posted by Jennie on Oct 1
As most of my dear readers know, I have been practically helper-free for most of our married years. My most recent helper left nearly five months ago. She was with us for almost two years. As someone who works from home doing virtual assistant and online jobs, homeschooling and practically the sole person to manage the household chores, you can only imagine the amount of juggling I had to deal with all these years.
The challenges of working from home are enormous. Let alone if that work from home mom does not have a helper to take care of the chores. It can easily be a nightmare for someone who has not devised a system just yet. But it is a doable challenge, like it had been for me.
When I was invited for the presscon of I love my Familia, I thought they were just launching a new line of storage solutions, like what I have known the brand for. I, together with mommy blogger friends, were introduced to The New Family Cleaning System, namely: iMop, iSweep, iMop, iRovac and iRovac Plus.
Whoever were the geniuses behind these New Familia Cleaning System should be awarded for making lives easier for moms within my league. You guys just don’t know how much easier you just made life for us. I recently just found this out. We have been using the iSweep for close to a week now and I honestly don’t have a clue how I have managed all these years without one. Imagine not having to drag with me a dustpan every time I sweep. What’s sweeter is that I also get to vacuum while I’m at it. And speaking of my vacuum cleaner, I hardly used it because of all the contraptions that it comes with that I have to connect, assemble every single time. Now it only gets used for cleaning the car’s interior. It’s just way too inconvenient!
If there was someone who was more excited to unbox, it was my little guy. When my son first saw the iSweep and iMop boxes on our living area couch, he read the features and stopped at nothing to have us open and use it. He’s very persistent like that. There really was no use to delay, since assembly was a breeze. We just had to connect the rods and plug in the battery and voila! It’s good to go! I love that it’s super lightweight too!
The iSweep also came with a battery charger and the brush cleaning tool (picture above).
Just to show you how efficient the iSweep is, here’s a photo of the dirt it collected in our living area alone. We only “iSwept” the room for around a minute. I opened the iSweep bin and boy was I delightfully surprised! If it can collect so much dirt in such a short time, I only imagined how life was going to be be easier from then on out! I was literally done with my house cleaning in less than half the time! I honestly can’t imagine living without it now.
My Jed iSweeps 
This boy insists on trying. The iSweep is so lightweight even a child can use it without worries. It’s cordless! I so love it! If there is anything I don’t like about vacuum cleaners – it is the cords.
My homeschooler is full of surprises. The other day, he went to the neighbor (which is my folks’ place) and told me that he is just going to show Lolo and Lola this cool cleaning contraption. He came back around 10 minutes later and was asking for me to open the screen door for him because his hands were full. I did not quite understand because I was busy working on the computer. So I just let him in. Then he came telling me about his very clever idea. “It is so fun, Mama! I am the manager and the employer of my own cleaning services. Mama, can you post it on Facebook – Jed’s Cleaning Services?” I could not quite add it up and then he told me that Lola paid her P20 after he iSwept their house. He asked for P10 tip right after. I have an entrepreneur for a 7 year old boy! Haha!
Aside from iSweep, the New Familia Cleaning System has four more: iMop, iPolish, iRovac and iRovac Plus
If I am already all giddy and satisfied with the iSweep, can you imagine how I’d be with an iRovac Plus? This iRovac Plus genius can be scheduled to clean the house. It has this sensor that prevents it from falling or hitting a wall. What’s more it goes to its charging dock by its self! This robot is the bomb, I tell you. It is affordable enough at around P10,000. The iSweep and the iPolish retail for P2,000. Both are selling at the introductory price of P999 each. I’d go grab one, if I were you. You can thank me later.
October 1st, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Hi, Jen! Where can we find this Familia products?
That iRovac is really interesting, ha. 
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Jennie Reply:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:53 pm
I’ve been seeing the iMops in SM Department stores. I think these are available in department stores nationwide. The first time I saw an iMop was in SM Davao.
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Jennie Reply:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:58 pm
I agree, Meikah! That iRovac Plus, I’m so ready for.
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October 1st, 2012 at 9:05 pm
wow, indeed nice, and a chance to bring one it’s really awesome.
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October 1st, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Uy, be careful with that brush cleaning thingy. I just scraped my finger with it. Then again, I’m always the accident-prone type, hahaha!
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October 2nd, 2012 at 7:44 am
What a great innovation! I’d love to have one for our home, too! My 6-year-old will surely love using that to sweep the floor. He likes to help around the house if he’s in the mood. Lol!
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October 2nd, 2012 at 10:17 am
Irovac is a complete imitation of Irobot.
http://www.irobot.com/en/us/robots/home/roomba.aspx
Since its made in china, I highly doubt that they themselves invented it since it really resemble the Irobot on almost every aspect and technology (piece by piece or parts by parts
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I did bought one though (irovac) but I didn’t know they have the irovac plus. Should have researched first. Oh I also own irobot.
