Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
take it off-line

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Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
> take it off-line
>

Yup, we have the iRobot Roomba i7 model (actually, 2 of them - upstairs and
down) very good apart from the tight corners it can’t access. We had a
junior model first and passed this down the line to Wunderkind; she said
that she first used it (the Roona I mean) after having used her Dyson on
the floors and was amazed at how much more the Roomba picked up.

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Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
>> take it off-line
>>
>
> Yup, we have the iRobot Roomba i7 model (actually, 2 of them - upstairs and
> down) very good apart from the tight corners it can’t access. We had a
> junior model first and passed this down the line to Wunderkind; she said
> that she first used it (the Roona I mean) after having used her Dyson on
> the floors and was amazed at how much more the Roomba picked up.
>

Oh, and her offsprungs enjoy commanding ‘Dave’ via Alexa to go to work!😊

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 14:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
<toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

>Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
>>> take it off-line
>>>
>>
>> Yup, we have the iRobot Roomba i7 model (actually, 2 of them - upstairs and
>> down) very good apart from the tight corners it can’t access. We had a
>> junior model first and passed this down the line to Wunderkind; she said
>> that she first used it (the Roona I mean) after having used her Dyson on
>> the floors and was amazed at how much more the Roomba picked up.
>>
>
>Oh, and her offsprungs enjoy commanding ‘Dave’ via Alexa to go to work!?
Please leave it here on umra. I've been wanting one for years.
Drawbacks? B does the vacuuming. I've always hated doing it, even
wg=hen I had the purple and lilac Dyson.

Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 14:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
>>>> take it off-line
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yup, we have the iRobot Roomba i7 model (actually, 2 of them - upstairs and
>>> down) very good apart from the tight corners it can’t access. We had a
>>> junior model first and passed this down the line to Wunderkind; she said
>>> that she first used it (the Roona I mean) after having used her Dyson on
>>> the floors and was amazed at how much more the Roomba picked up.
>>>
>>
>> Oh, and her offsprungs enjoy commanding ‘Dave’ via Alexa to go to work!?
> Please leave it here on umra. I've been wanting one for years.
> Drawbacks? B does the vacuuming. I've always hated doing it, even
> wg=hen I had the purple and lilac Dyson.
>

I suppose it will leave a vacuum in your life if it went elsewhere then,
yeah, that sucks.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
> Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 14:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
>>>>> take it off-line
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yup, we have the iRobot Roomba i7 model (actually, 2 of them - upstairs and
>>>> down) very good apart from the tight corners it can’t access. We had a
>>>> junior model first and passed this down the line to Wunderkind; she said
>>>> that she first used it (the Roona I mean) after having used her Dyson on
>>>> the floors and was amazed at how much more the Roomba picked up.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, and her offsprungs enjoy commanding ‘Dave’ via Alexa to go to work!?
>> Please leave it here on umra. I've been wanting one for years.
>> Drawbacks? B does the vacuuming. I've always hated doing it, even
>> wg=hen I had the purple and lilac Dyson.
>>
>
> I suppose it will leave a vacuum in your life if it went elsewhere then,
> yeah, that sucks.
>

Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is no
bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand - and
this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced. Drawbacks? Um,
can’t really thinking of any other than ensuring things left on the floor
should be cleared away if you value them and that those tight little
corners really need a crevice brush clean occasionally as most models have
a limit to tightness of corners they can access. Sometimes the corners of
rugs will be rucked up by the cleaning brushes, but they are thorough!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>> Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 14:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
>>>>>> take it off-line
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yup, we have the iRobot Roomba i7 model (actually, 2 of them - upstairs and
>>>>> down) very good apart from the tight corners it can’t access. We had a
>>>>> junior model first and passed this down the line to Wunderkind; she said
>>>>> that she first used it (the Roona I mean) after having used her Dyson on
>>>>> the floors and was amazed at how much more the Roomba picked up.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh, and her offsprungs enjoy commanding ‘Dave’ via Alexa to go to work!?
>>> Please leave it here on umra. I've been wanting one for years.
>>> Drawbacks? B does the vacuuming. I've always hated doing it, even
>>> wg=hen I had the purple and lilac Dyson.
>>>
>>
>> I suppose it will leave a vacuum in your life if it went elsewhere then,
>> yeah, that sucks.
>>
>
> Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is no
> bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand - and
> this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced. Drawbacks? Um,
> can’t really thinking of any other than ensuring things left on the floor
> should be cleared away if you value them and that those tight little
> corners really need a crevice brush clean occasionally as most models have
> a limit to tightness of corners they can access. Sometimes the corners of
> rugs will be rucked up by the cleaning brushes, but they are thorough!
>

