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My Roborock S8 Pro Ultra has lasted about 5 to 6 years. It’s still running, but it’s definitely not in top shape anymore. At least once or twice a week it stops halfway through cleaning the house. Sometimes it gets stuck on rugs for no obvious reason, and occasionally it fails to dock. None of this used to happen, so I think it’s finally time to replace it.

I’ve owned other Roborocks in the past, and before that I had a Neato D5 that lasted around 3 to 4 years, so longevity is pretty important to me.

For my next vacuum, obstacle detection is probably at the top of the list. I have a small Yorkie who occasionally sneaks into a corner and leaves a little surprise behind. There are also kids’ toys and charging cables around the house, so I want something that is genuinely good at identifying and avoiding objects.

Another thing that drives me crazy is cleaning around the edges of kitchen runners and area rugs. My current vacuum tends to push debris onto the edge of the rug instead of picking it up. The same thing happens around the transition strips between rooms.

I’m not too worried about suction power or heated mopping. Most of the newer high-end models seem pretty good in those areas. My house is roughly 80% hardwood and 20% area rugs.

Right now I’m debating between the Dreame L60 Ultra Pro, Roborock Saros S20, and Narwal Flow 2. They seem to be in roughly the same price range and have similar feature sets.

My other big concern is longevity and support. I keep hearing that Dreame’s customer service isn’t great. With Roborock, I also wonder about the long-term situation in the US since they’re a Chinese manufacturer and we’ve already seen regulatory issues affect other robot vacuum companies. One thing I do love about Roborock is how cheap and easy replacement parts are to find on AliExpress.

How is the parts situation with Dreame and Narwal? Are replacement brushes, rollers, mop pads, pumps, batteries, wheels, sensors, etc. easy and inexpensive to find a few years down the road?

For anyone who has owned one of these brands for a while, I’d especially like to hear about obstacle detection, rug-edge cleaning, reliability, replacement parts, and customer service.

Hi everyone,

I’m planning to remove the carpet upstairs and install luxury vinyl flooring.

This is only for the upstairs area, so traffic is pretty light. Mostly normal walking in the morning and night. Downstairs already has hardwood and tile, so I’m only focused on the upstairs carpeted area.

I also have a small Yorkie. He is only about 5 lbs, so I’m not too worried about him scratching the floor, but I still want something durable enough to hold up for a few years.

A few questions:

What wear layer should I be looking for? Is 12 mil enough for upstairs, or should I go with 20 mil? Should this include wear layer?

Other than wear layer, what features actually matter? When I look at Home Depot and Lowe’s, every product has a long list of features, and it starts to feel like marketing. Waterproof, scratch resistant, attached pad, rigid core, commercial grade, UV resistant etc. I’m trying to figure out what is useful and what is overkill.

Should I care more about plank thickness, wear layer, brand, locking system, underlayment, or the type of core?

Also, I see people on Facebook Marketplace selling Lifeproof and other major LVP brands for 40 to 50 percent less than Home Depot or Lowe’s. They claim the boxes are not damaged, not rejects, not mixed colors, and they offer returns if there are issues.

Are those Marketplace deals usually legit, or should I be worried about fake product, old batches, mixed dye lots, warranty problems, or damaged returns?

Appreciate any advice from people who have installed LVP upstairs or bought from Marketplace sellers.

My company is willing to pay for the chair, but they have asked me for a quotation. I wrote to customer service quite a while back but no response.

I use the 100 dollar Max plan on Claude. How does openrouter pay as you go work? how are tokens translated to dollars? or payment is based on hours used, as in like claude max's daily lmit is 5 hrs? I have never exceeded my tokens, if i just stick with Claude mostly on openrouter, will I exceed 100 dollars per month if my usage is similar?

I had connected my account to github, after that there were few unauthorized transactions on my card from claude. I am a Max user since almost a year, and there were about 800 dollars worth of giftcards generated from my claude account. I had sumbitted several support tickets through Fin AI. But no response back for days.
After that i disconnected my github connector, turned off my credit card from claude, changed my password, and things went back to normal. I had also submitted a claim at my bank, i think after that today my claude account is suspended with an email notifying me that its been suspended due to suspicious patterns. I dont use any vpn, nor do i voilate any terms and conditions. Its just a normal usage for work.
Anyways, with the email they have sent me an appeals links, whenever i click on the appeals link it takes me back to the main claude page not an appeals form, i tried logging off and clicking on the appeals link, still it will ask me to log back in and take me back to the main claude page. I tried different browsers, cleared cookies/caches. its the same.
Anyone faced this issue, and what else can i do to appeal? I have sent them an email at usersafety@anthropic.com I hope within a week or so i can hear back something from them.

Am i allowed to create a new account if they find my account was compromised? or will they suspend that too? I use claude a lot for my work, and without my account it will become hard for me get back to work. Not really a fan of Cgpt.