Roomba 500 Series Side Brush, 3-Pack
by iRobot
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Our Price: $8.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Kitchen See more product details |
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Roomba 500 Series Side Brush, 3-Pack
Customer Review: Good replacement
Summary: 5 Stars
The side brushes never last on our Roomba robots, but these side brushes bought here are a good deal compared to buying them from Irobot themselves. Save yourself some time and $$ and just buy them here on Amazon.Customer Review: Good to have on hand
Summary: 5 Stars
We received only one side brush with our Roomba, so this 3-pack is great to have on hand. We set our Roomba to run on a daily basis (black dog, white carpeting!) so it's nice to have the spare brushes and things ready to go if one gets snagged or broken. We have small kids so sometimes toys are left out by accident and can tear the 'arms' on these brushes.
I love my Roomba and am glad that these spare parts are available seperately and cheaply!
Customer Review: Great item - bad price
Summary: 3 Stars
First let's get this out of the way. I LOVE my Roomba 540 like there's no tomorrow. That little robot is so cute and does a great job. But the previous poster was right - the side brush doesn't last long, especially if you've got a lot of clutter that the Roomba has to maneuver around, or rugs with fringes that sometimes get caught (I have both). However, why on earth would you pay $[...] on something that is available on the Roomba website for $[...]? [...]Customer Review: It's official: Less is More
Summary: 3 Stars
Like most reviewers here, I love my Roomba 550 (to the extent that a man can love a Horseshoe Crab, that is), but feel disgusted by the poor durability of the spinning side brush. The first 'arm' of the side brush broke off after just two weeks of use. Within two months, my Roomba was completely 'armless'. So I ordered this 3-pack Roomba 500 Series Side Brush one month ago.
The new brush has only three 'arms' compared to six in the original design. This has alarmed some reviewers, who thought they have received counterfeit replacement parts. But according to the official iRobot web site, the three-arm version is indeed the new design. I was initially skeptical of whether three arms are better than six in terms of durability. But so far the new brush seems to be working just fine. At least there is no sign of any arms breaking off (yet).
Apparently, iRobot has received massive complaints about the series 500 Roomba side brush, and is offering a replacement brush to each owner. Just go to "irobot dot com slash support", select your Roomba's model, and enter "order spinning side brush" in the search bar. You will then be able to 'order' a side brush for free - after you complete the product registration page.
[Update on Dec 16, 2008]
I received a free side brush from iRobot 10 days after filling in the request online. The downside is that I started to receive 'special offer' emails from iRobot every single day! Luckily there is an option to unsubscribe to those offers.
[Update on Feb 20, 2009]
All three arms of the new side brush are still intact after three months of moderate usage (once every two days). So it looks like the new design is indeed better.
Helpful hint:
When installing the new spinning side brush, make sure to press it down hard until you hear a definite 'click'. The first two times I did not install it correctly, and the side brush kept falling off after a few days.
Customer Review: Love the roomba, order replacement parts early to avoid backorders!
Summary: 5 Stars
We LOVE our Roomba (570). We have 2 dogs and a 10 month old so vacuuming is critical and also a luxury of time we don't have. The roomba is great but the side brush only survived a month before one of the "arms" broke off. It still works but now that I'd like to order one for replacement, they're on backorder everywhere. Get these early and store them.