i feel like a meanie

[magicicada]

jeff and i picked up a roomba on www.woot.com and i have been supervising it through it's first tour of the downstairs. it has done better than i would have expected with the various obstacles. i was quite delighted to see how it dealt with the cats' stray kibble and litter. however, i had to admit that while it would try really really hard to clean the rugs in the bathroom and utility room, it was not good for it's digestion. these are all either bathmats or descendents of bathmats, so i have taken them all and chucked them in the washer for a more proper cleaning. this resulted in lots of debris on the floors, so when the yellow light started flashing for a low battery warning - i locked it in the bathroom. i feel like a mean roomba mommie. it doesn't help that we tend to lock the cats in the bathroom when they've been excessively bad - or that there is a very confused cat trapped on the outside of the bathroom wondering why there is an alien in her food room.

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[knobody.livejournal.com]

*snort*

how does it handle strewn toys? does it gobble them up as well or is it good and leaves them alone? is it even better and returns them to the play room?

[gardenwaltz.livejournal.com]

our trial was with cat toys:

toys which are flat, resemble paper, have string or feathers will be gobbled up.

larger toys will be pushed aside (this resulted in a really cute jangling from under the futon.)

toys are not returned to their play room, but roomba did push a book back out from under the futon which i had lost.