iRobot - Combo i8+

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.

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.

Been using this for a week now. Upstairs, I have the Ecovacs Omni X2—similar power on paper. But in reality? The Omni X2 *mops the floor* with the bObsweep when it comes to mopping. No contest. It’s also leagues ahead in object detection. Not even in the same universe. But here’s the thing—the bObsweep *crushes* carpet cleaning. And that’s all I needed for the lower level. No need for mopping down there. Once the room is mapped and obstacles are removed, this is, hands down, the best robot vacuum I’ve ever used. It replaced my Roomba i8+, and my carpet has *never* been this clean. Noticeably less dust in the air too. The vacuum runs in a quarter of the time, at a quarter of the noise level compared to the Roomba. And it doesn’t slam into everything like the Roomba does. I run it every day now, and I don’t even notice it’s on. At first, it did try to take on a surge protector full of wires—which, weirdly enough, my Roomba never attempted. Somehow, the camera and LiDAR didn’t see the brick with cables. But once I zoned that off in the map? This thing *flies* through the room. No bumping, no babysitting, no frustration. Unlike the Roomba, which constantly needed rescuing. Four years of dealing with that pain in the a$, and now? *Game changer.* If you need a *mopping* vacuum bot, look elsewhere. If you want the best *pure vacuum* bot for the money, you won’t find anything better—not even within $300 north of this price. When it was on sale for $300, I thought it was too good to be true. And yeah, it’s not really a $1200 bot—the mopping and object detection don’t stack up at that level. But as a vacuum? At $300? Absolute steal. The price isn’t $300 right now, but it’ll drop again soon. It keeps going in and out of sale. Just a heads-up for anyone looking for reviews—hope this helps! I took a leap of faith and purchased - as a vacuum bot only - and feel like I won the lottery.

I like my irobot roomba i8+

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

Hence my comment about my roomba i8+... and vacuums much faster and much better than all of the newer models with a single anti tangle roller! I've never had any problems with my Roomba having tangles maybe the early ones in the early 2000s so pretty much what happens is I vacuum with it all over the house and then mop with the other one because I can't mop and vacuum my entire house with the same machine at this time.. the dreamy x 40 was the only one that could actually vacuum and mop almost my whole house.. but I was terribly paranoid about the extending arm because people were saying it was breaking on them?!

I still have I8+ roomba and still use it to vacuum as most robots these days are kinda slow because of having to think so hard lol.. most won't clean to the edges sufficiently dreame x40 did cuz of arm but didn't like spin brushes leaving a gap when mopping...narwal z had for 8 mos no real problems but again vacuuming seems better with 2 rollers like roomba's..but does decently enough when mopping and vacuuming..all of them get stuck sometimes 🤔 but freo z does have great obstacle avoidance but uses a bunch of water.. e25 liked but mop didn't extend and vacuum was meh.. have 3i s10 now but it does get stuck in a few places ..doesn't like some carpets but does have water recycling and drawing it from the humidity in air..super cool! also have checked water quality and it is great! for mopping..doesn't leave weird mottleing on my white tile.. but have been hearing people having to return them cuz things go wrong with them?. I also use this one in mop and vacuum mode after roomba goes 1st cuz that seems to help it go closer to cabinets.. I clearly have an issue cuz I want to keep them all! They need better battery life, and faster processing to finish jobs..seems more innovation more problems so depends on your particular house but don't give up the roomba just yet lol 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 have an I8 Plus Roomba that just vacuums and I think it does a decent job even on my Persian rug and literally I don't have problems with it

I’ve been researching high-end robot vacuums, but I keep running into a wall of mixed or negative reviews, even for the flagship models. Here’s what I’m seeing: • Roborock (Saros 10R) – Looks premium, but people mention poor suction and airflow. Mopping seems average. • Roborock (Qrevo S) – Looks premium, but is terrible at avoidance, gets tangled in cords, socks, pushes around objects. Disappointing mapping, and bad at dog hair pickup. • Dreame (L50, X50) – Specs look great, but I keep seeing complaints about software glitches and reliability issues. • Ecovacs (X9) – Persistent reports of customer service problems and inconsistent performance. • Eufy (E28) – Decent contender, but feedback seems hit-or-miss. For context: I currently use a very old Roomba i8+, and honestly, it still does a solid job picking up dog hair. I have a long-haired Malamute/Husky mix. I just think it’s time to upgrade to something with better suction, airflow, mopping, and maybe, a larger dustbin. Never used a Robo-Vac with mop, so that will be a new feature for me. What’s making this harder: YouTube reviews all seem promotional or overly positive, which makes it tough to get real-world insight. Questions: So here’s what I’m asking from actual users: Have you owned multiple brands? If so, which did you prefer and why? If you had to switch to another brand, or go back to one you left, would you? If so, Which one? What’s the one robot vacuum you’d actually recommend after owning and using it? I’m ready to buy, but not ready to regret it. Your honest feedback could really help me (and probably others too). Thanks in advance!