Irobot has something better, Scooba floor washing. You need this to wash your tiles and granite floor (something that you can’t just vacuum all the time). And you dont need to vacuum it before running scooba.
Here is the link:
http://www.irobot.com/en/us/robots/home/scooba.aspx
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Steve Reply:
January 26th, 2013 at 1:42 am
Can you tell me where you got your Scooba? Is it available in the Phils.? Saw it on Youtube and have been looking for it eversince locally. I can order it abroad but am worried about the after-sales service so I prefer to get it locally, if available.
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October 2nd, 2012 at 10:25 am
There are other robotic vacuum that according to some are better than irobot.
And the battery in irobot always die after a year. And from what i saw with irovac (yes I opened it inside ACE Hardware. Told them I need to see it before i consider buying it), it will be the same or shorter. Luckily its just 2500 pesos for a replacement for irovac battery and i hope they stay long enough to replace that (startup chinese company seem to pop up and disappear or change name/products)
Additionally, you may want to have another virtual wall. You can buy it separately with irobot. I dont know about Irovac coz the promo guy seems clueless about his own product
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October 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 am
This will be a great help for our household! Thanks for sharing but I do not know where to buy them since we don’t go to SM malls anymore. :/
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October 2nd, 2012 at 3:30 pm
same agony here, working Mom needs all those to make the chores as easy as it could be..
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October 2nd, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I have to get me an iSweep!
I’ve never had a helper because I didn’t want another mouth to feed and I know I can pretty much do it on my own, but my it’s so tiring, but I suppose it’s worth it. 
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October 2nd, 2012 at 8:06 pm
great deal,
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October 2nd, 2012 at 9:38 pm
I’m already using their iMop, it’s very easy to use talaga! I need to try their other products soon.
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October 2nd, 2012 at 10:13 pm
looks interesting, I’ll keep my eyes open about this product.Thanks for sharing.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 12:18 am
Seen one iMop demo, and sure this stuff work wonders. Perhaps this Christmas we will buy one.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 6:29 am
i would like to get that imop and isweep, haha, your little boy is funny and cute, at least, he is now learning the value of his services
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October 3rd, 2012 at 8:40 am
Wow! I’m sure this will maker life a lot easier for many mothers.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 8:45 am
Wow, I love to try that one too hmmm I will have to look at SM ba? I can’t wait but I have to finish this one first so I am good to go. Thanks for sharing!
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October 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 am
wow very nice! I want one those….:)
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October 3rd, 2012 at 10:03 am
Ikaw na sis! waaaa I am also working at home and I am thinking that I could no longer handle homeschooling and cleaning, but you do it. Good job mom! And I would love the imop! waaaa
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October 3rd, 2012 at 11:06 am
that is a cool cleaning system. ur lucky in phil that you can get a helper easily. but here in US it would be very hard, you need to hire professional cleaners but then it would be very expensive. but i love to take care of my own home by myself, coz thats the only way that i can contribute to our family, as long as hubby will give me shopping money.. then im fine. lol!
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October 3rd, 2012 at 11:19 am
We’ve been helper free ever since the kids reached school age. I can so relate to the fact that juggling time between chores and freelancing can be very challenging. Been there, done that and it’s no easy feat. Hmmm, I must go check out these “i” devices.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 11:27 am
It sure helps our life more easier:) We bought a vacuum that was made for homes with pets. Our cat sheds a lot of hair and having a vacuum especially made for that purpose helps me a lot. I salute moms like you who juggles work, kids, home and a lot more things:)
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October 3rd, 2012 at 12:04 pm
wow! I think I need the entire set! We’re in the same boat sis – I have 3 toddlers naman, fulltime online work, full time “household worker”, and part time blogger – I’m not homeschooling naman pero we do pre-preschool lessons ng onti. God bless us with our mommying!
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October 3rd, 2012 at 12:55 pm
For a Mom like you who needs to juggle between household and online chores, it’s really a must to have those cleaning gadgets, Sis. It must have cost you a hefty amount of money. Pero I am sure sulit naman.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Everyhthing has an i now! hehehe!
Your buy is so wise. He’ll get rich soon.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 9:24 pm
those household items looks interesting..
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October 4th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
i can relate to ur story here. i have been the all-around helper here in my own world for 6 years now. and i must say, i do all the chores, er, manually. imagine how much labor and time would i have to spend on every task.
i envy you, and ur gadgets:)
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October 7th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
ang galing naman ni Jed! may negosyo na agad haha
I used to be helper less for a while.. sumuko din ako and hire a part time helper.. tigalinis at tig hugas ng plato haha
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October 11th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Thank your for this post!
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October 17th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
It is really a cool cleaning system, I should buy an iSweep for my mom. I’m surprised that you have mentioned that, you can clean the room within a minute.
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