iRobot Scooba 385 Floor Washing Robot
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.
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.
Standard Features
- Premium floor washing model
- Covers 80 square meters (3-4 average size rooms) per battery charge
- Includes 1 Virtual Wall
- Preps, washes, scrubs and squeegees sealed hardwood, tile and linoleum floors
- Knows where to clean and avoids rugs, carpets and cliffs
- Cleans beneath cabinet edges, tables, chairs and other hard-to-reach places
4 Stage Cleaning Process
The iRobot Scooba 385 has a rather nifty 4-stage cleaning process:
Preps - picks up dirt, sand and crumbs
Washes - uses only clean solution to wash floors (mops just spread around dirty water)
Scrubs - powerful brush removes dirt, grime and stuck-on messes
Dries - squeegee lifts dirty water from floors
What's in the Box:
1 iRobot Scooba 385 Floor Washing Robot, 1 Measuring cup, 1 Advance Power Supply (APS) Battery, 1 Scooba Power Supply, 1 Virtual Wall, One-year manufacturer's warranty
Advanced Features
- Ideal for homes with larger hard floor areas. Fully charged Advance Power Supply (APS) Battery powers Scooba to clean 80 square meters per cleaning cycle
- One full tank washes up to 40 square meters before it requires refilling
- Autonomous cleaning pattern covers each area of floor an average of 5 times
- Cliff Sensing technology allows Scooba to avoid stairs and ledges
- Virtual Wall creates an infrared beam that Scooba will not cross (includes 1). Use Virtual Wall to mark off-limit areas in your home
- Uses clean tap water, water and vinegar mixture
Our Rating:
The little Scooba 385 performs a different task to all the other models in the iRobot range so pairing the Scooba with a Roomba is the ultimate way to ensure a clean house. On its own the Scooba does an adrmirable job and your floors will remain clean from dirt and grime. In our tests we found it does struggle to clean 100% of the surface area often leaving the corners untouched and dirty. This means that you still have to do a bit of cleaning yourself which can be a pain. At least you don't have to scrub the whole floor.
iRobot Scooba 385 Robot Spec Check
| Feature | iRobot Scooba 385 |
|---|---|
| Size | 20" x 17.5" x 5.5" |
| Weight | 12.5 lbs |
| Charge time | 3 hours |
| Scheduling Capabilities | None |
| Self-Charging Base | Yes |
| LighthouseTechnology | No |
| Virtual Walls | 1 |
| Light Touch Bumpers | Yes |
| Odor Removal | No |
| UV light disinfection | No |
| Color | Blue |
| Remote Control | lNo |