iRobot - i3 (Base Model)

I have the Roborock Qrevo Plus, and it has been amazing! I have light colored floors and a black Dane and black Cocker. The robot runs every night and every morning we have clean floors. I have a 8 month old baby who is crawling so am also on the floor a lot and I’m always amazed by how spotless they are! Mapping was quick and painless, and I hardly ever have to intervene or rescue it. I also have a iRobot i3 and it’s a night and day difference. App is easy to use, and we have had it for just about a year and have had no problems. Refill clean water and dump dirty mop water once a week. Obstacle avoidance seems to work pretty well too, no incidents yet!

I owned iRobot i3 - worked fine, but only real sensor - was front bumper, so he was “dumb”. Best thing about iRobot is that you can replace every part without 3rd party help. I had it for several years, not a single problem whatsoever.

In case of i3 there was no problem with hair on the rollers. I cleaned hair from tips of the roller from time to time, but that was like 30sec cleanup. More hairs were collected in the front wheel, but it was removable and easily cleaned.

I have an irobot i3 and it runs every day without issues. The replacement rollers and filters are available cheap on Amazon. It collects plenty of debris and cat hair, mix of carpets and hard floors.

Our irobot roomba gobbles pet hair and it's a basic i3 model. You have a roborock budget though and reddit is going to steer you towards that or just tell you to get a Miele vacuum.

A robovac to me is not a substitute for vacuuming thoroughly once at least every other week. It helps keep little things off the floor, and gives you inspiration to pick up if you need it. I have a roomba i3 that cleans very well on carpet and hard floors, but yes you do have to make sure there are not loose cords or other objects around, I consider that a good thing. If you're looking to uplift fibers a cordless vacuum isn't the solution at anything lower than the highest price points. Cheap cordless vacuums are sweepers at best.

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.

We have the i3 without the tower. It works ok. It helps, it still doesn’t get everything but it makes the floors look ok for a minute.

I had an i3 and it wasnt great. I upgraded to the 705 and I friggin love this one.

Any models with dual rollers imo. Any with single rollers dont do well with picking it up and get stuck with dog hair, even if they advertise not doing so. I've had i3 and it did fine and now I have 705 and it does even better.

And that sux! They are too expensive ..ordered the flow hoping it gets better in the corners and vacuums better..and guess I'm spoiled old roombas that are like tanks and last a long rime..has 3 yr warranty and comes with some stuff..I would think of it came to Costco it would be about the same.. but surprised doesn't have soap dispensary.. but does have a bigger battery so hoping 🤞🤞.. weirdly I cried giving up the 3i but it kept getting stuck in places I don't have problems with the others..😪

I bought a roomba i3 in 2020, and it's still working fine Every part is easily replaced, and there is lifetime support that I use once to replace the battery Although that was before it was bought by Amazon, I don't know if it's still the same

Oh! I didn't know It's still robust and serviceable, but yeah, parts might be hard to find soon

Just got mine for 85$ a couple weeks ago. It was pretty beatup. But I cleaned it up, replaced rollers, filters, and tires. Also took apart the base and cleaned it up. The thing is a beast. I had a i3 for a while so maybe that why it feels like such an upgrade. U could tell they definitely went all out on it

For vac only, especially on carpet the roomba i3 on Amazon in like new condition was $70 last week. It’s $100 now but worth keeping an eye on it for a really cheap vacuum only robot. Especially on carpet the roomba 2 roller vacs do really well.

100%. I got a roomba i3 for under $50 and it vacuums on carpet really well. The roller design matters a lot, can’t believe some higher end models still have a single roller. Even with the patent expiring they still cheap out.

Roomba i3 on Amazon like new for $60. The base station came very used and clogged, complained to Amazon and got a full refund without having to return it. Does pretty well for my upstairs carpet only.