This one picks up dirt, but it just drives until it hits something, then randomly rotates, repeat until battery is low.

maybe I should just stick to sweeping the floor....

Roomba doesn't make one for $200. I think the Xiaome is under $300 though.

Get something that you can schedule that also maps the area and had some pathfinding/logic to it, rather than just randomness until low battery.

And EMPTY DAILY.

>Get something that you can schedule that also maps the area and had some pathfinding/logic to it, rather than just randomness until low battery.
probably me with the cheap electrolux vac I have now

Don't hafta clean the filter every time, buy at least dump the dirt cup.

kek

Ours is also doing maybe 1000sq/ft which is fairly cluttered though.

But boy. Random pathfinding struggles with a table and 8 chairs.

thinking about it it's probably overkill

If it's a smaller less cluttered space, it'll matter less. Check out some comparisons online though, especially if it's preventing fucking roaches.

my small as fuck HDB flat is really small

I should probably stop being lazy and vacuum better

I'm all about being lazy.

no, it really is small

https://www.hdb.gov.sg/cs/infoweb/residential/buying-a-flat/resale/types-of-flats

it's a 2-room flat (type 1)

45 sqft

Meters, isn't it?

oh yeah

sqm*

484 sqft

is it worth buying a robovac for something this small?

Was gonna say. 45sq/ft you'd barely have room for the Roomba

Eh. I like lazy. We also rarely sweep/vacuum as often as we should. This keeps it clean without any work.

Kinda just comes down to if you value your time enough to make it worthwhile. Also, if you have a good spot to hide it in. Walking around it in a hallway sucks. Leaving it under a coffee table doesn't.

do they do a good job?

say I got a lot of cramped space, would the roomba still be able to do that?

It's like 18" across with a 6" brush in the middle, so it doesn't do corners, but the main area, yeah. It has a little side brush to get the edges of walls. It basically gets all your vacuuming down to occasionally sweeping corners into the middle of the room.

And even then, the exhaust on the rear and the side brush usually blast most stuff around enough it'll get it eventually.

You use it regularly to prevent dirt from accumulating, don't use once in a while to get all the dirt you've let build up.

Or do. I have 3 roommates and we all wear our shoes inside after making dust in the garage, so we need to clean the floors often

ahhh i see i see

so its more for preventative maintenance so you dont generally need to vacuum on your own

can someone recommend me a really cheap chink dumbphone that looks good

Why do you want a dumb pjobe

there's refurbished Nokia's on Ali

t mobile sidekick

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/TeRL8ek

fidget spinner phone or bust

cus im addicted to my phone