This was one of many roomba products I have. I actually have four roombas on schedulers that vacuum the house on Tues/Thurs/Sunday. This little guy is a very welcome addition to our home. First of all - my wife and I are very busy and have three kids and host people at our house regularly for church events or just for fun. I am amazed my wife can get the laundry, dishes, all the errands she does and also teach the kids. With my work, trying to do things with our church, and spending time with kids and wife, it was really hard for either of us to get around to dusting, mopping and vacuuming as much as we should. I made the move and bought some Roombas on ebay. I also bought this mop on Amazon and have never regretted it.
First of all the unit is easy. You simply decide if you're wet mopping or dry dusting. I vacuum before I mop so I just let the roombas do their thing then I block off an area such as my dining room to mop with this unit. Then we get the reservoir attachment, add some water and a little swifter solution to the reservoir, a wet swifter pad and set it on the floor. I turn on the transmitter cube, and hit the water button for wet mop and it does the rest. I recommend placing the swifter so the green scratchy part is on the front just under the reservoir at the edge. That way you are lifting up all the tough spots and then hitting it with the microfiber after. This does an amazing job, the floors are shiny and nice, and the room smells great. (it helps if you really like the smell of the swifter)
Honestly with all the dust and stuff the roombas pick up and then the really dirty pad that comes back on this guy we feel the house so much cleaner. Actually looking at all the dust and dirt and dirty swifter pad makes us feel a little like we were living like animals before! (just something we joke about now) It really is astounding how much dust and dirt can build up in your house - especially with three kids. I would never have the time to vacuum and swifter my house every day but now I don't have to worry about that. I love to run the vacuums before and and the vacuums followed by this little guy right after a party. Nothing like getting the dishes washed and other things done while something else is doing all the mopping.
We also love to put on a clean wet swifter and send it into the kids bathroom. It goes where no man one wants to go and gets it all clean and smelling amazing. We have tile floors throughout the house so we just let do a room at a time and come back to throw away the pad. It does several rooms on a charge depending on the size of the room and the recharge is quite quick. You could a large home in a day at a couple of intervals while you're doing other things.
One time I came back from a trip to get some work done and my wife wasn't home for a couple of days. When she came back the place was spotless. (I have to confess all I did was change pads, recharge, and hit go for most of it.)
Pros:
- Set and forget it. Prep the room (pick up throw rugs, toys, or anything you would normally move out of the way for vacuuming), turn it on, leave.
- You can even run it at night - it is whisper quiet and won't leak even after it is finished and sitting in the same place for a while. We sometimes start it cleaning in the dining room while we sleep.
- Works with swifter wet or dry pads (can also use reusable pads)
- No need for floor cleaning chemicals - if you like wet swifters as much as we do - then you can use that but you could just do your own thing - like vinegar or whatever you want.
- Wet reservoir keeps the pad moist the whole time (try sneaking a little swifter solution in there)
- battery lasts a really long time and can do a large area
- charges quickly and is very easy to setup, maintain, and use daily
- quality build and good support
- can be used to dust really large area and can jump from one base unit to the next if you purchase a second (I got one but hardly need it - I say wait to buy the second to see if you really need it)
- does a great job - better than you would if you had to do this every day! (I just think I would lose the enthusiasm to "Edge" the room after I swifter each time.
- at the end of the job it will "edge" the space
- when the device is nearly done it will send off a tone - then return where it started and sound off a final musical tone. Love it.
Cons:
- navigation system has no way to "contain" it to one room. You need to shut the door, lay a chair in the floor, or use some other method to block it. We put our old swifter broom across an open entryway to block it into our kitchen. Seems a bit odd that such an amazing device can't work with infrared "walls".
- doesn't work well with throw rugs. will drive up on thinner throw rugs.
- you need to prep the room. just like vacuuming you need to get all the junk off the floor. This isn't really a con as you would have to do this no matter what but some people may have some vision that the mop has a robot arm and will straighten your house as well. Nope - it's job is to swifter or dust and it does it well.
- This is not an industrial mop - if you need that - get a different device like a scooba. We use this regularly and have found we don't even need to mop if we swifter regularly. You need to be the judge. little sticky drips from my two year old are not a problem but if my boys didn't listen and laid down a mud track through the house - I'd make them clean it and then send in the robot mop after to sanitize it.
My wife was against me buying this but I was barely able to convince her. She's not into electronics but even she loves it now and uses it regularly. If you're thinking about buying it -definitely get the black one - longer battery, quicker charge, and reservoir pad makes huge difference. Great buy. highly recommended.
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From the manufacturer
Maintain Gleaming Hard Floors, Every Day
Maintain gleaming hard floors, every day, with help from the Braava 380t Floor Mopping Robot. Smart navigation works like an indoor GPS to help Braava keep track of where it's been and where it needs to go. Choose from dry sweep or damp mop modes for a beautiful clean that suits your unique needs and home. Braava works great on all hard-surface floors, and at just 3.1" tall, is specifically designed to fit under most furniture, beds and kickboards. Easy, effortless and whisper quiet - Braava will clean your floors for you without disrupting your daily activities or sleep.
