RoboMop: Are You Kidding Me?

erco

These idiotic things are still around? That means people are actually buying them. For cripe's sakes, it's a weasel ball moving a Swiffer pad around, pushing dust bunnies in random directions. They put a 30/60/90 minute timer on the motor and call it a ROBOT. There really is one born every minute.

http://www.amazon.com/RoboMop-SoftBase/dp/B004HIOUS4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339111377&sr=8-1

And people buy costumes for their Roombas! http://www.amazon.com/RoomBud-Costumes-you-iRobot-Roomba/lm/R1E1NZCTKQXICS

Ken, you're missing out by not making tiger-striped Swiffer adapters for Boe, Sting, & Eddie.

Peter KG6LSE

makes my Scooba look that much more smart ...



Eric is right ...... I can totaly see a few dustbusters riggged to a EDDIE .... matt G some one.. ya need to build this for the LOLs..

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

'Saw this on the costume website:

http://www.amazon.com/iRobot-5950-Clorox-Cleaning-Solution/dp/B000EINJXS/ref=cm_lmf_tit_10

'You kidding me? $40 for a bottle of cleaning solution? 'Reminds me of King Gillette's motto: "Give away the razor and sell the blades." Except that iRobot isn't exactly giving away the razor.

Recently I bought one of those Park Tools bicycle chain cleaner mechanisms. It came with a small bottle of "Citrus ChainBrite." A 13 oz. bottle of the stuff sells for $17 from Amazon. I know darn well that any hardware-store "citrus" cleaning solution will work just as well, which my local bike mechanic verified. I'm sure the same applies to the Scooba cleanser, which is "specially formulated" to clean your pockets.

-Phil

Franklin

And this from iRobot http://resources.irobot.com/index.php/video/US/3334470
and there is a bottle of scooba solution on ebay for $58

kwinn

erco wrote: »

.......... There really is one born every minute.

You are a true optimist erco. The frequency is much higher.

xanadu

"We got one because my wife hated the noise of my Roomba running daily"

Hahaha! I love marketing. We all know how much women hate it when someone else does cleaning. And the Roomba is so loud too! I can't wait to waste money on this!!

GordonMcComb

Jaques Tati's famous take on "The Kitchen of Tomorrow" (that's him in the scene, as the ever-lovable Mr Hulot):

erco

Franklin wrote: »

And this from iRobot http://resources.irobot.com/index.php/video/US/3334470
and there is a bottle of scooba solution on ebay for $58

Actually $58.75, but shipping is free! I'm watching that one. I have a few bottles left. I'll "let 'em go" for $50 each.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/iRobot-5950-Clorox-Scooba-Cleaning-Solution-/221027327916?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3376415fac

schill

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

Recently I bought one of those Park Tools bicycle chain cleaner mechanisms. It came with a small bottle of "Citrus ChainBrite." A 13 oz. bottle of the stuff sells for $17 from Amazon. I know darn well that any hardware-store "citrus" cleaning solution will work just as well, which my local bike mechanic verified. I'm sure the same applies to the Scooba cleanser, which is "specially formulated" to clean your pockets.

Off topic, but you should be careful with the citrus cleaner around some of your bike components. It's not always friendly to some of the plastic/rubber parts of your components. Over time, it can cause them to break down.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Thanks, schill. I'll keep that in mind.

-Phil

erco

schill wrote: »

Off topic, but you should be careful with the citrus cleaner... Over time, it can cause (things) to break down.

Hmmm. Then I must have gotten some citrus cleaner on my knees a few years ago...

erco

Franklin wrote: »

And this from iRobot http://resources.irobot.com/index.php/video/US/3334470
and there is a bottle of scooba solution on ebay for $58

Or just "Buy It Now" for $79.22. Free shipping!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221027327916?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

I have some in the garage which I will now sell. This may be my only "revenge" on iRobot for buying that lame Scooba.