Roomba 500 Series Side Brush, 3-Pack
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Roomba 500 Series Side Brush, 3-Pack
Customer Review: Roomba 500 Series Side Brush
Summary: 4 Stars
Have used the new side brushes for a few hours and they seem to be performing well. A little pricey though.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: A necessary replacement (3 arms good, 5 arms bad)
Summary: 3 Stars
Anyone remembers Orwell's Animal Farm? :)))
Like all good things in life, the helicopter Roomba brushes only last for so long. A time comes when they need to be replaced. In our case, there was in fact a transition period where our 5-arm helicopter became a 4-arm, then a 3-arm so we got the replacements. They were 3-arm brushes :). In all fairness, I can't say if they perform better or worse than the original, I'm just happy that our Roombas (got 2) are complete again in the way their maker wishes them to be.
From a prospective buyer's point of view, it's probably important to testify that the replacements do work. They do mount quite nicely to replace the old-style and the Roomba does not seem to mind.
Customer Review: Roomba, GREAT, Side Brush - not so much!
Summary: 3 Stars
Like others here, I love my Roomba and the job it does. However, it lost one arm on the side brush early on (1 month in). I ignored it thinking it was a fluke and it kept cleaning. However, we're into month 2 and it's lost another arm so I guess it's time to order a replacement. I was surprised at the amazon price for a pack of 3 so I went to [...] and typed in "Roomba side brush". It gave me the listing of site that sells 3 for [...]. So my recommendation is to save yourself the $5 by searching for this on [...]!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 $[...]? [...]