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iRobot Scooba 230 + Essentials Kit Robotic Vacuum
- At just 6-1/2-inch in diameter, scooba can clean where dirt and grime hide
- Scrubbing brushes loosen stains, dirt and grime while the squeegee-vacuum picks up virtually all the dirty water, leaving only clean behind
- Works with regular tap water or scooba hard floor cleaner, natural enzyme formula
- Quickly and easily washes floors in your kitchens, baths and other high-traffic areas
- Cleans up to 150 square feet in a single session
iRobot newest and most compact floor washing robot, Scooba 230 brings high-performance scrubbing to tight, hard-to-reach spaces in bathrooms and kitchens, including around the toilet and under cabinets. Scooba 230 cleans tile. Linoleum or sealed hardwood floors using a three-stage cleaning process that neutralizes up to 97-percent of common household bacteria. All you have to do is sweep. iRobot Scooba 230 Core Technologies Thorough Cleaning: iRobot’s newest and most compact floor washing robot, the Scooba 230 brings high-performance scrubbing to tight, hard-to-reach spaces in bathrooms and kitchens, including around the toilet and under cabinets.
Scooba 230 cleans tile, linoleum or sealed hardwood floors using a three-stage cleaning process that neutralizes up to 97% of common household bacteria*. All you have to do is sweep!
Scooba uses a rigorous three-stage cleaning system to wash, scrub, then squeegee vacuum up the dirty water, a sequence that neutralizes
List Price: $ 299.99
Price: $ 299.99
not as impressive as iRobot’s roomba but still usefull,
I use the scooba 230 in combination with a roomba 555 (which is more or less the European version of the American 560 model). The roomba is scheduled to wipe the floors of my complete flat three times a week. Unless the roomba I don’t use the scooba to mop my whole place at once. Generally I use it to mop the most trafficked parts. I let it mop the bathroom (small tiles) and the place behind the kitchen counter (PVC), each in the short mopping cycle, and the hallway (large tiles) in the full mopping cycle every week. And I guess that’s what it is designed to do. If you think you can use it like a roomba or the bigger scooba models to take care of your complete house in one run, you’ll be probably disappointed.
Some say the scooba 230 leaves streaks behind, this problem is solved by using only half of the recommended amount of cleaning solution. It carries only about half the amount of water than the big scoobas, so why should it need the same amount of cleaning solution? By using less of it you not only solve the problem of the streaks, you also save money since you don’t have to buy a new bottle every so often.
The scooba 230 sometimes takes it’s time to get moving again after it bumps into an obstacle. I think that’s because it does not have the little third wheel the roombas have. I think this wheel is used to meassure velocity (that’s why it’s black and white: to count revolutions by means of an optical sensor). Without this information the little scooba cannot realise as easily as the roomba that it has actually stalled. But every time I observed this problem I did not intervene at once and just waited to see what happens next. And actually every time this problem occurred, after a couple of seconds the scooba did change it’s direction all on it’s own. So basically this is not really a problem, the scoobas moving pattern just does not look as aesthetically as it looks on my roomba.
Since you have to fill in water and cleaning solution before each run and since you have to rinse the fresh water and the slop bladders and clean the bottom plate after each run, it basically takes up almost as much of your time as if you where mopping these relatively small parts of your home by yourself.
So does it make sense to purchase a scooba 230?
In theory: No!
In real life: Yes!
Why? Because when you’re going to work from Monday to Saturday you’re not too enthusiastic about mopping floors on Sundays. But nursing a robot instead is somewhat fun to do. That’s why in my case the most trafficked parts of my home are now actually mopped once a week. Before I bought this little guy the Sunday mopping was canceled quite often. So after all the scooba 230 actually does improve the tidiness of my home.
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|I do like this Scooba…,
..in spite of the poor reviews. First, let me say where I’m coming from so you can tell if this will apply to you. I hate mopping floors. I mean I really hate it, so I am tolerant of anything that will mop for me. Also, I already own a Roomba Vacuuming Robot and the larger Scooba 350 Robot. (Did I mention that I hate cleaning floors?) Also, I have vinyl floors in my bathrooms, so I can’t say how well this will work with tile.
I use this for what it’s intended, and so far, I’m very pleased with it. I haven’t had it long (it’s an early Christmas present), so I’ll update this review if I change my mind later.
I use this in my bathrooms and the small area of hard floor by my front door. It does a good job and it gets into nooks and crannies better than the larger Scooba. It gets around the toilet! (Which is what I really wanted) I don’t plan on using this one in the kitchen–for that, I recommend big brother (sister?). According to the iRobot website this one is recommended for about 150 sq ft and the larger one is for 500 sq ft. In my experience, that is about right.
So my recommendation is to choose which Scooba to get based on the size you have to clean. By the way, I’ve had the large Scooba for over two years and it is still going strong.
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