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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by SoftTalker on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:24PM (#46279137)
Cordless is nice until the batteries won't charge anymore. Or the charger stops working. Or you forgot to charge it and now want to use it. Or the charging connector gets worn and unreliable. Then you have an expensive battery replacement or other repair or (more likely) you just replace the whole device because it was made to be unrepairable, and now you have several pounds of plastic and e-waste to dispose of.

Dealing with plugging a cord into an outlet is no more burdensome than picking up the socks or shoes before the Roomba wakes up and tries to ingest them.

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by seanmcdirmid on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:36PM (#46279318)
If the batteries don't work anymore, I buy a new vaccum. My Dyson was last updated in 2020, it is 2025 now, so I think it is working out? The charging dock works great for not forgetting to replace it.

I guess this is how people felt when they moved from wired phones to wireless phones?

> Dealing with plugging a cord into an outlet is no more burdensome than picking up the socks or shoes before the Roomba wakes up and tries to ingest them.

And dragging the cord around, and having to plug out and re-plug the cord in again because you want to do a different part of the room.

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by hardlianotion on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:35PM (#46281041)
> And dragging the cord around, and having to plug out and re-plug the cord in again because you want to do a different part of the room.

As someone who used to sweep the floor of the family home as a chore, as a child, that makes me smile.

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by seanmcdirmid on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:52PM (#46281245)
Ya, a broom is easier at that point: no cord. Or you just get a stick vacuum and call the problem done.
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