iRobot - Roomba i6+ (6550)
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Last updated: Aug 12, 2025 Scoring
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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."
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"We've had it since 2021."
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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."
"sensors that detect debris building up in the vacuum path and send the bot to the dock to auto-empty and resume."
"I have an iRobot Roomba that empties its own bag into a base. Love it."
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"Love not having to vacuum under beds and sofas."
"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."
"setting it on a schedule to sweep the litter box area is a huge help"
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"which makes it lose wifi and then its a brick ... when their cloud service would go down you can’t use the thing at all, not even manually"
"by 2023 the battery degraded at least 25% ... it would frequently not be able to dock itself and end up draining its battery which makes it lose wifi and then its a brick"
"when their cloud service would go down you can’t use the thing at all, not even manually"
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"it also rams into corners and things like super hard"
"it also rams into corners and things like super hard"
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"by 2023 the battery degraded at least 25% ... it would frequently not be able to dock itself and end up draining its battery which makes it lose wifi and then its a brick"
"by 2023 the battery degraded at least 25% ... it would frequently not be able to dock itself and end up draining its battery"
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"I spend 3-4 minutes putting things like litter baskets and chairs up off the floor so it has a better reach, then schedule it to run 3x. Then turn the schedule off again and return loose items to the floor."
"It took some prep to make my home ready for it--furniture needs to be high enough (and legs wide enough apart) for it to run up under. ... Lamp cords need to be secured."
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"which makes it lose wifi and then its a brick ... when their cloud service would go down you can’t use the thing at all, not even manually"
"by 2023 the battery degraded at least 25% ... it would frequently not be able to dock itself and end up draining its battery which makes it lose wifi and then its a brick"
"when their cloud service would go down you can’t use the thing at all, not even manually"
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