iRobot - Combo i8+
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Last updated: Jan 4, 2026 Scoring
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"It picks up all the cat fur, all the dog fur, all the litter, all the human hair."
"I have one teenager who’s messy and a dog who sheds like it’s her job. It’s been a game changer."
"I’ve seen on the camera the poor guy making multiple trips to self empty while in one room but it’s cut the hair buildup tenfold."
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"I’ve seen on the camera the poor guy making multiple trips to self empty while in one room but it’s cut the hair buildup tenfold."
"With three they can just make it to a full week for emptying. ... Life changing."
"splurge for the self emptying because if you have to empty it every time you're less likely to use it. We only have to empty ours like once a month and I have a 14mo and a 3yo who drop crumbs everywhere. ... we have a Shark with a large self emptying bin and that thing is great for the price point."
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"Roombas can pick up sand on a floor."
"They are dumb little tanks and for the size of their tiny little Motors they are beasts they will suck up a whole pad of Post-it notes in a heartbeat!"
"We have a deebot, one that mobs and vacuums. ... Don't even hesitate. This thing cleans. We come home and its clean."
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"I've had mine since it came out!! And it keeps going even with same battery it came with but I take care of it / them maintenance wise.."
"I currently use a very old Roomba i8+, and honestly, it still does a solid job... ... Same. I have no complaints with it and I take very good care of it maintenance wise."
"I bought one well over a year ago possibly on year 2. ... If it only lasted a year I’d buy another one. ... It works as well as it did when I bought it."
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"The app and tutorials are very helpful."
"get one with a decent mapping ability. ... With good mapping, we are able to tell it to avoid certain tricky areas."
"I even have one that maps the house so I can have it just clean the kitchen after I finish cooking dinner."
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"it is also way more prone to tracking pet messes about, that happened once with a pile of cat vomit and I was a little traumatized."
"if you take if off the dock yourself it loses the mop function unless you restart it literally 10 times"
"for the love of God please don get a roomba combo model. They don work… ever."
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"it's also the only robovac I've ever had that ran over dog poop..."
"The j7 got stuck often, maybe 1 out of 4 cleanings it either sucked up a cat toy or jammed itself under something."
"Unlike the Roomba, which constantly needed rescuing. ... Four years of dealing with that pain in the a$$"
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"the bearing on the end of the roller seized up and melted"
"What ever you do don’t buy any with only one multi surface roller/brush. ... I have to clean the brush daily. ... It leave a “roll” of dog hair at least one place a day. ... The much more powerful suction is not enough to compensate for not having two rollers. ... Yes that is what I mean. One roller doesn’t do nearly as well as the two did."
"It still tangles very often (semi daily) because hair gets caught on the edge of the roller."
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"The fan that circulates the air is so ridiculous it sounds like an airplane is idling inside my house, and it literally changes the air pressure in my kitchen and hurts my ears"
"The biggest issue is the noise it makes, I move a lot from side to back and vice versa during the night. The noise sounds like balloons rubbing against each other. I've tried wrapping it in a blanket, which helps a bit but still makes a lot of noice."
"Loud as hell. ... Ditto works really well, but loud as hell."
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"Unlike the Roomba, which constantly needed rescuing. ... Four years of dealing with that pain in the a$$"
"And it doesn’t slam into everything like the Roomba does."
"it still collided with everything"
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.
r/dogs • Is a Roomba-like vacuum worth it for dogs? I need to be de-influenced for my wallets sake ->We started with one iRobot, it worked great! Later decided on a brava (iRobot mop) and it worked amazingly! I was in my doctorate program and didn’t have time to clean the floors. We have two small dogs and five children. The floors are one thing I don’t have to worry about anymore. We recently moved and purchased two combo vacuum and mop, one is iRobot and the other is ecovacs. I like the ecovac more, it seems smarter, however they both do a great job. We have three stories so there are robot vacuum on each floor, they run every day, this keeps the stairs pretty clean and I vacuum the stairs once a week. Our original robot is eight years old and runs fine with daily use.
r/homeowners • Are robot vacuums worth it? I’ve got 4 small kids and I’m always sweeping up the kitchen. Now I have a crawling baby so I’m thinking about getting a robot vacuum, preferably the mop/vacuum kind but they are so expensive! Curious if they are worth it and an investment. ->I have the Wyze robot vac and a roomba self emptying vac. I vastly prefer the performance of the wyze vac.
r/BuyItForLife • Robot vacuum recommendation? ->I have a Roomba that I picked up from Costco. It can be controlled via app and it has a self emptying base.
r/husky • Best robot vacuum...for all the hair? ->We have the mop vac combo (forgive me, I don't remember what exact model, but I DO know it is the self emptying combo w\ the removable dust filter "trash' bags, and has a grey "tweed" designer -look on the top. That probably makes no sense). At any rate, I LOVE the vacuum feature, esp the self-emptying component. However, the few times I have attempted to use the mopping feature, it has not worked well at all. Admittedly, my model could be a slightly older model, like maybe last year's, so take that for what it's worth. It starts off fine, but after no more than 10 min if that, it seems to get stuck. What it's stuck on is beyond me because it happens in dining room each time & sounds like it's spinning it's wheels (like a car stuck in mud). There are no rugs, chairs are moved out of the way & there's no visible debris obstacles like one of my son's marbles or a plastic milk cap or anything. Literally just hardwood flooring. I've tried rebooting, I've tried popping the water/mop pad on & mopping immediately (thinking it would help reduce soaking & "puddling" near the wheels), I've tried wiping the wheels and following behind it to wipe up the drag marks of water. But it still spins & does nothing. I can't complain too much as I won it at my husband's Xmas work party raffle, and like I said the vac feature is excellent. Since we have a young son & a dog that sheds constantly, I'm ok w/just the vac👌
r/roomba • First time homeowner , considering buying a mop+vac with the prime day sale. Are the prices actually good? And any recommendations? ->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.
r/adhdwomen • So, how often do you sweep and mop? Any advice? ->I've had a roomba i8+ for 5 years and it still works fine. Bought the Roborock Qrevo when we moved for the mopping function because the house is entirely laminate flooring + rugs. The mapping from Roborock is so much better it almost doesn't make sense. It doesn't require any ambient light, is significantly quieter, and does a better, more consistent job at vacuuming in much less time. Oh and it frigging mops too. It can even match the direction of your flooring when it cleans. Given the price difference you outlined below, I would save for months if necessary to purchase the Roborock vs buying the Roomba today. Completely different class of product.
r/Costco • Roomba J6 for $150 in Sacramento, CA ->I had an i8+ which died and got exchanged for a j5+ this never worked and after 6+ months of troubleshooting I finally got a replacement unit that works. I will never buy a Roomba again.
r/RobotVacuums • Why shouldn’t I buy a Roomba? ->Get a roomba with the self-emptying base station. Pays for itself 10 times over.
r/germanshepherds • Hardwood floor people’s… are you also vacuuming twice a day? 👀 ->I’ve a roomba i8 and find it pretty good. It mops and vaccuums
r/AskIreland • Can anyone recommend a robotic vacuum cleaner that isn’t completely shite and won’t break the bank? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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