iRobot - i7
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Last updated: Aug 12, 2025 Scoring
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"My roomba 7 is 5 years old and works fine"
"almost all comments from owners with high hours (maybe 800+) were either roborock S5s, old random pattern roombas, and i series roombas. ... People are getting very long lifespans with new Roombas, providing they don't want to upgrade to something with more features ... I still haven't ran into this issue after 1k jobs and 380 hours runtime on my j5+"
"my roomba j5+ is the only one that is reliable and working at the moment"
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"They have mapping and self-emptying, which for me are absolutely essential features. ... We've had others without the self-emptying feature and I never emptied them regularly enough, which rendered them less effective."
"Imo having the base where it can go back and empty itself is key. ... On its usual run of our main floor (maybe 800sf) it will empty itself mid-run and then finish."
"the i7 really rocks as the first time it went a few times to the tower to empty the tummy."
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"having it clean every other day or something helps with what the dogs bring in from the back yard and the cats tracking litter."
"I seriously love iRobot hardware vacuum performance as in the amount of dirt they pick up"
"a model good for pet hair."
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"having it clean every other day or something helps with what the dogs bring in from the back yard and the cats tracking litter."
"my i7 Roomba is great for getting the floors free of dust and light debris"
"I had a i7 that lasted about 5 years. ... it was still chugging along after daily use for over 4 years."
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"The combo 10 max (almost the same obstacle avoidance as all other modern/j-series iRobot models) initially scored in vacuum war's top ten for obstacle avoidance. ... It's also the only brand that guarantees avoidance of pet poo."
"the Roomba was WAY better at navigation and not getting stuck in fun and interesting places every day. ... The "bumping into everything" part is why my roomba didn't get stuck nearly as often."
"They'll still eat feather toys but they've been good at avoiding springs and puff balls."
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"It always seems to know where I am and will do whatever to annoy me. In the kitchen? It insists on cleaning beneath my feet. Watching TV? Better spend an hour on that rug right below the TV. Reading? Better get stuck behind the chair. It feels malicious at this point and I deeply fantasize about pulling an officespace on it."
"It manages to get into the tightest of spaces, but can't find its way back out."
"I got about 8 months out of a roomba before the thing went feral. ... It would try to get out the backdoor and down the deck stairs. ... After awhile it would just come out of the dock, spin, and go back home."
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"I’m constantly cleaning tanged hair from the brushes. ... I’m honestly tired of cleaning the brushes with a scissors 😩"
"We have dogs that shed a lot. It just got to the point where I was doing more babysitting of the vacuum than actual vacuuming."
"The only issue is I used to have long hair and it would get sooo tangled - it would tell me the Roomba was stuck in a corner somewhere, when really it was a clump of hair so big it physically pushed it up 😭"
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"unlike Roomba, which had its spin brush break every three weeks."
"It broke a few months ago"
"I got about 8 months out of a roomba before the thing went feral. ... It would try to get out the backdoor and down the deck stairs. ... After awhile it would just come out of the dock, spin, and go back home."
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"the replacement rollers, etc. are crap"
"crazy expensive."
"none of them lasted more than 2 years ... iRobots are absolute junk"
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"It always seems to know where I am and will do whatever to annoy me. In the kitchen? It insists on cleaning beneath my feet. Watching TV? Better spend an hour on that rug right below the TV. Reading? Better get stuck behind the chair. It feels malicious at this point and I deeply fantasize about pulling an officespace on it."
"It will frequently violate its no go zones and either get stuck or move shit around."
"I got about 8 months out of a roomba before the thing went feral. ... It would try to get out the backdoor and down the deck stairs. ... After awhile it would just come out of the dock, spin, and go back home."
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