Ok, I live in a house of mainly guys, and it's hard to get housework done.

I've heard of these things a bit, but I want to know if they are actually practical and will be able to vacuum the whole house.

Does anyone own one? Kinda wanting recommendations, and advice on what they can/cannot do.

At the moment I've been considering a couple off eBay:

Robotic vacuum (Aus)

iRobot Roomba (US)

Heard good things about the iRobot. I also know they do a wet/dry one but it is $800 at Retravision.

Get a Polish girlfriend. Problem solved.

Stick to the share market

I have one and it rocks, cleans the whole house, all i have to do is empty it and not tread on the bloody thing as it wanders around!

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Which model do you have?

i have a samsung, not sure on the model but i think it is called a navibot or something like that, wasn't overly cheap though!

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you talking about the polish girlfriend here, or the robot vacuum? :P

I have been looking at getting one of these.. I have pets and wooden floors so I want something that will pick up all the fur etc... It would make my life so much easier...

How do these things go with house alarms?

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John - most house alarms have a buffer zone between the ground and 40cm high for example, which can be adjusted, to allow for pets (cats, dogs etc...) or will only detect things over a certain weight - ie: a person from 50kg upwards.. allowing your 25kg labrador to run around as he pleases... if you get robbed by an annorexic though, you have a problem..

or a child...