Stuff We Adore
What’s the big whoop with that yellow bagless vacuum that’s powered by a tiny cyclone? I think the real triumph of suction engineering is Roomba. I mean, it’s a robot, for crying out loud.
I used to be among the poor suckers who used an upright vac to clean their floors - until I got smart. Then I bought my first in a long string of robotic loves, iRobot’s Roomba. Using it is as easy as pressing the Clean button. It rolls around randomly, but eventually everywhere, sweeping up as it goes. I go off into another room to do something less strenuous (or stand there and watch it, mouth agape, as it picks up bits of onion skin and random crumbs). Here’s a video of it in action.
I should mention that our household had to undergo a fair amount of Roomba-proofing before we let the little guy go. This included taping up fringed edges to the rugs, moving cords and putting some kind of barrier across the doorway of rooms were we didn’t want the vacuum to go.
It’s not terribly expensive, either, especially when you think about how much one of those aforementioned yellow vacuums is. You can find a reconditioned one on Amazon for around $150.
Go, Roomba, go!
