DIY Life

If you've been reading DIY Life for a while, you know that I really love my Roomba. Well, now my loyalties are divided because I recently met Roomba's floor-washing cousin, the Scooba.

For the uninitiated, Roombas and Scoobas are robots that vacuum and wash your floor, respectively. I was skeptical that either device would do a particularly good job, but I'm happy to have been proven wrong. To keep my Scooba happily cleaning my floors for a long time, I baby it just like I do my Roomba. If you've got a Scooba, here's how to keep it in tip-top shape.

If you have a Roomba vacuum cleaner, chances are you're considering giving a name and making it part of the family (yes, they're that wonderful). If a more useful tool exists for cleaning your house, then I don't know what it is so I'm all about making my Roomba as happy as it makes me.

Between the dirt tracked that gets tracked in from my three kids, and the fur from our assortment of pets, my Roombas (I have two) get a workout nearly every day. To keep them functioning in tip-top shape, it's important to give them a thorough cleaning after every use and it only takes a couple of minutes.

It's well worth it since I haven't had to use a regular vacuum in months. Here's how to keep your Roomba clean, so it keeps cleaning for you.