I love to Roomba!

[charlja Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close charlja]

Scooba anyone?

Hi -

Sorry if I was confusing...I don't have a Scooba. I was wondering if anyone else has one and if it works well.

Have a great day!
Judy from WI

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

It just keeps getting better.

Robot started acting strangely. Would only go about 6 inches and spin or turn for no reason. Then turn beep and turn itself off.

Went to the iRobot website. Apparently the Roomba "tells" you what is wrong by the number of beeps it makes when it is in difficulty.

Sure enough that mournful tone and single beep means "Check my main brushes". One of the brushes was stuck. Fixed that. Turned roomba back on and away it went on it's rounds.

Scarey.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

dress up your Roomba?

http://www.myroombud.com/

If you don't dress up your Roomba, it's just a naked vacuum
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If you own a Roomba, you know what I am talking about. Have you ever:

named your Roomba?
talked to your Roomba?
spent more time watching your Roomba than it would take you to vacuum the room(ba)?
bought a second Roomba so your first would not be lonely?

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It' s a disease.

[nursetanya1973 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close nursetanya1973]

So, did everyone get the basic Roomba from the woot-off, or was it the Scheduler? I see the basic one on iRobot's site for $149. Looks like fun.

[vinolover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vinolover]

Guilty as charged

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If you own a Roomba, you know what I am talking about. Have you ever:

named your Roomba?
talked to your Roomba?
spent more time watching your Roomba than it would take you to vacuum the room(ba)?
bought a second Roomba so your first would not be lonely?


It' s a disease.

Named her Rosie (after the Jetson's maid).
Talk to her whenever she beeps at me.
Don't watch her (anymore).
Bought a Scooba but they sleep in separate rooms (poor Scooby has to sleep in the garage, Rosie gets to sleep in the house).

We don't own the scheduler since that wouldn't work well for us. We only run the Roomba when we're taking the dog for a walk or when we're at home.

Made the mistake of running her one day while we were out shopping (and the dog was in the house). Rosie got stuck under the coffee table and started beeping. Dog HATES beeping things. Came home to poor Rosie in two parts! The dog had pulled the dust bin off the back and carried it to another part of the house (well, she stopped beeping ).

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

I was wondering about how my dog would deal with it. I didn't consider the beeping, though, she gets upset if anyone leaves the beep alarm from a PDA on in the house, it sounds like the noise she hears from her electronic fence collar just before the zap....

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Named her Rosie (after the Jetson's maid).
Talk to her whenever she beeps at me.
Don't watch her (anymore).
Bought a Scooba but they sleep in separate rooms (poor Scooby has to sleep in the garage, Rosie gets to sleep in the house).

OK so I'm not alone.

I named mine Galileo after one of the shuttlecraft on the original Star Trek. He goes where no one has vacuumed before ( or at least in a very very long time) and the tractor beam from homebase pulls him in every time. I have no idea HOW THAT WORKS!

Tanya I don't know what every one else got but mine is the Sage:
http://store.irobot.com/product/inde...entPage=family

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

I was wondering about how my dog would deal with it. I didn't consider the beeping, though, she gets upset if anyone leaves the beep alarm from a PDA on in the house, it sounds like the noise she hears from her electronic fence collar just before the zap....

YIKES!

G,
It only beeps if it gets stuck or if there is something it is calling attention to like my stuck brush the other day. Galileo has only gotten stuck once under one of my antique bureaus in my bedroom. Generally he finds his way out.

Your Sofie wouldn't be bothered by it.

The cats have adjusted pretty well.

[mshatty Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close mshatty]

I think I'm going to name mine Sparky.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

YIKES!

G,
It only beeps if it gets stuck or if there is something it is calling attention to like my stuck brush the other day. Galileo has only gotten stuck once under one of my antique bureaus in my bedroom. Generally he finds his way out.

Your Sofie wouldn't be bothered by it.

The cats have adjusted pretty well.

Hmm, maybe I will try one. It has to be a pretty specific sound (just like a Palm Pilot alarm) to bother her.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

My BIL is looking to get his wife a Dieson vacum.
Any good deals for it somewhere?

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

Do you just rinse the filters and let air dry?How often? How about soap? Where do I buy new filters?

Have you checked eBay? DW got one 1/2 years ago and got some filter there also.

Jya-Ning

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Have you checked eBay? DW got one 1/2 years ago and got some filter there also.

Jya-Ning

There are definitely filters on ebay

eta: at this rate we're going to need a Roomba sub-forum

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Roomba right now on www.jellyfish.com

[NativeCracker Member Find all posts View Profile Close NativeCracker]

I just ordered a new Roomba Discovery SE 4220 from Woot (1 year warranty - $149 + $5 shipping). Does anyone know the difference(s) between it and the refurbed 4299 model on Amazon?