iRobot Scooba 390 Floor Scrubbing Robot

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Price: $489.00    

Product Feature

• 4-Stage Cleaning Process
• Scooba 390 keeps cleaning solution in a separate tank so that only clean solution is placed on the floor
• Extensive Coverage - Scooba 390 has a wide cleaning head ideal for kitchens and other large areas up to 450 sq ft
• Easy to Use- Let the robot do the work
• All parts that need to be cleaned or maintained are now colored grey and orange

Product Description

With a simplified design and longer battery life, the new Scooba 390, our premium floor washing robot, builds on thebest of the Scooba product line. Using a four-stage cleaning process, Scooba preps, washes, scrubs and squeegees your floor for you, removing up to 98% of common household bacteria*. No sweeping required. And unlike a mop, Scooba never uses dirty water to wash your floors.
Thorough Cleaning:
Uses a powerful four-stage cleaning process toprep, wash, scrub and squeegee your floors, removing up to 98% of common household bacteria*
No sweeping required! Scooba preps your floor, vacuuming up loose crumbs, sand and dirt
Puts down onlyfresh solution to clean your floors, keeps clean and dirty water separate inside the robot
Safe and effective on select hard floor surfaces, including tile, linoleum, vinyl, marble, slate, stone and sealed hardwood
Works with Scooba Hard Floor Cleaner, Natural Enzyme Formula, water or water andvinegar
Complete Coverage:
Wide cleaning head makes Scooba 390 ideal for kitchens and other large areas
One full tank washes up to 425 square feet before it requires refilling
Makes at least three passes over every area for thorough cleaning
iAdaptTM Responsive Cleaning Technology:
Scooba's advanced system of software and sensors allows it to sense its environment to clean more of your room, more thoroughly
With iAdapt Technology, Scooba cleans every section of your room multiple times
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iRobot Scooba 390 Floor Scrubbing Robot Review

Is it perfect? no. Is it useful? yes.

Before I write review for the Scooba, I would like to write a little about my two other robots.

My two other robots are Roomba 550 and Neato XV11 from Neato Robotic. I use Roomba to maintain my first floor and Neato to maintain my second floor. They both have strength and work very well for their intended purposes. My first floor is all hardwood and ceramic tiles, and the second floor is all carpet. Since my dog also lives in the first floor, the Roomba works very well for floor with pet hair. Neato is very powerful robotic vacuum (best), it works extremely well for my carpet. I scheduled the Roomba to run the entire floor 4 days a week so the first floor usually clean without much hairs and debris left; I know that the main function of the Scooba is not to clean the debris and dog hair and I don't want to burden it for. It won't work well with very hairy floor.

I have around 1400 square foot first floor. I use the Scooba to clean my entire floor cleaning it one section at a time. I only use white vinegar or just pure water for now, both natural and sufficient.

Floor Wash:
It cleans pretty well in normal condition. I don't have very dirty kitchen with food stains like some families with very young toddlers; my son, 7 years old, often wear shoes walking inside the house and my dog with dirty feet too. For the spots with tough stains, it won't clean. However, I don't expect I can rub the stains away if I mop the floor myself. I still need to bend and scrub the tough dry food stains myself. After washing, the floor wetness is like mopping the floor by myself.

Noisy:
Compared to Mint Plus 5200, the machine operates very noisy so don't expect watching TV in a house with open floor plan. However, there is no problem if you stay in different floor like basement or second floor while the the machine is running. I typically start it before I leave home or watch TV in the basement. I am not here comparing it to a typical floor washing vacuum, which is much louder. However, the Scooba noise pitch is high.

Maintenance and usage:
Cleaning this Scooba is incredibly easy and quick. It is very well designed for both operation and cleaning. I am very happy of this.
Floor is cleaned every week. I need to fill up water twice to clean the floor and I have to divide the first floor in four/five sections. Not every section needs to clean every week, but the kitchen and dinette do. It won't be able to cross the borders which may be 1/4 inch high.

