See a quick video on how I made a resuable bag for my Roomba. I am not responsible for any damage caused to your Roomba or the Dirt disposal bag by performing this procedure.
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@Jeweler462 жыл бұрын
I have used the same bag for over a year. When the bag gets full, I just use my shop vac, hose and it sucks everything out in seconds and also super cleans the pores inside and outside the bag as well. ♥️
@neogx1482 жыл бұрын
Smart as hell
@barrytipton11792 жыл бұрын
Through the hole like me
@avrmotors7657 Жыл бұрын
the best idea so far!!!! gonna use that one
@bellbellbell15 Жыл бұрын
Yep! We do the same 😉
@neraksol11 ай бұрын
Omg genius! I was looking all over on how to empty the bag, but this is the best suggestion! Thanks.
@danilod074 жыл бұрын
and the planet Earth say "thank you"
@fluffycritter3 жыл бұрын
Such a simple mod! It's disappointing that iRobot went with such fancy bags but then made them disposable, wasting money and landfill space. This trick will definitely come in handy. I'm going to try doing this but using a zipper instead, since velcro tends to fail pretty quickly.
@abbysreadingtime40222 жыл бұрын
Also gets full of all the dirt that will come out and eventually not work well. Good idea!
@MikeJohnson-sm3pz2 жыл бұрын
They chose profit of selling replacement bags over such an easy upgrade.. :(
@dr67703 жыл бұрын
I don’t get why the company didn’t just put a plastic container in the station that you can just slide in and out. Oh I know, it’s so they can charge even more money on replacement bags for their already expensive vacuums.
@fvue76633 жыл бұрын
So true, the cordless lightweight vaccums doesn't even use bags anymore, don't see how it wouldn't be possible with Roombas.
@Kikadass3 жыл бұрын
@@fvue7663 Their other roombas don't use a bag either.... So it was probably harder to design a new bag based container than designing a bag-less one.... But then they wouldn't be able to charge for the bags........
@klimenkor3 жыл бұрын
No brainer. They want to generate an extra income. Same as printers require ink that costs half the price of the printer
@anarchyamp3 жыл бұрын
You got it
@mp83592 жыл бұрын
Not to mention bad for the environment
@PerAJDK14 жыл бұрын
Works perfectly. Thanks a lot! :D Edit 4: One bag works for 1 year and 4 months so far. (3rd of December 2019 - 6th of April 2021), and seems to still be in good shape. Edit 1: February 2020 I have thus far used one bag for 2 months, got it the 3rd of december 2019. It have cleaned just about 800 square meters over 32 "jobs" and still works fine. Maybe i should mention that we have a dog and a cat. No problems there. And i have cleaned the inside of the bag with my old vacuum cleaner 3 times in this period. But if it is actually necessary i don't really know. Just thought it would be helpful. Edit 2: April 2020 Still using the same bag after 4 mounths. 1500 m2 have been cleaned, now over 62 jobs. Edit 3: July 2020 One bag works for 7 months so far. (3rd of December 2019 - 7th of July 2020), and seems to still be in good shape. Also, 2200 m2 have been cleaned over 65 hours of run time.
@hahshsay3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This is really useful.
@hebencock8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the research! How long did one bag end up lasting you?!
@deuxit4 жыл бұрын
Really wish you had done the video showing the actual hack work being done. I will definitely give this a try. I'd buy a reusable bag like yours if Roomba would sell one.
@tissuepaper99628 ай бұрын
Most of their profits come from keeping you hooked on these ridiculously expensive disposable bags. Their business model revolves around turning your vacuum cleaner into a subscription service. Save your time and money and buy a real vacuum.
@nedscrivner98933 жыл бұрын
just got one yesterday and first thing I though was "SOB" that bag is gonna fill up quick! I need a bag I can empty! Brilliant! thank you for the idea
@636wrentham3 жыл бұрын
I did something similar except i bought a 6-7inch long zipper and hotglued it to the bag. Works great, well over two years now using the original bag. Still have the extra bag they give you. Wish i could post a picture here...
@schwab61823 жыл бұрын
I like the zipper idea even better... will try that out. Can't believe Dyson has not entered this market yet... they would kill it.
@richardfeilden54942 жыл бұрын
@@SatanenPerkele What? Which part of this is 'nasty'?
@MrBobbyw1212 жыл бұрын
@@SatanenPerkele god I hope you don't have kids. Just don't poisen the world any further thanks.
@EmoAndHumme2 жыл бұрын
@@richardfeilden5494 exactly. which part is nasty?
@sky92x2 жыл бұрын
This is great! I've just been putting the bag up to my shop-vac to empty it. But this looks like way less of a pain.
@GinaMenera2 жыл бұрын
You can sew or hot glue the two layers together if you are really industrious and then the velcro won't stick to anything on the outside or inside edges, except the other piece.
@schwab61823 жыл бұрын
Can't believe Dyson has not entered this market yet... they would kill it.
