Oh, I’ve been curious about this!
The spark
Robot vacuum cleaners are
something I’ve been a bit interested in.
I bet a lot of people feel the same way, right?
Then I found out that the rental site
Rentio was offering
the latest
Roomba J9 for free for three months,
so I decided to give it a try right away.
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Wait, this is a Roomba?
Released September 22, 2023 Roomba J9
109,800 yen (tax included)!!!
I can’t just buy it outright…
Or rather, I won’t.
But I do want to try it out.
For people like me, rental is the way to go.
The benefits of renting
Whether it suits your needs is a big deal.
These days it’s
easier to resell things, but when you think about listing and packaging, you really don’t want to make a mistake.
When the price gets into five figures,
you have to be careful.
Seasonal appliances are best rented.
I’ve been
renting a humidifier
since last year. No storage, maintenance, or consumables to worry about.
Even if you use a humidifier for only about six months,
there’s the cost of filter replacements, overall deterioration,
maintenance like descaling and cleaning,
and you can
try the latest models and different brands.
If something involves the keywords “seasonal appliance, consumables, storage, and new models every year,”
renting might be the way to go.
The Roomba has
filters, brushes, and batteries
that are all consumables.
Depending on how often you use it,
you’ll need to replace them in a few years.
And considering
how it keeps evolving year after year,
I think
renting is the more fun and efficient choice.
The size is 33.9 cm
just a bit more than a 320 mm disk
It’s bigger than I thought.
It can only clean
places it can fit through. (*´ω｀*)
I flipped it over.
It weighs 3.4 kg,
so you really have to give it a good flip.
The underside is surprisingly simple!
The brushes are consumables.
There are plenty of options, both OEM and third-party from Amazon.
The dust bin again.
It comes with a filter too.
It can only clean
what fits in this bin.
In other words, it’s not for really dirty places,
but rather for household dust and pet hair
and things of that size.
It looks nice and clean at first.
Vacuum cleaners get dirtier over time,
so subscription or rental is perfect.
We really do live in a great age.
This screen has been going for over an hour now…
So I forced the app to close,
and it had finished.
I’ll do a practical review next time.
