iRobot Scooba experience

[Jubooo]

5kg that can help you clean daily is nothing comparing to cleaning weekly on yr own.

 

[bakasa2002]

But my pump not spoilt, still woking, only tank leaking problem.

How do u identify tank leaking? I got lots of water after each run, water marks all over my tiles, until i fed up and stop using scooba.

 

[Jubooo]

bakasa, should you decide to discard scooba please donate to me.

 

[Lionel]

Scooba 340 for sale

Hi all,

I have a slightly used Scooba 340 for sale. Starting bid at $1. Please place your bid over here:
http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110539644796&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Good luck!

 

[bakasa2002]

bakasa, should you decide to discard scooba please donate to me.

I tot you gonna repair for me foc? Hahaha ...

 

[Jubooo]

I tot you gonna repair for me foc? Hahaha ...

There's no free lunch you might want to wait for free dinner

 

[foosdoll]

can i ask how do you guys modify the roomba to our 220v? i plan to buy quite a few appliances from us in the next visit. if inconvenient can pm me? thanks.

 

[Jubooo]

can i ask how do you guys modify the roomba to our 220v? i plan to buy quite a few appliances from us in the next visit. if inconvenient can pm me? thanks.

I can help you to modify the roomba charger. You can contact me at 81254240.

 

[foosdoll]

if it necessary to change the voltage? wad is the effect if long term use through step up transformer?

 

[hawthorne]

Hi. when you bought the irobot from US. did you hand carry or check in the luggage?

i scared with lost if luggage lost. dunno they will allow me to carry up the plane or not.

 

[Ayumiayumi]

selling scooba 380 @ 500sgd (very cheap)

had modify for 240v usage. come with box and all the Accessories

reason for sale.. going oversea study liao soon....

interested can contact me at 81632351.. thanks.

 

[ah_beng]

More irobot competitors coming.

Mint robot:
http://mintcleaner.com/

Asus Eclean robot:
http://www.agaitech.com/user/list.jsp?id1=20&id2=498

 

[hawthorne]

New Roomba owner

Just came back from US and picked up a brand new Roomba 560.

I was aware of the other competitive products, but they just never made it to launch before my trip, so, Roomba was chosen.

1st trial run showed some of its limitations:

1. I have a light weight coffee table in the living room. Roomba knocks on the legs with a force that moves it out of place. The stuffs on the table was knocked off .

I will be buying some of those pads to stick them at the bottom of the legs, so to increase friction. Hope that works.

2. The roomba does not seems to recognise that the sliding door tracks are forbidden territories. It attempt to cross it and it dropped into the balcony.

Solution is to deploy a VW. I do not have C-batteries at home, So yet to do this.

3. There is a drop of about 3cm that leads into the bathroom. Roomba apparently does not recognise this and run into the bathroom. eventually got stuck there.

I have to close the bathroom door to prevent it from going in.

4. Roomba does not handle those rugs I place at the bathroom door well. I got stuck, and I have to free it from the rug manually. Short term solution is to move the rugs out of place during cleaning.

How do you guys solve this

 

[Jubooo]

You already answered all the question However, the coffee table might still pose a problem unless you try the keep-off mat from robot addon.

 

[hawthorne]

You already answered all the question However, the coffee table might still pose a problem unless you try the keep-off mat from robot addon.

I'm looking for a long term solution for the rug at toilet problem as I was planning to let Roomba does its stuff when I am away during work.

It would be quite a hassle to clear the rugs on it's clean-days

any thoughts anyone

 

[tekster]

First if all, adjust yr expectations. it is a great tool to help in daily chores. But to expect the machine to function likea human is over-expecting things lo. It is still a dumb machine afterall.

Best is to let it run while i'm at home doing other stuff.

 

[hawthorne]

heehee. Ya, I understand it is a machine after all. Just looking ard to see what other hwzers haf done to overcome these little limitations.

 

[Laneige]

hawthorne
how do u bring it back. hand carry or luggage

rug...... i use those cheap ones more for wiping feet n i just kick them aside when i run scooba. for those exp ones i think supposed to find professional to clean. and those rug are a good breeding ground for bacteria.

n going in thru those laminated mini kerb... if its not high enough, the machine will defintely goes over it. go n buy the batteries or use something to block the area. i am making use of my wii board hahhaaa

 

[hawthorne]

hawthorne
how do u bring it back. hand carry or luggage

rug...... i use those cheap ones more for wiping feet n i just kick them aside when i run scooba. for those exp ones i think supposed to find professional to clean. and those rug are a good breeding ground for bacteria.

n going in thru those laminated mini kerb... if its not high enough, the machine will defintely goes over it. go n buy the batteries or use something to block the area. i am making use of my wii board hahhaaa

Brought it back in the check-in luggage. The box it came with is quite a size. Seems too big for the airline to allow carry-on. Anyway the box seems quite sturdy for some abuse.

For now I try to close the door when it is cleaning. I think I need more than the 2 virtual walls included in the package to cover all the forbidden territories, should have ordered more virtual walls.

 

[Jubooo]

hawthorne
how do u bring it back. hand carry or luggage

rug...... i use those cheap ones more for wiping feet n i just kick them aside when i run scooba. for those exp ones i think supposed to find professional to clean. and those rug are a good breeding ground for bacteria.

n going in thru those laminated mini kerb... if its not high enough, the machine will defintely goes over it. go n buy the batteries or use something to block the area. i am making use of my wii board hahhaaa

Scooba got less problem with rugs as compared to roomba. Roomba will go over it and get caught onto the mainbrush or sidebrush. I basically change all those rugs into those floormat where the underneath is a big piece of antiskid like material. This way roomba will go over and vacuum it instead of tangling it.