Any full timers use a roomba style vac?
I normally sweep but dont like the dust. Started looking at the cheap stand up cordless vacs. I like the idea of a filter. Im on vinyl flooring and live on dirt. Think a roomba type of vac would w...
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Not a full timer, however I take a small corded 4 gallon "shop vac" type of sweeper.
Takes up some storage space but I have a pretty big storage box mounted on the back of my TT that it fits in.
I have found that the Ridgid brand sold by Home Depot to be extremely dependable and even Incorporated a Rigid shop vac into my sticks and bricks home brew whole house vac system.
Much stronger vacuum than any battery powered device, uses filters that do not even allow drywall dust through so the dirt your vac picks up does not end up going out of the sweeper.
Home Depot has a nice compact 3 gallon Ridgid shop vac..
HERE
While it does not include a carpet beater bar, you can buy vacuum powered after market beater bar units inexpensively..
HERE for $30 which works surprisingly well on most carpets with perhaps exception of really deep pile carpet.
The Ridgid filters can be easily cleaned and reused for many times as long as you do not get the filter wet. I simply take the filter out of the vac (outside of course) and tap the filter on a solid surface to knock out accumulated dirt then put back into the vac.. Been doing it this way for 30 yrs and have never bought a new filter.
Sweeping a RV takes what a whole 10 minutes and that includes dusting all of the above floor surfaces (not sure how a robot vac can "dust" surfaces above the floor, I guess you don't or perhaps sit the roomba on the counter??).. Not to mention, I don't miss any spots. I am a loss as to why folks clamor to robot vacs..
If you clean regularly it should take much more than 10 minutes in a space of a RV, now in a 2500 sq ft house it may take a half hr per week but that is a different beast.
Takes up some storage space but I have a pretty big storage box mounted on the back of my TT that it fits in.
I have found that the Ridgid brand sold by Home Depot to be extremely dependable and even Incorporated a Rigid shop vac into my sticks and bricks home brew whole house vac system.
Much stronger vacuum than any battery powered device, uses filters that do not even allow drywall dust through so the dirt your vac picks up does not end up going out of the sweeper.
Home Depot has a nice compact 3 gallon Ridgid shop vac..
HERE
While it does not include a carpet beater bar, you can buy vacuum powered after market beater bar units inexpensively..
HERE for $30 which works surprisingly well on most carpets with perhaps exception of really deep pile carpet.
The Ridgid filters can be easily cleaned and reused for many times as long as you do not get the filter wet. I simply take the filter out of the vac (outside of course) and tap the filter on a solid surface to knock out accumulated dirt then put back into the vac.. Been doing it this way for 30 yrs and have never bought a new filter.
Sweeping a RV takes what a whole 10 minutes and that includes dusting all of the above floor surfaces (not sure how a robot vac can "dust" surfaces above the floor, I guess you don't or perhaps sit the roomba on the counter??).. Not to mention, I don't miss any spots. I am a loss as to why folks clamor to robot vacs..
If you clean regularly it should take much more than 10 minutes in a space of a RV, now in a 2500 sq ft house it may take a half hr per week but that is a different beast.
