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More Roomba Vacuums Get Matter Support for HomeKit Integration
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That doesn’t mean anything. The buyer doesn’t care what you payed originally, so there is no “reasonable price”. Also not many people like buying used vacuum cleaners at all
I've got a Eufy that's really good, although I really wish they'd get around the problem with mirrors. I use it to essentially clean off the cat hairs from the floor from the living room, hall and kitchen with doors closed on all of the bedrooms as it goes haywire with floor to ceiling mirrors.
I'm still running mine. With enough people and animals in the house, you can tell if they haven't run in a day or two.
If your an American you should be concerned.
Hopefully this gets extended to some more legacy models. I have a Roomba i3 that’s still going strong to this day. They already allow Siri Shortcuts, so hopefully they’ll extend HomeKit support, but I don’t expect it.
Correct, people named Warren and Khan blocked it with their usual intelligence of "they won't go under if we say they won't". Same reason Spirit is in Chapter 11 again.
My mind went to “tell me you aren’t a pet owner without telling me you aren’t a pet owner”
I tried a cheap robot vacuum about 10 years ago and it wasn’t a great experience. It needed constant taking apart to clean hair out of it, constant emptying the bin, and the nicad battery died after a year and a replacement cost as much as the robot, and it couldn’t get into the laundry as entrance has a small 28 mm threshold. Went back to once a week vacuuming and a bit less frequent mopping by hand. My excuse is no dog atm and the kids are grown.
We just bought a higher end Roborock on Black Friday sales (yes matter support) vac/mop. The difference is obvious with daily vacuuming and twice weekly mopping. And all those problems identified above are addressed and then some. After a month it would be hard to go back. We just need to do a quick hit with the stick vacuum every now and again behind some furniture rocky can’t get at, and clean the skirting boards. And that’s it.
We just bought a higher end Roborock on Black Friday sales (yes matter support) vac/mop. The difference is obvious with daily vacuuming and twice weekly mopping. And all those problems identified above are addressed and then some. After a month it would be hard to go back. We just need to do a quick hit with the stick vacuum every now and again behind some furniture rocky can’t get at, and clean the skirting boards. And that’s it.
Why would you be concerned about Chinese companies mapping your house?
Unless you have connections to (travel to/business with) China, I guess.
I’d be more concerned about American companies.
They are much more likely to provide data about you to the U.S. government or U.S. companies.
It’s them, the governments and companies in your own jurisdiction that’ll most likely screw you over - not the Chinese.
Might be different if you live in a jurisdiction with robust privacy laws/regulation - but as an American consumer, you don’t.
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Agree these vacuum if run regularly make a huge difference. I want a mop/vac combo eventually, likely a roborock since these have earned high praise. I run 3x a week and it makes a difference and I don't open the app regularly it just runs while I am at work.
It’s comical that people think the layout of their houses are relevant for foreign governments.
Actually... it's always nice to see the result after my Roomba S7+ and 980 are done. It does give me more time to do the other cleaning in the house.
I'm wondering though... if my Roomba's will get the Matter support, I don't know, does HomeKit support selecting a room/area? At least it should be able to see it's running status. At this moment I've HomeBridge setup to detect if the Roomba's are active, so that HomeKit kan turn on the light on the appropriate floor when it's dark (the S7 and 980 need a bit of light for navigation).
Recently switched to robot (Roborock midrange).
Very worthwhile, vacuums and mops when I leave the house. Setting up an automation button that I press after taking a shower for it to come in and mop up after me.
Very worthwhile, vacuums and mops when I leave the house. Setting up an automation button that I press after taking a shower for it to come in and mop up after me.