Roomba Max 705 Vac robot

What I currently have! https://www.irobot.com/en_US/roomba-max-705-vac-robot-plus-autoempty-dock/W155020.html

If you are in the market for just a vac the 705 is amazing. We have both the vac only and the 705 combo. Our first combo went back due to a failed mopping motor and they happily replaced it. Our newer one doesn’t seem to vac as well.

We have had the new roomba 705 max for a week now and it is absolutely brilliant. Granted it is a vac only the suction is amazing, the mapping is spot on, and the obstacle avoidance is far and away an improvement over what we had before. I will admit i have not had other brands in our home, i fall into that category of being brand loyal if the brand hasn’t pissed me off. The reason we went with the vac only model was we liked how having a separate mop worked for us in the past. I didn’t know how i would feel about a tankless mop that drug wet pads across the house. All of our hard surfaces intersect so not really a big deal, but with that said if they came out with a mop only that had upgraded navigation as much as the 705 has i’d buy it tomorrow!

The odd thing about the worry about the company not being there is if people buy the products that won’t be an issue. We purchased the new 705 and are VERY happy with it.

we bought iRobot because we had their product in the past and had good results with it. i don’t feel it’s an inferior product because it does the job (and better than expected) at a price point at or below the last product i purchased from them 5 years ago. Could i have looked at other companies…maybe but i was satisfied with what i had before so i went back. I’m not entirely sure that your assessment of at a competitive price is correct from what i did see while waiting on the 705 to be released.

you obviously have way more time to spend researching and memorizing product info than i do. maybe you should have a youtube channel. I wanted a vac. It promised better suction than what i had. It has obstacle avoidance which is more than i had (btw it does work seemingly contrary to your opinion) I didn’t care to purchase a product that i knew nothing about or had no familiarity with so for me that was enough for me to make a decision to buy a $900 product without spending days researching products i generally don’t see in stores or see advertising for. I didn’t make a recommendation, i commented on your negative opinion of a vac because of speculation on the company’s solvency. Odds are someone will buy them if they don’t make their figures and that company will service them for a while. That said I can recommend the 705 if i am happy with it inspite of your negative opinion of it. Because i have had it cleaning my house for 2 weeks. The nap on the carpets have lifted again in the high traffic areas and it’s mapping and obstacle avoidance are exactly as advertised. It’s all in what you want to spend your money on.

we have both 705 models and are very happy with them

I have both 705 Max models and love them. I cannot say there haven’t been hiccups with the combo, but nothing that makes me want to light it on fire.

If you are concerned about hair i really would suggest getting a bit with dual rollers instead of the single. I have both 705 max models. Combo on the main floor for the lvp flooring. We have been pleased with them. i do kinda miss the dry sweeping option of having the brava but the navigation on the 705s is amazing and made me forget all about that until i wrote this comment.

Navigation is better, but battery dies before it returns to dock. Now I have a constant error that the dust bin is not installed. Anybody have a solution to that?

Someone will buy it. The product line won't go away. Regardless the vacuum will work fine for a long time even if app access is lost. I have a 2014 version I still use on the regular. 

Max 707 is pretty bad. Go in your settings and tell the robot to empty itself more.

I LOVED my Roomba J9+. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of going the iRobot Select route instead of buying it outright and when it was time for a new robot, I got the 705 max and it is just awful in comparison. Navigation might be slightly better but it has major issues with the app, gets hair tangled constantly, won’t make a proper seal with the redesigned dock, doesn’t give proper notifications on errors and leaves you guessing why it just randomly decided to stop doing anything. And the Matter integration is very poor, at least with Apple Home. Always gets stuck as “updating” instead of the live status. TL;DR: Don’t get the Roomba 705 Max.

You forgot the most important question which is what your budget is. I have 2 German shedders and a chocolate lab. I've had an S9 that worked pretty well for the last 5 years on hard floors. Technology and anti-long hair tangle has come a long way and, almost any new bot in the mid-range or premium range are going to do great at anti-tangle. I know people really don't like roomba right now but, 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 tested a Dreame X50 too and frankly it was about the same result there too albeit the dreame did it much more quietly.