Proud owner of Scooba 5800

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Samantha
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Joined: October 25th, 2007, 1:10 pm

Proud owner of Scooba 5800

Post by Samantha »

I got a 5800! :D So excited! I can't wait to get it.
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smmusa
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Joined: October 1st, 2007, 12:16 pm
Location: Florida

Post by smmusa »

Good lock for you! I got my 380 and too much problem... :(
Last edited by smmusa on November 10th, 2007, 9:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Roomba 570 and Scooba 380
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beachmom
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Joined: October 17th, 2007, 2:56 pm

Re: Proud owner of Scooba 5800

Post by beachmom »

Samantha wrote:I got a 5800! :D So excited! I can't wait to get it.
Samantha, that's great! I think you will love him! I'm excited for you! I've gotten to where I can't do without my 5800. Let us know when you get him/her :)
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FatElvis
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Post by FatElvis »

Congratulations, and if I may be so bold - Me too ! (well an Amazon refurb - it was once a 5800!)
Steve (for now) showed up last weekend, took an overnight recharge then ran two missions back to back (oops) on my white oak hardwoods. He stopped for a recharge then did the bedroom.

I didn't do well timing the runs, but ~45 minutes to an hour counting his dry cycle/squeegee run and battery was not the limiting factor. I had swept and vacuumed prior to setting him loose but was still impressed at what he had managed to gather in the screen after his first run. Half a measure of juice topped off with water each time, and the dirty tank was clean by the second run. The floors looked great, and since I'd had a heads up from reading the boards - no entanglements along the way. I was quite pleased, and the floors passed the barefoot test with flying colors. I guess I have to go hunt for Cloro-mix now (anyone tried Bona X or the like ?).

My plan is to run the guy 2-3 missions a week (4 once I get the kitchen floors redone) on ~1200sqft. of hardwood. I've got a 4xxx series scheduler refurb due tomorrow. I'll use him/her to roam the main area a few times a week while I'm at work to keep the crud conies at bay. Clean floors can be addictive. :D
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topcat
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Joined: November 10th, 2007, 2:24 pm
Location: Midwest

Post by topcat »

Where did you order from? I've been looking around and wondering where to buy....I've decided on the 5800 too....just haven't zero'd in on one yet...
New Roomba Owner and Ready to Buy
Scooba...
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smmusa
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Location: Florida

Post by smmusa »

In my opinion Hammacher are de best place to order 5800. They have a life time guarantee.. I have 380 from IROBOT because I have no choice.
I bouth my Roomba 570 from them..
Roomba 570 and Scooba 380
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Samantha
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Post by Samantha »

topcat wrote:Where did you order from? I've been looking around and wondering where to buy....I've decided on the 5800 too....just haven't zero'd in on one yet...
Ebay.
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Samantha
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Post by Samantha »

Got my Scooba yesterday! YaY! I haven't washed my kitchen floors since I ordered it off Ebay. :P So it's really dirty.

She's been charging and should be ready to go when I get home from work. I never thought I'd excited about washing my floor. :shock: :lol:
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Samantha
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Post by Samantha »

OH MY GOD. How disgustingly dirty was my floor? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Unbelievable.

The only thing is that twice I got an I'm Stuck error message and even tho I did what the book said I couldn't get the message to go away. I just turned it off and turned it back on so it restarted the cycle :roll: and then when I thought it was close to being done the tank I started the drying part. So I didn't actually get it to do a full cycle. Anyone else have that problem?
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THX-1138
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Post by THX-1138 »

Hello Samantha,

Make sure that the front wheel is attached and that it works. Take out the battery, hold and press the CLEAN button for 10 seconds, release the button, put the battery back on and try another cleaning cycle. Let us know if this tip helped :wink:
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geekgranny
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Post by geekgranny »

Samantha wrote:OH MY GOD. How disgustingly dirty was my floor? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Unbelievable.

The only thing is that twice I got an I'm Stuck error message and even tho I did what the book said I couldn't get the message to go away. I just turned it off and turned it back on so it restarted the cycle :roll: and then when I thought it was close to being done the tank I started the drying part. So I didn't actually get it to do a full cycle. Anyone else have that problem?
iRobot should include a warning to be prepared for YUCKY dirty water first few runs :lol: It is amazing how "dirty" clean floors can be. :shock:

I've found the fastest/easiest way to get Scooba to going again when it gets stuck is to simply turn off, get it unstuck, and then start it back up again. The amount of time it runs, given that there is sufficient battery left, is determined by the fullness of the dirty tank and/or the emptyness of the solution tank. Turning off and restarting won't hurt your Scooba at all.

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Bunch 4xx's(2002 on), 2-530, 2-535, 2-550, 1-570, 1-536, 7 Scoobas, 9 Dirtdogs, QQ-2, 3 Trilobites, 3 Pool Cleaners (vac/pressure/robot), SolarBreeze Pool Skimmer ver. 2 beta, SpotBot, CREATE, ROVIO, FURMANATORS = 1 MASTIFF, 2 LABRADOODLES
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