It's performed great, but as far as how much it holds, I haven't opened it yet to clean it out. I need to remember to do that tonight. It's a small thing, but bigger than I thought it would be-at least 1 ft. in diamter. I will try to remember to let you know after I take a look. Mine are shedding like crazy too!
:) Wendy --- elizabeth trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious -- how much does it hold? I love my > purple dyson for animal > hair but so help me - we're such a shedding bunch I > have to empty it > frequently. how does it perform? > > elizabeth > > > On 4/15/07, wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > Just wanted to let you guys know that Roombie (our > new > > Roomba Sage for pet owners) went on it's maiden > voyage > > this morning. The kitties were somewhat alarmed > at > > first, but by the time it cleaned for 45 minutes > and > > docked itself, they weren't too concerned with it. > > Smookie ran over to it when it stopped and has > been > > trying to get the brushes out from underneath it. > > It's too cute. > > > > So far, Roombie did a bang-up job of vacuuming my > tile > > floors-the living room, kitchen, and eating area > along > > with the front entry way and hallway leading from > > that. That's as far as it could go since all the > > doors were shut along the hallway. I was very > > surprised with how well it patterned itself while > > cleaning. It got in and out of tight spaces. It > even > > tried to eat Smookie's feather toy, but I rescued > it. > > > > > > We paid $219 for it at the irobot website, which > is > > the company that makes Roomba. A better deal than > at > > Linens and Things or Bed, Bath, and Beyond. They > > have a pretty decent special, which includes free > > shipping, and a free home dock (normally $60); > fairly > > cheap for a Roomba. Normally, I am a very frugal > > person, but I have bought three vacuum-cleaners in > the > > past few years at about $50 each at Walmart, and > all > > have died. Plus, I don't actually have to do the > > vacuuming myself, so that itself was worth the > extra > > money. With the tile, as opposed to the carpet we > had > > that hid a lot of dirt, every speck of dirt shows > up, > > and I'm having to sweep every day as it is. So > all in > > all, I'm happy as of day one. We'll see after a > month > > or so if Roombie was worth it. > > > > :) > > Wendy > > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful > committed citizens can > > change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that > ever has!" > > > > ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