Apparently, cats like to ride on the top of them too!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 18:55:32 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
<toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

>Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>> Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 14:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>> Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
>>>>>>> take it off-line
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yup, we have the iRobot Roomba i7 model (actually, 2 of them - upstairs and
>>>>>> down) very good apart from the tight corners it can?t access. We had a
>>>>>> junior model first and passed this down the line to Wunderkind; she said
>>>>>> that she first used it (the Roona I mean) after having used her Dyson on
>>>>>> the floors and was amazed at how much more the Roomba picked up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, and her offsprungs enjoy commanding ?Dave? via Alexa to go to work!?
>>>> Please leave it here on umra. I've been wanting one for years.
>>>> Drawbacks? B does the vacuuming. I've always hated doing it, even
>>>> wg=hen I had the purple and lilac Dyson.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I suppose it will leave a vacuum in your life if it went elsewhere then,
>>> yeah, that sucks.
>>>
>>
>> Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is no
>> bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand - and
>> this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced. Drawbacks? Um,
>> can’t really thinking of any other than ensuring things left on the floor
>> should be cleared away if you value them and that those tight little
>> corners really need a crevice brush clean occasionally as most models have
>> a limit to tightness of corners they can access. Sometimes the corners of
>> rugs will be rucked up by the cleaning brushes, but they are thorough!
>>
>
>Apparently, cats like to ride on the top of them too!

B says our rooms are too small and corner places hard to get to.

In message <uibcr4$j5kt$1@dont-email.me> at Mon, 6 Nov 2023 18:55:32,
Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
>Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
[Robot vacuum cleaners (are they actually vacuum, or just brushes?)]
>> Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is no
>> bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand - and
>> this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced. Drawbacks? Um,
>> can’t really thinking of any other than ensuring things left on the floor
>> should be cleared away if you value them and that those tight little
>> corners really need a crevice brush clean occasionally as most models have
>> a limit to tightness of corners they can access. Sometimes the corners of
>> rugs will be rucked up by the cleaning brushes, but they are thorough!
>>
Is there much difference between brands? (E. g., is the Roomba - which I
think was the first one - better or worse?) Or, are they all made by the
same company so far?
>
>Apparently, cats like to ride on the top of them too!
>
Plenty of videos on YouTube, certainly. I'm dubious whether the cats of
their own accord decided to ride them, or whether they were placed.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

The first banjo solo I played was actually just a series of mistakes. In fact
it was all the mistakes I knew at the time. - Tim Dowling, RT2015/6/20-26

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <uibcr4$j5kt$1@dont-email.me> at Mon, 6 Nov 2023 18:55:32,
> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
> [Robot vacuum cleaners (are they actually vacuum, or just brushes?)]
>>> Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is no
>>> bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand - and
>>> this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced. Drawbacks? Um,
>>> can’t really thinking of any other than ensuring things left on the floor
>>> should be cleared away if you value them and that those tight little
>>> corners really need a crevice brush clean occasionally as most models have
>>> a limit to tightness of corners they can access. Sometimes the corners of
>>> rugs will be rucked up by the cleaning brushes, but they are thorough!
>>>
> Is there much difference between brands? (E. g., is the Roomba - which I
> think was the first one - better or worse?) Or, are they all made by the
> same company so far?
>>
>> Apparently, cats like to ride on the top of them too!
>>
> Plenty of videos on YouTube, certainly. I'm dubious whether the cats of
> their own accord decided to ride them, or whether they were placed.

