mine's called SWMBO :lol:

Seriously, our place is permanently dusty etc what with all the work it's hardly worth the bother.
 
I bet you'd be surprised. It seems to have lowered the general dust level having the floor vacuumed every day and not just when it looks like it needed it.

Dave has got stuck twice so far. First time he climbed on the cats scratching post base and wedged himself under the radiator. This morning he found a tissue and ate it. The tissue was enough to seize the roller brush and it sent out its 'help me' beeps and pinged my phone.

Going to bed now includes a quick look round for robot vac hazards.

The hard floor has been mopped a few times but the main vacuum has only been out downstairs for de-webbing the lantern whenever a spider finds its way up there.
 
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