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#301714 - 23/08/2007 16:31 New Roomba 500 series
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	I think there are a couple of other Roomba affectionados out there in empegland... so I'll share this news here. iRobot's intro-info page http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=334 RoombaReview forum thread http://www.roombareview.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=6043 I'll be shipping back my 'broke-six-ways-from-Sunday' Discovery from 2004 to Hammacher Schlemmer as soon as they start stocking the new 570. Yay for full-refund guarantees! BTW, I'm up to 7 Roombas. Disco I - HammSchlem, broken down and used for parts Disco SE - Amazon refurb, works fine, out on loan Disco SE - craigslist, works fine, out on loan Disco SE - craigslist, gone crazy Gen I - free from friend, gone crazy: possible transmission failure Gen I Pro - craigslist, brushes not turning Red - craigslist, works fine I must be nuts. _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#301715 - 23/08/2007 16:53 Re: New Roomba 500 series [Re: Robotic]
andym carpal tunnel Registered: 17/01/2002 Posts: 3996 Loc: Manchester UK	With your handle I wouldn't expect anything else! _________________________ Cheers, Andy M
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#301716 - 23/08/2007 17:04 Re: New Roomba 500 series [Re: Robotic]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12341 Loc: Sterling, VA	I love my Roomba, and I finally got to use my Scooba recently, and it seems to do quite a good job as well. Here's a video comparison on Engadget. I think he spends a little too much time on how the Roombas deal with cables. I assumed every Roomba owner carefully routes their speaker/power chords to accommodate their robots... _________________________ Matt
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#301717 - 23/08/2007 17:36 Re: New Roomba 500 series [Re: Dignan]
drakino carpal tunnel Registered: 08/06/1999 Posts: 7868	Quote: Here's a video comparison on Engadget. I think he spends a little too much time on how the Roombas deal with cables. Agreed. While the video shows both the older and newer models running, it doesn't really show the differences. Does the new one clean better? How does the lighthouse mode on the walls work? How much bigger is the new dirt bin next to the old one? I'm pondering giving my Discovery away as a gift as an excuse to upgrade, but not really sure it's necessary yet. I'll probably hold off till the 5xx series shows up in the refurb channels.
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#301718 - 23/08/2007 17:45 Re: New Roomba 500 series [Re: drakino]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12341 Loc: Sterling, VA	There are definitely some features to the new one that make me want one. The primary one just may be that it's supposedly sealed much better, so you don't end up cleaning every crevice of the robot. I've been using my Roomba in my office for the last several months, and it gets pretty dusty in here. When I go to empty out the waste bin, I end up at the sink for half an hour, cleaning the dust out of everywhere. _________________________ Matt
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#301719 - 23/08/2007 18:33 Re: New Roomba 500 series [Re: Dignan]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	Quote: When I go to empty out the waste bin, I end up at the sink for half an hour, cleaning the dust out of everywhere. I take the roombas out back and blast them with compressed air every once in a while. That cleans out all the nooks and crannies as well as the filter. Come to think of it, I've never replaced a filter, just keep on air-hosing them off. The air blasting usually fixes some minor behavior issues, too. Erroneous 'cliff-edge' signals disappear. _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#301720 - 25/08/2007 16:06 Re: New Roomba 500 series [Re: Robotic]
FireFox31 pooh-bah Registered: 19/09/2002 Posts: 2494 Loc: East Coast, USA	Don't enslave the robots. Some day they'll enslave you. _________________________ - FireFox31 110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set
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