Robot Reviews

Hi all. I've got two Scooba robots - one a model 340 and the other a 390. Both seem to be exhibiting the same issue with their bumpers, in that the sensors do not seem to be reliably reacting when the bot collides with an object. Sometimes they react exactly like they should - the bot stops, turns o...

Gordon, I believe it's simply iRobot making sure people purchase the proper color. The 550, 560, 562, 570, 580 and 610 are all colored black, as is the high capacity sweeper bin you list. High Capacity Sweeper Bin (Item Number: 81007) is for the white models, and accordingly, the details paragraph s...

I wasn't originally going to name my Roomba. My roommates even gave me grief about the possibility of giving the thing a name! It wasn't long, however, until one of the same roommates christened it John Gosincyrcles, after one of the wheel modules gave out and John could only circle around himself. ...

Generally this means one of the treaded wheel modules is FUBAR. The defective one is the one that is harder to turn. I've had both wheel modules fail on my 535, and I've only had my Roomba for about 2 months. I'm currently looking at one of the already-replaced bad modules trying to figure out where...