I'm thinking about getting a Roomba. We have a very active house and I just don't want to be sweeping and vacuuming all day everyday. We have laminate all over the house, one huge antique rug and a couple of small area rugs. Would be nice to have a little vacuum helper to keep up the small stuff in between weekly deep cleans. I do have a Dyson vacuum that I use on my hard floors. I use one of the of the attachments with the hose to clean...for some reason I never have luck with an upright and hard floors.

Before I make the Roomba purchase I am going to get some swiffer cloths to help keep the dust bunnies at bay. At least the kids can handle that chore on their own.

Would love to hear if anyone has used a Roomba on their hard floors.

Ohhh, I want to see pics!! Our carlise floors just arrived on Friday. They will be installed in a week or two.

For hardwoods, caniester vacuums are the best and Miele is highly rated. It was very expensive, plus I hate lugging the canister around so I use an upright Dyron, with the brush off.

I sweep the kitchen area every day with a broom. I only vacuum every couple weeks.

I use my Roomba 560 everyday. It is wonderful not to worry about the daily tracked in mess. It is scheduled to start cleaning all by itself and then it goes back to a home base when it is done. I clean it out every other day and make sure the filter is changed when necessary. I recently had to replace the battery (2years and a few months old). I got a 15% discount because I registered my robot when I got it. I just called the Phone # on the manual, the girl was really helpful and my order arrived in just days.

I like the Roomba so much I'm thinking of getting a Scooba floor washing robot now.

LIL

For a quick clean-up, get a good dust mop. Bona is good. My dog has white hair and sheds all year, so I take the dust mop for quick hair removal.

You also need a dust mop to get under the furniture. You wouldn't believe the dust that gets under there!

I also keep my dust mop hidden in the entryway. :)

Other than that, I vacuum about twice a week.

I'm with pps7, I would love to see pictures. But, you know that already. (lol)

.....Jane

I vacuum with our dyson about 2-3 times/week....we have a black lab who, thankfully, doesn't shed as much as he used to. I would never sweep....seems like to much work.

I have a Miele cannister that I use on my wood floors. Mine is a cheaper model since I use an upright on my carpets. I'm pretty fussy and nothing else will do the job as well as far as I'm concerned.
Occasionally if I'm vacuuming the area rug with my upright, I'll turn off the beater bar and run that across the wood floors. It doesn't pick up nearly as well as the cannister vacuum though.
I don't have any animals to worry about.

I have a Rainbow vac but, to be honest, I use my cordless Eureka upright vac-broom most of the time. It's great on wood floors and only costs 40.00 max. I also have a roomba but I use it mostly in my bedroom which has carpeting. I use the Bono floor care to clean the hardwood. Works great.

Do whatever you want. Don't laugh but I use Windex and a damp sponge mop (not O'cello but the softer one) at least once a week. After 10 years, they still sparkle. The installer told me that since the floors were prefinished, treat them like your windows.

We have the bottom of the line Miele canister...the Naturelle. House gets vacuumed once a week. The rest of the time I sweep with a broom.

But then, I have lots of bare hardwood and two cats...and my sons are away at college/grad school most of the time. If I had a dawg I'd probably vacuum more frequently.

Are microfiber mops supposed to be used wet or dry or does it depend on the product? Also does one work better over the other?

I use the Swiffer cordless on my HW and tile. the vacuum part gets the bigger pieces that the cloth can't pick up. Love it. I keep it in my LR plugged in.

I have wood floor everywhere in the house and I love my Miele vacuum. I have the Polaris with the soft brush attachment (I think it's called parquet brush) . I use it on the floor, stair, under the bed, on the blinds and shutters. It's much better than sweeping because the dirt isn't kicked up to another place.

Can't wait to see your new floor!

I sweep/dust mop far more often than I vacuum, but that is more noise avoidance than anything else. I find sweeping/dust mopping to be peaceful :)
Sometimes I use my little vacuum-on-a-stick (I think it is a Eureka rechargeable) that I keep in the kitchen for a quick once over.
I did try a Roomba but I have far too much pet hair for it to cope with- it was just an expensive cat toy. So sweeping it is for the dailies and I only pull out the Dyson for the move all the furniture sessions.

I alternate between the stick vac (also a Eureka fan), a dry Swiffer, and a microfiber mop with either Bona or Method's Good for Wood. The Swiffer and microfiber mop are used about twice a month, while the stick vac is needed 3 - 4X/wk. We're down to just two at home, for the most part, and no more pets.