What's in the Box
- Braava 380t Robot Mop
- NorthStar Navigation Cube (2 C Batteries Included)
- 1 Reusable Microfiber Dry Sweeping Cloth
- 1 Reusable Microfiber Damp Mopping Cloth
- Multi-Purpose Cleaning Pad
- Pro-Clean Reservoir Pad
- Turbo Charge Cradle
- Wall Charger
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Cleans all hard floor typesThe Braava 380t robot mop is designed to mop and sweep all hard floor surfaces, including hardwood, tile, and stone. Always follow manufacturer or installer instructions when cleaning your floors. |
Simple to useSimply attach a cloth, press the button for your desired mode and Braava gets to work. Then, when Braava is done cleaning, it returns to where it started and powers down - so you always know where to find it. |
Your cloth, your choiceThe Braava 380t robot mop is compatible with our reusable microfiber cloths or disposable cleaning cloths such as Swiffer pads. There is 1 Reusable Microfiber Dry Sweeping Cloth & 1 Reusable Microfiber Damp Sweeping Cloth included with your purchase. Swiffer is a registered trademark of Procter & Gamble. |
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Tackles everyday dirt and grimeIn Mop mode, triple-pass mopping action and damp cleaning cloths clean everyday dirt and grime, using water or an approved mild cleaning solution. In Sweep mode, Braava sweeps in straight lines back and forth to efficiently pick up dust, dirt, and hair. |
Navigates multiple rooms and large spacesiAdapt 2.0 with Navigation Cube helps Braava keep track of where it’s been and where it needs to go. Expand sweeping coverage to multiple rooms and large spaces with additional NorthStar Cubes, sold separately. |
Convenient chargingThe included Turbo Charge Cradle charges Braava 380t in as fast as two hours, providing convenient storage space and ensuring Braava 380t ready to clean at all times. Simply place Braava 380t on the cradle to charge. |
Two Cleaning Modes
In dry sweep mode, Braava moves in straight lines back and forth to pick up dust, dirt and hair.
In damp mop mode, Braava uses a special back-and-forth action to pull deeper dirt and grime off your floors.
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| battery average life | 2 hours | 120 minutes | — | 30 days | — |
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So far so good...
Just started using it so will come back to update. I’m pleased that with just one northstar cube that came in the package, it appears to be able to cover the whole living room area with the dry mopping. I had bought both this and the smaller 240, and it was a hard decision because that was smaller and cheaper, and had slightly better reviews. But I have a huge lower level which is all hardwood, so I had to go with the one that is meant for that kind of job.380t—350 sqft wet and 1000 sqft dry240—150 sqft wet and 250 sqft dryIf I could afford to keep both, I’d keep the little one for the bathrooms. One of my major hesitations about this was the navigation system. The small one has an easy virtual wall you can put up, and also works with an app. I found that easy to understand. While this is still busy working, so far it’s looking like an OK nav. Not perfect, but it goes around things in an advanced way, and I’m just pumped that though I set the cube to the center of my kitchen, it’s getting most of the sitting area as well. We’ll see how it goes. I did take an initial video.The real test will be the wet mop. Of note is the fact that there’s a lot of user error in these reviews. The top review on here with more than 2000 likes says she had to wet the pad for it to work. The instruction says you need to do that. The one you don’t wet is the smaller white one. Also, she said you can only put water in it. Also wrong. You’re supposed to put a floor cleaning agent such as the iRobot one, Bona, or some swiffer products. Water will not be effective, so it explains her suboptimal results.I understand the confusion, having 2 similar products. That’s why I bought both to compare the product info side by side, cos I was getting a headache trying to sort it out in my head. If you Google comparisons online, the 380t is a far superior product to the 240 white one everywhere except on Amazon. If I went with only Amazon reviews, I’d have chosen the one that’s far too small for my needs, unless you only have a small kitchen and want to use it there and bathrooms only.As we use products, we need to read the information properly, look up comparisons on different sites, and make a true informed decision instead of misleading people, and then when we use it, follow instructions. I bought this on black Friday weekend as part of Cyber Monday sales. I’m just trying it out more than 2 weeks later. It took me that long to fully understand the product.One more thing, this dry sweeping does not take the place of a proper sweep with a robovac. I had thoroughly done that with a Bobsweep Pet Plus earlier in the day for all the obvious dirt and dog hair. The dry mop is for finer pieces of dirt that can end up scratching the floor if left on there and I had gone straight to wet mopping. All these are in the instructions.I realized it was impossible to have one machine sweep and mop thoroughly, even though they seem to market them that way till you read the fine print. For example, Bob (Bobsweep) has a dry or damp mop option. But then I’d have to buy all these blocks with signals to keep it off the rug!!! At $40 a pop. And no water reservoir. You almost need a course to get this right. Lol.Good luck.So far so good. Cannot believe how far away it is from the cube right now, still connected and still gently navigating around and under legs of chairs, sofas and stools.It stops at the edge of the rug and has not deposited any dirt at the edge of it so far.Updates to come...If it earns the 5th star after the wet mop, I’ll add it. If not, I’ll leave as 4 stars. Still a bit of a Doubting Thomas right now. 🤣So, several hours in, after it started to do the places to the left of where it started, it also went into the formal dining area, the foyer, and I’m waiting to see if it’ll get to the front room. Considering that my “center of room” pointed to the center of the kitchen, it’s amazing that this bot has found the whole 1st floor (almost) by itself. I’m pretty certain that as I learn it better, and I position the cube better, it will cover all of the first floor with ease.The dog is not too happy however. She got used to the robovac and now there’s a mopping bot. A lil too much. 😱It did eventually find the front room as well.The pic shows what it looks like after dry sweeping more than 1000 sq ft of hardwood, including under furniture for 2.5 hrs. That’s if you already used a robovac to vacuum first.I do wish it worked with an app. No matter how advanced the nav system, if it doesn’t have a remote and I can’t plan the trip on an app, and it doesn’t have a virtual wall where I can just confine it to the kitchen and say sweep here only today, it’s not quite as advanced as I would like it to be though. For that reason, I’m keeping the one star to myself.
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EXCELENTE, ideal para usarse después del Roomba
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Worked well... until it stopped working after 6 months of use
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