iRobot Roomba 4900 Self-Charging Drive-On Home Base

by iRobot

Product Features

• Accessory to Roomba Discovery Series models of floorvacs
• Fast-charging power supply; APS Fast Charge included
• Recharges a Roomba APS battery in less than 3 hours
• 2 convenient lights indicate power and charge function
• Measures approximately 13 by 4 inches

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00022HZ0O
• Item model number: 4900
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,643 in Home & Garden (See Top 100 in Home & Garden)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

As an accessory to all Roomba Discovery Series models of floorvacs, this fast-charging power supply recharges a Roomba APS battery in less than 3 hours with the included APS Fast Charge. When a Roomba floorvac is finished cleaning or its battery is running low, it will automatically return to the Home Base where it is quickly re-charged, and where it can stay until the next cleaning session. There are two lights on the Home Base. One light is a green power light, which indicates that the Home Base is plugged in and operating properly. The other light is the charge light, which indicates that the floorvac is successfully docked on the recharger. The Home Base measures approximately 13 inches in diameter by 4 inches high.

Product Description

Roomba Self Charging Home Base

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Increases the usability of my Roomba Red, January 29, 2006

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Rachel (Sterling, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iRobot Roomba 4900 Self-Charging Drive-On Home Base (Kitchen)

Between the lowering of the charge time to 3 hours from 7 hours AND the fact I can leave it in a room and have a 90% certainty of it being on the base charging when I get back to it, this has made my roomba red incredibly more useful. I can drop it off to work in my bedroom when I get up. in the middle of the morning put it in the baby's room. Then grab it when I put her down for her nap and let it do the living room and have it recharged in time to have it do the basement or another room before dinner.

With the quicker charge time and the automation of charging it has stopped me from considering spending the money on a second roomba since I get so much more out of my one.

If your roomba did not come with the fast charger and the docking base, this will make your roomba so much more useful. Oh and no more finding the little guy stuck in the middle of under a bed.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works perfectly! (And as advertised), July 26, 2006

By 

Chuck Latshaw (Bloomington, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iRobot Roomba 4900 Self-Charging Drive-On Home Base (Kitchen)

This item won't change your life, but I do believe it makes the basic functionality of my Roomba better. I highly recommend you think about whether this base will work for YOU. In my case, I live in an apartment where all four rooms come together in a common corner. So I put the home base there, where the Roomba will pass it anytime it leaves any room. And my Roomba has found its way back literally 100% of the time.

What I like about the Home Base:
* My Roomba is always there, where I can find it.
* In the morning, I just walk over to the home base and tap the "Clean" button with my toe. I know that about an hour later the Roomba will be right back where it started.
* When the roomba is on the base and I push the "Clean" button, it makes an adorable construction-equipment like beep as it backs up!
* Three-Hour charge cycle. (I bought the base for my Roomba Red, which only comes with a 7-hour charger.)
* I don't have to come home and search for my Roomba, which used to stop under the bed or in the darkest corner of my closet.

What I don't like:
* The Roomba actively avoids the home base while it's cleaning. That means that about 6 inches around the home base never get vacuumed. This is obviously a safety feature, so that the roomba doesn't eat the base's power cord, but it means that I sometimes have to pick up the home base and move it elsewhere if I want that spot vacuumed.


So... the home base turned out to be a great investment for ME, because my floor plan works out very well. If you're living in some monstrous mansion where the roomba might wander a quarter mile off before coming back to the base, this product likely isn't right for you. (And then again, you'll probably have a maid instead of a robot vacuum)

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 90% accurate and a 3 hour charger, Well worth it...., May 15, 2006

By 

K. Vaught - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iRobot Roomba 4900 Self-Charging Drive-On Home Base (Kitchen)

When Roomba is getting low it WILL seek out its home base. You do however need to place the base in the middle of the cleaning area with plenty of visiblity. If this is done, Roomba will find its way home. This feature is also nice because it will charge the Red in 3 hours instead of 7.

If you have an L shape floor, well that is what the virtual wall is for. For example, you clean one area (living room, Dining room) and then you do the other area (Family room, Kitchen). Not to tough to figure out.