iRobot Scooba 385 Floor Washing Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Review

iRobot’s award-winning floor washing robot gets floors reliably clean every time. The Scooba 385 cleans up to 80 square meters (3-4 average size rooms) on a single battery charge.

iRobot Scooba navigates through each room using a 4-stage cleaning system to gently and efficiently clean sealed wood, tile and linoleum floors. Scooba preps, washes, scrubs and then squeegees hard floors, cleaning the entire area, under and around furniture and along wall and cabinet edges while automatically avoiding carpets, stairs and drop-offs.

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Scooba alternates between spiralling, wall following, and room crossing, so on average will pass over the same area of the floor 5 times! To ensure a thorough clean Scooba squeegees up dirty water, debris and germs and can be used with 60 ml of white vinegar per full tank, or just plain tap water to remove up to 96% of common household bacteria in a single pass.

Be sure to follow your floor manufacturers’ cleaning recommendations to avoid damage to floors. Do not use Scooba on unsealed wood, unsealed stone (such as marble), or laminate flooring.

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