@jspiro3 жыл бұрын
They did. They were killed.
@sky92x2 жыл бұрын
@@jspiro yeah wasnt it like a foot tall too.
@aliv19083 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! I was gonna add Velcro, too- but had not thought of folding over. Nice innovation!
@texascindy443 жыл бұрын
I was going to do velcro and then i found this video. I too would like to know why fold. I know sewing through sticky velcro messes up your needle to you need to really stick it, but why do you need to fold it in half? Thank you!
@carolinewells43553 жыл бұрын
@@texascindy44 to keep the internal layer attached to the external layer of the bag. If you notice at the beginning of his video he shows the bag he messed up on that it has two layers internal and external so folding the Velcro over the internal and external keeps them together. Hope that helps
@VenkiDas3 жыл бұрын
you, my friend are ingenious!
@mmb14872 жыл бұрын
Great Idea and hopefully they will get rid of bags altogether and just go to a simple way for us to empty unit Thanks for posting
@tissuepaper99628 ай бұрын
They won't go back to a reusable container. The original Roomba already had a much better system with a much larger reusable container in the vacuum itself, but clearly that wasn't profitable enough. The whole point is to keep you wasting your money on their ridiculously expensive disposable bags.
@giselleburningham32044 жыл бұрын
Works great.. thank you for this.i have two hairy dogs and it was costing a fortune in bags. tasmania Australia
@DallasWalker20243 жыл бұрын
Do you mind if you can share your experiences? How do the velcro hold up with dirt stick to it ?
@availabledark4 жыл бұрын
Please update on how this hack has worked out. My guess is that the debris will eventually make the velcro less or not sticky anymore.
@richardfeilden54942 жыл бұрын
The issue will be that, over time, the bag will clog with dust and be unable to draw debris up from the robot. This will extend the lifespan though.
@PrestigePotato2 жыл бұрын
If you have another vaccuum just stick that round end up to the hole and jiggle the goods loose, no modding required
@Sadara132 жыл бұрын
I did this on my i3 roombas bag, thank you for the suggestion!! It worked perfectly ❤
@gnxguy64011 ай бұрын
just use your shop vac and clean out the bag
@AB-yi5hj8 ай бұрын
Going to try this using Velcro brand with sticky back for fabric. SKU 91872 My local Walmart has it in stock.
@jenniferrussell89003 жыл бұрын
Why can’t you use a shop vac to suck out debris from used bag? Wouldn’t that work without compromising integrity of the bag?
@jasonwest47393 жыл бұрын
We just did that exact thing actually - used a shop vac to suck all the debris out of the included bag. It seemed to work well enough. If you've got pets though, the pet hair gets wadded up and may require some pulling out. We have Siberian Huskies (one of the main reasons we also have a Roomba) and their longish hair was really wadded together in the bag and turned the whole thing into a 2-person job (one person holding the bag and the other holding the shop vac hose and pulling hair out). Had we tried to clean out the bag before it was totally full, it might've been easier. It's a workable solution, especially compared to the cost of replacing the bag every week - yes, it looks like we'll fill up a bag every week! - but definitely looking into a more convenient, "dumpable" solution.
@EmoAndHumme2 жыл бұрын
Because I don't have one. ^^
@SLIZZARD10 ай бұрын
You can it just doesn't remove animal hair unless it's opened.
@desmaamv27 күн бұрын
Holy cow look at those arms!!!
@shareeplayle26932 жыл бұрын
I would appreciate a video showing you putting it in afterwards. I heard there is a tab that once it’s taken out you can’t put it back in..
@kewlbud88682 жыл бұрын
I just got the s9+, there's no tabs. But I'd get 4 or 5 bags and use a zipper and velcro cover for the zipper. That way you can wash the bags in the dish washer and have spares and can let the bags air dry.
@SLIZZARD Жыл бұрын
It just goes back on. Nothing is broken
@theattorney6072 Жыл бұрын
What about the bags ports which are meant for filtration ? They will get cloged.
@davekolp4552 Жыл бұрын
I thought the same at first, then I bought some bags off amazon. Appx $2 each.
@raff21942 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I just have one question, what is the width of the velcro you used? Thanks again.
@abbysreadingtime40222 жыл бұрын
I would say about 1 inch to 3/4 inch.
@barrytipton11792 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video I won’t try I’ve got a vacuum hose what fits in the hole it’s A ryobi 18volt diy type
@barrytipton1179 Жыл бұрын
Further to my last comment I pull as much out with snipe nose pliers or kitchen tongues but doesn’t need much emptying any way
@lisawatkins1511 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Rumba makes too much money to make a reusable,bag.
@markhall72223 жыл бұрын
very nice the best I've seen yet!!!!!
@johnbelt52043 жыл бұрын
That is ingenious.
@Prudenprocom Жыл бұрын
Amazing thanks. How did it last?
