iRobot Scooba experience

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Laneige

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mine arrived in 4 boxes. 2 clorex boxes, 2 scooba. so i split the order myself
 

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so many things to read up. but seems like the scooba/roomba is a thing to have.

anyone can give any advise to a newbie? hope to own one too.
do you guys use the roomba then use the scooba? or just use scooba can already?

how does it determine the path to travel?
 

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hi guys... i have a spoilt Roomba 4290 to give away for free... Battery is around 6 months old only cos this is a 2nd battery from www.irobot...

lazy to repair my roomba... suspected the sensor is faulty...

if you know how to repair or want to re-use the parts in the roomba, let me know...

collecting dust for quite a while le... interested, pm me... self collection in hougang.
 

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so many things to read up. but seems like the scooba/roomba is a thing to have.

anyone can give any advise to a newbie? hope to own one too.
do you guys use the roomba then use the scooba? or just use scooba can already?

how does it determine the path to travel?

Advisable to use roomba before scooba. Though scooba has a prep vacuum stage, it does all it's 4 cleaning stage in a single pass and as such, most of the area will be wet before the vacuum really picks it up.
 

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i will choose scooba because mop floor is more tiring than vacuum. at least vacuum can do manually too with those HEPA filter vacuum cleaner.
 

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i will choose scooba because mop floor is more tiring than vacuum. at least vacuum can do manually too with those HEPA filter vacuum cleaner.

I think roomba is a better investment than scooba. It is more independent as the 550 series and above can be programmed and almost leave it to do it's daily task. Just have to clean it once in a while wherelse scooba needs more attention. The way roomba cleans also looks better and faster than scooba.

Having said that, I still like the scooba. Combo useage rocks.:s12:
 

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hi guys, thanks for the PM. I will be giving my faulty unit 4290 roomba to Juboo tomorrow...

Thanks for interest.
 

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Finally, I have managed to stress my Roomba 560 replacement battery to confirm the duration of a full charge, by switching off the docking station around 1015pm and me hiding in air-con room..

Ohhh, at 1225am, the indicator is still in orange and not RED! Hee, my 1 year only iRobot simply returns when the docking station is ON again. Must be very tired since that's more than 120 mins! By the way, anybody ever attempt that before? Mine is is a brand new replacement battery that has been used for 3 weeks.

And I still have 3 brand new replacement batteries. If anybody interested, do PM or email me at irobotvac@gmail.com. Now can sleep well, knowing the iRobot can serve me for another year again!
 

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hi guys, thanks for the PM. I will be giving my faulty unit 4290 roomba to Juboo tomorrow...

Thanks for interest.

Thanks Nax, I manage to revive the roomba. It's up and running but seems so much noiser than the 500 series.
 

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Thanks Nax, I manage to revive the roomba. It's up and running but seems so much noiser than the 500 series.

Juboo: U r welcome. glad u r able to revive it... :D

now I am just hoping US side has 580 on offer... lol...

Btw, does irobot blacklist borderlinx? my roomba 2nd battery used to shipped directly from irobot via the 15% discount...
 

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Juboo: U r welcome. glad u r able to revive it... :D

now I am just hoping US side has 580 on offer... lol...

Btw, does irobot blacklist borderlinx? my roomba 2nd battery used to shipped directly from irobot via the 15% discount...

I have a strong feeling they have already done it.
 

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Hi All,

Just got my 550 today !! New electronic thing to play.. due to my carelessness, I forget to switch the transformer to 110V... As all of you have guessed, my Power adapter went kapoo.. "pop" and went dead..Guess my capacitor have burnt, open up saw some green power on it so I presume that it burnt ?

Anyone know whether just a replacement of component will get it work again or it is gone for good and need to buy new adapter? . While reading the forum, saw someone recommend SL tower continental.. can they replace and solder the component ? Anyone can advise me..pls

P/S: I am suck in electronic component
 
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