Copper pillowcases

Just pulled out the copper pillowcase from my online shopping cart before completing my order. It was so tempting!

How do we know if something is wonderful or snake oil? Some things are evidence-based. I don’t know. The robot vacuum is simply amazing! Before getting it, it sounded all hyped. But the hype was so on-point.

Maybe it works for some and not for others?

Lol!!! Meno that’s so true!! How do they not turn green?

Wait I just read an article by Israeli researcher Gadi Borkow, which cites relevant studies showing the copper pillowcases did significantly improve the skin texture of participants compared to the control (2014, NCBI – Nat. Library of Medicine – Nat. Institute of Health (NIH)).

Ooops I may have accidentally deleted 10 before pressing send. It was about cleaning the hair from a regular upright vacuum spinner brush, and how that’s a chore.

But Roomba is fun and easy.

Omgosh Mammele!! I have the Roomba 805 from Costco and LOVE It!!

Life is Baruch Hashem amazing now – in a HUGE part thanks to my Roomba!!! People told me about it, and even my mom wanted to buy it for me years ago. It finally took being a guest at my friend’s home last Pesach for me to want one too. My friend had a big dog and yet her area rugs and floors were perfect. Usually light colored fur on red rugs makes them look dull, but everything was all shiny. She didn’t even vacuum. The Roomba did it!

3. Otherwise, you can get it with the 20% off Bed, Bath, and Beyond coupon – and I think you have up to one year to return it if need be.

I have a big dog and empty it each the compartment after every cycle. Way better than emptying my Shark vacuum, where emptying the Shark vacuum container generally ends up with dust flying in my face, even though I empty it into one of those small fruit or veggie grocery bags. Omgosh, the Roomba makes clearing out the compartment so easy. And it had a great HEPA filter too.

5. When I first got it, I programmed it to clean every day at a certain time. I stopped doing it that way because my house is not always ready. I have to take fabric and paper stuff off of the floor – like socks, toys, my purse, receipts, and stray Post-its – because it may and can pull on those things or push them around.

7. It’s not perfect. Sometimes it won’t get a corner. It cannot climb from the floor onto my dog’s 2in foam mats – which a regular vacuum has no problem doing because I just pick it up. Actually, sometimes I do pick up my Roomba and set it on the mats. But that’s a lot easier than doing it myself with my regular vacuum.

It does get stuck once in a while under some furniture pieces too, but I just created a solution. For example, it used to go under my futon all kamakazi, exhausting itself until it turned off. However, now it is all good. I just put a random board until my futon to block it from access.

9. Speaking of compartments, Omgosh, love the Roomba here too! In the regular upright vacuum, my hair loops around the spinner brush. I have to take scissors and cut it out and then pull.

Cleaning up the regular vacuum is a chore.

Roomba is a dream!

Mammele:

1. Yes definitely! Once I came home after about an hour and the champ was still going!

2. Yes, and that’s where my Roomba usually makes its first turn. I didn’t realize how much dust I had in the bathroom until it started cleaning the floors and bath mat. Now I can see the difference. It goes around the cabinet, to the corner where the toilet is, and then bounces back and forth until it’s done.

3. I’m not sure about Cheerios or small bread crumbs. By my dog’s food bowl, it picks up dried peas and veggie scraps that fell out. It would depend on the height of the Cheerios or bread crumbs I guess. This is one of those questions I’d Google, and see if there’s a YouTube video showing the Roomba in action.

You’re doing great research! Lol, if I had bread or Cheerios at home, I’d experiment for you 🙂

Mammele: I just watched a YouTube video of the Roomba 980 vacuuming up Cheerios!!! ☺

Aren’t pennies less copper now than previously?

Actually wait! Why am I taking your very clever suggestion seriously? Because it would, maybe, cost less than a real copper threaded pillowcase?

Well, regardless, money is pretty dirty. That’s one reason why.

The next reason is that sleeping on a hard lumpy surface may cause more wrinkles, even if it was made of copper.

Thank you though 🙂

More suggestions welcome!

What does copper smell like?

RebYidd23, your definition skills are impeccable!

Please tell me, when you’re not posting in the CR, do you work for Webster’s or Oxford?

Also, what is the smell of silver?

Confession… I ended up buying that copper pillowcase, and I have no idea if it’s working.

Okay…

The end.

Thank you 🙂

RebYidd23: I can’t tell you because I don’t know what copper smells like.

On the flipside, I can tell you that this is a high maintenance pillowcase!

I had to buy special bland laundry detergent to wash it. Said bland detergent has no added fragrances or softeners.

The pillowcase’s instructions stated that fabric softener can permanently damage the copper, rendering this magical-youth-preserving pillowcase useless, chas v’shalom.

Earlier today, I packed up the pillowcase to return to the store, only to bring it back to my laundry cubby to wash again.

How can I give up on this opportunity?

Is a little extra laundry enough of a reason to throw in the pillowcase?