iRobot Scooba experience

[ktee]

Wow! So fast... Waitin for 1st review of 380 in Sg forum!

How much did u pay altogether & how long it take to reach u from ordering date?

You will need to mod the charger fr 110 to 220. Is the mod for 380 same as 5800 or roomba?

I am tempted & hope i can win on my biddings.!

 

[mosmos]

Wow! So fast... Waitin for 1st review of 380 in Sg forum!

How much did u pay altogether & how long it take to reach u from ordering date?

You will need to mod the charger fr 110 to 220. Is the mod for 380 same as 5800 or roomba?

I am tempted & hope i can win on my biddings.!

Order on 23/6/07 -> reach vpostusa (OR, USA) on 29/6/07 -> delivered to my hse on 10/7/07

Total cost = vpost delivery charge + custom GST + US$499.99~

heart pain now.

for the transformer, I had bought a $24 newstar 100w fm IMM homefix.

 

[ktee]

WOW! 954+24=978!!! I hv to check my bank balance now.

Anyway, i hv 1 roomba discovery, a roomba battery & 6 extra filters to be sent in by vpost (only the discovery is not at Portland)... I beleive vpost will chg >100 for this delivery (after my UOB discount)... Lucky i all bidded or Buy-it-now fr ebay and cheaper a little bit (at least dont hv to pay GST, hopefully)... Problem is i hv no invoice to send to vpost as bidding fr ebay no invoice leh. How? any expert can help...

 

[mosmos]

WOW! 954+24=978!!! I hv to check my bank balance now.

Anyway, i hv 1 roomba discovery, a roomba battery & 6 extra filters to be sent in by vpost (only the discovery is not at Portland)... I beleive vpost will chg >100 for this delivery (after my UOB discount)... Lucky i all bidded or Buy-it-now fr ebay and cheaper a little bit (at least dont hv to pay GST, hopefully)... Problem is i hv no invoice to send to vpost as bidding fr ebay no invoice leh. How? any expert can help...

I have no proper invoice also.

You just need to do a screenshot of the payment and save in .jpg file for them.


The filters broke easily? Why buy so many?

Btw, I think the battery is heavy.

 

[ktee]

Ha... here sell 15/pc, i bought 5.25/pc & as sending together w vpost, might as well buy more... The recommendation is to replace filter every 2-3 months, until we can mod, buy more on the safe side. kiasu-little-bit.

Battery is heavy. the pkg weight is 0.8kg. vpost chg is about $8, also ship togeher to save on initial cost. One battery is not enough for whole house. needs 2 batteries loh.

 

[ronnie]

WOW! 954+24=978!!! I hv to check my bank balance now.

Anyway, i hv 1 roomba discovery, a roomba battery & 6 extra filters to be sent in by vpost (only the discovery is not at Portland)... I beleive vpost will chg >100 for this delivery (after my UOB discount)... Lucky i all bidded or Buy-it-now fr ebay and cheaper a little bit (at least dont hv to pay GST, hopefully)... Problem is i hv no invoice to send to vpost as bidding fr ebay no invoice leh. How? any expert can help...

Ebay will send you a confirmation of the trade. Just email this as a jpeg or pdf file to them can liao.

 

[ronnie]

Ha... here sell 15/pc, i bought 5.25/pc & as sending together w vpost, might as well buy more... The recommendation is to replace filter every 2-3 months, until we can mod, buy more on the safe side. kiasu-little-bit.

Battery is heavy. the pkg weight is 0.8kg. vpost chg is about $8, also ship togeher to save on initial cost. One battery is not enough for whole house. needs 2 batteries loh.

Actually the filter for Roomba is very good, if used and clean properly can last at least a year minimum.

 

[ronnie]

mosmos,

You bought the Scooba 380 direct from iRobot is it? Did you go for their promos.

http://www.buyscooba.com/

On top of that, they are also giving away a free replenish kit.

