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    Old 07-26-2012, 04:56 AM
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    Hope we get more opinions on this. I have been looking at the Mint and the Roomba also. I trust the opinions on this board.
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    Old 07-26-2012, 05:01 AM
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    I'd rather be a jeannie and just blink to get my housework done! lol!
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    Old 07-26-2012, 05:05 AM
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    Love, love, love my roomba! I just got a new one for a great price at Costco.
    My old one last 3 years on one battery. New battery was about $60 with coupon so $20 a year, but right after I got the new battery the brushes stopped turning so a new one was needed. I don't have any carpets so I think that makes it easier on the machine. If anyone comes out with a machine that will clean itself, that will be the one to buy!
    I've never checked out the mint.
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    Old 07-26-2012, 05:08 AM
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    I had one I have to get a new battery for it but I loved it! It was great with dog hair since I have 2 dogs. I didn't try it with threads but i'm sure it would be fine
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    Old 07-26-2012, 06:19 AM
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    Hahaha.. I would love for my husband to buy me a roomba!
    I can get the clothes/fabrics/fancy stuff I want myself (just charge to his card)!
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    Old 07-26-2012, 06:48 AM
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    Like snipforfun, I'll stick with my Dyson, and I have considered a Roomba; but fear my cats would freak out big time!
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    Old 07-26-2012, 07:16 AM
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    Originally Posted by snipforfun
    I have too much junk on my floor! I have the Dyson Animal. Very powerful
    Me too... I can't imagine the path the Roomba would have to take to get around everything. Also, I always seem to drop pins on the floor - the reason there is an "always wear shoes" rule in my studio - and I'm not sure what that would do to a Roomba. I too have a Dyson Animal vac and a Dyson stick vac, both of which work like a charm in getting all those nasty little threads picked up.
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    Old 07-26-2012, 09:19 AM
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    Originally Posted by GrandmaNewt
    Of course the roomba always ended up in one of the back bedrooms, too lost to find its way back to the dock. And it always ran out of battery charge while it was way back under the bed.
    Under the Bed!! That's where mine ends up too!! BUT I LOVE IT!! Works great in the sewing room. Does get tangled with threads, but the equipment that comes with the Roomba cuts it out in no time. I make it a a part of the routine. Grabbed a bobbin once, and made enough racket that I fixed it right a way, but it did pick it up. (Didn't realize I had dropped one!) I have a Black Lab that sheds everywhere!! Roomba can handle that!!

    I have bought three this last year. Two as gifts!! Go for it!!
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    Old 07-26-2012, 11:43 AM
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    There is a tool that contractors use that has a magnetic bottom. I bought mine at Lowe's or Home Depot. You just run it around where you dropped it and it picks up pens great. I keep one beside me at all times. (I got a pin in my foot and had to have the doctor remove it>)
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    Old 07-26-2012, 02:52 PM
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    Wait wait wait. You quilters clean?
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