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My mother was given a Roomba for Christmas a couple of years ago. She seldom uses it, as she is in the habit of traditional vacuuming and just doesn't feel that there is any substitute. I, however, am busy renovating my house and have little or not time for traditional methods of housekeeping. The Roomba allows me to multitask and still get the jo adequately done. This particular little fella showed up on eBay, and I was able to get him at a very reasonable price. Now that he is here, I just set him in a different room each day and let him eat to his heart's desire. Sometimes I charge him up and give him a second room for the day. At times I do take a few minutes to watch him work. He gets into and under places that I would not normally have easy access to, such as under my dresser. If he has any weaknesses, I would say they might be corners, and a battery that is showing its age. All-in-all, though, he's a fine fella gotten at a very good price.Read full review
I own a Roomba and love it. Unlike Roomba, which goes about it's business with almost no hassle, Scooba seems to need quite a bit of attention. I have a large area of newly installed tile flooring in my home. Scooba works best when the area to be cleaned is divided up into rather small, approximately 8x10, sections. If I allow furniture to remain in the area Scooba often becomes stuck under a table edge or chair. In the kitchen it becomes wedged under my dishwasher. In it's attempts to free itself it sems to often wedge itself more tightly. It even occasionally becomes stuck along straight wall edges, grinding along and continuously bumping into the same spot over and over and not turning away. It got itself hung up on a pretty thick throw rug that I had expected it to detect, and often comes to a complete stop when it encounters the edge of my carpeted area. In other words, it does not run entirely unattended. When it gets itself into trouble it beeps and usually shows a number in it's window to indicate the problem. The real issue with the need to get it out of trouble is that when you have to "fix" a problem it requires that you pick up the unit, set it down in an unrestricted area, and restart it. The directions that come with the unit state that it must be left to completely finish it's cycle of vaccuming, washing, rinsing, and drying before it is shut off. Of course, when it becomes stuck it stops somewhere in the cycle, leaving a large streak of wet floor which you must rinse and dry by hand, because following the restart the unit does not remember where it was in the cycle and starts from the beginning. It navigates the tile floor quite well, only occasionally getting it's front wheel hung up in a grout line. A simple nudge fixes that problem nicely. There is a considerable ammount of disassembly involved in cleaning the unit after use and removing the battery to place it on the charger. A lot more than with Roomba, which is happy with an emptied dustbin, and drives itself onto the charging base. Of course Scooba does multiple functions and is a more complex unit. I am impressed with the battery life. It seems to run forever, only needing emptied and refilled as the clean water is used up and the dirty water tank is filled. Recharging only takes a few hours. It does a great job of cleaning the floor. I am always shocked at the color of the water in the dirty water tank. When it does not get hung up it leaves the area clean and only slightly damp in spots. The issues I have outlined are minor in comparison to the major benefit of having clean floors. I would never go back to washing floors on my hands and knees. I have only owned my Scooba for a few weeks and find that I am becomming more comfortable with it and less concerned when it runs into a snag, I just pick it up and fix it and send it back on it's way. A quick wipe up in the corners and in areas too tight for Scooba to fit is all I need to keep my floors nice and clean. It sure beats doing it by hand. I gave it a "4" rating because of the navigation problems, I would rate it a "5" if I were only rating it's cleaning ability.Read full review
Unless you really like cleaning your own floors, on hands and knees - this is the balljoint-nuts. Couple years back, I bought Roomba, mostly as a novelty - expecting it to be one of those items that end up in the closet, at the bottom - under all the other stuff, but I was wrong. In fact we use it all the time, and the amount of stuff that thing will pick up is just amazing - especially considering how small it is. That good experience led me to purchase Scooba. Same concept - a bit bigger, heavier battery as well as more advanced, with 'dual tanks' for clean and dirty water - and a vacuuming feature! Pretty clever construction I must say, crammed into a very small unit. We no longer have a bucket in the house. Those tiny areas, like corners - around edges of furniture etc. where Scooba can not reach, are small enough to wipe off with a kitchen towel - or it's equivalent. Another added benefit, is that for the machine to be effective, you have to move clutter out of it's way, so in time we've gotten into the habit of not leaving stuff on the