Same. I have no complaints with it and I take very good care of it maintenance wise. It would be nice if it didn’t use the bump feature, but as far as picking up my pet hair and vacuuming the tile floors and carpet, it’s fine. I just wanted to upgrade to one that works just as well or even better to include adding a mop function as this would be my first. I don’t need the best, but I would like the best overall. It doesn’t need to be the best mopping and the best vacuuming, or one over the other. I am good with a really good vacuum and mop combo. So far from what I’ve learned, and from what others have told me, it seems like I want a roller style mop, or a tank track style mop, dual brushes for vacuuming, and possibly an extending feature for the sweeper.

Over time and with the passage of I don't know how many robots in my house, I would say more than 15. There are none silent Roomba😂 I had the i8+ and although it had a camera and made a map of the house, it still collided with everything and made a lot of noise both when walking and when vacuuming. It sucked well, but the scrubbing was horrible. Right now I have a Dreame L20ULTRA. The truth is that I always have it in silent mode or at most standard mode. It makes little noise, sucks well and scrubs better. For now, of all the ones I've tried, I can only recommend that one.

I’ve tried three. Two iRobots. i7+ and the i8+ Currently on Roborock s8 MaxV Ultra, this is the best so far. Still needs help occasionally.

I've had good luck with roomba's for longevity.. had an 870 vacuum only, 10 yrs and i8+ for 7, vacuum only ( but can't vacuum my Persian rug but neither can most robot/mop ones. dreame x40 did good .. but I feel like they all are kind of hit or miss at this point

I8+ WAS GREAT FOR ME!

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’ve a roomba i8 and find it pretty good. It mops and vaccuums

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

It's hard for people to recommend since few people would test their vacuums with this much fur. Picking up hair from hard floors is easy for any robot vacuums, even on low suction settings. I think the challenge will be keeping the bin from filling or the dock from clogging. iRobot roomba i+ and j+ series are suited for this as they have sensors that detect debris building up in the vacuum path and send the bot to the dock to auto-empty and resume. Whatever you get, you will likely need to run regularly and maybe one room at a time.

Check Facebook marketplace and the like, lots of people sell their like new or new ones. I got a Roomba + Braava combo for less than half MSRP brand new. I got it because I moved into a home with laminate floors instead of carpet, and it's been amazing. I have two cats, and so between their fur and the litter tracking, plus just life, the floors can get pretty dirty in just a couple days, to where I can feel it on my feet and I feel dirty walking around. Running my Roomba once in the morning everyday has kept everything feeling super clean, and I even have one that maps the house so I can have it just clean the kitchen after I finish cooking dinner. Like others said, it's not going to keep floors 100% clean, but it'll keep it a manageable 80-90% clean between your deep cleans.

Oh yeah, my mop doesn't heat the water at all. Doesn't compare to a proper actual hot mop, but it's more for just keeping it feeling nice between cleans.

There’s actually a roomba that does both vacuuming and light mopping (think of it like roomba swiffer). It has a reservoir of the liquid at the charging station and a bag dispenser for the dust as well. I never felt older than when I got genuinely excited for a roomba like I would for a console when I was younger. That’s my “treat yourself” buy when I get my next bonus lol

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.

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👌

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. 

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.

I have a Roomba and their mop version too. love them, been working well for two plus years with regular part replacement (filters, rollers etc).

What you need is a Roomba with a base: the "+" model. It self empties into the base. It changes your life. I have an old English Sheepdog

Hi, I’m not a mom but my roomba with self-emptying base is a - and I cannot stress this enough - fucking lifesaver. I have three cats, have hardwood and carpet and the roomba is literally one of the only reasons my floors look even remotely clean. Beware: I owned one without the self-emptying base thing and I never used it because emptying it every time it was full was a barrier I wouldn’t get past. Getting the base where the roomba empties itself is a GAME CHANGER.

