iRobot Roomba XLife Extended Lift Battery

Note - our family has two Roombas. I have purchased both an "off brand" extended life battery and the iRobot XLife battery. The iRobot battery run time beats the off brand by about 30 minutes. Special note - when iRobot offers a part as an improvement to the original be prepared to be pleased. My first experience was with the Enhanced Cleaning Head and it was a significant improvement over the original. (Note-I had to get a new cleaning head because I had damaged the original; my fault not iRobot) The XLife battery is another example. The difference between it and the original battery is significant.

My Roomba 500 had slowed to the point it would only clean a bathroom space before requiring a recharge.No one in our area repairs these, so I used customer service with Roomba and ended up buying this extended life battery.The customer service person gave me free shipping. It was very easy to replace and the unit works great now.I've had it only a couple of weeks but this seemed to do the trick.I also ordered some supplies. Check alternate sales sites.Sometimes Roomba is less expensive;sometimes better deals can be found. But bottom line, my Roomba is working great again.

dont get me wrong, i LOVE my roomba - ive got an old one (the pet series), and ITS been great - with that said, the replacement battery SUCKS - it dosent last a quarter time of the original - yes, i keep it cleaned out (even use an air compressor on it) - yes, it gets charged when its done - when i purchased it, i had a 3000 square foot home, a long haired dog, short haired dog, 3 parrots and a cat - ran it almost every night for at least 4 YEARS on one battery - i downsized and moved to a 1300 foot cabin and only have 2 short haired dogs in the house and it barely lasted a year - disappointed - specially as expensive as the battery is -- would i recommend the battery? no, not really, but unless i want to replace the whole unit (which i LOVE), alas, i have no option