floor. On the downside is noise. It is too noisy to run in a room, if you want to talk or watch TV, but if I'm alone I might run it. On tile floor with large groutlines - like on Saltillo tile, it leaves water behind in the groutlines, and there is likely very little cleaning happening there - but the rest gets cleaned pretty good. I don't like to have to use a particular brand cleaning-solution, and they recommend to use that, vinegar or water. Only water causes the water to bead up on my floor, and the machine leaves behind far too much water. Vinegar is OK, but I'm not too keen on the smell. My own experiments with small amounts of dishwashing fluid, works fine. Remember small amounts. Too much and it'll be foaming and spinning in it. There is a sensor picking up the rotation of the front wheel, and it gets stuck every couple months, from ingesting hair - in our house. When it happens, the machine becomes erratic. It's relatively simple to correct, but I would imagine future models might have a better solution for that particular wheel. Some people might not be comfortable with a little bit of 'taking apart - and putting back together' type stuff. All it need is a butter-knife or so, t gently pry the wheel off, but still. Long hair is inherently difficult for little rotating devices. I look forward to the future generations. These machines are fantastic, and as relatively new as they are, there is room to improve. As an entry-level floor cleaner, and to see if such a device if for you, I think it's a fine choice. They do need a bit of care, such as cleaning the brush etc. from hair and sand, and whatever finds it's way from outside to your living-room floor, and of course - emptying dirty water, and filling up with clean. Boy, you'd be amazed what kind of dirty water comes out of it after it's done, and you might have thought your floor was pretty clean, already. I'm sold on it, and can not imagine going back to the bucket. I'd buy it again.Read full review
The Scooba, when working properly, is a time and back saver. The results are good, the floor is clean. It is sensitive to irregularities in the terrain and will sometimes put down more liquids than it can recover. We bought this Scooba to replace one that had failed. The old unit would start, run around in circles and then stop. So far this one is doing very well, with no evident issues. Keep it clean after use and remove any strings of pet hair or other debris that has accumulated. Look for wear on the squeegee, tires and keep the sensors clean. A bit of foam rubber on the front bumper will keep the annoyance of the bump, bump, bump to a minimum. It seems to work best if it is confined to an area that is as clear of obstacles as possible. Pen it in using the barriers supplied with the unit and another one or two will keep it working where it belongs. You are trading one one type of effort for another with the Scooba. The prepping of the area to be cleaned, filling and cleaning of the unit, freeing it when stuck, keeping the battery charged, and using the cleaning supplies necessary for proper operation are traded for the use of your back. Not a bad trade if the Scooba works well. I have had to replace the battery once and take the old unit apart several times to correct problems. The last failure was not within my power to repair and thus the new one. Time will tell if this one is better than the last one.Read full review
Scooba- I purchased Scooba 5900 not quite a year ago and love it. I run it often, at least once or twice a week and have had to replace the wheels/etc once (because they became bald and started losing traction) very recently. We have moderately textured 16 inch slate type tile floors (about 450 square feet in the kitchen/dining area) and I am able to set Scooba up and go to bed or to work. My Scooba battery (had to be replaced but customer service was very helpful and replaced it for free) lasts about two tanks before it needs recharged. Very ocassionally it gets hung up on the carpet line. We don't have pets or small children so I don't know how it would do with more than daily grime but it is by far my best cleaning purchase ever. The worst thing about mopping the floors is sweeping and getting all the little gritty crumbs up, Scooba makes sweeping before mopping unnecessary which is my favorite part. The corners need a little special attention because crumbs tend to accumulate there but this is a minor minor inconvenience for the benefit. I would rate it a solid 4.5. Roomba is nice too but the floor must be uncluttered. My battery doesn't last as long as I would like - about 45 minutes. For deep cleaning and stairs you still need a regular vacumn. The worst part about vacumning is stairs and wall edges and roomba isn't able to do either. I got one for my grandmother who is older and she absolutely loves it! Both products are a little expensive but worth it in my opinion. I have had a couple issues with both products and once I finally get someone from customer service on the phone they have always been very helpful. There is an email customer support service but I have never had any luck with it because the automated answers are always things I have already tried.Read full review
