Customer Reviews for Roomba 500 Series Side Brush, 3-Pack

Roomba 500 Series Side Brush, 3-Pack
by iRobot

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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Roomba 500 Series Side Brush, 3-Pack

Customer Review: Poorly designed yet needed accessory
Summary: 2 Stars

First I would like to state that I am an embedded systems design engineer and must say that iRobot did their homework and job on the Roomba itself, but seem to have disregarded this level of craftsmanship when it came to the all-too-necessary side brushes. Mine, like everyone else has reported, breaks off in a matter of months. Regardless of whether this is a design flaw or a means for recurring profit, it matters not. It has caused me to resort to drastic measures which I have outlined below:

1. Take a side brush that has lost all or most of its arms. File the notches down with a razor blade or exacto. Be careful.

2. Use a 3/32 drill bit to drill five (or six on some models) evenly spaced holes into the side brush knob.

3. Use 80 grade (0.80) fishing wire and cut five (or six on some models, or if you feel like you need more arms) equal lengths (app. 4" is a great length).

4. Place a drop or two of super glue into each hole and insert each section of wire into each hole. Let dry preferably overnight before use.

5. I have used this personally and it works great. The side brushes do not move at the rotation speed a weed eater would and thus I have noticed no problems with ruined furniture; and I have very nice furniture.

6. Optionally if you are very dexterous you can try to "shred" the ends of the wires, but this is difficult and should only be attempted if you are extremely careful. The only purpose for this is to allow the side brush again to work on dust bunnies as well as heavier particles.

Hope this helps everyone as much as it has helped me. Long time running this option and no replacements YET! :)

Customer Review: Quick Delivery
Summary: 5 Stars

It installed very easily with just one screw. The product quality is still on trial as I don't use it much, but it was very quick delivery only 1 day after I ordered it. The 3 brush design is different thant the original 5 brush one that came with the roomba. Thinking the 3 brush design for some reason may last longer? In the Name of Jesus Christ = Peace (not war)

Customer Review: Received the wrong screws
Summary: 2 Stars

The brushes seem to be OK, the screws to attach them to the Roomba were completely wrong. They weren't long enough and wouldn't stay on no matter how hard you tried to screw them in. The also looked a lot different the the side brush screws I received when I ordered these directly from Roomba. Anyhow, I had some computer casing screws that experimented with and they work beautifully. So I guess my problem is solved, but it wasn't solved by the company I purchased them from here at Amazon.

Customer Review: Replaces 5-spoke brushes
Summary: 5 Stars

This 3-spoke brush replaced the factory 5-spoke brush on our 500 series Roomba. It took just a couple minutes to replace and works like new with a replacement filters. Everything else just needs to be cleaned ever couple of months.