Considering all the many beautiful homes in THE VILLAGES with predominately tile floors throughout, I often wondered how they are kept so sparkling clean. For those of us who do not have cleaning ladies/services, tile floors are a real chore, especially in the kitchen.
One of my Christmas gifts this year (that I asked for) was the iROBOT MINT automatic floor cleaner (hardwood and tile)........
Guess we are slowing down........but just got around to asking hubby to charge the battery, etc.......I tried it for the first time yesterday, using the Swiffer wet pads. Unbelievable. Super clean kitchen tile floor.
It did take almost three hours and three pads.........but it looks like new again. Amazing how such a tiny little robotic gizmo could clean so well.
It even got the grout and the coffee stains near the dishwasher.
Today I'm doing the three bathrooms with glossier tile floors.
The kitchen was a rougher texture adobe look tile......I'm really happy with this little robot. Just went online to see it compared to the Roomba and some others........a male relative of ours has the Roomba and he loved it........that's what gave me the idea to get one.
It also dry dust mops with the dry cloths.........or instead of the wet Swiffer pad, one could use the cloth (washable pads) that come with it and a different detergent. It remembers where it went and really does a great job.
You aim the beam at the ceiling and it just seems to direct the robotic cleaner........it even went to the far side of the room and did all around the kitchen table and around the chairs and under the table AFTER it had done the open part of the kitchen floor, which is pretty big. When it got over to the dining room door, it knew NOT to go onto the carpeting.
Go figure.
Just love it. When I was younger, washing floors would have been no big deal.........but just slowing down now.
http://store.irobot.com/family/index...s=A-ProductAge
iROBOT : Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner