During the cleaning frenzy that seized me this morning, I moved all the furniture from one side of the house to the other (the better to mop it with, my dears). This did two things: it trapped the Queen Mother’s wheelchair in the bedroom side of the house, and 2) it inspired Gary to go out and buy me my birthday present early. What do you get for a woman who has all wood floors, a dog that secretly pees, and a Roomba? Why, a Scooba, the mopping Roomba. So he ran off to buy himself uh, me, one. I would have thought his gadget lust would have been sated by the wireless TiVO laptop network he just set up, but no.
My first thought as the machine began the cleaning process was “Don’t I have to sweep – uh – Roomba first?” But evidently not. And the whole family watched hypnotized as the Scooba began to clean. It didn’t leave behind any water.
“Does it sweep first, then mop?” I asked.
No, Gary said it swept, mopped, and dried all at the same time.
Scooba spiraled for another fifteen minutes.
Mom mentioned how it seemed to be drying the floor very effectively. She said it dryly enough she may have been kidding. I hope so, because I would hate to think two members of my family could have been taken in by the Emporer’s new Scooba.
“I will be amazed if I empty any dirty water out of that.” I said flatly.
“No, it’s cleaning!” Gary cried. “It’s just blow drying the floor after.”
And, if you overlooked the complete lack of water on the floor, it did look cleaner. And when it finally said it was done and I showed Gary all the clean water was still in there and the dirty water tank was dry, and after I went to the web site and read the codes and started and stopped it three times, suddenly it gurgled and left behind a shiny trail of water.
Roomba users know that the robots use an algorithm to supposedly cross every inch of floor. Since the Scooba leaves behind a wet trail, you can see the algorithm is the same used by the thousand monkeys as they type Hamlet. However, we let it go and it almost cleaned the entire floor before…it ran out of power.
My floor is almost clean and the husband is happy with my birthday present. And it only took…the entire freaking day. Sigh.
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Why haven’t I heard about this? Does it work on tile floors?I would gladly get one because 2000 sq ft of tile to mop by hand is 2000 too many.
One more thing – it doesn’t like laminate floor, like Pergo.
Holy crap, lady! You’ve completely eliminated the need for a maid!I think my husband might love you forever for this.
Here you go. I would certainly use it on a tile floor. And an update – Mom got me a Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Cleaner that dispenses cleaner after you take a shower. It’s attached to the shower head. You push a button and it waits for you to get out of the bathroom and then hoses your shower down.Anything so I don’t have to clean.