• socsa@piefed.social
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    7 hours ago

    It’s legitimately because they are gimmicks. They will never get your floor as clean as a push broom. They replace the lowest hanging fruit of the cleaning cycle which is already very easy, which doesn’t require you to move things out of the way. If you actually want a clean house, the robot vac will do about 10% of the work.

    • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 hours ago

      Lol, no.

      Without my roborock I’d have cat hair everywhere.

      You either don’t have pets or you enjoy sweeping every day. Either way, it’s obviously not for you, but that’s no reason to be disparaging about the tech.

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        1 hour ago

        No the reason I know they are useless is because I had a hairy dog. I’m sorry you don’t move things out of the way when you clean, and that there are piles of hair wrapped around every cord and behind every obstacle in your house.

        But more to the point, yes. I clean quite frequently, because I enjoy both having pets and a clean home.

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          57 minutes ago

          You don’t have to be so rude.

          I’m sorry you leave things on the floor and have a cluttered home. I’m sorry you you have cords all over your floors. I’m sorry you have so many obstacles on your floors, like you don’t clean up your kids/pets toys and have to move them only when sweeping. I’m sorry you’re so disorganized and lazy.

          But more to your point, my floors are always free of obstacles when the roborock runs, because I always pick things up and don’t leave them on the floor. Because it takes care of sweeping/vacuuming twice a day, I have the time and energy to focus on other cleaning tasks. As like you, I enjoy both having pets and a clean home, but I additionally enjoy a tidy home.

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        2 hours ago

        You obviously don’t have stairs. The moment you introduce any level disparity in your property and suddenly the product is utterly useless.

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          55 minutes ago

          No it’s not, you just need one for every floor. Or just one for the dirtiest floor (with most foot traffic from outside)

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      7 hours ago

      I have very little home automation, but a vacuum robot is one of them and they work great. Mopping and vacuuming.

      It’s tedious work out of our hands and I’d say it’s more than 10% because you have to do it all the time.