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the secret to a happy healthy rumba maintenance all that nasty dirt dust and fur can really slow your robot down and overtime kill its performance to show you a few tips today I'm using the 700 series unit but these tips really apply to all models let's get started every time your Roomba cleans up empty out this dustbin it's easy takes a minute and will keep your vacuum running in tip-top performance just remove the bin and dump out the contents then remove the filters and tap out any obvious debris you should replace these filters every month or so but if you want to delay that a little bit to scrap some compressed air and blow out any debris once a week conduct level 2 maintenance that means removing all of the brushes and their bearings then use a comb or one of these iRobot tools to pull out hair and fur that could be slowing the robot down and don't forget to clean out those bearings the front wheel also needs attention just give it a tug to pull it out and use a dust cloth or compressed air to clean out the wheel housing and get rid of any hair and finally use a microfiber cloth to clean off those clip sensors all around the unit notice that we're not using any sort of spray or damp cloth to clean the Roomba that's because if any of its parts come in contact with water or those parts don't completely dry before the vacuum starts running you could ruin it so stick with things like compressed air dust cloths and microfiber cloths these last couple tips do require a little disassembly but that's ok because you only have to do this every couple months grab a screwdriver and remove this screw that secures the spiral brush put the screw somewhere safe and remove the brush there's a bunch of hair and fur in there that needs to be cleaned out before you put that back remove the main screws that secure the cover to the unit on rumba they're labeled with these arrows to where the battery is and to buy the wheels when they're out you should be able to remove the cover and immediately you'll see that the Roombas inner parts are filled with dust like before used compressed air or a dust cloth to clean it out then just replace the cover and all the screws and that spiral brush even though it's your rumbas job to do the cleaning it's up to you to keep it clean if you have any questions along the way hit me up on Twitter and check out how to cnet.com for the written guide to this tutorial for cnet.com I'm Sharon Vaknin you