iRobot - Roomba 675 (Restored)
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"I have 3 parrots so the floor ALWAYS has something on it. Bird poo, food, small chunks of wood, doesn't matter robots got it covered."
"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."
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"I like the bag. Our bagless vacuums always made a MESS cloud of dust when trying to empty them in the kitchen. I'd have to go outside, and it would still make a cloud all over me. This was easy, close the lid on the bag, lift it out, toss it in the trash, put a new one in. It holds more than I'd typically think, because unlike our bagless, the dirt all gets packed into the bag, it gets more dense. So it holds more than you would expect."
"All the parts that will have tangled hair (like rollers, empty bin, rotating brushes, and wheels) are extremely easy to remove and clean, almost with no tools needed. I literally take only ten minutes to remove every dog hair inside the system."
"The nv352 is rock solid. ... My nv352 lasted almost 12 years, and it still was working, but the wheel broke off due to my own negligence. ... 6 I did was filter changes and a belt change."
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"It has had two battery replacements in its life, and has had a replacement main board once, which added the schedule feature. ... considering you can change all of the parts with a screwdriver and a bit of basic knowledge (how to plug/unplug things)"
"iRobot is cool cus they seem to like Makers tinkering with their products sonthey make them very easy to fix. ... You can swap batteries out, motors, wheels... anything."
"Parts are available and cheap on Amazon."
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"It’s taken 50-60mph gusts on front, rear and side with no issues."
"Very simple design and it's built well (it has even accidentally fallen to the bottom of my pool one time, pulled it out, kept playing and has had no issues)"
"ate the rain and wind storms with no issues. ... It's a tank."
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"We have a deebot, one that mobs and vacuums. ... Don't even hesitate. This thing cleans. We come home and its clean."
"We have had an iRobot Roomba for 17 years. ... This Roomba, with replacements when things wear out, has outlived most other appliances we have."
"they are the most reliable you can get."
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"Every year I disassemble it to clean the vacuum filters and vacuum fan intake. It's a terrible design"
"Sadly there ’s no autoempty dock."
"their tech features just aren't as advanced as some of the newer brands ... If you want something with... auto-empty... you probably want a Roborock"
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"their tech features just aren't as advanced as some of the newer brands ... If you want something with great mapping... you probably want a Roborock"
"their tech features just aren't as advanced as some of the newer brands ... If you want something with... auto-empty... you probably want a Roborock"
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"Hal (main floor roomba) needs maintenance every few days."
"Just dont forget to empty the hopper after each use"
"buy a full supply of extra parts. (Filters, brushes, the little wheel in the front.)"
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"when its not getting hung up on cat toys."
"getting stuck along edges where 2 types of flooring would meet"
"The thing kept running into things"
argorain 1.0My old 675 is cleaning my floors for 7 years and besides occasional maintenance and nowadays bit worn battery no issues whatsoever.
bke0712 1.0I have the older 677. Still works great. If I had to buy another I’d get the self-emptying.. buts she’s only on hard floors, no carpet.
I should add that I do have one older Roomba in our cat litter room. It does do a really good job, but it’s in a square room with LVP and it really can’t go wrong. I don’t know if I would trust it on long dog hair and human hair in thick carpet.
fedaykin909 1.0More complex vacuum and mopping robots with lots of sensors and fail points are probably going to last less long than a simple vacuum. I believe a lot of brands are heavily pushing mop + vacuum because they need replacing more and are more profitable. If longevity is important, I would think about vacuum only if you don't really need the mop. Brands change over time. I have an Irobot 676 which is working just fine 6 years, but they tend to get bad rep lately.
gaudiest-ivy 1.0I got a Roomba 675 at a thrift store for $20 thinking I'd upgrade if I liked it, but the thing worked great to control my husky's shedding (plus two fluffy cats and tracked litter). It doesn't have mapping or and the self-emptying bin thing, but I love it.
LeSilverKitsune 1.0I live in a almost completely hardwood floored Victorian. I have two Roombas: a "rescue" I found at a thrift store for the downstairs and a smaller off brand one for the upstairs that we jokingly say we got from a "breeder." They have names and the dogs treat them about like they treated our cat when he was still alive, tbh. We have mainly white, black spotted pitt/dane crosses and the sheer amount of hair they shed makes me bewildered because *how could they possibly shed that much and not be bald?!*
MurrayTDang 1.0The newest generations of Roomba's seem to be much more competitively priced and seem to be a pretty good value. It was mostly there older line of product offerings from 2021-24 that was outdated and overpriced. I still have a Roomba 675 for my second floor, and while it is an old school low tech model, after 5 years it is still a workhorse, plus there is a ton of aftermarket parts available for replacing worn out parts and filters for cheap.
rightMeow20 1.0This prob isn’t what you want but I’m very happy with the old roombas. I have a 675 and 690 from goodwill for $20 and they both clean very well. They are very repairable and parts & filters are cheap for them from Amazon. I dunno… 1800… 1200… just so they map the place and empty themselves? Takes me 12 seconds to empty the bin after it cleans. The random navigation works really well. I’ve learned where to keep things and how to arrange the chairs / barstools so they don’t get stuck very often. I have 4 cats and every day they pick up all the fur. For mopping I have an old scooba 5900 which actually mops by sucking up the grime… something about dragging around a microfiber towel while spraying water just doesn’t seem effective to me. My house is a 1300 square foot row home though so maybe you have different needs than me.
675 or other 600 series model from a thrift store. $20. Doesn’t empty its self but if you want that you prob need to buy a new one or from someone off marketplace. Honestly emptying the bin yourself after it’s done takes 30 seconds :)
I came here to say this. Goodwill prices roombas without the base for $12 and $20 with base. I found a 675 and 690 there. Parts are available and cheap on Amazon. They work very well. Might need to check the stores regularly until you find one.
675 or other 600 series model from a thrift store. $20. Doesn’t empty its self but if you want that you prob need to buy a new one or from someone off marketplace. Honestly emptying the bin yourself after it’s done takes 30 seconds :)
As proven by the roomba 600 series time and time again suction isn’t always the most important factor in how a robot vacuum cleans but it’s sweeping mechanism is. Suction is also a metric easily manipulated by these companies.
Tablefor1please9987 1.0I have a iRobot named Rita, a Dyson, a Black & Decker dustbuster, a ChomChom Roller, squeeges and sticky rollers. It takes a village with two cats but I stay on top of it as best as I can!
Adventurous-Mud-5508 0.2Older roombas are simple, reliable, durable, effective, and cheap. But they don't have smart navigation or mapping where you can ask them to clean specific areas. If you want navigation they become less cheap and less durable. I have a 10yo 600 series roomba and a new Roborock Q5. Q5 is great but I'm skeptical that it's going to last as long.
Bodegard 0.2Four cats, two with LOTS of hair. Our old Roomba 600-series works just fine, both on persian carpets and wooden flooring.
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