Cats on Roombas

You may be wondering what on Earth you're looking at, particularly if your introduction to this whole phenomenon is pictures like this one.

Truthfully, this is just one of those brilliant moments where everything came together. The shark outfit for Halloween, the Roomba out for its daily floor cleaning, the duck on the loose.

The cat is having fun. It wouldn't have climbed onto the Roomba if it wasn't. The human owner filming is certainly having fun. How could you possibly watch that playing out without dissolving into fits of giggles? (You'll get the chance to find out in a bit. I'll include the YouTube video here.) The floor is getting cleaned.

The only creature I can't vouch for having quite a wonderful time is the duck. But it wasn't harmed, and its owner did dive in to calm it shortly afterwards.

You too could recreate this scene at home.  Or many more hilarious moments like it.  You just need a cat and, of course, an iRobot Roomba.

There are several variants on the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, but the 770 is currently the best choice for pet owners. It's the one optimized for picking up stray hairs, grit and all of the other tiny bits that your cats leave all over the floor.

Due to its flat dimensions, it can trundle away underneath your bed and sideboard, behind the settee and everywhere else that you'd struggle to reach with a normal cleaner. That means that it's picking up the pet-related debris that you can't even see.

Its filters are designed to alleviate particles that can trigger allergies.  There's a much vaunted dual HEPA system for that. Though what precisely HEPA stands for, I have no idea.

Anyway, you didn't come here to read me waffling on about robot cleaners, you came to see the ridiculously funny cats on Roombas. Let's start with the shark cat chasing the duckling.

Cats patently love the whole predatory aspect of a Roomba. It's their equivalent of an armored vehicle.

In fact, I saw a picture on Reddit recently, where a cat owner had taken the time to create a whole tank out of cardboard boxes. It was not only perfectly cat-sized, but designed to slot on the top of a Roomba without hindering the cleaning machine's daily run!

Some cats just make do without the cardboard.

Of course, you don't HAVE to encourage your cats in their owning all of the other pets in your house. It IS possible for a kitty to simply enjoy riding around on your Roomba.  Well, their Roomba.

Here's Cody the kitten playing nicely on his iRobot cleaner.

Finally, here's Max-Arthur again demonstrating precisely what the iRobot can do for you.  Personally I think that he's just waiting for the ride to begin, but if being a feline salesman gets him the Roomba, then he's all for it!