iRobot - Roomba j7+
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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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."
"Yesterday my wife left a six way charger on the floor with six USB cables coming out of it and I think that the robot just vacuumed it and carried on and there was no photo but apparently no problem either."
"My iRobot J7+ is excellent at obstacle avoidance. ... Even avoided tiny puke on carpet once that I hardly noticed."
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"Honestly, when I have it on schedule, it keeps the house clean and I don't see any hair at all"
"To me, the most important thing is cleaning all the dirt and leaves, and trash stuck on his fur from the outside on a daily basis... and the robots take care of that."
"I’ve been using the iRobot Roomba j7+, and it’s been such a relief for handling pet hair! ... I have a Labrador and a cat, and their hair used to be everywhere, especially on my rugs. The Roomba does an amazing job on both hardwood floors and carpets, and it rarely misses a spot."
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"Comes with a base station that it blows the content into. ... Super low maintenance that way."
"The self emptying bots are a game changer for the hair. The device itself gets so much less tangled up and grody when it can purge."
"The self-empting feature is great, rarely had an issue with that."
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"To me, the most important thing is cleaning all the dirt and leaves, and trash stuck on his fur from the outside on a daily basis... and the robots take care of that."
"Honestly, when I have it on schedule, it keeps the house clean and I don't see any hair at all"
"literally NOTHING robot works like an iRobot that I’ve seen so far esp the j7 and the 988 those are the strongest in their class"
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"My j7+ is three years old and has zero issues."
"I have 270 hours on it so far with no issues ... I rate the j5+ highly."
"iRobot’s support is phenomenal. I had a product that didn’t work well in my house and after a couple quick and easy replacement units they upgraded my product."
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"The j7 got stuck often, maybe 1 out of 4 cleanings it either sucked up a cat toy or jammed itself under something."
"And *my favorite part* is that after the first week or so it’s physically incapable of doing a full run one the place without needing to be rescued from *something* (shadows, can’t find the doc, “stuck” in a room with the door wide open)."
"half the time it isnt running because of a clog in the vaccuum bin or base station. ... The bin is usually easy to fix, but this last time it was the tube that goes to the bag (another expense i didnt have with the shark) and that required disassembly."
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"pretty pathetic excuse for mopping"
"The retractable mops on the latter look very fragile to me ... and I actually had to return my J7+ because that retractable mop wasn't working anymore"
"Robot vacuums can mop well , but Roomba just can ’t."
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"It ’s super loud ... Noise at least on hardwood is easily double the qrevo"
"Plus they were obnoxiously loud."
"It’s loud. ... We have a one story house so it will wake you up if you try to run it at night, and my kids are scared of it."
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"The battery life was terrible it couldn’t vacuum my newest 1 bedroom apartment without needing to recharge for 2.5 hrs with the most recent update."
"He has also had problems with the batteries crapping out constantly and needing replaced because the capacity deteriorates so badly"
"the connections will not recharge the machine and that’s not fixable."
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"Suction power is non-existent and it WONT pick up pet hair from mats."
"half the time it isnt running because of a clog in the vaccuum bin or base station. ... The bin is usually easy to fix, but this last time it was the tube that goes to the bag (another expense i didnt have with the shark) and that required disassembly."
"My roomba j7 does always get stuck on hairs from my big dog… and it’s so annoying…"
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