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Tzumi ionvacUV UltraClean Robovac With Smart Mapping and Sanitizing UV Light
- Strong, powerful suction
- A nice UV-C light that kills germs as it goes
- Rubber terrain wheels, so it’ll have no problem going from hardwood to carpet
- Does it celebrate awesome movies from the 1980s: No, so if that’s what you’re looking for, maybe check out Mediocritee
Do Less
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
And you know why?
Because everyone is friggin’ EXHAUSTED!
The holidays are labor. A labor of love, perhaps, but labor nonetheless.
Best case scenario: you travel to visit family you haven’t seen in a while and you recap your entire year over and over again, editing on the fly to leave out details that might be controversial or just annoying to explain. After all, no amount of detail is going to help great uncle Gary understand what a “social media initiative” is so you might as well just call it “advertising” and let him think you’re writing copy for cigarette ads in magazines.
Worst case scenario: You’re not traveling; you’re the destination. As in: you’re hosting. And sure, it’s nice to avoid the airport, but after a week of grocery shopping and prepping the Christmas goose and cleaning–like, REALLY cleaning, because you know one of your relatives/in-laws will have something to say if there’s so much as a shred of garlic skin on the kitchen floor, under the lip of the cabinets where you can’t see it–well, you might find yourself longing for travel delays and misplaced luggage.
Which brings us back to our initial point: the holidays are work. So why don’t you treat yourself to a little less work after the holidays by investing in a solid robotic vacuum? Like this one.
It’s got a whole bunch of suction power, a UV-C light for killing germs, rubber terrain wheels so that it’ll have no trouble going from hardwood to carpet, and a slew of sensors to keep it from crashing into stuff or falling down the stairs. But most importantly, it vacuums so you don’t have to.
It won’t do the dishes or clear snow. But it’s a start. So buy one now and ring in a New Year with a little less to do!