Summary:

It cleans better than mopping and automated. Combined with Roomba, I am free from routine cleaning. If you don't have Roomba, and have a hairy floor then I would recommend sweeping the floor first before using it.
It is not for deep cleaning. However, I don't feel deep cleaning is necessary, at least not often; I have not deep cleaned it since; it is almost a year now. If you keep washing the floor every week and wiping out the tough stains every time you accidentally drop food.

It is very very noisy so operate it in a floor when you are not staying in.
Very well designed and easy to maintain and operate.
Battery life is sufficient enough that I don't feel battery is an issue at all for my home, 1400 sqf first floor.
Depending on how to value your time and money, I feel I would rather spend time with my son than mopping the floor every week.

I give four stars mainly due to its high pitch loudness.

Update (07/29/2012). The product came with only one virtual wall. Since I have a open kitchen joint with family room and dining room and entry. I need three virtual wall to confine the Scooba. Currently, my solution is using a dining chair to block one opening and the virtual wall to block the entry and just let the Scooba running free on both kitchen and my family room. Not an ideal solution unless I get another virtual wall.

Update (10/30/2012). I found the Scooba did get stuck once a while, very few and not a big deal that I need to rate one star down. Perhaps it is something to do with my home; when closed, the bottom opening space of my dishwasher door is the exact same height as the Scooba, if the scooba bounces into the corner of the door, it stuck. I learned to open the door a little bit when running the robot to prevent this happen. Another place that it gets stuck is the thin carpet under my dinning table. Mine is too soft and too thin so I have to fold the edge when cleaning the dinning room. It is not Scooba fault in my view since it is not designed for carpet. I, however, wish it is smart enough to tell the difference between carpet and hard floor. No other floor wash robot can deal with it anyway. I hope one day this intelligence of forward detecting sensor can be built in, it should not be that difficult. A vehicle backup sensor is simple.

One suggestion for this robot is to have an option to disable the scrubbing and allow attaching a towel link Mint 4200 so it will do light mopping/drying the floor like its competitor, a wish.

Update (11/9/2012) My Scooba died three weeks back. The start button just did not respond even the battery charging is fine. Called and told to keep the battery and charger and send the rest back. They sent out the replace one back shortly. Brand new one minus the battery and charger etc accessories. Good service, not as efficient/excellent as Amazon, but good enough.

Updated (2/7/2013) My Scooba keeps going after replacement. A impromptu solution was found without buying a new virtual wall. I cut two strips of leftover wall trims to confine the Scooba. It took same amount of efforts to lay down the virtual wall and the wall trims so I end up not using the virtual wall since. Plus the benefit of not need to replace battery every six months. Don't laugh at me, the wood trims just work better.

Update (5/21/2013) My Scooba keeps going after more than 1 year. Recently I also added Mint Plus 5200 in my home cleaning robot collection to clean my all hardwood floor basement. Since the Mint is so light and completely whisper quiet, I use it more often than Scooba to quickly sweep the hairy bathroom and quick mopping for my most used family room while watching TV. It is so easy that like getting a cup of coffee while watching TV, but I have to be careful to not to step on it since it operates in complete silence. I use Mint Plus for cleaning in between the Scooba cleaning. I bet you might ask whether the Scooba worth buying, I would say that Mint Plus really mean for not so dirty floor. If you currently only need light mopping for your house, then Mint Plus is good enough, otherwise, Scooba is still better choice for average dirty floor, specially for dinning room and kitchen.

Update (11/5/2013) Well, my Scooba tank release handle was broken a couple months ago and I am out of warranty. I felt that the handle design is a defect, it made from hard plastic instead of metal. After a while, the plastic joint just broke after fatigue. Called the customer service and I was told to buy a whole new tank instead, $32 including shipping. I was told the joints in new handle now is made of metal. Not yet received the replacement tank to confirm this. I thank that for $500 Scooba, they should just give me a new tank instead, it likely only cost less than $10 for iRobot to build. I just wish iRobot treat their loyal customer better than average company. I bought Scooba, Roomba and Mint Plus (now Braava)from iRobot.

Change the rating from 4 stars to 3 due to this design defect, but will still hold its stock.

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