Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've had the Grillbot for about a week now so this is a very early impression. I always give my grill a top to bottom cleaning in the spring which I did this past Saturday. The only thing I didn't clean were the grates and after looking at them I could tell they were not cleaned since I covered the grill for the winter. I set the Grillbot for 10 minuets, put it on the grill and closed the cover. When it finished cleaning and I opened the grill I was very surprise to see the grates looked as though I had cleaned them myself with a wire brush. That night I grilled several cheese burgers and the Grillbot cleaned everything. Tonight I cooked steaks and once again after using the Grillbot the grates looked as thought I scrubbed them myself. I have a large 5 burner gas grill and to tell you the truth I definetely had my reservations about this device, but so far I'm impressed. I only gave it 4 stars because I've yet to have a party where I used the entire grill and got it "really" messy. Once I do that I will update my review but for now I would recommend it. I must admit I'm a sucker for new gadgets and I couldn't wait to try this thing ever since I heard about it last year. It's definetely a "luxury" purchase and I think if they can get the price down to the $50 - $60 range they would sell a lot more. I purchased a $30 grill brush from Costco last year with 4 replaceable heads and it's terrible. If the Grillbot continues to clean the way it has so far I will never buy another grill brush. ***UPDATE 7/21/14*** Now that I've had the Grillbot for 3 months I have to lower my rating from 4 stars to 2 1/2. I've had 2 or 3 fairly large BBQ's and I must say the Grillbot is not as effective as it was when only using my grill lightly. The main reason is using BBQ sauce and marinades on food. That stuff really sticks to the grates and the Grillbot just can't handle it. I now have to manually clean to get that stuff off. Also the brushes seem to be wearing down pretty fast and I've only used it about 20 times or less. I've also had some battery charging issues with it. So in conclusion......For light grilling the Grillbot does do a good job but for heavier grilling I still have to use the manual brush and for the $125 price tag I shouldn't have to do that. ***2ND UPDATE 5/25/16*** IT'S DEAD!!! I used my Grillbot for 2 summer seasons (No more than 30 times total) and it has stopped working. The unit appears as thought its charging when plugged in but will not run and the blue charging light will not go off even when it's unplugged. I really don't think it's the battery, it seems like another hardware issue. I emailed the company and they want $45 plus shipping to fix. So I figured that would be about $65 when all is said and done and that's just not worth it to me. ***Updated 7/13/16*** The seller contacted me and sent me out a new unit. I thought this was upstanding of them and I thanked them for doing so. The new unit has been working perfectly so far. Is seems as thought the brushes are a better quality than 2 years ago. I've cleaned both my grills several times with the new unit and the results were very good. Based on the Grillbots performance so far I am raising my stars back to 4. I will update again at the end of the summer.