iRobot Roomba 550 Robot Vacuum: A cleaner without social problems
I had ordered my new house helper the IRobot Roomba 550 in November 2011 but only received it just before Chinese New Year due to overwhelming demand. My Wife and I considered the following factors before purchasing this unit: We are both working so it is not easy to always maintain that level of House Maintenance especially when you are tired on the weekends. Even if it could keep the floors 80% clean, it would be better than 0% clean. It can be scheduled to clean so it can work while we are working too (:D). Freeing up one cleaning task meant we could put our energy into other tasks Being a robot, it doesn't have the usual social problems with maids: no need to train on how to do work, no need to worry if the maid steals or if she brings her boyfriend back to our place secretly for hanky panky etc. The guy who delivered the unit spent some time to demonstrate how it works and showed us the parts that need to be maintained. I had initially ordered the Roomba 560 M...