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HomeHome & GardenKitchen & Dining14.4-Volt 3300 mAH NiMH Replacement Battery For iRobot Roomba Discovery 500 Series Robotic Vacuums |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Does not live up to expectation Jun 13, 2011
By Ayo Bakare
First, this battery did not come with a label that shows the brand name and power rating, which questions the quality. It worked for about 1hr for the first time before roomba signaled for docking. After recharging overnight it worked for 30mins before roomba signaled for docking. Now the battery does not work for more than 20 minutes. The advertisement says it can work for up to 2hrs and I expect it to live up to 85% of the claim. It is even worse than the original battery that came with the roomba. I think the manufacturer needs to send me another one that will hold up to that claim.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Very High Power Battery - still going and going May 18, 2011
By G. Cox
"Shanghaied"
I decided to purchase this 3300 mAH battery and pay the extra four or five dollars. The delivery time was very fast. I ordered it Sunday afternoon and it arrived early afternoon on Wednesday. I put it in my Roomba and let it charge for maybe half an hour. Then I couldn't wait any longer and put it on its mission. I cannot recall ever seeing my iRobot Roomba 530 with this much vigor even when it was new. The old NiCad battery never did have much pep. The new NiMH battery is even pushing my dining room chairs a little before it backs off. My wastepaper basket is definitely in a new location. I do not recall seeing a specification label on the NiMH battery I received. I'll pull off the bottom backing place of the Roomba and check again. I would like to know it is at least labeled as 3300 mAH. I paid an extra $5 to get 3300 mAH versus 3000 mAH.
Update: I let it charge overnight and then turned it on to vacuum 4 large rooms. It ran with vigor for a full hour before returning to the docking station to recharge. I don't know if it was running low on power or just thougth it had finished the job. But when I opened the dirt trap, I was really surprised to see so much cust and debris. I've never seen that much dirt on one pass previously. In fact, it had as much dirt as five passes with the old NiCad battery. It is obvious from the noise it makes and how it zips around that this NiMH battery is far superior to the original NiCad battery.
When I checked the price today, Amazon has it back in stock, but at a significantly higher price. I was about to order another battery for my upstairs Roomba, but now I may have to consider the cheaper 3000 mAH NiMH battery listed elsewhere on Amazon.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Beware Mar 02, 2012
By R. Roberts
"do not buy, misleading. This 3300 mAh battery only lasted 49 minutes, on hardwood floors. Less than the 2200 mAH factory Rumba battery that is 2 1/2 yr old. Plain box w/ sticker no marking on battery. Buyer beware, if it is to good a deal there is a reason."
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Battery would not work properly Jan 24, 2012
By D. Cormode
I installed the battery and plugged in my Roomba 530. The slow charge blink came on normally. After only 15 min the charge light was solid green. That seemed odd since NiMH battery self discharge over just a few weeks, normally a newly purchased battery is very nearly fully discharged and needs hours to charge.
I left Roomba on the charger for a full 24 hours before running it with the new battery. Roomba only cleaned for 15 min before the power light went red and Roomba stopped. I put it back on the charger. This time Roomba charged for about 2 hours before showing fully charged. Again I left it on the charger overnight.
The second time I ran Roomba with the new battery it did much better. It ran about 45 minutes and finished a large room without running out of power.
The trouble started when I put Roomba on the charger after that second run. After connecting the charger the slow charge light started but switched to an alarm blink in about 10 seconds. It blinked the trouble once per cycle, indicating that Roomba could not detect the battery. I slid Roomba off the dock, and hit the power button. Sure enough Roomba started up. I shut Roomba off and put it back on the charger. Same result. I supposed the battery was hot, so I left Roomba off the charger overnight and tried again the next day. Same result.
I opened the battery compartment and cleaned all four contacts on both Roomba and the battery. When I reconnected the battery Roomba made the familiar boot up sound. I closed up Roomba and put it back on the charger. Still would not charge.
I returned the battery to Amazon for a full refund. Thanks Amazon for paying for return shipping and promptly crediting my account. Because I bought it with free shipping through Amazon Prime I wasn't out any money.
I then bit the bullet and bought a $70 battery direct from iRobot. So far it has done about 10 cleaning and recharge cycles without any problems.
Buying this product wasted my time, but fortunately not my money.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good replacement battery! Dec 16, 2010
By f1gp
For the price of this replacement compared to what you pay if you get it from iRobot directly, this is a no brainer.
I have been using this for the last 4 months and its held up quite well. I'm quite pleased with the performance.
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