Floor Steamer Vacuum

The latest innovation from iRobot, the Scooba Floor Washing Robot performs 4 different floor cleaning chores in just one pass. The Scooba is designed to prep, wash, scrub, and dry your hard floor surface all by itself! It is safe for most hard floor surfaces, including sealed hardwood, linoleum, tile and marble. The Scooba is designed to clean under furniture, tables, chairs and other hard to reach places all by itself. It is simple to operate: just fill the tank, press the clean button and make sure to empty the tank when Scooba is done cleaning your floors!

Amazon Sales Rank: #218387 in Home Color: White and Blue Brand: iRobot Model: 5900 Released on: 2006-03-24 Floor-washing robot that preps, washes, scrubs, and dries in one pass Cleans under furniture, tables, and hard-to-reach places Safe to use on most hard floors, including sealed hardwood, linoleum, tile, and marble Simple to operate--fill tank, press "Clean," and empty tank when finished Includes one 8-oz. bottle of cleaning solution; 1-year warranty

Most helpful customer reviews 172 of 178 people found the following review helpful. Fun product, has limitations. By Jase T. Wolfe It does a nice job mopping flat sealed surfaces, as long as you "scooba-proof" the room first. I did find that you can't let it roam around rooms as large as those you can let the Roomba go in, as Scooba does need to go over the same spot a few times to really get it clean, and also as the cycle is only 45 minutes. I also found that it can be much more temperamental than I expected, stopping mid-clean because it got stuck in a transition area (like between tile and wood), stuck on a flat rug it didn't detect, didn't like the amount of cleaner you put in, or needs the dirty water and filter's checked. I've also found it doesn't always obey the virtual walls. Unlike the Roomba, there is no mechanism for it to clean corners, so those you have to manually mop. It sucks up most of the water, leaving the floor in a damp-dry state - I read people saying the floor is dry, but that has never been the case with mine. Because you're stuck with only using the Clorox cleaner (which is pretty general-purpose), you have to manual go over those floor types you want to shine or polish (like hard wood) with something else. It is a lot quieter than I expected, and on those times when I had an issue not covered in the manual and had to contact their phone support, they were very responsive. All in all, if you understand that it is an in-between the full manual-cleaning maintenance product, and you like the Roomba quirks, Scooba is a good product. 51 of 52 people found the following review helpful. Best thing since sliced bread By Northern CA booklover I've had my Scooba for about a month now and have been running it almost every day. I LOVE it. It gets my floors cleaner that I have ever been able to get them with a broom and mop. It was able to get up fine construction dust after our remodel that I could not clean up any other way. It cleans both my hardwood floors and my tile floors with grout. It scrubs the grout! No more scrubbing on my hands and knees! And it vaccuums up dust bunnies, pet hair, etc.--you don't have to sweep the floors before using it. In fact, I DON'T SWEEP MY FLOORS AT ALL ANYMORE! I don't have to--I just run my Scooba every day! You have to use the Clorox solution that comes with it to run it; IT WILL NOT RUN WITHOUT IT. But you can use half the recommended amount and it will work, and the solution smells great. Buy lots of extra bottles of the solution, as you will need it. The reason Scooba can get your floors so clean is because it squirts out the cleaning solution mixed with water that you add, then scrubs the floor, then squeegees the floor and sucks the dirty water up into a separate storage tank for the dirty water. So you are not washing your floor with increasingly dirty water as you do using a broom an mop. Just like the Roomba, the Scooba is round and it cannot clean all the way into corners, so you do have to do a little bit of clean up after it is done, but it washes 95% of your floor, and it is sparkling clean when it is done. I set it to clean before I go to work in the morning, and I come home to a clean floor every day. Heaven! Well worth the steep price. It is different from Roomba in that it does not sense that your floor is clean and stop. Instead, it goes until it runs out of washing solution, about 45 minutes. But running it regularly has given me floors so clean I could literally eat off of, something I have never had in 20 years of keeping house. And it does it while I'm gone! Is there such a thing as the perfect product? 36 of 36 people found the following review helpful. Wow, I'm in love! By BikeChick Please click "See all customer images" at the top of the page to see all of the detailed pictures I submitted of my Scooba. Opening the Scooba box, I could see that this robot was much more complex than the vacuuming robots (I own the Dirt Dog and Red Roomba). Scooba is