iRobot - 971

Indeed it is. Not just for its vacuum ability, but it, and other VSLAM Roombas, are the only ones that can clean close around my round dining table pedestal. All lidar-based bots leave about a 1" gap of crumbs.

I don't know about the new lineup, but nothing beats a Roomba 9-series on carpet, though. Even on hard floors, my Saros 10 misses a lot of spots that my J9 never did.

Two labs and two roombas here. J8+ is the newer one. The old fella is a 900 series and lives in the bedroom only now. His battery isn’t so good and he has trouble docking, but he’s still sucking in the most important ways.

Very. I run the J8+ twice a week and the 900 once a week. That keeps the hair in check.

Why not iRobot Roomba? My 900-series works perfectly. Low carpets are easy, high carpets are difficult. My roomba runs every other night when we are asleep :)

I have a 900 series and a j7. I don’t really have an issue with either one. They rarely get stuck and complete jobs regularly. However I recently bought a Roborock and it is definitely better. The app is much more advanced and lidar seems to be more efficient and accurate.

5/7 days for my new Mova z60 and I used my old Roomba 900 series 3 or 4 days a week for over 5 years.

I’ve had an 800 or 900 Roomba for decades until one died and then luckily somebody was upgrading and I got another one. The more fancier ones did not seem to clean as well and the newer ones with mopping. I only use on my carpet works relatively well, but it doesn’t get into the corner and against the walls as well. I’ll keep him until they die and then hopefully they will have something that works well on rugs.

Gotta get the roomba that’s rated for pet hair.

I boarded dogs in my house for 8 years, I got one of the beefed up roombas made specifically for pet hair and it helped cut down on the daily sweeping/vacuum. Still gotta break out the big vac and do a deep clean once a week but the roomba keeps it clean enough each day that you won’t notice a ton of hair floating around. If cost me 1k but it’s been going strong for all that time.

We have two Roomba series 9, one upstairs and one downstairs. We also have a German shedder. We owned the first Roomba before the dog, ran it every night, and only had to empty it once a week. We've owned it more than a decade now, so we definitely got our money's worth. With the dog, we have to empty both every day. We got the dog 6 years ago and the second Roomba 5 years ago. The trick to picking up dog hair is replacing the filter and rollers regularly. The filter affects suction and the rollers affect how effectively the hair is gathered and picked up. The sweeper is less critical but it affects how well edges/baseboards are cleaned. If I find ropes of dog hair on the rugs, it's time to change parts. I'd absolutely buy them again. Black Friday is coming up and maybe you'll find a decent deal.

Comprámos um Roomba topo de gama uma vez e nunca mais quisémos outra coisa 😭ele apercebe-se de obstáculos, faz uma limpeza profunda e limpa-se e carrega-se sozinho. Como vivemos num apartamento também de piso único mas grande, com 3 gatos (1 é persa), ele basicamente é quem limpa o chão. O nosso funciona segundas, quartas e sextas a iniciar às 09h00 e é uma beleza... Controlas tudo na app e ele vai dando feedback. Nós temos também o Braava (o que lava o chão) e que pode ser programado para avançar quando o Roomba termina de aspirar mas esse não recomendo... Preferimos ser nós a lavar o chão porque ele deixa muita coisa por lavar e não se queixa de falta de água então às vezes está a funcionar a fingir que lava o chão mas quando ouves o esguicho, não sai água 😂foi uma má compra só porque estava em black friday. Sei que existem outras marcas boas e mais baratas que a Roomba, nós por acaso fomos por nome e até agora estamos bastante satisfeitos. Usamos um aspirador de mão para chegar a lugares mais espinhosos mas o nosso Roomba faz muito bem os cantinhos todos e tem um pet sense? então desvia-se de vomitados (bolas de pelo). Supostamente desvia-se de cócós. Foi assim que morreu o nosso primeiro Roomba... engasgado em merd\* porque um dos nossos gatos fez o serviço com o rabo virado para o lado de fora... génio. Quando vimos que este tinha esse sensor, comprámos e ajuda que também mudámos as caixas de areia para as automáticas e o design da caixa deve ter feito qqr coisa que os nossos gatos nunca mais se 'desorientaram' 🙄

The later Roombas with a camera/vision system are pretty good at avoiding things that could cause snags/clogs. I used to be vigilant with clearing the floor and even putting dining chairs on the table, but now I just have my Roomba run every night with dog toys, kid toys, wife's shoes and purse, chairs, charger cords, laundry baskets, and everything else blocking its path. It probably only cleans about 60% of the area I want it to, but I can still feel a noticeable difference when I walk barefoot through the house.