Dear Irobot, You Are Not Getting This Vacuum Back

This robotic vacuum is perfect for those of us with long hair who shed so much that it’s shocking we still have hair. It’s also amazing for any of us with health issues or crazy busy lives. Honestly, who wants to spend their time vacuuming? That is not anything even close to my idea of a beautiful life. Think of the hours we spend doing this over and over again. We could be sitting on the beach with a drink.

Note before we get into the review: These are affiliate links. All that means is that I may make a small amount if you purchase from these links. This is in no way why I love it. There are a zillion other things I buy that I do not tell you about. I love this whether I make any money from it or not.

I feel kind of bad, friends. I meant to tell you about this for a while now, but life is so full here. I’ve had the iRobot Roomba Robot Vacuum with Wi-Fi Connectivity vacuum for almost seven months now, and if anything I might love it even more. It was pretty much love at first sight the first time it vacuumed my floors for me. But I love the little things I’ve discovered about it since then. And I love that I still love it so much. It wasn’t just a summer fling. It is true love.

This Roomba Vacuum is one of those things you’ll fall more in love with every single day. I had eyed these babies for years. But I honestly just did not believe the hype. Nope. Won’t fool me. Then I had serious health issues where I could barely stand much less vacuum. Even that didn’t send me running to Amazon to spend a crazy amount on a vacuum cleaner and be fooled by the hype. Nope. I dragged my barely standing body to Walmart where I chose a respectable lightweight vacuum. Doable. Somewhat. I did love it’s maneuverability, but not when you spend more time cleaning hair from the rollers than you actually do vacuuming. Ugh. This is crazy. Then enters a crawling grandchild into my life. Fine. I’ll give you my money, IRobot. But I’m buying it from amazon and returning it tomorrow if it is all a lie. But that didn’t happen. You will have to pry this thing from my cold, dead hands, iRobot. You are not getting it back.

I do have to be up front with you here. I didn’t read all of the directions. It is pretty easy, and I did read some of them. But not all of them. I meant to come back later. Honestly, I didn’t even follow all the directions I read, like when it said how far away from objects you needed to place it from the base. Have you seen this thing park??? It’s got it. I always try to notice the end of the cleaning cycle. I just love to watch it park. So I also didn’t bother with learning the secondary places I was suppose to clean. I meant to get back to that later. So sorry, my friend. One day it kept giving me warning message after warning message. It’s super easy to clean the main compartment and the filter. It’s even easier to pull off the few hairs here and there from places. Nothing at all like a brush vacuum. But one day it’s having a cow, and I don’t know what it wants. In spite of the blaring code it keeps telling me to look up. So much user error here. I’m sure I am voiding my warranty like crazy by telling you all this. Did I tell you that I hate to read directions? Apparently there are two more simple places that collect hair that you’re suppose to clean ever so often. It was a quick and easy fix and all was forgiven. My Roomba still loves me. I am AMAZED at all of the hair. Well. I shouldn’t be amazed about all the hair. I’m used to having to take more time to clean it off the old vacuum than I actually spent vacuuming. What blows my mind is how easy it is to clean it off the Roomba.

Oh, Roomba, how did I ever live without you and why did I ever wait so long to get you? You are my BFF. Wait. It’s more than that. I’ve never had a BFF come vacuum for me. You are so much more than that.

In a world where not only do I have my own health issues, but I’m a caregiver for someone else, too, and everything falls on my shoulders with no one to help, it’s a hard road. But this beautiful thing shows up for me every day to help. Best. Money. Ever. Spent. Me and Jeeves (that’s what I named him). He’s got me. My next one is going to mop. And iRobot, feel free to come out with ones for the dishes and laundry, too. I’ll be the first in line to buy them. Seriously, guys. Please start working on that.

People, you need to go buy one. Yes. There are a few things here and there it can’t do, like clean base boards. My swifter makes light work of that. But this thing will save you so much time, and honestly, it’s just plain fun. If my mom were still alive, I would SO get her one. If you have a parent or grandparent that this task is hard for, you guys all chip in and get them one today.

Oh, and if you have a smart phone, feel free to start, stop, or even schedule it from your phone.

I’ve come to the conclusion if I’m going to spend a lot of money on something, it definitely needs to make my life easier…WAY easier…but even better when it does the job FOR me. Well done, iRobot. Well done.

This is the one I got. If you click on the link, it will take you to the model.

iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum with Wi-Fi Connectivity