iRobot - Roomba Max 705 Vac robot
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Last updated: Aug 12, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
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"does the job faster. ... takes half the time to complete vacuuming ... I think the better navigation helps it clean more efficiently and way faster."
"mapped the whole house (1400 sq ft) in 20 minutes. ... Thing is fast."
"It also doesn’t bump into stuff, slows down and turns around before running into anything. I am impressed. ... The navigation is night and day between this and J9+, no more bumping or getting lost. ... I think it’s better, it has the front facing camera which looks to be higher resolution, plus the LiDAR does make a huge difference to the speed of navigation, plus it doesn’t bump into furniture or doors anymore."
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"Suction wise I think it's even better than S9+. ... I think it's great. ... because I feel this cleans better than S9+. ... 705 I find does a better job of vacuuming carpets than even the beast that was S9+."
"705 only offers vac (no mop) but it's much better as a vac than 505 is."
"my max705 just did my while 900 sq/ft space without puking out clumps of hair like my S9 would, on a single pass."
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"It also doesn’t bump into stuff, slows down and turns around before running into anything. I am impressed. ... The navigation is night and day between this and J9+, no more bumping or getting lost. ... I think it’s better, it has the front facing camera which looks to be higher resolution, plus the LiDAR does make a huge difference to the speed of navigation, plus it doesn’t bump into furniture or doors anymore."
"does the job faster. ... takes half the time to complete vacuuming ... I think the better navigation helps it clean more efficiently and way faster."
"the obstacle avoidance is far and away an improvement over what we had before."
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"Two huskies here. We have a self emptying Roomba. We run it 5 days a week. ... But even that cuts manual cleaning time, because I can just take the hand vac to the chunks."
"my max705 just did my while 900 sq/ft space without puking out clumps of hair like my S9 would, on a single pass."
"I run mine at least 2 times a day and I think it helps keep it where hairballs don don’t build up and get stuck in it."
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"It is significantly quieter ... Significantly quieter, even the base auto empty is quieter now. ... I can run 705 with my cats in the same room now, before the S9/J9 were an actual nuisance with noise."
Disliked most:
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"it starts just wadding up hair and leaving it in chunks"
"it tangles hair a lot"
"Do clean the hair out of it after it runs (takes only a couple minutes). ... Spend about a minute getting hair out of its rollers."
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"I test the longterm vacuuming performance (and connected to this to what extend the robot is able ro replace manual cleaning) using certified test dust for both hardfloor and carpets that simulates household dust that is much more difficult to remove even compared to sand (and is mandantory for IEC testing standards for all vacuuming cleaning devices including vacuum robots). ... If you may have seen some of my latest videos or especially about the Saros 10R hardfloor part ... you have seen that these units are no able to remove this dust from my laminat by vacuuming only - they need mopping - and even with mopping they are not able to remove the dust in the gaps/grouts - something that some (by far not all) vacuuming focused robots are able to do without problems. ... besides the iRobot Max 705 that also fails this test"
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"the app will not move to clean phase of program. it wont let me set time or area in automations the screens are stuck at map. ... not the greatest app"
"The app needs a bit more refining. ... You will have to get used to the new app, its completely different, kinda not very intuitive but once I figured it out, its great. ... i don’t get the logic of splitting the app, the older one is better and more intuitive"
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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."
"Do clean the hair out of it after it runs (takes only a couple minutes). ... Spend about a minute getting hair out of its rollers."
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"Don't run it automatically or when you're not home."
"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."
"the app will not move to clean phase of program. it wont let me set time or area in automations the screens are stuck at map. ... not the greatest app"
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