Finally started drying out the filter baskets between runs

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Small thing but saved me a headache. Been running the Scuba S1 and the old E10 on alternating days and just tossing them back in the garage wet after I dumped the bin. Noticed a musty smell building up in both filter housings over the last month, figured it was normal robot funk.

Turns out just hosing the basket out and leaving it to air dry upside down for an hour before the next run cleared it right up. No more smell, and the fine mesh on the S1 isn't clogging nearly as fast either. Feels obvious writing it out but I'd been skipping that step for probably a year. FWIW if your bin output seems to be dropping off over time it might not be the impeller, could just be a gunked up filter that never fully dries between cycles.

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#2
good callout on the musty smell, i still only have the manual vac so no filter basket to worry about but my leaf canister does the same thing if i leave it sealed up wet, had it sitting in the garage for like two weeks over a hot stretch and it smelled like something died in there. didnt even think about the mesh clogging faster from it staying damp though, thats a good point for whenever i finally pull the trigger on a robot.
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Swamp's right about the sealed up wet thing being the real culprit, but the piece that gets missed is airflow not just time, I've got mine propped at an angle instead of flat so both sides of the mesh get exposed instead of one side sitting against plastic trapping moisture. Hour or two like that and it's bone dry, same amount of time flat on a shelf and the underside's still damp.