Today, we had a comedy of errors at lunch. First, I opened a new bottle of black cherry soda, and it sprayed all over me and the rest of the kitchen. Many, many paper towels later, the soda’s off the floor, but the floor’s still sticky.
Then, not 10 minutes later, Noah spills his entire glass of milk on the floor. There goes another tree worth of paper towels. Not to mention, that our kitchen floor, which was just dirty before, is now filthy. And really in need of a mopping.
But I despise mopping. I hate it. Plus, I still have to get Noah in bed for his nap and eat my own lunch (which at this point is getting cold). Not to mention that I was up half the night last night, and that, coupled with the pregnancy fatigue, makes mopping the kitchen floor the most unappealing thing in the world.
But, thankfully, in steps my new friend. No, not some kind-hearted soul who takes pity on me and mops my floor for me. My new friend is a robot. iRobot’s Scooba to be exact. I’ve been drooling over this thing since they invented it a couple years ago. I finally ordered it after Christmas (thank you, Christmas money!).
Now, when kitchen disasters strike, I spend 5 minutes picking up the big pieces of dirt off the floor (or the toy cars left by my son), I pull back the chairs from the table, I fill up Scooba’s tank, turn it on and leave.
Over the next 45 minutes, while I sit on my butt and surf the web, or watch tv, or whatever I feel like doing, Scooba does the following:
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| 1. Preps by picking up loose sand, crumbs and dirt 2. Washes using clean Clorox cleaning solution where mops just spread the dirt around 3. Scrubs your floor removing dirt and grime 4. Dries by picking up the dirty solution leaving the floor clean and dry |
It’s even got the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. And I no longer deal with dirty mop water.
And in case you were curious, yes, it actually gets the dirt off your floor. Here’s the proof with what came out of our Scooba after it’s initial run:
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What kind of floor do you have? And how much floor does one tank cover? I’ve been considering a SCOOBA and am glad to hear someone likes it but wonder how it would work on my tile.