All the i and j7 and below series vacuums have the same motor. Only the s9 and j9 have more suction, the s9 is actually better suction. On hard floors any of them will pick up the hair. The s9 will do very well on the area rugs. Not worth buying the combo models.

I guess I’m the outlier here but I love mine. I have the self emptying, mapping Roomba. It mapped my space great and does a really good job cleaning. Self emptying is the best upgrade, as I previously had a much cheaper model and haaaated emptying that thing constantly.

Get a roomba with the self-emptying base station. Pays for itself 10 times over.

If you get a roomba I highly recommend one that self-empties into a tower. We run ours 4 days a week in our bedroom, the living room, front hall. Kitchen, dining room. It keeps the ACD tumbleweeds at bay between weekly Dyson vacuumings.

We’ve used a self emptying Roomba for years. 3 dogs, a Basset, a Lab, and a Terrier. All are moderate shedders and fur accumulation is a problem. All three are indoor/outdoor dogs and mud is a consideration for us. We have area rugs from Costco that help dry paws and pick up some dirt. We launder them at a coin-op each month to save wear and tear on our washer. The Roomba is fine for keeping visible areas tidy, but one pass on the floor and the internal bin will fill with fur and dust. We still vacuum with a stick vac in corners and under furniture, Roomba can’t reach. No mopping robot can keep up with mud from paws if you live in a rainy muddy area. Invest in a good Swiffer wet mop or a light weight bucket based mop.

I started with a eufy and it was pretty good on all hardwood floors. It would pile some fire up in the corners I could pick up. But then I upgraded to a roomba with the self emptying thing and I love it. The app and tutorials are very helpful.

Thats literally crazy.. I've had my roomba for like 5 years now.. We have 3 big dogs and a cat, in a small house. Still works great, I've replaced the brushes and obviously the filters on it but it still works awesome.

Robot vacuum. We have a roomba with the self emptying bin, SAVED MY SANITY.

I have a Roomba that I picked up from Costco. It can be controlled via app and it has a self emptying base.

I have the Wyze robot vac and a roomba self emptying vac. I vastly prefer the performance of the wyze vac.

We love ours. We have one for upstairs and downstairs. Don’t try to get a cheap one, we did that and went through a couple of them pretty quickly. Now we have two good ones (iRobot) with the bin that they self empty into when they get full. We have three kids, two dogs, and a cat that sheds more than both dogs combined, and having robot vacuums has been a game changer. Before we got the one with the bins, it would get full and need emptying before it finished a whole cycle. Now it goes and empties itself and then goes back to cleaning. It’s some trial and error at first. Just run it the first few times when you’re watching it to see where it has any problems. Then you can try to adjust any problem areas. Our upstairs vacuum doesn’t go into the bedrooms because the kids have lots of tiny Barbie shoes and stuff. We have them clean up good and just regular vacuum real quick every other week or so (and we keep bedroom doors closed so the pets don’t go in there to keep hair shedding out). But the robot keeps the main areas of the house from getting hairballs and dirty. We recently got a robot mop as well, and that has been awesome! I feel like it’s just like having any other vacuum. You have to get everything picked up off the floor before you start. You wouldn’t start regular vacuuming with things still on the floor. If there are areas that it gets stuck often, either block it off or try to adjust any problem areas. We usually pull all of the dining room chairs away from the table so that it can get a good clean under the table and around it. We run the vacuums & mop anytime we leave the house, and it’s so nice coming home to freshly vacuumed and mopped floors!

I bought one well over a year ago possibly on year 2. iRobot self emptying. If it only lasted a year I’d buy another one. It works as well as it did when I bought it. I replace the rollers and the brush thingy like twice. Get the iRobot replacement the knock off parts lasted like a week. I have all tile. Bedroom is carpet. If it runs everyday it’s not a problem on carpet. If it’s a few days of fur it creates nests I just hand pick up. I don’t have to do this if it runs daily. Completely worth it. I also live near a beach and it straight picks up all the sand too. It’s great. Never not having one.

I have one basic Roomba that moves around randomly and another that supposedly maps the space. The cheaper, random movement robot is vastly superior in all ways.