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MY ROBOT
- By lizzie_T
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Sat 12 Apr 2008 19:55
Another discussion made me think of a robot I bought on Ebay in January. These things cost an absolute bomb to buy - about £900 when they first came out and they have improved since then.
It is a vacuum cleaner. You set the clock, then programme it to go round the house at the alloted time each day, and when the battery runs out it goes back an plugs itself in and charges itself. I thas already since January paid for itself twice over. With carriage it was £200 - I know it sounds a lot but it is cheaper than a Dyson and actually holds more than some cylinders and sucks better too. It is the same size and shape as those helium balloons saying happy burthday etc. The chap said his son bought it and his wife didn't think she could get on with it and he put it on Ebay and I was the only one willing to try it. Believe you me, I still cannot believe how good it is. When I came back from the week at the hospital the house was clean and there it was recharging itself! You have to keep the floor clear of bits of papers but that's OK and by doing it every day there is not much dirt and it frightens the mice away! (well that was the pest controller) It really works. It was the biggest gamble I made - brand new though, in the packet. It stops when full or tangled, you press the button and it telss you what is wrong - ''remove Rumba's brushes and clean them'' Clean Rumbas left wheel. It is an absolute scream - talking of which, although it doesn't hear you - you can release the tension and tell it off if it misses a bit. It goes under sofas - gets stuck under my wheelchair. Detects extra dust - it goes round in a circle and a blue light flashes and says ''dirt''. You see these things in posh catalogues and think they are a wind-up but this has saved me so much time and money - it has just started up as I write.
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- By big moma
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Re: MY ROBOT
Sat 12 Apr 2008 20:06god I need one of these, does it cope with dog hairs.and can you get them to do the dusting as well
- By lizzie_T
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Re: MY ROBOT
Sat 12 Apr 2008 20:25I do not have a dog but it copes with all the bits of cotton from my sewing patchwork. It is actually circling my powerchair as I am typing this - it wont go underneath! I don't know about dusting - it might fall off the shelf like me if I try! Believe me it seems like a gift from heaven. If his wife realised just how simple it is to programe - nothing like need to make you read the instructions - she would never have let him sell it. People don't believe me. They think I am pulling their leg. A few times I have had to rescue it from under somewhere but not often and it makes me pick up all the paper I drop. Go into Ebay, someone might be selling one again - I haven't looked, but you need one of at least the fifth edition because they find their way home as the battery goes down and plug themselves in - it even tells you in a little 'tune' when it has. You know I still feel fits of giggles coming up watching it! Having boasted I hope it keeps going! but look how much you pay a home help and do they empty it? This goes in zig-zags backwards and forwards and covers a good area. Of course it is a bit restricted with the result of the tank bursting and building put off! God bless the man who invented it
- By lizzie_T
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Sat 12 Apr 2008 20:40Just had a thought - perhaps the manufacturer could offfer the trust a couple or three to raffle or raise funds - they are just made forpeople like us. If you cannot bend down to clean it you can 'enocurage' it to go up a slope to a suitable height. Surely they wouldn't refuse the Trust?
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By Sparhawk73
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Re: MY ROBOT
Sat 12 Apr 2008 21:03Hi lizze_t thanks for you messaga just to say if you do not read my disscusion again if you do buy a lot from ebay if you use it through www.quidco.com you can get upto 40% of your money back .
Jason
- By lizzie_T
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Re: MY ROBOT
Sat 12 Apr 2008 21:24Really? How does it work? Do they use Paypal? what a lovely photo. How do you do that - not that i am worth looking at nowadays!
tell me more
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By Sparhawk73
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Re: MY ROBOT
Sat 12 Apr 2008 22:51hi there when you go to www.quidco.com and register you edit your profile and put in you bank details it is safe and they ask how you wana be paid ie monthy and so on. they only take a fee of £5 a year so if you do not make £5 over the year no fee. Have made £14 just from changing my energy provider. Them money is sent by ebay to quidco and they pass it on to you.
as for photo you go to profile and update it by uplaoding picJason
- By loopy
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Re: MY ROBOT
Sun 13 Apr 2008 22:17i have a good vacuum cleaner........its called my husband!
- By mag
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Re: MY ROBOT
Wed 16 Apr 2008 11:15 Lol, Loopy Dear Lizzie
What a great gadget - I had never heard of it before - sounds like something we could all make use of (except Loopy of course
)Sorry to read of all the problems you and George are experiencing and hope something better will happen for you soon.
Kind regards - Mag
- By kerry.
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Wed 16 Apr 2008 12:37OMG Lizzie, I laughed and laughed at your postings.
I can just imagine a little robot thing running round my house being chased by 4 cats, a huge alsation and my two hyper boys lol.
the poor thing would be putting itself up on ebay begging someone to buy him!
or it would be ringing the RSPCTVCR (royal society for the prevention of cruelty to vacuum cleaner robots)but what a laugh that would be and it would save us walking the dog and maybe it would wear the boys out- gawd knows nothing else seems to lol.
Lizzie youve made my day!
- By loopy
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Wed 16 Apr 2008 20:36lizzie, i will stick to my dyson and 'husband'........