"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

Sounds like your gift really sucks.

Isn't that those little flat, saucer-shaped devices? It's hard to
imagine how they move enough air to develop adequate suction. It would
be nice to know if it works well. Stowing a vaccuum cleaner on a
carpeted boat is a poor and inefficient use of space, but can be pretty
essential for housekeeping purposes. 12-volt vaccuums are generally
useless. Boat carpet is typically at various levels, and seldom
contiguous, so the robot vac would need to be carried around, but the
extremely flat profile of one of these Roomba devices would make it
easy to stow if it is actually worth having aboard.

They don't move a whole *lot* of air... think of it more like a glorified
carpet sweeper with some bonus suction. But if you empty the dirt between
uses and tap the filter clean, it moves *enough* air to do a really good
surface cleaning. The brush rolls and redundant coverage make up to a large
degree for the poor air-flow. It could be worth having aboard. I'd recommend
the basic "Roomba red" for boat work.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...tle=roomba+red

-W