We came across this Roomba at Goodwill and took a chance on it. These things sell used on Ebay and other markets for anywhere from $60-900 with most being around the $100-500 mark. We got this one for $10.00 thinking it probably doesn't work, but they assured us that it did in fact run and if not we could return it.. So we brought it home, and tried it out.. Surprisingly it did power up and would run for about three minutes and then require another charge. Well that doesn't do me any good.. so it sat in the corner on the charging stand for a few days and again would only run for 3 minutes before quitting.
We bought a replacement battery, @ $20.00 which came with additional cleaning brushes, etc., charged it for only a couple hours and programmed it to start cleaning at 6 PM. Well low and behold it fired itself up and began mapping our floors and ran fine for over an hour, even returned itself to the docking station as it should. Finally a win...lol. Have been seeing a lot of these being sold for around 10.00 and even some giving them away..I wonder if they ever though about getting a new battery before giving up on them. I could make a small profit refurbishing them considering what they cost now-a-days.
I like this model as it is completely programable for days, times, etc. for when you want it to run and the fact that when its done, it automatically returns to the docking station and recharges itself.. Win-Win!
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