Anyone know who sells mop heads for iRobot braava 240?

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#272046 7-Jun-2020 11:02

Hi all, so I brought one of these recently, great little machine, but I cannot find who sells the replacement mops heads. I tried Noel Leeming, who sells the machines, but they don't seem to know.

I did find ishopirobot.co.nz, which is owned by IXL, but I cannot tell if this is a real or scam site.

Anyone used them, or any other hints as to where to get the mop heads? I also tried Amazon but they are not shipping the parts I need to NZ at the moment.

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#2499997 7-Jun-2020 11:16

Did you do a whois lookup on shopirobot.co.nz?

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#2499998 7-Jun-2020 11:18

domain_name: shopirobot.co.nz
query_status: 200 Active
domain_datelastmodified: 2020-05-17T08:00:04+12:00
domain_delegaterequested: yes
domain_signed: no

registrar_name: Synergy Wholesale
registrar_address1: PO Box 119
registrar_city: Beaconsfield
registrar_province: Victoria
registrar_postalcode: 3807
registrar_country: AU (AUSTRALIA)
registrar_phone: +61 3 8399 9483
registrar_fax: +61 3 8678 3945
registrar_email: sales@synergywholesale.com

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#2499999 7-Jun-2020 11:19

Are the cheapies off aliexpress no good? I know that the knockoffs for the other roomba cleaners are all good from there.

Richard rich.ms

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#2500002 7-Jun-2020 11:25

Linux:

domain_name: shopirobot.co.nz
query_status: 200 Active
domain_datelastmodified: 2020-05-17T08:00:04+12:00
domain_delegaterequested: yes
domain_signed: no

registrar_name: Synergy Wholesale
registrar_address1: PO Box 119
registrar_city: Beaconsfield
registrar_province: Victoria
registrar_postalcode: 3807
registrar_country: AU (AUSTRALIA)
registrar_phone: +61 3 8399 9483
registrar_fax: +61 3 8678 3945
registrar_email: sales@synergywholesale.com

That matches the contact information on their site:

Head Office
1-15 Wood Street,
South Geelong,
Melbourne, VIC 3220
Australia

However, when I start to Google 'ishipirobot' the autocomplete is 'ishipirobot is a scam' , hence the questions. But thanks for the lookup, the info LOOKS real, but I am not an expert on WhoIs records.

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#2500004 7-Jun-2020 11:27

richms:

Are the cheapies off aliexpress no good? I know that the knockoffs for the other roomba cleaners are all good from there.

I thought of this, and there are some on Amazon, but, from what I understand the 'real' ones have a additive in them that mixes with the water, and cleans better. The reusable ones don't have this. These are the ones I want:

https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-Braava-Jet-cleaning-cloths/dp/B01MQTQE0O/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=braava+jet+240+pads&qid=1591485997&sr=8-15

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#2500008 7-Jun-2020 11:37

Ok, so I did even more digging, and found (eventually) that iRobot's main site lists IXL as the NZ distributor. But it wasn't easy to find!

I will contact them and see what happens. I will keep the thread alive (as I couldn't find any other threads on Geekzone with this info).