Another offer is the free dirtdog, but this one is rebate form.

http://homesupport.irobot.com/cgi-b...g/php/enduser/doc_serve.php?2=dirt_dog_rebate

 

[mosmos]

mosmos,

You bought the Scooba 380 direct from iRobot is it? Did you go for their promos.

http://www.buyscooba.com/

On top of that, they are also giving away a free replenish kit.

Another offer is the free dirtdog, but this one is rebate form.

http://homesupport.irobot.com/cgi-b...g/php/enduser/doc_serve.php?2=dirt_dog_rebate

I did not see the free red roomba when i place my order, only get the free replenish kit.

Btw, the free dirtdog, can i claim if buy fm irobot direct?

 

[whypurplishblue]

Ha... here sell 15/pc, i bought 5.25/pc & as sending together w vpost, might as well buy more... The recommendation is to replace filter every 2-3 months, until we can mod, buy more on the safe side. kiasu-little-bit.

Battery is heavy. the pkg weight is 0.8kg. vpost chg is about $8, also ship togeher to save on initial cost. One battery is not enough for whole house. needs 2 batteries loh.

Here is a link at roombareview to make custom filters hehe..

http://www.roombareview.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=1469

 

[ktee]

Here is a link at roombareview to make custom filters hehe..

http://www.roombareview.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=1469

Wow! great info. shld hv done more research ... anyway, $ is spent, so use loh... The 6+1 filters will last till the next shirt-ironing robot is out!

 

[mosmos]

Newstar 100w converter~

bought at home-fix at $24~

 

[mosmos]

scooba delivery box~

Inside box manual~

Inside box contents~

 

[mosmos]

instruction manuals~

scooba 380~

 

[mosmos]

OMG~!

scooba is charging 16hrs for the 1st time~

so excited, can't wait to use it now~

 

[mosmos]

Clorox solution~

btw, my mom saw this in cold storage before.

she is using clorox bleach now.

 

[whypurplishblue]

Can't wait to see the results of it in action. I think first thing home tonight you should be powering up your scooba and going for a test run hehe.. I'm sure all of use felt that with our first roomba/scoobas

 

[sunsetbay]

OMG~!

scooba is charging 16hrs for the 1st time~

so excited, can't wait to use it now~

can take a pic of the bottom view??

 

[mosmos]

can take a pic of the bottom view??

okay, tonite will go take~

actually nothing much, almost all black at bottom~

 

[whypurplishblue]

220V to 110V converter warning

Hi, just some info on using converters that i came across..

The first problem you encounter if you use an external 220V -> 110V converter to power the original Roomba/Scooba power supply is the output voltage quality (the 50/60 Hz rating is not critical).
If your converter outputs 110V RMS, this doesn’t mean that the peak voltage will be less than the maximum allowed (155 Volts) of the original power supply.
For example, with a Remington 220V -> 110V electronic converter, which outputs 110Volts RMS, the peak output voltage is more than 200V (without any load). In this case the converter would certainly blow the Roomba/Scooba power supply (please note that the peak voltage cannot be measured with a standard digital multimeter, but only with an oscilloscope).

The other problem is that if you fed the original Roomba fast charger with a voltage below 80V AC you can have an output voltage over the rated 22V DC.
For exapmle feeding the fast charger with 60Volts AC, it’s output would be at 40V DC and any connected Roomba/Scooba will be destroyed.
According to the TOP245 (TOP246 for Scooba) datasheet, the 1Mohm and 1.3Mohm resistors R1 and R2 (on the power supply board) at the Line Sense pin of the TOP245/TOP246 should shut it down if the input voltage falls below 100 VDC at the filter capacitor, but this does not happen. It seems there is a bug at the design of the power supply and at undervoltage conditions, the TOP245 can behave in a wrong way.
This condition (60Volts AC mains) would never happen in real life, but with an external 220V -> 110V converter it could be possible.

The website talks about performing a roomba/scooba mod and warns bout the possible consequences of using a 220V to 110V converter
http://gianmauro.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/irobot-roombascooba-110v-to-220v-mod/