Feeling Groovy With My Goovi

 Published in Lawrence County Advocate, Lawrenceburg, TN

              Feeling Groovy With My Goovi?    

By Martha Rose Woodward

    This article may seem like an advertisement or product endorsement. It is not meant to be either. I enjoy passing along helpful hints in case readers are debating whether or not to purchase specific items I may have some knowledge about.

   Goovi—a round, battery operated vacuum cleaner. (Pronounced goo vee).  It is an extremely thoughtful Mother’s Day gift that has been of real value to me.

   Goovi solves that age-old problem of the best way to clean floors. I had previously owned a Rumba, whose remote control was lost when we moved into a different house. It was never recovered thus the machine was useless. Yes, I tried in vain to purchase another remote, but the factory did not make remotes available.

  Keeping hardwood floors and room-size rugs clean is one of the major tasks for housekeeping that can be a struggle for me. We own three dogs who wander through the entire house dropping hair and tracking in bits of leaves and other dirt. Once an area is vacuumed, does not mean it will remain dog hair free. Unfortunately, dragging out a heavy vacuum cleaner with the needful attachments can seem like a job in itself. Goovi has solved this problem for me, plus it is great fun to sit and watch while my rugs get cleared of dog hair, threads, bits and pieces of leaves and other things the dogs track in from the yard.

  Goovi is one of the name brands for this type of vacuum cleaner. There are numerous others. Prices begin at around $150 and can scale upwards to $300. I can’t speak for the higher end brands, but I can rate the one I was given as a 10 out of 10. This machine does everything wanted and needed from a vacuum cleaner. It is truly amazing to watch as it goes about doing work.

  There are a few issues with Goovi. 1. The compartment that catches all the dirt and debris is small. 2. The machine has to be emptied every few minutes because of the size of this compartment. 3. Since it is powered by batteries, it will need to recharge frequently. The machine can lose power when it is under a bed or other furniture and be difficult to locate. 4. It has be guided or rather corralled into specific sections of the floor or it will travel to spots under chests, couches, and other furniture.  It can maneuver into other rooms, down hallways, and even cross door ways to outdoor decks or sidewalks. 5. It can easily get stuck under furniture. Once it gets stuck, it will send out beeps. If the beeps are ignored, it will shut down. It can be difficult to find it if it shuts down and has also run out of battery power. It won’t run off at the top of a stairway, however. How it knows not do this a mystery. 6. It is limited as to the size of items it will pick up. It won’t pick up pens or pencils, coins, pieces of paper as large as a letter, or small toys. It will get stuck on some items like fringe on an afghan or socks, so things have to be picked up out of its way.

  All in all, Goovi is worth the investment. You will truly feel groovy using the Goovi.