Effective and fun

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This is another great product from iRobot. I have several Roomba models for vacuuming my carpets and was very excited to add a Scooba for mopping my hardwood floors and tile. The Scooba performed better than I expected. It really does get the floor clean and it is so much easier than mopping it yourself. My floors are now much cleaner because I can run the Scooba several times a week, while I never would have found the time to mop manually that often. It's an incredible luxury to have your floors mopped by a robot while you do something else (or while you do nothing at all). I suspect most people purchasing this device probably have experience with the roomba. There are some differences that aren't obvious at first. 1. New roomba models allow for preprogrammed scheduling, the Scooba can't do this. 2. Roomba charges as a unit (older models plug into the wall, newer models dock to charging stations). Scooba has a detachable battery pack that charges separately. Therefore, it is necessary to open up the unit and remove the battery after each use. This is an easy process, but on several occasions I have set up the Scooba and carried it upstairs, only to realize that I have forgotten to install the battery and need to go back downstairs to get it. This can be a little inconvenient. 3. Scooba is slightly taller than Roomba. It isn't that perceptible to the eye, but my Scooba unit gets stuck in my kitchen under my lower cabinets while the Roomba has no problem. 4. The Scooba is not as good about freeing itself from obstacles as Roomba. Roomba has more effective escape behavior. Scooba is much more likely to get stuck and issue its little audio alarm for assistance. 5. Unlike Roomba, Scooba cannot clean corners. In fact, if the floors are dirty, Scooba may leave a little arc of dirt in the corner when the edge of the used mopping water isn't picked up by Scooba. Overall, despite a few minor limitations, Scooba works surprisingly well. It does a very nice job of mopping and suctions up most of the mop water leaving the floors slightly damp. You need to use proprietary cleaner with Scooba, but it isn't expensive and readily available. Overall, I highly recommend this robot to fellow lazy gadget-lovers.^M

I LOVE IT

I have all hardwood and tile on my first floor and I use Scooba just about every other day on it--it picks up crumbs/dirt/pet hair...and the more i use it the better my floors look--i never realized how incredibly dirty they were before. expensive? yes, but worth it--on thing i'd pay attn to is rinsing the filters as directed...the more rectangular 'dry vaccuum' filter says to rinse it, but if you replace it wet in the scooba and store it, it will kill your poor scooba. lesson learned the hard way. so don't forget to let that filter dry completely before replacing.

Simply amazing

This product is amazing and very well-designed. Most importantly, it does an incredible job cleaning tile floors, which I have throughout the house. It cleans more efffectively than a person with a mop by far and is even a bit better than getting on the floor with a scrub brush. I have lived with the accumulation of tiny dirt particles in the "holes" in my tiles for years, but Scooba got them out the first time I used it! I also couldn't believe the amount of detritus in Scooba's filters - I had previously thought my floors were fairly clean, but I was quite wrong.^M
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Scooba is very easy to use and clean. If you plan to do a lot of cleaning, get an extra battery and charging station. The virtual walls are also very useful because Scooba is best at dealing with roughly rectangular spaces. If your home has awkward floor spaces, it's best to divide them up into large, rough rectangles so that Scooba's floor traversal algorithm will function properly.^M
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If you have lots of rugs on your tile floors, as I do, don't let that scare you off - Scooba seems to push up the edges of the rugs and clean underneath the outer perimeter. My Scooba has never climbed on top of a rug and gotten it wet. He also seems to have an incredible ability to get under things - I don't have to move very much before setting him loose in a room.