Last night, Carol & I went out to purchase something we've wanted for quite a while.
We now have 2 bunnies, and... well, if you've ever had bunnies, you know that even though you can potty train them, they still, um... leave "bunny beans" all over the place.
We saved up money and we went out and bought a Roomba Discovery. (Of course, a 20% Off coupon from Bed, Bath and Beyond didn't hurt!)
I pulled it out of the box and charged it up overnight. This morning I tried starting it up and it threw an error code, which forced me to call Customer Support. There was a problem with the Cliff Sensors. I was able to get it going after about 5-10 minutes and it went on it's merry way, vacuuming the family room. Like Oprah said, this thing is not only amazing but it's mesmerizing to watch.
Chip only freaked-out once when the Roomba went right for him. Other than that, he was just inquisitive. Same with Indy. The Roomba did a wonderful job. I put it back into it's recharging station. It's not a fast charge, and it took at least 3-4 hours to charge. But I had to see it again, so I ran it again on the max cleaning setting. Toward the end of the session, I had the trouble with the sensors again, forcing me to call again, and got some valuable information on cleaning them. Not only was the rest of the session a success, the Roomba found it's docking station when it was running low on juice. It just, docked, turned itself off, and started recharging itself. This time - i my mind - it seemed to work even better, maneuvering around the furniture and up and down different layers of carpeting and rugs. I was surprised how much bunny fur the thing sucked-up (not to mention hay and, well, the aforementioned "beans").
I think everyone should get one of these little guys!
2008
2007- Fog
2006- A fall storm?
2005- Jack visit
- The heavens opened
- OK, now that the season's over...
2003- Sexie
- Survivor: Pearl Islands - Episode 3
2002- Wolves 1 - Admirals 8 - Preseason
- Back home
- Dad duty