Scooba Blog

I thought I would post my impressions of the scooba after having run it now for about a month. It’s definitely worth the money and does a fanatastic job. However, I have run into a few problems.

1. The darn front wheel collects hair. The girls in my family shed hair like alf. This hair loves to get tangled in the front wheel. The best solution to fix this, is just to sweep before I run the scooba. It’s easier to sweep before running the scooba than it is to dig the hair out of the front wheel. The scooba does a better job anyway if you sweep first. I have a giant 2 1/2foot soft sweeper, so this is pretty easy.

2. My virtual wall or virtual wall sensor in the robot died. I’ve been waiting about 2wks now for iRobot to send me a new virtual wall, as they are on back order. So, I end up having to create “physical walls” using floor mats.

3. My external battery charger has died. It won’t successfully charge the scooba battery. It keeps clicking off like every 30 seconds. Luckily, I can use the charger built into the scooba to charge the battery.

So my recommendations for scooba users:

1. Sweep first! It’ll save your scooba some pain and you’ll end up with a cleaner floor.

2. Make sure you fill the tank all the way up when you add the solution. A little bit can make a big difference. You can see if there are any ‘bubbles’ in the tank by looking behind the filling ports.

3. Don’t try to do too much floor at once. The scooba definitely performs best when he goes over all spots twice. The first time over a stain, he’ll soften it and the second time over he’ll remove it. If you give the scooba too much room, he won’t ever hit the spot again.

Overall, a fanatastic product. I haven’t used a mop since buying it.

Ian