The Last Word On Tech: High Tech Home Cleaning Gadgets

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1:04You will pay about 500 euros for this. But it cleans patio doors, bay windows. If you've got a second story windows that it's impossible, they don't open enough, where you can't get around to clean them. Works really well. And this actually sticks to vertical glass using this high-pressure suction motor. And it crawls systematically across the pain and washes it. Okay. And what if you've got lots of, you know, if it's not just a sheer piece of glass, if you've got a how would I describe it? But if you've got various ridges and whatever between pains of glass and the overall window. And it copes with them very well. And it has a lot of built-in sensors. And so it has this intelligent edge detection. And those sensors allow it to navigate framerless glass. But also if you do have ridges, even shower screens, believe it or not. And it won't fall off the top and that kind of thing. It also, I mean, this suction that it has really keeps it tight to the glass.

2:08But it has a safety tether cable. So if you are using it upstairs, you can use that. Goes right out to the edge. It has a spot clean mode, which I think is very clever, particularly obviously for outdoor windows. But it's ideal metaphor. You know, if you've got floor to ceiling glass or a velux window or sunrooms the, you know, anywhere where you have exterior glass that's hard to get to. And you don't want to climb up a ladder. Well, yeah, then how do you get it up to the window? Do you have some sort of remote control that you're using to guide it? You do. And so it comes with this little base station. Kind of a briefcase size base station. And the robot itself is actually quite big, but it has the reason it's big is because it has this massive, rechargeable battery. And then you have the safety tether and there's an app control. And so essentially you set it going. So it starts at the bottom, works its way up. And of course, if you're upstairs, you just open the window, stick it onto the window and off it goes. It's ingenious. And I, as I mentioned, I know it's expensive.

3:09But for people who have beluxe windows that are impossible to get to in attic things like that, it's a great idea. This must have the windbottere great for large, charred glass, large window on the first floor. Another listener has a great question. I don't know if you'll be able to answer this. Can I be used on solar panels to clean them? I don't know. I wouldn't do that without checking with windbottere. I would ask them the question first. Okay. It's something else that I'm very interested in. Given the damage that seems to be caused on an all-too-regular basis to carpets in my house by spills of red wine and other things, tell us about a smart spot and carpet cleaner that you have. So this, I suppose, the thing about these is that we have robots for cleaning. We have various spot cleaners. The shark strain striker is designed for exactly accidental spills on carpets. And the idea is that it eliminates the manual scrubbing by mixing two

4:13different chemical solutions inside this high pressure hand held wand. And this chemistry is unleashed and it penetrates deep into the carpet pile. The idea is that it will clean things like red wine coffee, dog footprints and that kind of stuff. And it's compact. Ways about 4.2 kilos cost about 150 euros. But it also does have very high suction extraction also. So I would say if you've got young kids or pets or you're a little fluid with the red wine on a Friday evening mat, that's the sort of person who might buy this. But it is kind of this grab and go upholstery rescue service. Okay, but presumably you have to buy separately the materials to put into this on a regular basis to fill it up so it can go about doing its work. So there's additional maintenance costs, essentially. There is your cleaning cost. They're not high and you can get them on subscription. So yes, but it ships with enough to keep you going for quite a while. Okay, and you have another one from Carcher,

5:15which is a chemical free rapid steam cleaner. And many of your listeners will be familiar with Carcher. We see them in all of the outdoor shops for cleaning cars, that kind of stuff. And this is Carcher's kind of answer to the sanitizing hygienic cleaner for home. But without bleach or chemical detergents. And so unlike the older steam cleaners where you had to wait 10 minutes for the pressurized boiler to heat up to get the power, this is the SC3 deluxe and it uses a flow heater that produces this continuous 3.5 bar stream. So a decent stream in less than 30 seconds. So where it stores the water, that's non-pressurized, meaning that you can refill it as you're working, which is very clever. And it's ideal for things like it's a good size. And when I say that, I mean, easy to get around the house, clean bathroom, grout with it, oven doors, kitchen splashbacks, those bits of tile that seem impossible to clean. And it works kind of out of the box 30 seconds. It's really clever. Okay, you've also got a mattress vacuum.

6:18Tell us about this. And this is interesting because we're coming into autumn. The seal box trap, Irish households, seal windows. We crank up the heating, air pollutants and dust concentrations. At this time of year, it can become two to five times what we have outdoor. And dust mites particularly thrive at 20 degrees Celsius, 70% humidity. And that sounds like an Irish home with the central heating on and clothes drying inside. So something like the mattress vacuum, this is the Jimmy BX7. Cost about 170 euros, but ideal for mattresses, pillows, even fabric sofas. And it connects them or collects the millions of dead cells and microscopic dust mites that get you into those sneezing fits or perhaps ex-myflares. And it has a pairs up with a UVC sterilization lamp, ultrasonic waves and the hot air blast. So this is really clever if you, if you suffer from asthma or allergies,

7:18pet owners, if you let the dog go of the cat sleep in the bed, anyone who wants kind of a hygienic refresh for the house, the doves, the mattresses, the pillows, this is ideal. Okay, tell us about a touchless self-sealing smart bin. I, you know, it's funny. I remember I had a bit of a phase of looking at smart dust bins because of, you know, keeping homes and kitchens safe and hygienic. And it's very on glamorous, but this is the town new T1S and 140 euros, which is an expensive bin, but you'll pay that for, you know, the fancy designer pedal bins. And this is really, it's the undlamorous reality of home cleaning, but it's ingenious, Matt. It has an infrared sensor that flips the lid up hands free, so you just go over to the bin. But it's real party trick is what happens when it's full. You hold down the touch button on the front and the bit at the bin has this internal thermoplastic sealing mechanism.

8:20So it melts, it cuts and hematically seals your rubbish bin inside the bin. You lift it out, drop it in your bins outside, and off you go. Does it, um, does it separate for your green and black bins? That's why people have children these days, I believe. So, yeah, but do you need two bins to put the separate things into? Well, um, you, you, you, you don't turn a cause if you're going into the recycle, and I don't think you're meant to put the plastic bag or the stuff in the plastic bag. But it's really for the brimed off for the black bin, for the stuff really that you're getting out of the dirty bin in the kitchen. You don't have to touch it. A lot of people are a little phobic about that kind of stuff. Do you have to charge your plug it into the wall or just don't run under battery? It's, uh, battery powered, um, rechargeable battery. You charge it with USB and less than month on a charge. Okay, I'm going to leave it there. Andio Donner who thank you very much for joining us on tech Thursday. Tech Thursday on the last word. With the 100% electric X-Bang G6 packed full of tech.