Roomba Max 705 Vac robot

My wife is about to order a robot vacuum today and we’re pretty overwhelmed with all the Roomba models/versions out there. She’s currently leaning toward the iRobot Roomba Max 705 because it’s on sale for around $500 and one of her friends said they love theirs. Wanted to get some opinions before we pull the trigger. Our setup: \- Mostly hardwood floors \- A few area rugs/throw rugs \- No transitions between rooms \- One dog that sheds a moderate amount \- Two kids that constantly make messes \- During the summer they track in sand from our sandbox pretty regularly \- Plenty of room for a dock/base station Main priorities are: \- Good pet hair performance \- Handling everyday crumbs/dirt/sand well \- Reliable navigation \- Not constantly getting stuck \- Decent app/usability \- Low maintenance if possible Also important: we are ONLY looking for a vacuum. We have zero interest in mopping features. For those of you who own the 705, how has it been? Also curious if there are any other Roomba models in the same general price range that we should be looking at before ordering.

I did get it and it’s helping out a lot, I don’t know why I never got a robot vacuum before. Like other said you do have to go around every once in a while and get the corners, underneath the furniture, in the cracks and stuff like that with your regular vacuum but it’s been great. It goes over my rugables fine, and even my living room rug has some fringe on the one side and it does fine with it. Overall it was a great purchase, epically with kids and 1 shedding dog. I did experience one issue, my kids left a dry erase marker laying around and it picked it up and drew lines all over my hardwood, luckily it was dry erase and not a permanent marker because it came right off the ground but yeah, that was a surprise to wake up to lol My buddy shared a horror story that happened to him, his dog pooped on one of his rugs and the robot vacuum went around that night to clean up and it smeared the poop all over the first floor 😳

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

You care about mopping? If not then I’d recommend the 504 plus or the 705 plus. 504 plus is same as 705 plus except a bit lower suction power

The new roombas have quality issues? The 105,205,504, and 705 releases

The new 705 roomba for $600 on sale has LIDR and AI camera object detection, I find other robots with this are closer to the $1000 range

That’s 700 CAD on Amazon right now with discount

I had some carpets and wood floors Also I'm the owner of 705 combo and I really like it. To wash wood floors I'm using zep neutral floor cleaner in Roomba 6.5 ml to 8 ml for tank of water. No issues with floors or machine itself. Only please remember to set routines manually ( highest possible suction of vacuum) before using mopping. 7 dogs in the house and house is 1700 sq ft on the 1st level. The cheapest where you can find it's gonna be eBay Right now you can get one for around $500 plus tax for brand new one. Also most of new Roomba needs to be set in the app and sit for day or so to be fully functional ( updates, self register etc ) Vac only on eBay is running around $300 brand new I did upgrade from vac only 705 max and can't believe I was so cheap and didn't get combo at first place.

I don’t know why. The company was saved. The reason why the felt behind was the deal with Amazon was took months, 17 months, just to not become reality. So for 17 months iRobot could do big moves. Then came the mistake of over buying and they had left over stock. Anyways, I own every one of the robots from their last year line up. They all work just fine, the 707 I had to get replace but it was an issue with the rubber seals which iRobot sent me for the other 707 I own. I say, but from Costco if you are worry, so you can return. If you buy from their website you have 90 days to sent it back.