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What’s something you own that has truly paid for itself? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I’m curious, what’s an item, tool, or purchase you own that you feel has completely justified its cost over time? Could be anything from a gadget to a piece of furniture or even software. What made it worth it for you?

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[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Eufy 11S Max robot vacuum.

We had a Roomba back when they were new. It did ok, but it wasn't really that impressive. My wife had a rechargeable upright vacuum after that. When that died, I argued for going back to a robot vacuum because her health problems were both making it hard for her to use the vacuum and also leaving me too busy to do it.

She resisted because she was never happy with the job the Roomba did. However from day 1, the Eufy vacuum did a visibly good job cleaning and won her over.

We have it set to run once a day. There's one chair it occasionally gets stuck under, and we have to block the base of the fridge or it gets stuck there. Aside from that, it's very independent. It does the vacuuming and then finds its base to recharge for the next day. It needs to be emptied out every day and cleaned more thoroughly once a week.

We've been very pleased with it.

We named it Meryl Sweep.

[–] Demonmariner@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have an Eufy named Goofy. He's an early model but works fine, except sometimes he locks himself in the bathroom.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

We love Meryl.

I'm going to get a piece of wood, paint it white, and mount it under the fridge so she doesn't get caught underneath.

Leo finds her a bit frightening.

Just when he thinks he's safe, she turns around and goes on the attack.

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