Housework game changer

Mini I I'd love to know which brand you have as its sounds incredibly good value. I have a big heavy dyson and the problem is it won't go under the bed and using the attachments doesn't work very well. To do a decent job I have to take off the mattress, remove the slats and get inside the bed frame with the dyson. As you can imagine it doesn't get done as often as it should!
My bed has a gap of about 5 inches underneath, would your robot go under there?

I adore my Morphy Richards cordless vac BarbaraAbbs. It's very light and picks up well. It can get under low chairs and bookcases really easily. I just keep it on charge all the time and it's never run out of power while I'm using it. It was really cheap as well. I bought it cos it had really good write ups on Amazon.

I have a Bosch cordless vacuum cleaner. I can't tell you how wonderful it is. Quick, easy, light, manoeuvrable, efficient.........and fun apparently. The DGCs love to use it and their mothers fight to get their hands on it too. My DDiL is now trying to persuade my DS to get one.

I have seen a great modification to a robotic cleaner - Donald Trump's face pasted on top (well, ok just a photo).

I also have a Morphy Richards cordless and I am really pleased with it. I still use the Dyson once a week but this light weight machine is used every day to pick up dog hairs etc. It is very quiet (DH can't stand the noise of the Dyson) and easy to manouver under furniture. One of my better buys.

5" is ample for my Roomba to go under a bed. Forget dismantling beds!

Minimo, can I borrow yours for a trial please?

I have two cordless Gtech vacuum cleaners, and can't fault them!
It's so much easier to just whizz round without having the mess of wires, plugs etc.
The Air Ram (for floors) lives in the coats cupboard in the hall and the Multi (hand held) has found a home on top of the fridge freezer, it's very useful in there for when I drop crumbs etc which is a frequent occurrence!
I bought the Air Ram as soon as it came out, so mine's a good few years old, but it's still as powerful as ever.
We bought the car kit for the Multi too, so now the car occasionally gets cleaned out, DH has no excuses about trailing wires down the drive!

That sounds a wonderful idea!
Vacuuming gives me back pain - I've just finished in one of the bedrooms and am k......d.
Husband does usually do it, but I decided to have ago this morning.

I thought those robot cleaners didnt use suction? My friend had one and all it seemed to do was "dust" the surface of the carpet! When she went into hospital, I was in charge of looking after her house and I took my gorgeous G tech Air Ram and vacuumed her lounge - it sucked up so much filth I had to empty it three times just doing her lounge! Yuk!

I have a robotic cleaner and love it- the only problem is that it gets stuck under my sideboard and I have one awful job trying to retrieve it because once I am on the floor I have a major problem getting off it again.

I've got a roomba, I love it, so does my dgs, however he is fascinated and terrified all at the same time (only 2 years old), he loves to sit on the sofa and watch it disappear under the coffee table and then come out the other side, mine's called Roger. My son was so impressed that he's now got one as well. It definitely cleans the floor better than I ever did with a normal vacuum cleaner, I dread the day that it stops working! My daughter has a lot of tiled floors, so she has a scuba which washes and dries the floors, it also does a marvelous job.

I have a G TechAir Ram and its Brilliant !
I got it on special offer from Amazon and chose the Pink one. Its called The Pink Panther in our house. Its kept downstairs and a Dyson upstairs for stairs and bedrooms. The Pink Panther is so light and easy to use, very user friendly to take apart and wash it out when needed. Check out the displays on youtube. I give it 10/10

Word of warning to dog owners.....especially if your dog is old, deaf, sleeps a lot and has a long fluffy tail.

My daughter has wooden floors throughout the ground floor and has one of those robot thingies - it is often wondering around when I go there and seems quite effective especially with two dogs.

Bluesmum roomba's do use a bit of suction. Not much though. The manufacturers seem reluctant to state exactly how much. The cleaning is mostly in the revolving brush. Much like the battery powered pushalongs, but you don't have to push. It's the brush cleaning that makes them a bit hard on loop pile.

Being on pension debated long and hard before buying Dyson, but I did and I love it! (I hate housework!)

hate hoovering so much that we are downsizing to a ground floor flat ..yippee as I hate hoovering stairs,either a robot or a Gtech air ram is on my wish list,bliss only one level to hoover

Sounds great minimo, you said it was £100 so am interested to know what make it is?

hmm, i'm tempted. Especially as we have no carpets in our house, only wood flooring/rugs. I'd be interested in the makes too - I may be tempted but my DH might need some convincing

It was a Vileda. Hang on, let me see if I can get the link. Here it is. Cheaper on Tesco too actually.
Yes, it does get stuck on rugs, and I found out the hard way that if it finds a cord - like a phone charger - it will chew it up. But it's still worth its weight in gold. I think it's cheaper than roombas because it doesn't go back to it's docking station on its own. You have to take it back to the plug and recharge. Personally, I didn't think self-charging was worth the extra £300!

Oh Anya although Grace's tail is not fluffy and no longer long it was very beautiful, that would be the last straw !! ?

Alea I will be picking up Grace I think any day!

This thread brings back memories of a hilarious thread on here about a GN's Roomba shutting itself in a room.... I can't remember who it was now ?

I've had a Dyson Animal cordless for a while and love it. Easy to use and very efficient. I'm always amazed at how much dust and fluff it picks up, even when using it every other day. Easy to use to clean the car, too. I think it's worth every penny (pound?).

Minimo
I had a roomba called Roly and it did a great job. The only trouble was the carpet pile was too deep. I will get another one when I change the carpet for a smoother one. Where did you get it for less than £100?