Posted by
samzenpus
on from the let-the-machines-clean-you dept.
omly writes "iRobot (makers of Roomba) just released a sneak preview of Scooba, the lastest consumer home-cleaning robot. It will be available this holiday season for all your holiday shopping needs."
I work in this industry, don't waste your money
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Anonymous Coward
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These things are a waste of money. They are expensive garbage. I have worked in this industry for a very long time. I've had these things on my workbench and seen their insides. They are not worth a dime. They won't make your house clean, they won't pick up dirt out of carpet, they just roll over stuff, and stir up dust.
Your average vacuum cleaner you find in box stores pulls about 50-100 cubic feet of air through it per minute. Oreck uprights, for example, tends to have one of the lowest CFM ratings as their motor is about half to 1/3rd the size of standard motors, including the size of their direct air fan. Here's a VERY VERY good rule of thumb, if you see a vacuum product advertised on TV, it is almost a sure guarantee that it is an overpriced rip-off, and there are other, better products out there that do the job for half the cost. Dyson, new Hoovers, new Eurekas, Roomba, Oreck... They all pick up dirt off your floor, you bet, but they are all trash. All of these companies get off trying to sell you a product you don't understand, by using buzz-words like Amps, and Cleaning Effectiveness. They are all banking on the fact that you will be back in a year or two to buy yet another one. Go talk to someone that works in the business, like your local Vac shop. I absolutely guarantee you, you don't know half of what you think you do, and probably not even a quarter of what you SHOULD know about keeping your home clean.
The air flow on these Roomba, and Scooba "hair tonic" contraptions? Almost none. It does have a fan, but it relies more on the action of the brush to kick dirt into it's filter drawer. Regularly used rechargable floor care devices stop working after about a year, just about all of them. Either due to mechanical failure, or because the proprietary battery goes out, and most people won't spend the time replacing it./waves hand "These are not the floor care products you are looking for"
Hell, I'd do a technical review of these things for free if someone sends me one. Yes, I will even send it back at my own expense. You would probably never see an article like this appear on Slashdot ever again, if you knew what I knew. That would be worth it enough for me.
I'm sure there will be the nut out there that says I'm wrong about everything. Vacuums are my business, it's what I do, every single day, for many years. I seriously doubt anyone refuting me will have any experience whatsoever other than pluging their product into the wall and running it over their floor. I'm perfectly happy knowing I'm right without convincing you. Go back to reading Consumer Reports, and believing the things they tell you. That's right, be a good lemming.
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These things are a waste of money. They are expensive garbage. I have worked in this industry for a very long time. I've had these things on my workbench and seen their insides. They are not worth a dime. They won't make your house clean, they won't pick up dirt out of carpet, they just roll over stuff, and stir up dust.
/waves hand "These are not the floor care products you are looking for"
Your average vacuum cleaner you find in box stores pulls about 50-100 cubic feet of air through it per minute. Oreck uprights, for example, tends to have one of the lowest CFM ratings as their motor is about half to 1/3rd the size of standard motors, including the size of their direct air fan. Here's a VERY VERY good rule of thumb, if you see a vacuum product advertised on TV, it is almost a sure guarantee that it is an overpriced rip-off, and there are other, better products out there that do the job for half the cost. Dyson, new Hoovers, new Eurekas, Roomba, Oreck... They all pick up dirt off your floor, you bet, but they are all trash. All of these companies get off trying to sell you a product you don't understand, by using buzz-words like Amps, and Cleaning Effectiveness. They are all banking on the fact that you will be back in a year or two to buy yet another one. Go talk to someone that works in the business, like your local Vac shop. I absolutely guarantee you, you don't know half of what you think you do, and probably not even a quarter of what you SHOULD know about keeping your home clean.
The air flow on these Roomba, and Scooba "hair tonic" contraptions? Almost none. It does have a fan, but it relies more on the action of the brush to kick dirt into it's filter drawer. Regularly used rechargable floor care devices stop working after about a year, just about all of them. Either due to mechanical failure, or because the proprietary battery goes out, and most people won't spend the time replacing it.
Hell, I'd do a technical review of these things for free if someone sends me one. Yes, I will even send it back at my own expense. You would probably never see an article like this appear on Slashdot ever again, if you knew what I knew. That would be worth it enough for me.
I'm sure there will be the nut out there that says I'm wrong about everything. Vacuums are my business, it's what I do, every single day, for many years. I seriously doubt anyone refuting me will have any experience whatsoever other than pluging their product into the wall and running it over their floor. I'm perfectly happy knowing I'm right without convincing you. Go back to reading Consumer Reports, and believing the things they tell you. That's right, be a good lemming.