Posted on 09/08/2014 1:09:55 PM PDT by upchuck
Hopefully Electrolux will start making robotic floor cleaners to compete with iRobot. For its part, iRobot is tantalizingly close to having an “essential home appliance”, with its Roomba and Scooba products.
The goals are a quiet, low maintenance system, that sacrifices speed and noise for detail and self maintenance. Ideally, it works all night, most every night, emptying and recharging itself, whether it is dry or wet.
If they come up with a good enough system, furniture redesign would be worth it.
It's my oldest appliance now, almost 25 years and counting. Seems a bit old for most major appliances these days.
None the less, it's a keeper until something better comes along.
I’ve had - and replaced 5 iRobot vacuums. The bearings in the deck would get clogged with animal hair and melt.
Happy to say my Neato is on year three and going strong, no Roomba lasted more than eight months with me and I cleaned it very thoroughly...
We LOVE the Neato!
I know GE made some very good kitchen stoves. Don’t know about them now. Was in the market for a new washer last year and everybody told me to stay away from GE stuff.
If it was made before 1993 it was made before the new Energy Star regulations came into effect.
I did not know that the door in a door option was available that far back.
If you really like I would just keep fixing it as long as parts are available.
Appliance companies make a 20 year commitment to supply parts for their products but suppliers will keep making parts for third party repair shops and parts distributors as long as it is profitable.
We just got a Whirlpool stove last weekend. It’s made in America. The broiler is at the top of the oven so I don’t have to lie on the floor and watch to make sure the marshmallows don’t burn on the yams this Thanksgiving.
Thanks for the info. I hoped something like that might be the case, especially for the more popular models with universal parts across several brands and product lines.
I was cursed by having been born under the star of the handyman and am compelled to fix things. I can't explain why. I know I'm not alone.
Sounds like you've got the curse, too, or work with people who do.
While sounds good for vacuuming, I really want a robot that is good for hard floor washing.
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