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Robyndd · 21/10/2026 08:43

Has anyone got any favourite gadgets for this?
We have an eufy robot vac which is good but I'd say we kill about one every 4-6 months as they can't handle the combo of porridge, peas, butter beans and other food chunks.
It also doesn't really pickup bigger stuff and so often drives around peas, kidney beans and sweetcorn.
Brushing up takes forever as you need to do loads of passes over some foods.
What is really like is to whizz round with something to suck up the worst of it, then set off the robot after that. Ai says get a wet dry vacuum but has anyone found something that has worked well for them?

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tommyhoundmum · 22/10/2026 17:59

Robyndd · 21/10/2026 08:43

Has anyone got any favourite gadgets for this?
We have an eufy robot vac which is good but I'd say we kill about one every 4-6 months as they can't handle the combo of porridge, peas, butter beans and other food chunks.
It also doesn't really pickup bigger stuff and so often drives around peas, kidney beans and sweetcorn.
Brushing up takes forever as you need to do loads of passes over some foods.
What is really like is to whizz round with something to suck up the worst of it, then set off the robot after that. Ai says get a wet dry vacuum but has anyone found something that has worked well for them?

A dustpan and brush and a wet cloth

brownbootsandhats · 22/10/2026 18:27

Dustpan and brush
and a plastic sheet underneath the high chair

Makebelieveanotherlife · 22/10/2026 19:08

Homeschooling on top of 4 at those ages, sounds like hell. Why make life so hard. A 7yo should be well capable of not making a mess . My 4yo barely makes one.

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ImogenBrocklehurst · 22/10/2026 19:44

msmillicentcat · 21/10/2026 09:08

We don't generally have food on the floor as my kids are older but the cat hasn't got the memo and regularly empties wet food and biscuits all over the floor so I just do a quick sweep up with a dustpan, or if really wet just wipe it up with a piece of kitchen roll - before letting the robo vac near it. Takes 30 seconds :) Interested to see if there is anything else out there though!

Mine spits the meat on the floor after he’s licked the jelly off. Cat not child. Luckily other cat is less discerning and hoovers up the leftovers. Eufy does not do food waste.

HeddaGarbled · 22/10/2026 20:13

Homeschooling on top of 4 at those ages, sounds like hell

And a back injury. Sometimes I just don’t understand what some women do to themselves (it’s always women).

SaltedPotato · 22/10/2026 20:44

Had the same problem.
Friend recommended a spray vacuum mop. It's basically a cordless vacuum with a disposable mop head (can get reusable ones) that everything gets sucked into. So you literally spray and hoover/mop at the same time. Everything goes in it. Pasta covered in sauce, mash potato and veg etc. Doesn't make the hoover funky as it all stays in the head.
I hated the clean up of rice after the kids had curry. It would be hard work with the dustpan and brush as the rice wouldn't pick up. It's been a game changer.

Annierob · 23/10/2026 07:38

Isn’t that what the dog is for?

tommyhoundmum · 23/10/2026 11:05

Annierob · 23/10/2026 07:38

Isn’t that what the dog is for?

and the cat.

Rockpunkdisco · 23/10/2026 20:08

Instant pan sweep up, floor wipe, takes no time! Have never felt the need for a gadget to do this most basic thing.

Deboragh · 27/10/2026 10:18

Robyndd · 21/10/2026 08:43

Has anyone got any favourite gadgets for this?
We have an eufy robot vac which is good but I'd say we kill about one every 4-6 months as they can't handle the combo of porridge, peas, butter beans and other food chunks.
It also doesn't really pickup bigger stuff and so often drives around peas, kidney beans and sweetcorn.
Brushing up takes forever as you need to do loads of passes over some foods.
What is really like is to whizz round with something to suck up the worst of it, then set off the robot after that. Ai says get a wet dry vacuum but has anyone found something that has worked well for them?

It does NOT take forever.. ffs. Just brush it up.

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