Hence my ‘apparently’.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <uibcr4$j5kt$1@dont-email.me> at Mon, 6 Nov 2023 18:55:32,
> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
> [Robot vacuum cleaners (are they actually vacuum, or just brushes?)]
>>> Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is no
>>> bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand - and
>>> this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced. Drawbacks? Um,
>>> can’t really thinking of any other than ensuring things left on the floor
>>> should be cleared away if you value them and that those tight little
>>> corners really need a crevice brush clean occasionally as most models have
>>> a limit to tightness of corners they can access. Sometimes the corners of
>>> rugs will be rucked up by the cleaning brushes, but they are thorough!
>>>
> Is there much difference between brands? (E. g., is the Roomba - which I
> think was the first one - better or worse?) Or, are they all made by the
> same company so far?
>>
>> Apparently, cats like to ride on the top of them too!
>>
> Plenty of videos on YouTube, certainly. I'm dubious whether the cats of
> their own accord decided to ride them, or whether they were placed.

I don’t know nuffink not no how about other makes other than iRobot Roombas
(other brands are available, as they say) but in the case of the iRobot
models, they have a spinning 3 legged brush to pull in loose debris, they
have a pair of rollers that draw the muck into the centre orifice which has
a strong vacuum device. Sensors detect carpet or hard floors and there are
several stages of filtering of the exhausted air.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 18:55:32 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>> Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 14:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Does anyrat have one? I'd like answers to a few questions. Happy to
>>>>>>>> take it off-line
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yup, we have the iRobot Roomba i7 model (actually, 2 of them - upstairs and
>>>>>>> down) very good apart from the tight corners it can?t access. We had a
>>>>>>> junior model first and passed this down the line to Wunderkind; she said
>>>>>>> that she first used it (the Roona I mean) after having used her Dyson on
>>>>>>> the floors and was amazed at how much more the Roomba picked up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, and her offsprungs enjoy commanding ?Dave? via Alexa to go to work!?
>>>>> Please leave it here on umra. I've been wanting one for years.
>>>>> Drawbacks? B does the vacuuming. I've always hated doing it, even
>>>>> wg=hen I had the purple and lilac Dyson.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suppose it will leave a vacuum in your life if it went elsewhere then,
>>>> yeah, that sucks.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is no
>>> bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand - and
>>> this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced. Drawbacks? Um,
>>> can’t really thinking of any other than ensuring things left on the floor
>>> should be cleared away if you value them and that those tight little
>>> corners really need a crevice brush clean occasionally as most models have
>>> a limit to tightness of corners they can access. Sometimes the corners of
>>> rugs will be rucked up by the cleaning brushes, but they are thorough!
>>>
>>
>> Apparently, cats like to ride on the top of them too!
>
> B says our rooms are too small and corner places hard to get to.
>
Hazel’s deals with a rented 21st century rabbit hutch flat well enough.

Mrs McT

In message <uicuso$uff7$1@dont-email.me> at Tue, 7 Nov 2023 09:09:44,
Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes
[]
>Hazel’s deals with a rented 21st century rabbit hutch flat well enough.
>
>Mrs McT

I had fun parsing that sentence! (No criticism implied.)

First, I was wondering what "Hazel's deals" might be. Then I had fun
with the 21st century rabbit, and flat well.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

The web is a blank slate; you can't design technology that is 'good'. You can't
design paper that you can only write good things on. There are no good or evil
tools. You can put an engine in an ambulance or a tank. - Sir Tim Berners-Lee,
Radio Times 2009-Jan-30 to -Feb-5.

On Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:52:38 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:

> Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is
> no bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand
> - and this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced.

Does the replacement happen automatically?
What does it do if it wants to relieve itself and can't find the bag
or there's none there? Does it go outside?

Iain Archer <ianews@montaigne.me.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:52:38 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:
>
>> Periodically, I need to clean the rollers and brushes, the emptying is
>> no bother as ours empties itself into a large bag in the charging stand
>> - and this bag last for 6 months or more before being replaced.
>
> Does the replacement happen automatically?
> What does it do if it wants to relieve itself and can't find the bag
> or there's none there? Does it go outside?
>
>

I think it would Poo-Poo that idea!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan