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Re:Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B by tommit on Friday August 05, 2022 @10:05AM (#32356262)
I can only speak about the Roborock S5, but I assume the newer ones are fairly comparable.

I once had it give me an error that the main fan (for suction) was broken. In this case, there was a small particle lunged into it, so it wouldn't spin. All it took was a little wiggle, and it spun again.

It's definitely more than 10 phillips head screws, but less than 30. I guess it depends which part broke, but I had to disassemble pretty much the whole thing. I can promise you that my repair skills or experiences are very novice, but I managed just fine. Had two screws left over after putting it all back together as is tradition, but I suppose they weren't mission critical, as this was like 3 years back and Dobby is still cleaning like a champ.

Like half a year ago, the LIDAR broke. Ordered a new one on amazon for 20 bucks, unscrewed now about 28 screws and exchanged the broken part. Put it all together, again tossed away a screw that left me wondering where it belonged, and it still works to this day.

This was a very long way of saying "Roborocks repair fairly easily, and there are numerous tutorials online."

Edit: BTW, Dobby has been cleaning for almost 500 hours now. At that price point, there is no cheaper hourly cleaning staff :)

Re:Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B by nicbou on Saturday August 06, 2022 @12:19PM (#32369374)
I also have an S5. Had a LIDAR that wouldn't spin. Paid 15€ or so for an identical part on Amazon. It took 5 minutes and a single screwdriver to swap it.
Re:Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B by tommit on Monday August 08, 2022 @08:18AM (#32384600)
At 5 minutes you were really quick! For me it was probably like 20-30, but like I said: it's not necessarily something I'm skilled at. Either way, repairs are fairly quick and easy!