I use IKEA duvet cover sets (come with 2 pillow cases) and Target Threshold brand cotton percale fitted sheets. IKEA doesn’t make ones deep enough for my mattress.
I also got a nice cotton set at Kohls. But I guess I don’t care too much as long as it’s all cotton. OK not quite true. I avoid sateen wave or thread count over, like, 600.
I also use the Target Threshold sheets, all 400 thread count cotton.
To be fair I haven’t bought any since like 2016/2017 because mine have been good and lasted that long. So I’m not sure how good the 2025 version is.
I do not like holding my phone up to my face. My current solution - old Skullcandy wired headphones plugged into a USB-C adaptor- is becoming nonfunctional and I don’t love my earbuds. Is there some kind of headset I can get to use with my phone, that would plug into the USB-C thing? Does anyone have a solution they like? Bluetooth or wired into the USB-C would both be acceptable.
I have a vidonn F1 bone conducting headset that I really like. Bluetooth, and because it doesn’t go into the ears directly I don’t get ear pain and I can still hear things around me while I’m out on a walk or driving (yay situational awareness).
I really like my Shockz bone conduction headphones. It sounds weird but it’s magical. I’ve also taken some calls and been told quality is fine. They are not great for listening laying down.
Should I get my grandma a roomba? She lives in a mostly carpeted ranch. Is it hard to use? Complicated?
Using settings is hard. Pushing the button is easy and emptying is easy. It is v loud if you are homr
I like the cheapies for ease. Roomba seems overly complicated to me but the cheap ones are pretty darn good.
What are the cheap ones?
There was a hello kitty one at winners last time I went
Something about the pitch of ours set my teeth on edge, but it was old and used before we got it as a hand me down. Maybe newer models are better about that?
I think she’d run it while at work/asleep so I’m not super worried about it making noise
My brand is like…eufy I think? It was like $120 but had a coupon and a sale and came down to $85 ish. (Cheap being relative to Roomba I mean).
ETA: brand kept getting autocorrected
I love my Roborock that self empties into a canister bag. It’s by far the best robot I’ve ever used. Most of the time I just press a button. Works great on rugs.
Eufy is one of the ones we are testing this weekend. We’ve had the deebot ecovacs for years and loved it. It finally died and was unable to be resuscitated so we are trying out different ones that claim to be quieter and are able to map out a room instead of just boinking around various obstacles.
We also have a RoboRock - refurbished but still not cheap (!)
By default you can just put down the home base and press the “start” button on it. If you’re ambitious, you can install and connect the app and then see the map it makes of the floor it can reach, and then pick individual zones if you like.
We mostly use the dry/brush mode, emptying it once each time. Occasionally we try the mop mode (with a zone specified.)
Not terribly noisy. I mean, not quiet but not horrendous. Keeley watches it mostly to make sure it doesn’t start any trouble.
I also have a eufy and love it! It has an app that I’ve never used, but it did come with a little remote I can use to start it. It’s also slightly shorter than a Roomba, so it can go under more furniture. It is the dumb kind that just sort of bounces around, so I do have to close the door or block off the hallway/rooms I don’t want it to go in. It’s going strong after 5? Or so years, and was pretty cheap when I bought it.
After other people’s responses I realize maybe I’m wrong, but: she’ll have to use it with an app. My grandparents would never; maybe yours is more with it.
I got a robovac for my parents for Christmas years ago (it was a Bobi, it was pre covid, I don’t know if they exist still, it was…cute and fine and half the price of a room a)
Anyway, I realized a key requirement for one being useful is not leaving stuff on the floor, or having narrow gaps between furniture. We… do both. Boxes of drinks from Costco. Backpacks/bags/suitcases from a recent trip. Clothes drying rack. Weights. Cat toys and scratchers. Phone charger under the couch with cables. Basket of blankets. It’s a lot for a little robot to avoid. Maybe we would change and maybe we wouldn’t, but I never bothered spending $200+ to find out. 
We recently bought a little $150 Eufy to go in the opposite side of the house from our ancient Roomba. Roomba seems to have died, so I’m definitely glad I did it, but frankly the little Eufy does a great job and is much quieter than the 15 year old Roomba.
I do not use the app, just push the button. Haven’t even ever looked at the app.
I definitely don’t pick everything up off of the floor, but I do try to check to make sure there aren’t any strings lying around (shoestrings, I’m looking at you ). Sucking up a string hasn’t hurt the little thing yet but it’s annoying to have to go rescue it. Nothing else seems to cause it a real problem. Oh, cat jingle balls. Those get in there and jingle all the way.