good news?
got the results already. Not preggy. Hee. Hormonal imbalance and anaemic again.
roomba
We used to use the roomba before we had a maid. I cant remember the model number but its the $899 (or was it $799, cant remember) model with the docking bay and the robot will automatically go back to bay to charge if it has completed its job or with its low on batt. If you house if regular shaped without differences in heights between rooms (it cant cross "low kerbs" properly and sometimes, get stuck), it works well. However, if you house has alot of corners or if your sofa's height clearance is only slightly above its height, or your shoe rack is slightly above its height, it sometimes get stuck under the sofa or below the show rack. Also, you'll need to pull out your dining table chairs and place them side by side along the wall, else it also might get stuck under the table between the chair legs.
Despite its tendency to get stuck, it works well and saved us alot of time cleaning up the house. Don't expect a squeakly clean job as compared to being done by a maid, but, it beats not having the floor swept. Also, you'll need to "fininsh" up the job by sweeping the corners yourself cuz its not able to cover corners well enough.
I wouldn't advice buying it from US either even though its cheaper cuz the local distributor will not replace or sell you a new batt if you didn't buy it locally. Neither will they service your roomba if it breaksdown. Unless you're prepared to buy a new unit from US every half yearly, its better to buy it locally.
I liked the roomba but ever since we had a maid, we stopped using it so my hb "lent" it to my in-laws to use. Unfortunately, they didn't take care of my poor robot and the batt went dead. They had also lost my warranty card so I was unable to buy a new batt for the poor thing so now its collecting dust on top my cupboard.
Flo, which model is your roomba? Can I tompang you to buy a new batt for my roomba the next time u go to the servicing center?