Customer Reviews

iRobot 82401 Roomba R3 500 Series Replacement-Brush and Filters Kit

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

This set isn't cheap, but it's worth it. I've got a Roomba 565, which I usually love, but the amount of cleaning the device itself requires is sometimes frustrating. 'Course, if I didn't have 4 cats, it might be less... ;) This set helps releve that frustration somewhat. This set comes with 3 filters that are basically identical to what came with the Roomba itself, plus one of the little spinning brushes that helps pull stuff out from corners and the wall (interestingly, with only 3 brushes to it instead of the 5 or 6 the original had), plus a beater bar and brush set. But the real gem here is the little red plastic brush cleaner. I don't know if this ships with the newer Roombas or not, but it should - this little thing is great. What you do with it is run the large brush through it and it strips all the fur, string, threads, etc. that get caught in the brush out and allows them to be thrown away all in one clump. No more picking all that stuff out of the brush by hand! Faster, better, and easier. Additionally, the brushes seem to be a better quality and do a slightly better job than the set that came with the Roomba - I'd imagine the folks at iRobot are always making design tweaks to things and it shows.

The brush in this kit was of better design than the original brush that came with my 500 series Roomba. It is a bit easier to clean and it seems as though not as much hair gets wrapped around the axle pin. It also feels as though the construction is more solid on this brush. I'll order this again.

Do I "love" new Roomba brushes? Not really, but this kit made my Roomba perform almost like new. In fact, the brush seems much better designed than the original. The original had a pair of plastic plates and the rotating knob on the end that would fall off during cleaning, and broke. I fixed them a few times, and then decided to buy this kit. The new parts are much better.

We ordered this for our older 500 series, and the brushes actually fit better than the original brushes it came with. Amazon's service was great too. Everything made it, and our roomba is back to cleaning our place for us!

Official replacement parts are great. Just note that the filters are yellow - the old style filters. Most new roombas come with the Blue Aerovac filters. They are completely different.

Everything in the box fits my Roomba 560 except the yellow filters. The 560 takes a different filter, so the product description is a little misleading to say it fits all 500 series.

The brushes look fine, but although the description and search lead you to believe that the filters will fit 550 model, they are the wrong size and shape. Disappointing.

This kit, in addition to a new battery, made our Roomba (Wall-E) as good as new. After a couple years, his brushes were rough looking and he didn't seem to clean as well. Now, he cleans just as good as the day we got him. Only downfall is that it does not include the newer style filters, but I don't have any problem with the old ones.

Recently, I noticed that my Roomba had a tear on one of the rubbers and every time it vacuumed the floor, it left dust behind. I ordered this package from Amazon, everything came as expected and my Roomba is now back in business.

My Roomba had begun to give me frequent error codes about cleaning the brushes when they were already clean.
This new brush kit was the answer! My roomba works just like new again. I thought I might have to buy a whole new iRobot, but this was an inexpensive fix!!!