Housework game changer

and has been known to try and climb up the standard lamp.
Mine tried to clean my shoes when I stood still for too long!

I have an AEG ergorapido - I've had one of the GTECH one but the AEG is vastly better - bought, of course, at John Lewis. It has a small vac attached which just comes off easily to use outside. It has to be charged and is cable free! A wonderful machine for a small flat.

Should have said that my machine was a GTECH upright, the light one with the long handle, not a robot. It was certainly easy to use in the early days, before it broke down. My older daughter has a robot machine which she finds very useful.
Sorry if I gave a misleading impression!

I had one of those, in fact two because the first packed up and GTECH replaced it. My daughter has very long hair, which caught in the brushes and clogged the works. We tried digging the hair out but the machine refused to function. Don't get this if you have anybody with long hair in the house. If we'd known about this problem we wouldn't have bought it in the first place. We threw away our second machine. The dust-buster which came with it also packed up.

Robbie, my robot vacuum, has just finished and taken himself back to his docking station, after he weekly tour round. We have mainly tiles, with a couple of rugs in the living room. He is a tad fussy about the height of chairs, and has been known to try and climb up the standard lamp. But other than those minor foibles is an excellent buy.

He doesn't like carpets, I must admit.
I bought a Dyson with a cord today for using on carpets as my very ancient one finally gave up working.

l have a cordless dyson but find it heavy, l recently bought a cordless GTeck and find that much better to use to use but that does,nt go into nooks and crannies l use the dyson for those. l,ve never thought about a robotic one.

Bob (my robot) did the hall for me whilst I was cooking dinner. The hall was full of bits and dried mud left from a myriad of shoes and boots (which were not allowed any further than the hall). He cleaned the hall beautifully and even shone his UV lamp onto it to disinfect it - and wasn't a bit tired afterwards but I put him to bed anyway.
He deserved a rest.

Roombas do get dirt out of corners as they have a tiny twirling brush on the side. And they do any sort of floor - carpet or hard. What's not to like!?

I have a Dyson cordless. I love it, I can whip around the whole house in no time. My stairs have never been vacuumed so regularly. My other game changer is the Karcher window vac. It's fab for cleaning windows but I also use it to dry the shower and my husband uses it when he cleans the car. I'm all for anything that makes life easier...

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Mine climbed over the sill at the back door, where the doormat presented him with a step up, and was about to set off down the garden. The steps would have been OK, as he has a sensor that stops him plunging over a cliff, but I don't think sweeping up the contents of the flowerbeds would have been a good move.

Elegran I need t remember to close the door between my living room and the conservatory or my Roomba tries to climb over the door frame between the two rooms. He then inevitably gets stranded on the ridge and shouts for help (in German I think) until I come to his rescue.

I bought this one for downstairs (Roomba does the upsairs)

It's good performance-wise, but so heavy. It carries the hand-held jobbie with it all the time because that's where the motor is. I will keep going with it as long as I can. Hoping it will keep me fit.

My Roomba finds its own way around, number and goes back home to its charger when it has finished. The doors do need to be wide open, not just ajar. My poor Roomba nudged a door open, went in and vacuumed, then nudged the door shut from inside because the gap wasn't very wide. It couldn't get back to base to recharge and just kept blundering around until it collapsed with exhaustion. I found it when I came home, huddled in a corner looking sad.

The funny thing was, it must have rolled over the switch for the power to the phone and computer (both plugged into an extension on the floor under the desk) because neither of them would work. DS tried to make me believe it was trying to get at the phone like ET and ring home for help (to China, where it was made! I hate to think what my bill would have been)

If all the doors downstairs were left open, would it find it`s way into each room on it`s own? If so, then I could be tempted.

However, I do wish I had bought the Dyson stick one like yours, ethel, I got a rechargeable handheld one instead, good for the stairs and for quick pick-up of bits and crumbs but the stick one looks great.

I wonder if I can buy a stick to fit it?

I quite agree Jalima

Mine gets into nooks and crannies with its little brush Ana

And it is good for going round every day instead of getting out the big vacuum cleaner which only comes out once a week!

I looked on Amazon for a Roomba type and found one well under £100, had good reviews and also at least 4 stars. As said before, it works a treat. I have laminate flooring upstairs and down with no rugs so that probably helps it get around. I cannot remember what the recharge time is but it cleans the house without recharging in between.

I bought a vax, supposedly lightweight, vacuum cleaner, after becoming frustrated with it (it was too heavy) I decided to go for the GTech Air ram, best thing I ever did, picks up pet hair, grandchildren debris, dust, etc etc with no trouble, lightweight and the battery never runs out when I'm cleaning, only charge it now and again too.

I don't know about 'robot phobia', but what's the point in having a vacuum cleaner that doesn't get into all the nooks and crannies? And if it's only effective on hard floors it wouldn't do for me.

I love my dyson 'stick' vacuum cleaner, I have an old 'animal' dyson for the heavy work in the living room (2 cats means heavy work), I have a dyson cylinder for upstairs and my stick for the rest. I just love dysons, they are not expensive compared to to other brand leaders and they last for ages.

What is this robot phobia? There's nothing not to like - feet up with a cup of tea while it does all the had work!

I want one that climbs the walls to do the skirting board and picture rail and does the cushions on the sofa (managing to sort out the pens/coins/socks that are down the edges). Is that too much to ask?
Just got a Dyson rechargeable- brilliant so easy to do the stairs.