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[quote=Anonymous]They serve completely different purposes, from what I understand.  We have a Roomba, which is a vacuum only.  It works reasonably well, better the more often we run it.  If you generally keep a very neat house where things are rarely out on the floor, you can easily run it every day, and it's a good option.  We have little ones and we end up having to put a bit of time into picking up before running it, so we only run it like twice a week.  Plus it is quite loud, so it can be hard to find time to run it when it won't be disruptive.  It can get stuck on/under things like the edges of rugs or under furniture with legs of a certain height, so you have to figure out how to work around those or be there to pull it out when it happens.

The Scooba serves a different function.  It washes your floors, with soap and water, and I believe it's not recommended for hardwoods, which we mostly have.  I don't know if it also vacuums.  We did look into the iRobot model that is supposed to dust hardwood floors, I think it was called the Brava, but you had to constantly replace these Swiffer-type cloths and I knew that would be annoying for us.

SO bottom line, if you have mostly hardwoods, I don't think the Scooba is an option.  I think there are some other vacuum robots that have come out in recent years that get good reviews, which I would look into before buying another Roomba.  Not saying I wouldn't buy a Roomba, but it does have some flaws that can be frustrating and I'd be interested to see if another brand might work better.        [/quote]

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