 "Scooby dooby dooo" | 2006-11-10 |
| - Reviewed By bonnienewgirl |
| Bought a roomba and followed with the scooba 5800. We don't have a big place. Mostly wood floor (with rugs) and linoleum. Both have worked wonderfully.
No problems with the scooba to date. Have used it regularly (once a week for the whole place and then for smaller jobs as well.) Took a little experience to optimize performance. Since every situation is unique i'll just suggest going to www.roombareview.com and poking around there. Tons of information on the roomba and scooba.
Works well on the hardwood and on the kitchen tile as well. I was a little dubious just how hard it would scrub. The tile is white and I thought it might now do as good a job since white is so hard to keep...well, white. But really, it's quite meticulous about the whole process. The tile looks better than I could ever make it.
I love not having a smelly mop around or dealing with all those cranky quasi-mechanical sponge contrivances anymore.
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| "Lifesaver" | 2008-09-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2620WZEZ4NY56 |
| At 73 years of age, I am about to have another low back surgery. With Scooba the kitchen floor gets cleaned very often. I had to go to bed for several hours after mopping or let the floor get very dirty. So far, my grandsons have run the Scooba whenever they come over because it is a lot of fun to watch. My husband says this is the best purchase we have made in a long time. What a wonderful invention! |
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 "Does the basic work, cleanup is tedious" | 2008-09-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1U946OD9C4NYY |
| We have had the Scooba for 6 months now. It works pretty well. I cannot complain about its ability to wash the floor, however you must remove any obstacles (chairs, carpets etc) to reduce the interference. The only complaint that we have had is that it does require a good amount of cleanup after each use. I do like that you can use vinegar in place of the clorox, so we use that once a month. We run our irobot vacuum first (kitchen and digning room are ceramic tile). ONce done, we run the scooba, then go to bed. I would say this has been effective and only twiced did it not complete the job because it got stuck. br /br /ONe bit of advice for anyone that is purchasing this for the first time, DO NOT WATCH IT WORK. It is frustrating watching the pattern it takes. br /br /Overall I think it really works, and helps with weekly moppings! |
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 "DO NOT BUY A SCOOBA - YOU WILL BE SORRY - ZERO STARS" | 2008-09-09 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2QR2X0NMKJKHK |
| I bought a Scooba six weeks ago. I was very excited. It washed one floor well. It died (a bad charger.) That's when the nightmare began.br /I HAVE YET TO GET A LABEL TO RETURN IT TO iROBOT!!!br /br /Yes, it has taken customer service this amount of time to get me a UPS label. This is just about the WORST customer service on the planet and they keep telling you the same lie over and over again. Two business days? Don't believe it.br /br /Also, they won't sent a new charger, they force you to send the entire unit back. More nonsense as there is nothing wrong with the unit--it worked perfectly the one time I was able to use it.br /br /Given the time spent e-mailing and calling customer service, I could have washed all of my floors for a year.br /br /It's a cool product but until the company gets its act together, you will be sorry you bought it.br / |
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| "iRobot 5800 Scooba Floor-Washing Robot" | 2008-08-22 |
| - Reviewed By g8640226 |
It's a wonderful way to make mopping without human's efforts.
The good time for using of the Scooba is then we are going out from the home.
It has a good navigation and cleans more time in the especial dirt places.
But I got it with relative weak battery, and it took a lot of time to recharge the battery.
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 "A longer perspective: After one year, thumbs down for Scooba" | 2008-08-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A5IHM12K1BKSU |
I loathe and despise mopping. Not only that, it makes my lower back hurt.
So I was excited to buy the Scooba, about a year ago, from a company that offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Here's what I've found over the year.
At first, I loved the Scooba, and it worked well. But then I didn't use it for several months -- not intentionally, but sometimes when things aren't working you just sort of let them go.
When I thought about why I wasn't using my Scooba, here's what I came up with: Scooba doesn't clean the corners, and it takes a long time for me to clean the Scooba, after it cleans the floor. When the Scooba was new, it was very clean and worked well. Now, the Scooba seems to not work as well because it's dirty. I do clean it between uses, but it's not squeaky clean. It leaves dirt streaks and little wet piles of dog hair behind on my floor. Maybe it would work better if I cleaned it more. But, how long do you want to spend cleaning the inside of your mop? Battery management is finicky. And my Scooba seems to have lost its ability to realize that it's done. It does not seem to go into "shut down" mode in which it cleans the tanks and insides and then beeps "done." Instead, my year-old Scooba will just keep mopping and mopping forever until it runs out of juice - even in a small room like my 6'x 8' bathroom. As my Scooba gets older it also seems to have a harder time with the modest irregularities in my floor. In short, I have to think way too much about this robot. Scooba is too much management and too much work.
I'm going back to an old-fashioned mop. Simple. Fairly effective. No battery issues. Easy to clean. I've had it with babying Scooba.
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| "Used it once and had to send it back" | 2008-08-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2YU4VZOR3X1ER |
| I charged the Scooba per manual instructions and put it use on 1 floor. When it finished the battery needed to be charged again and when I tried to charge it I got the message that it could not charge the battery. I called IRobot support and they said to send the unit back in and it would be replaced under the warranty. I sent it in almost 2 weeks ago, but haven't heard from them since. |
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| "Really Works!!!" | 2008-07-30 |
| - Reviewed By tarekaydin |
| Great product, used it as soon as I charged it up, I haven't mopped a floor since. Strongly recommended for linoleum or wood floors. Picks up crumbs and dirt very well. Very pleased. |
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 "Opening and Batteries" | 2008-07-19 |
| - Reviewed By none80111 |
| The battery life is inadequate and opening the unit is counter intuitive. My wife had lots of problems opening the unit because you push the handle down to lift it up. It's a really stupid design on the handle. It works once you understand it, but there's no instructions on how it works. |
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| "Gets your floors 90% clean" | 2008-07-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A31HE83MU98GBV |
If you are lazy and don't like hand scrubbing your floors on a regular basis, the Scooba does a great job getting your floors 90% of the way clean. No, it doesn't do a perfect job, but they certainly look a lot better than doing nothing or using a Swiffer (Dry or Wet).
My husband was very skeptical about this purchase, but he's seen the light. It's very convenient to use. If you go a while between uses, have a turkey baster or a sports bottle handy to squeeze the excess air out of the tubes. It can be a little finnicky, hence the 4-star review.
However, overall we're quite pleased with the purchase and our white linoleum floors look much better than they normally do! |
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| "love it, I HATE to clean the floor" | 2008-07-14 |
| - Reviewed By nopetsal |
Vacuuming doesnt bother me, but mopping/cleaning my kitchen floor(hardwood) rarely happens (sad but true, and I have 3 small kids) so this is great for me. I use vinegar and it gets the job done in 45min. I have tried hoover floormate, and a steamer, and they always just sat in my closet(am I lazy? yes)
only used a couple of times so i cannot speak to longevity, but so far so good, I recommend it. |
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