Marylyn, I have this rubber spongy thing that my friend gave me. They're cheap, and I love it! It's grayish black and kind of shaped like a rectangle, but with a curved inner part for you to grip. I think she got it from Drs. Foster and Smith, but I'm not really sure. But, this thing takes the fur and rolls it up when you drag is across the upholstery. This is the only way I can vacuum my furniture-I have to do this first which gets up the majority of the hair, but the stuff that's left is actually vacuum-able. I also bought some vacuum spray stuff that's supposed to allow the hair to not stick to furniture, but it was a mess and didn't really work, and it would get in places I didn't want. By far, I stand my rubber thing!
I'll look later for a link to one, I couldn't find one on the Drs. Website, but I know it's out there somewhere. But, I did read while looking that many people use a rubber glove. I've never tried it. If you do, let us know! Melissa _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marylyn Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:47 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those of youconsideringpurchasing one I saw something about rubber gloves (like for washing dishes) getting up fur on upholstery. Has anyone had any experience with this? If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: elizabeth trent <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:34 PM Subject: Re: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those of you consideringpurchasing one I'm curious -- how much does it hold? I love my purple dyson for animal hair but so help me - we're such a shedding bunch I have to empty it frequently. how does it perform? elizabeth On 4/15/07, wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey guys, Just wanted to let you guys know that Roombie (our new Roomba Sage for pet owners) went on it's maiden voyage this morning. The kitties were somewhat alarmed at first, but by the time it cleaned for 45 minutes and docked itself, they weren't too concerned with it. Smookie ran over to it when it stopped and has been trying to get the brushes out from underneath it. It's too cute. So far, Roombie did a bang-up job of vacuuming my tile floors-the living room, kitchen, and eating area along with the front entry way and hallway leading from that. That's as far as it could go since all the doors were shut along the hallway. I was very surprised with how well it patterned itself while cleaning. It got in and out of tight spaces. It even tried to eat Smookie's feather toy, but I rescued it. We paid $219 for it at the irobot website, which is the company that makes Roomba. A better deal than at Linens and Things or Bed, Bath, and Beyond. They have a pretty decent special, which includes free shipping, and a free home dock (normally $60); fairly cheap for a Roomba. Normally, I am a very frugal person, but I have bought three vacuum-cleaners in the past few years at about $50 each at Walmart, and all have died. Plus, I don't actually have to do the vacuuming myself, so that itself was worth the extra money. With the tile, as opposed to the carpet we had that hid a lot of dirt, every speck of dirt shows up, and I'm having to sweep every day as it is. So all in all, I'm happy as of day one. We'll see after a month or so if Roombie was worth it. :) Wendy "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com