Remanufactured iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robotic Hard Surface Cleaner, Assorted Colors

Remanufactured iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robotic Hard Surface Cleaner, Assorted Colors

Product Description

# Remanufactured floor-washing robot that washes, scrubs, and dries in one pass
# Cleans under furniture, tables, and other hard-to-reach places
# Safe to use on most hard floors, including sealed hardwood, linoleum, tile, and marble
# Simple to operate--fill tank, press "Clean," and empty tank when finished
# Model number (5800 or 5999) and color may vary
# 90 Day Limited warranty

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #35 in Kitchen & Housewares
* Color: White and Blue
* Brand: Roomba
* Model: 5999 (remanf. 5800)
* Released on: 2006-03-24

Features

* Remanufactured floor-washing robot that preps, washes, scrubs, and dries in one pass
* Cleans under furniture, tables, and hard-to-reach places
* Safe to use on most hard floors, including sealed hardwood, linoleum, tile, and marble
* Simple to operate--fill tank, press "Clean," and empty tank when finished
* Model number (5800 or 5999) and color may vary; 90 day limited warranty

Scooba features a proprietary four-stage cleaning system that will simultaneously prep, wash, scrub, and dry your floor in a single pass.

Prep: With Scooba, there's no need to sweep the floor before washing. Scooba preps your floor by picking up loose dirt and light debris, including hair, dust, and many cereals.

Wash: Scooba then washes your floor by laying down a mixture of specially formulated Clorox Scooba cleaning solution and water. Clorox Scooba cleaning solution is safe on all sealed hard floor surfaces. And it's nontoxic, so it's safe to use around kids and pets.

Scrub: Next, Scooba's specially designed brushes gently scrub floors, cleaning spills and removing grime. Scooba's brush spins at 1,500 revolutions per minute, scrubbing your floor more effectively than traditional mops or any other hard-floor cleaning system.

Dry: Finally, Scooba actually dries your floor by picking up the dirty water left on the floor and depositing it into a second tank. The residue is held in the "Dirty" tank until it is emptied. So, instead of just redistributing the dirty water around your floor like standard mops do, Scooba leaves your floor cleaner, drier, and ready to walk on.

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Customer Reviews

Do not waste your time and money on this

Scooba just doesn't work. The one I purchased just wet the floor, and then tracked dirty soapy water all over my kitchen. The kitchen was worse off after Scooba than before.

Yes, I followed the instructions to prime it with the bulb. It didn't help. I wasted a huge amount of time trying to make this thing work. None of the fixes or instructions given helped. It's just a dud.

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Cleans well, battery died after 10 months, they replaced it for free

I purchased the remanufactured iRobot Scooba for quite a bit more than the current price in February, 2007. It cleans well, but is a little noisy and tedious to clean. It does a good job of getting into nooks and crannies, but has a harder time getting through chairs around a table. This is just a size limitation and is expected.

In December, 2007, after leaving it plugged in for a few weeks, it would only run for a few minutes. Recharging and trying to use it several times resulted in the same problem. I called customer service and they offered to send me a new battery and a firmware update using an OSMO (all for free). That is great customer service. It was well out of the 90-day warranty for the remanufactured scooba.

Apparently there is a defect with the charging mechanism of some units where it feeds the battery too much of a charge in trickle mode (after the charge is complete to keep battery charged). This will ruin the battery. Even after the firmware update, they recommend that you remove the battery from the unit/charger if you don't use it every week.

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Love it!!! Senses & stays off carpet.

I bought the "remanufactured iRobot Scooba (various colors)" and received the 5900 (light blue body with dark blue front bumper). I read the whole manual to see what I needed to do to keep it off the carpet (in our great room, the living room is carpeted & the rest of the room is tile) but there was no mention of carpet other than "remove lightweight rugs from the floor." So I let it loose in the room and was delighted to find out that it somehow senses when it gets to the edge of the carpet & stays off of it. The housing itself does appear to be used, although very clean. It looks like a full replenish kit was installed (new wheels, brushes, filters & squeegee). The battery also appears to be brand new, I charged it overnight and ran 2 45-minute cleaning cycles back-to-back on a single charge. I started a third cleaning cycle but the battery needed to be charged. The cleaning solution smells pretty good... it does have a pretty strong "clean" (not bleach or ammonia) scent. I'm delighted so far!!!


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