Guess what arrived yesterday in the biggest Amazon box yet to grace the Cake Eater Pad?
This.
I am SO FREAKIN' EXCITED to try it out. It about killed me when I read the instructions yesterday. I was all fired up and ready to use it, yet, lo and behold {insert duh-duh-duh music here} it needed sixteen hours to charge up. Sixteen hours! Can you believe that crap?
BAH!
But...the sixteen hour mark has now passed so I'm going to go and clean my bathtub. I'm wondering if I actually need to fill up the reservoir with the Tilex Soap Scum Remover or if I should just spray it on the tub like usual. Hmmmm. I'm also wondering if I should use the three inch bristle brush for "agressive cleaning" or if I should use the coarse pad scrubber, for "aggressive scrubbing of larger surfaces such as ceramic tile and porcelain or enamel tubs and sinks." There's also a flexible attachment, to work the curved surfaces, AND a radial brush for scrubbing grout lines.
Suffice it to say, if this thing doesn't do the deal I'm going to be EXTREMELY disappointed. I've got HIGH expectations for this tool, and if it doesn't live up to them, well, I don't know what I'll do, but it'll be something dramatic. That's for sure.
I'll update with a progress report later.
Yes. I already know I'm the biggest dork alive. You needn't expend the energy on telling me so.
UPDATE: Ok, so what exactly was Black and Decker thinking when they put a battery in a scrubber that only goes an hour? Eh? It needs a better battery, because sixteen hours of charging=one hour of scrubbing is not going to make me happy.
Other than that, well, it's pretty damn sweet. I did not fill up the cleanser reservoir, so I cannot comment on that, but as far as getting my tub nice and shiny, it worked. I will admit that when I saw the attachments, I was a wee bit worried that the locking mechanism was too loose and that the attachments would fly/fall off. Turns out I needn't have worried at all, as even with the flexible arm attachment, everything stays put and the grout scrubber does not go flying through the air like a soapy Catherine Wheel.
Pretty cool, on the whole, if you have a really clean house that doesn't need hours worth of scrubbing. The rest of us, however, will have to do our deep cleansings in shifts because we have to wait for the stupid thing to charge.
Posted by Kathy at January 13, 2006 11:31 AM | TrackBackCall me a dork, too, I'm dying to see how it works.
I looked at one of those and a steamer and wondered which would actually clean better, take less time, and be the easiest to use...
Waiting patiently for the Cake Eater Seal of Approval.
; )
Posted by: Chrissy at January 13, 2006 11:50 AMMy Pregnant Nesting ass is axiously awaiting your update.
And if that makes me a dork, too, then SO BE IT.
Posted by: Margi at January 13, 2006 12:39 PM"Suffice it to say, if this thing doesn't do the deal I'm going to be EXTREMELY disappointed. I've got HIGH expectations for this tool, and if it doesn't live up to them, well, I don't know what I'll do, but it'll be something dramatic. That's for sure."
Sounds like the same thing my wife said when we got married.
:oO
Posted by: Mark at January 13, 2006 01:08 PMBut does it work with kerosene?
Posted by: Bob at January 13, 2006 01:30 PMBob---ROFLMAO!
Posted by: Kathy at January 13, 2006 01:47 PMI am only get excited about this if you were able to sit back and read a magazine while it did its one hour of work. Otherwise: blog more - clean less. My life motto.
Posted by: Ally at January 13, 2006 01:55 PMhere I thought it was gonna be a cool kitchen gadget. What a bust... err... sorry, wrong blog.
Posted by: Brian B at January 13, 2006 03:49 PMI'm just happy that there wasn't an attachment in the box that might 'make me feel threatened'.
Although, even if there were, I might be able to retain my dignity. I mean, an hour? Easy. ;)
Posted by: MRN aka "The Husband" at January 13, 2006 05:07 PM