Combo i8

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.

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.

I have 3 roombas. One of them, an i8, worked well for about 3 years before it just stopped being able to navigate. The other two, 10 Max ($600 each), have been absolute trash from day 1. iRobot is in my top 3 worst brand experiences of all time.

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.

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