OK Harry.....

I must have gotten a unionized "iRobot Roomba" for Christmas.

In the course of an 8 hour workday...

It starts by sitting on the charger for 3 hours. Then it goes out and does
a wonderful job of vaccuming a room. Then it automaticly drives over to the
charger and sits there for another 3 hours. Lastly it's ready to do one more
room before quitting time.

IT'S GOT A RACKET GOING - I TELL YA!!!

-W

Clams Canino wrote:
OK Harry.....

I must have gotten a unionized "iRobot Roomba" for Christmas.

In the course of an 8 hour workday...

It starts by sitting on the charger for 3 hours. Then it goes out and does
a wonderful job of vaccuming a room. Then it automaticly drives over to the
charger and sits there for another 3 hours. Lastly it's ready to do one more
room before quitting time.

IT'S GOT A RACKET GOING - I TELL YA!!!

-W

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.

"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

Actually I think it does have a bit of airflow... thus the need for the
exhaust filter. I could be wrong... but.

As for a boat... I don't think it would do too well with sand.

-W



"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message

It's not a vacuum. It's a rotating brush, and it's surprising how much
stuff it picks up on a hardwood floor that a regular vacuum cleaner
misses. I can't see it working on a boat very well at all.

CWM

On 27 Dec 2006 09:57:14 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

Stowing a vaccuum cleaner on a
carpeted boat is a poor and inefficient use of space, but can be pretty
essential for housekeeping purposes.

Our GB49 has a built in central vac located in the engine room. It is
very compact and efficient - nice system.

Wayne.B wrote:
On 27 Dec 2006 09:57:14 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

Stowing a vaccuum cleaner on a
carpeted boat is a poor and inefficient use of space, but can be pretty
essential for housekeeping purposes.

Our GB49 has a built in central vac located in the engine room. It is
very compact and efficient - nice system.

For larger boats, with adequate room for the motor, filter, etc a built
in vac would be tough to beat. You do lose some suction with the long
distance between the end of the hose and the
motor, but I would guess that can be made up with the use of a much
larger motor made practical by a fixed location.

Adding a central vac system would be much easier during the
construction of a new boat than trying to retrofit an existing one.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message

What rate of charge were you offering your Roomba? Did you offer to
provide help in paying for health care? Do you contribute to the
Roomba's pension? Safe working conditions? You live in the Carolinas,
right? Where workers are chattel?

You get what you pay for. :)

I'm going to talk to it's steward tomorrow. I think the fine technical
staff at CC Marine can do something about guaranteed health care.

-W

Hey Clams
here is a good Roomba site for Q/A and fault diagnosis
http://www.roombareview.com/chat/viewforum.php?f=1
JR
Roomba owner

Clams Canino wrote:
OK Harry.....

I must have gotten a unionized "iRobot Roomba" for Christmas.

In the course of an 8 hour workday...

It starts by sitting on the charger for 3 hours. Then it goes out and does
a wonderful job of vaccuming a room. Then it automaticly drives over to the
charger and sits there for another 3 hours. Lastly it's ready to do one more
room before quitting time.

IT'S GOT A RACKET GOING - I TELL YA!!!

-W




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Cool site - thanks!

-W (the little critter kinda grows on you - and does a decent job for the
money)


"JR North" wrote in message
.. .
Hey Clams
here is a good Roomba site for Q/A and fault diagnosis
http://www.roombareview.com/chat/viewforum.php?f=1
JR
Roomba owner

Clams Canino wrote:
OK Harry.....

I must have gotten a unionized "iRobot Roomba" for Christmas.

In the course of an 8 hour workday...

It starts by sitting on the charger for 3 hours. Then it goes out and
does
a wonderful job of vaccuming a room. Then it automaticly drives over to
the
charger and sits there for another 3 hours. Lastly it's ready to do one
more
room before quitting time.

IT'S GOT A RACKET GOING - I TELL YA!!!

-W




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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message

Any airflow is the result of the rotating brush.

CWM

Upon further reading, I think that rubber impeller might have something to
do with it. I followed it around with my hand behind it and there is a
quite steady stream of air out the rear exhaust vent. I wouldn't say it's
got much "suction" though... but enough to do a good surface cleaning.

-W