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Old 07-24-2012, 06:58 PM
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A nice thing about the Roomba scheduler, you can set it to go off at 2 AM so it's done by the time you wake up! It has wall thingees you can put in doorways to keep it from going where you don't want it to go. Mine wore itself out, I need to buy a new one! They are faaabulous for a house with all wood floors and a cat!
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Old 07-25-2012, 03:49 AM
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I have all hard surface floors so I went with a Mint. You can use Swifter Sheets with it, but I cut up left over cotton batting and use that. I love it. It also mops. It does come with 2 cloths for sweeping and 1 cloth for mopping, but I can't seem to get them washed prior to when I want to use again. Well worth the investment.
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Old 07-25-2012, 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by lfletcher View Post
I have all hard surface floors so I went with a Mint. You can use Swifter Sheets with it, but I cut up left over cotton batting and use that. I love it. It also mops. It does come with 2 cloths for sweeping and 1 cloth for mopping, but I can't seem to get them washed prior to when I want to use again. Well worth the investment.
Ah, another one to look into. Thanks! So this sweeps and mops, that is one up compared to Roomba
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Old 07-25-2012, 08:31 AM
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There is a 'new' one out that is being advertised on TV that uses a swifter pad, I think it is called Mint automatic floor cleaner and is being sold by Bed Bath and Beyond.....now that may be good for a sewing room, no rollers.
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Old 07-25-2012, 08:58 AM
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My husband gave me one a few years ago for Christmas. (Yes, you get that kind of gift after 50 years of marriage). It was really his toy. Mine didn't vacuum, it just swept up like the old fashioned carpet sweepers. My sewing room floor space is so small that it really didn't have much area to go and do it's thing. We stopped using it when the battery died and the replacement ones were so very expensive.
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:04 AM
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I loved mine, but like Lucio when the battery went dead, I have not replaced it. They are very expensive. Although I can say it did last a long time. Maybe one of these days I will break down and get another.
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:28 AM
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The Roomba is fantastic! I use it in my sewing room all the time. Threads clean off great with the little tool Roomba has.
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I don't have anything on my floor. Am I the only one? I have the little pin cushions with bags bags hanging on my cutting table and sewing machine table. As I make a mess I put the threads and scraps in there. The biggest problem I had was pins but now I use the bigger ones with heads and I can find them if I drop them.
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I don't have anything on my floor. Am I the only one? I have the little pin cushions with bags hanging on my cutting table and sewing machine table. As I make a mess I put the threads and scraps in there. The biggest problem I had was pins but now I use the bigger ones with heads and I can find them if I drop them.
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by snipforfun View Post
I have too much junk on my floor! I have the Dyson Animal. Very powerful
Me too. A Roomba wouldn't touch it. It would run under the nearest piece of furniture and hide!
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