iRobot - Combo i8

Get one that self-empties! Mine was no help until I got one that self-empties that I can program with an app. It's currently broken and I FEEL the difference. It was expensive (roomba i8, costco, $600 like 5y ago) but so worth it.

You're asking this in a dreame sub, obviously people will tell you to go with dreame. I had a roomba I8 combo, have ditched it and bought a dreame l40 ultra ae last week and was not disappointed. Downside is that it's reliable on cloud, but all robot vacuums have that, unless you go with valetudo.

We have Roomba i8 and are pretty happy with it. Would give two key pieces of advice: get one with a base that the vac returns to and empties the hopper, get one with a decent mapping ability. With two dogs, I can’t imagine having to empty the hopper regularly. With good mapping, we are able to tell it to avoid certain tricky areas. Also, we clean ours pretty regularly to keep rollers free of hair tangles, and other things it shouldn’t have tried sucking up.

you might have something stuck in the base inlet. 1. Unplug the base, see at the bottom of it, 2. unscrew the transparent plastic debris inlet at the bottom of the base. 3. Clean it from any debris stuck. I am hoping you have something stuck under the bottom, I had the same problem and almost was about to buy new one. but now it is working as it was on Day 1. I bought the original i8 in 2020

I will match and raise you a husky. Although my i8 did great with our st Bernard too.

I have a Roomba i8 going on 5 years, no issues.

I'm not unhappy with my old Roomba i8 but given their current financial situation I would not buy another one. Also apparently their technology has been surpassed by many other brands.

I was surprised to find my old Roomba i8 and even older Shark pick up stuff better than my new CurvX and EdgeT. The new features on the Roborocks are obviously a huge improvement but actual vacuuming performance on the newer ones is not as good as the older ones. Like anything, manufacturers find a number/stat they can use for marketing purposes and they run with that. Of course people will think that 20,000 Pa of suction will be better than 5,000 Pa, so even if those numbers are completely meaningless, the folks in the marketing department will latch on to that and that's what they will advertise.

iRobot already did that with their first generation iRobot Combo (R11xx). The Roomba Essential was also not made by iRobot. Now it seems none of them will be. I just don't understand the end game for iRobot. Are they just gonna be riding on the brand name from now on and slowly disappear into nothingness because why would OEM give 3rd party better tech and design than they use in their own robots? iRobot, as much as they've been weird and stubborn with some things, I still love their core design of robots since introduction of E series and later i. I loved how they ALL had identical main roller brushes, identical side brushes, identical filters, identical dust bins, identical almost everything. Not only it's cheaper for them to supply 1 type of each part, it's easier for users, for regular maintenance and repairs. I work in this part of the industry and I can't stress enough how many times customers/consumers have no clue what device they have, be it robot vacuum or a regular vacuum. If you just need to tell "I have a roomba" and that's all it's needed to know which part you supply. So many Chinese robots as well as ones from other well known brands like Electrolux, Philips and Rowenta have different parts for almost every model and it's soooooooooooo annoying.

I’ve had robot shark and roomba. I believe running them daily has prevented us from being buried in dog hair and 100% recommend a robot vacuum. My dogs are very housebroken and I’ve never had the poo every where situation.  Overall, I think the shark works a little better, but I think the roomba’s features and app are better. I just upgraded to the dual vacuum/mop roomba and it’s not perfect but I’m happy. I still have to real vacuum once a week as it doesn’t get all the hair all the time, but the literal basketball was of hair I pull out of the canister every few weeks tells me it’s working pretty damn good. 

Bought a vac and mop roomba. I now that myself now maybe a month. I call my cleaning lady less frequently. So yes.