Product Review: Roomba 500 series

I am a lazy guy, if there's something that can help me to clean less, I'm all ears. I have owned 4 roomba since 2002. The first 3 were killed by my dogs fur, the only survivor is my 2 year old Roomba 500 series. If you have pets, don't get anything lower than a 500 series, the older generation were not designed to handle fur.

One of the down side of being allergic to dust is that I must clean often, especially we have carpet. Let me tell you this, the Roomba WILL NOT replace regular vacuuming, you will still need to use your upright. However, the Roomba will reduce your vacuuming frequency. With 2 dogs in the house, I run the Roomba once a day, it learned my 2300 sqft home terrain and not miss a spot. Very impressive. I get a full bucket load EVERY DAY. Clean up is not bad either. With the addition of the Roomba, my house is able to cut down to Vacuuming only once a week with our Dyson. Not bad at all.

Here's a video of my Roomba in action, also my dogs are featured.

Do you filter your water?

We live in the suburb with city water, there are 2 water filtration method that we use. One is a Brita pitcher with drop in filter for my wife, who prefers room temperature water, the other is my LG Refrigerator with a built in slide in filter.

Years ago when I used to live in Oklahoma (think small town with only 1 traffic light). I had a reverse osmosis system, it did a wonderful job, the town was called sulphur and the water lived up to its name.

Here's a great article on buying water filtration system.

So what kind of water filtration system do you use? Care to share in the comments area? submit a tip while you're at it! photo credit: gocarts