iRobot - Combo i5+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum and Mop
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Last updated: Sep 4, 2025 Scoring
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"They have mapping"
"and includes mapping."
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"I have a dog now finishing a shed. ... I live in the mountains with essentially a gravel front yard, so she tracks in a lot of sand. ... For me, the ji5 was 300 dollars well spent."
"Roomba works well for me with one golden. ... I run it every other day and floors are pretty clean ... the vacuum works great!"
"my Roomba i5+ works great for hair."
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"There’s actually a roomba that does both vacuuming and light mopping (think of it like roomba swiffer)."
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"They have mapping and self-emptying, which for me are absolutely essential features. ... We've had others without the self-emptying feature and I never emptied them regularly enough, which rendered them less effective."
"It has a reservoir of the liquid at the charging station and a bag dispenser for the dust as well."
"I have an iRobot Roomba that empties its own bag into a base. Love it."
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"They have mapping and self-emptying, which for me are absolutely essential features. ... We've had others without the self-emptying feature and I never emptied them regularly enough, which rendered them less effective."
"Love not having to vacuum under beds and sofas."
"It has a reservoir of the liquid at the charging station and a bag dispenser for the dust as well."
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"I spend 3-4 minutes putting things like litter baskets and chairs up off the floor so it has a better reach, then schedule it to run 3x. Then turn the schedule off again and return loose items to the floor."
"It took some prep to make my home ready for it--furniture needs to be high enough (and legs wide enough apart) for it to run up under. ... Lamp cords need to be secured."
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"Do clean the hair out of it after it runs (takes only a couple minutes). ... Spend about a minute getting hair out of its rollers."
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"Don't run it automatically or when you're not home."
"I spend 3-4 minutes putting things like litter baskets and chairs up off the floor so it has a better reach, then schedule it to run 3x. Then turn the schedule off again and return loose items to the floor."
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"iRobot Roomba combo and Braava are really just automated swiffer mops that do not suck up the dirty solution off the floor. ... They spray the floor and drag an absorbent pad over it instead. ... If you have a handheld swiffer with the solution sprayer, you will find that the Roomba mop models work almost identically. ... These will do a general clean but do not scrub the floor and cannot clean up spilled food or drinks."
"But I barely use the mop function because this model uses gravity to wet the rag and it just isn’t wet enough to effectively mop."
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