iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robotic Hard Surface Cleaner
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robotic Hard Surface Cleaner
Customer Review: A great way to mop...
Summary: 4 Stars
The Scooba is a great alternative to routine mopping. It does clean exceptionally well - I had a stain on my floor that didn't come off after multiple cleanings that was removed by Scooba the first time I used it. I have used it on vinyl tile and wood with good results. It does not get corners. One also needs to beware of areas where Scooba can get stuck (eg, small changes in floor height, obstacles such as chairs or tight corners and wires). Scooba also requires a bit of cleaning after each run. You need to empty the dirty water tank, clean the brush, remove and rinse the filter and remove and rinse one of the hoses. It takes about 10 minutes for me to clean it after each use. I have found the invisible walls reliable but have found that the Scooba's sense of a drop-off not to be reliable (eg, stairs) and always use an invisible wall. The cleaning solution leaves the room with a freshly cleaned smell. I have found that the floors are slightly wet when the Scooba finishes (depending on the humidity).Customer Review: A totally Amazing robot!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought Roomba was the greatest thing ever until I bought Scooba. Scooba does a great job, a mop or any other floor cleaner could never compare to this. It is very efficient, and sucks up its own water. The floor behind it is completely dry. It is very similar to Roomba in floor coverage, as well as size, although it is just a bit bigger than Roomba. It is very easy to maintain, and I use it on hardwood floors because it does such a great job drying the floor afterwards that it isn't harmful to the wood. Using Scooba makes your floor cleaner than it has ever been before! I have had Scooba for a bit over a month now, and I don't know how I functioned without it! This is a very worthwile purchase for anyone with non-carpet floors! I would recommend this to anyone...it's even worth having to eat peanut butter sandwiches for a month if that's what it takes to pay for it! :)Customer Review: A useful robot for the home.
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought my kitchen floor was fairly clean. I ran Scooba over it and was amazed at how dirty the water was that it had collected. Scooba has a clean and a dirty water collection tank so only clean water goes down on the floor. It will not get into corners but does a bang up job on the main floor areas (where most of the mess ends up). It leaves the floor moist, but not actually wet. My floor fully dried in about five minutes. The actual cleaning time was about 40 minutes.
One word of advice, order an extra bottle of cleaning solution. You cannot use just any cleanser with Scooba, only the specially formulated Clorox (non bleach) fluid is recommended.
It seems a little bit expensive but if you place a value on your spare time, the Scooba is well worth the money. Mine is cleaning the kitchen as I am writing this. I'll need to get the corners manually but the 30 minute job now takes a few minutes (and it actually cleans better than I can).
Ken
Customer Review: Addictive
Summary: 4 Stars
I have had this 3 months now, & wil never go back to mopping! It cleans good enough - not the edges, not the grout lines, & not the stuck-on food, but it is good enough to call it clean. Because it is easy to set up, my floor is clean more often, which is the big reason I recommend it. On the down side, it is too noisy to have on when watching TV in the next room, or when sleeping. Also, it is not as smart as I thought it was going to be. I thought it might keep track of walls, and where it has cleaned, but it actually just moves in a (seemingly) random pattern until the dirty tank fills up. On my tile floor, it seems like it can clean about 100~150 sq.ft. before the dirty tank fills up, at which point you have to empty it.
Customer Review: After a few months still like it...
Summary: 4 Stars
Just remember this product can be a little touchy. It has a filter, rubber part and brush that all need to be rinsed and set firmly back in place or it won't be able to pick up water. Its tires and sensors need to be clean. My worked great for a number of months and just recently it wasn't working well. Turned out it had a pebble stuck in it but now it is back to normal. You have to be the sort of person who can troubleshoot and not give up. My biggest problem is it gets stuck under my kitchen cupboards, so I put shoes and other items there so it won't get stuck. Sometimes it pushes the shoe along and gets stuck anyway *sigh* I do fuss with this thing but I still love it and it does a much better job of cleaning than I do. Wet swiffer sweepers can't clean the grout in ceramic flooring and this Scooba 5900 does a great job.
UPDATE: After 9 months the battery went dead. I bought it at a kitchen site online and IRobot did honor my one year warranty. They sent me a new battery and an computer update for the machine. Now it works fine and the update is supposed to make it so the battery can sit in its stand for 2 weeks. I don't take chances, after 4 or 5 days I remove the battery off of the stand.
For those of you who have problems you need to look at the Irobot troubleshoot site. It does help. Much better than throwing it in a closet.
I like the Roomba vacumn better, it is much less touchy and works well. The Scoomba is a touchy complicated little thing and should be about $150.