auctionsaver wrote:They WILL be back. I am thinking about a second. With four virtual walls, you can set up a battle ring for roomba gladiator combat

YES !

ircmaxell wrote:this could be a while. They have at least 1000 of these. I purchased 3. Someone purchased 1. It said 50% purchased 3 and 50% purchased 1. So, the actual sale must be a multiple of 4. Since at the same time, the percentage was 99.6, that means at least 1000 (or some multiple thereof)...

Who purchases just one at $.99? I picked up 3.

... for the virtual homeless ?

Can I play Virtual Handball with this Virtual Wall?

I JUST got my roomba 530 ten seconds ago... Where are the virtual walls for the 500 series?

aparsneau wrote:LMAO! Totally accidentally bought one thinking it was a roomba lol...

Drink! lol

Z07 wrote:Hey, woot! How 'bout selling some brand new Roomba batteries? I need some for all these Roombas I've bought here the last few years. Pretty please.

I second that - I'd buy a battery to resurrect my long-since defunct Roomba Discovery series.

Works with this model...

Does this work with cats? I'd like them to stay in the living room.

The copy talks about keeping the Roombas from falling down stairs a few times. Don't they all automatically avoid stairs? (I know my 560 does, but maybe 400s don't?)

auctionsaver wrote:Who purchases just one at $.99? I picked up 3.

I agree...

Does anyone know for sure... include proof.. if this works with the research edition (iRobot Create). I will get 3 if it does!


Edit:

I found out the answer:
"Full compatibility with iRobot Roomba 400 Series accessories including the rechargeable batteries, power supply, home base, remote control, and virtual walls."

http://store.irobot.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2591901&cp=2804605.2591511&ab=CMS_IRBT_CreateSuperCat_CreateFam_111309&parentPage=family#specifications

Time to buy 3!

Wooohooo

Tired of setting up physical walls to keep the Roomba i got previously from Woot! from going into my kitchen and bathroom.

in for 3

DennisG2010 wrote:I second that - I'd buy a battery to resurrect my long-since defunct Roomba Discovery series.

Yeah. I am on my 3rd roomba. In that time, I have bought 2 replacement batteries.

In for 3 to go with last weeks rumba roomba!

Taking a chance with 3. We have the 562 series, and googling online some people say it will work, some people say it wont, so at 8 bucks with worth a gamble.

mconrad wrote:Who would have thunk that a 99 cent item was a WootOff killer!

You weren't here for the 49 cent mini USB AC charger were you?

jgreen0101 wrote:Waiting for the new Roomba model that vaccumes AND serves drinks.

All you need is a bit of superglue and a serving tray. If you surround it with these virtual walls so it keeps bumping intpo them it will even mix the drinks for you.

When an opaque wall isn't enough, when studs and drywall just won't do, the Roomba Virtual Wall is the one for you.

If I still had my Roomba I would definitely get these. Great deal if this matches your model. In fact, if I thought this would intimidate my cats into thinking the robotic spawn from hell was back, I would get three and just leave them lying around the house.

jgreen0101 wrote:Waiting for the new Roomba model that vaccumes AND serves drinks.

Ask and you shall receive...
http://botropolis.com/2009/05/roomba-mod-gives-it-a-hand/

I'm accepting bets on the next item being a Roomba. Then how silly will you feel when you didn't get the virtual walls?...

This is what happens without this wall:

ccederlof wrote:Does anyone know for sure... include proof.. if this works with the research edition (iRobot Create). I will get 3 if it does!

Never heard of the Research Edition, and seemingly neither has google. Are you sure you mean Research and not Discovery. Anyway, this will work with the 400 & 500 series models as a virtual wall only.

I don't regret buying it - even though I don't have a Roomba...I regret not buying three to get the Woot moving...

It's a sickness...

moondrake wrote:Something about these things is kinda hilarious. So do these roomba actually work? On copious amounts of pet hair on hardwood floors? How close are they able to get to obstacles like sofas and table legs? Do they bump them hard enough to ding them or themselves? I am tired of living in a cloud of pet hair, maybe a roomba is what I need.

Oh yes. They do work on hardwood an pet hair. Our dog is shedding 1.68 long-hair cats worth of hair every day. I run the roomba when I leave for work and pull the nasty wad out of the bin when I get home. Wish they would invent one that would climb the bed and vac the bed-spreads.

Anybody know if this works with a Roomba Discovery SE? I don't know what the model number is for certain - only that I wooted one about 2 years ago.

marmorae wrote:Wooohooo

Tired of setting up physical walls to keep the Roomba i got previously from Woot! from going into my kitchen and bathroom.

in for 3

I did the same with mine for awhile. I used a 6' 2x2 I had lying around. I have one but needed to cut off more than one area. These things do work great, and they are inconspicuous. I leave my one by the stairs, and I just turn it on when needed. My second rooba committed Roombacide off the stairs one day. I imagine my horror when I saw it busted open on the bottom of the stairs.

These things work surprisingly well with the older Roombas... for eight feet. It says 12, but it really only does about eight feet.

Still, eight feet is more than enough to stop it from going through a doorway.

moondrake wrote:So do these roomba actually work? On copious amounts of pet hair on hardwood floors? How close are they able to get to obstacles like sofas and table legs? Do they bump them hard enough to ding them or themselves? I am tired of living in a cloud of pet hair, maybe a roomba is what I need.

No, there simply isn't room to hold large amounts of hair. A broom and a dustpan can't be beat for that.

I told myself that if I could get the house clean and then run it every day as a preventitive measure, it would work. Just like I tell myself if I actually applied myself at work instead of wooting, I'd get ahead. Fairy tales for adults.

jgreen0101 wrote:Waiting for the new Roomba model that vaccumes AND serves drinks.

There are so manyyyyyy

wickedZin wrote:You weren't here for the 49 cent mini USB AC charger were you?

I think this model does:

Will a Roomba eat stink bugs?

damn i need a blu-ray player!

davidmcdougall wrote:Never heard of the Research Edition, and seemingly neither has google. Are you sure you mean Research and not Discovery. Anyway, this will work with the 400 & 500 series models as a virtual wall only.

Yeah, I forgot the name until I looked it up... it's called the iRobot Create.

Here is the link in iRobot's website:
http://store.irobot.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=3311368

aparsneau wrote:I don't regret buying it - even though I don't have a Roomba...I regret not buying three to get the Woot moving...

It's a sickness...

You only purchased one? Really?

jgreen0101 wrote:Waiting for the new Roomba model that vaccumes AND serves drinks.

I'd be in for one of those.

hobbes4725 wrote:Anyone care to try my new Woot-Off Checker? Come chat with us right on the page..

Dude... really? Every item?

contemporaryscarlett wrote:No, there simply isn't room to hold large amounts of hair. A broom and a dustpan can't be beat for that.

I told myself that if I could get the house clean and then run it every day as a preventitive measure, it would work. Just like I tell myself if I actually applied myself at work instead of wooting, I'd get ahead. Fairy tales for adults.

Ours works great. It goes every night at midnight and we just dump out the collection tray every morning. Of course, having the pet series helps since it comes with an extra large collection tray.