@farnaud2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it’s not their interest to not sell those bags… they just want more revenue…
@raymondkarlsen99952 жыл бұрын
You are a genius! You are a projector right? :)
@chungloankenny Жыл бұрын
Fine dust may leak through Veco strap
@cybermetallerАй бұрын
The horror!!!
@sbomorse2 жыл бұрын
It's pretty disgusting that they can make vacuums with bags in this day and age. I'm looking for a way to reuse my bags so I'm not sending stuff to landfill. I'm not sure I would trust this though, if it fails you motor is going to be ruined by the dirt.
@ResolutionYou3 жыл бұрын
Thank you !
@rickgrimezz39422 жыл бұрын
That is going to get dust everywhere! Yeah Velcro isn't good enough... when you fire up the empty bin... dust will fill your room!
@abbysreadingtime40222 жыл бұрын
Nope! It’s the bag for the self emptying container NOT the machine. Clearly you don’t know what this machine does.
@rickgrimezz39422 жыл бұрын
@@abbysreadingtime4022 wow. 3 months later and you reply with this? Whatever you have to tell yourself to help you sleep at night ABBY.
@Kontroll3432 жыл бұрын
@@rickgrimezz3942 maybe they stumbled across the video and your post 3 moths after you posted it. Your smart arsed retaliation, whilst you may feel superior, does not make you any more intellectual than a paint sandwich. Abbey was right at the time and most likely still. You had obviously no idea how the system worked.
@rickgrimezz39422 жыл бұрын
@@Kontroll343 Yeah... Because I dont own any of these systems and do reviews on them.... Real smart... Perhaps you should wade back into that ignorant pool end a bit more and stop exposing anyone else to the stupidity virus... AKA MAGA CULT MORONS
@rickgrimezz39422 жыл бұрын
The vacuum BLOWS the dirt into the bag... that motion pushes the dirt into the bag. The velcro is porous and will allow dust to pass freely into the air. Become an Engineer and then come back. Until then... keep sucking hind tit!
@MsSShowalter3 жыл бұрын
thank you
@sudhakarveluri91294 жыл бұрын
Did you use it at all ?
@Q8PatriotАй бұрын
Smart 👏👏👏😅
@momofeightpaws4 жыл бұрын
Perfect! Thanks!
@francescorainone21873 жыл бұрын
Aren't you decreasing the dust and dirt filtering power of your bin emptying station? I mean: as far as I know, bag-based vacuums use the bag as the main filtering component. In other words: the bag is supposed to hold as much dirt as it can, while the clean air goes out of it. Now such a filter needs to be replaced from time to time, because it gets full of dirt particles and its filtering capabilities decrease. If you keep using an old filter, you are probably letting a good percentage of dirt back in the air, which is not only dangerous and counterproductive, but it also voids the fact that you spent 800$ (or more) on a vacuum cleaner. Moreover I doubt that the velcro you used and the bag-to-velcro adhesion are airtight, which means that the bag filtering capabilities are now probably extremely bad, even with a brand-new bag.
@abbysreadingtime40222 жыл бұрын
That’s NOT the filter for the machine. There is a little filter on the side of the bin that the cleaning unit has the bag is just what the room a empties it’s contents into so that you don’t have to empty it out every single time it cleans. This machine is a self cleaning machine. It has a big container that it rolls into for recharging and emptying itself out into.
@francescorainone21872 жыл бұрын
@@abbysreadingtime4022 You're missing the point. I'm talking about the base unit, not the Roomba itself. The bag in the base unit works as a filter. This is how all vacuums with a bag work. While cyclonic vacuums use cyclones to separate air from dust (so they don't need a disposable bag), all other vacuums use the bag as a filter to separate the dust from the air. If you punch a hole in the bag, then you lost most of its filtering capabilities: the bag won't be able to separate the dust from the air, so you basically end up shooting the dust that Roomba has collected back into the room where the base unit is.
@tonyscocozza63732 жыл бұрын
If you look closely
@godislove51243 жыл бұрын
Does the same work with i3+ ?
@randomaster3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the i7 and i3 have the same exact self empty bin
@elainedaniels65412 жыл бұрын
I bought new bags from Amazon….way cheaper.
@karengarrow55793 ай бұрын
iRobot will never make reusable bags because they will lose money nobody will keep buying bags if they can reuse them
@DingoAteMeBaby4 жыл бұрын
Why does this have so many dislikes?
@0xlogn4 жыл бұрын
5 is not a lot
@MobyThick4064 жыл бұрын
iRobot employees lol
@nickalossigurnjak74212 жыл бұрын
This is the worst idea. 💡 🚫 Why? Because this allows for micro particles to be released in the air. The bag as originally designed locks the dander. Better off using a shop vac 😂
@SLIZZARD Жыл бұрын
Just showed a way to reuse the bag. I've put a zipper on line since but bags are cheap as others have mentioned on amazon