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Remanufactured iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot with Scheduler, Case/Color May Vary

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Brand: Roomba
Category: Kitchen

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

248 reviews
Sales Rank: 37786

Color: Clean Blue
Batteries: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 21.2 x 17.1 x 5.3

Model: 4296
UPC: 853816042968
EAN: 0853816042968
ASIN: B000FOCHI4

Release Date: September 15, 2005

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THE ROOMBA SCHEDULER SUCKS! LITERALLY! August 27, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

Really impressed with the performance of the remanufactured Roomba Scheduler. I recently had my entire house done in ceramic tile (single story, about 2000 square feet), and fully swept it the day before the roomba arrived. After charging the unit, we set it off on its way, watched it for a while, and then let it do its own thing while we continued to straighten up and move furniture around. After a couple of hours, we heard it play a little tune, and found that it had returned to its charging dock. When we checked the dust bin, we were amazed at how much stuff we had missed when we swept up the day before. Very fine dust from the new tile grout, along with long black hair (my wife is chinese...), and loads of dust bunnies. Each time I watch this thing it amazes me. It navigates under the dining table, meticulously working around each chair. As it finds an object, it manages to find its edges and move along the edge, and when the virtual walls are set up, it hits the invisible barrier and moves off in another direction. It's a little noisy, but if there is a clutch mechanism inside that uses the powered rear wheels for steering, it is understandable that it would have the same coffee grinder sound that my Tamiya RC Tank makes. Regardless of the noise, it is nowhere near as noisy as an actual vacuum cleaner. It seems to have some issues with area rugs, and whatever you do, don't leave rubber bands lying around on the floor. They get wrapped around the beater bar and the brush unit and the unit aborts its mission.
Cleaning is really easy. Dump the bin each time after it cleans, and do a full cleaning once a week. If you use one of those rhino-razor letter openers (the kind with a rhino horn on it that conceals an integral razor blade) to cut through the long hairs that wrap around the brush, remove the small ball bearings from the end of the beater bar and brush, clean the hair and debris off the spindles, rinse the beater bar and brush (NOT THE BEARINGS!) and let them air dry. Remember that it is a tool, not a toy, and as such it requires some maintenance.
If you are generally good at keeping house, you will love this machine. If you have a lot of junk, newspapers, plastic bags, rubber bands, or other snags laying about, this little machine will get snagged, abort its mission and sit there beeping at you. Under these circumstances, you are probably better off hiring a maid.

4 out of 5 stars

not too bad, but need quality control August 26, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I gave the roomba 4 stars, it really works very well and more than what I expected. But some of the plastic parts, such as the filter holder made of plastic and metal wire was a piece of crap. It failed only after 10 uses.

1 out of 5 stars

Lemon August 25, 2006
68 out of 70 found this review helpful

I bought a Roomba 4230 "remanufactured" vacuum robot from Amazon last week. I was really excited to get it. Plugged it in, charged her up, and pushed the Clean button. Dang.

It said Uh-Oh. E-mailed IRobot tech support. That was over a week ago. Still waiting for their response. I called tech support last Friday. They told me the same thing that I read on their website. The cliff sensors think they are obstructed. Roomba uses cliff sensors to keep it from falling down the stairs. Tech support suggested spraying compressed air into the sensors, and sent me RMA forms, knowing the air thing would never work.

Surprisingly, the compressed air worked. Roomba worked for 5 minutes. It was a beautiful thing. But then it quit and said Uh-Oh. More air. It ran a while longer. More air, it ran even longer. Emptied the dirt out several times. It ran out of juice, found its home base and parked on it for a refill. Amazing and wonderful and cute. It did a decent job cleaning too.

After it recharged I put it in my bedroom and pushed the button. It ran about 10 minutes and died. No amount of compressed air would revive it. Rather than pay to ship this lemon back to IRobot, I sent it back to Amazon postage paid. I miss it already, even though it never ran more than 10 minutes without needing some kind of attention.

After reading a bunch of postings in the Roomba forums I learned that it's not unusual to go thru 3 or 4 of these units before getting a good one.

My suggestion: Don't buy a remanufactured Roomba. Your chances of getting a lemon are much higher than with a new unit.

4 out of 5 stars

Robot cleaner August 24, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

The I-robot cleans well, in a random pattern rather than a comprehensive one. I still need to use my usual vacuum to get places this doesn't quite cover. However it does things my regular vacuum doesn't like getting under furniture, couches, etc. I'm pleased with it because I'm a gadget guy.

4 out of 5 stars

Works Very Good! August 7, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

I'm very pleased with the Irobot Roomba 4230. It works alot better then I thought it would. I mainly wanted it to pick up our cats fur when shedding but it picks up much more then that. More quiet then a full size vacuum. Don't get it thinking it will make your floor spotless but it comes close!

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