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Roomba Plus 504 Vac Robot + AutoEmpty™ dock

iRobot Roomba Plus 504 Vac Robot + AutoEmpty™ dock

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Sentiment score50% positive
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Last updated: Oct 15, 2026

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Reddit IconRicoRavenpaw
10 months ago

I just went from a roomba i3 to a Roomba plus 504, it's a vacuum with an auto empty dock. Two giant dogs, tile/rugs/carpet in our home and expecting our first baby. This version is smarter and quieter than our last one, with multiple cleaning modes (smart, spot, standard, and deep) and the map is user friendly! I can just select what rooms I want and what type of vacuuming I want and it does it's thing. If it gets too full mid job it goes and empties itself. The auto dock is loud like a shop vac or tiny jet, but it's only about 10 seconds of noise and it's done. The dock lets you know when the bag is full. I work 10 hour days and come home, eat dinner, and while I shower I select a room or two for it to go to town on. It doesn't bump into stuff like the i3 did because it has a front camera, headlight, and better LiDAR system. I know Roomba is facing a financial crisis and potential bankruptcy, but I'm not regretting my purchase whatsoever. I got it on sale for black Friday from Amazon for 379 (and then it went down further to 329 lol)

Reddit IconBlooregard89
11 months ago

I bought a Roomba that can mop and vacuum (pricey models are great). I bought a bunch of replacement rags/mops on Temu for a few euros, and exchange them every now and then. All you have to do besides that is fill its water tank with clean water and floor soap. I also went on my Roomba's App, drew out a map of my house, and set a cleaning schedule for every single day on setting 'deep clean'. And he keeps the floors like 98% spotless, while we have 2 long-haired dogs and 1 short hair cat. We still vacuum and mop ourselves like once a week or so. But if need be we could easily skip that. The difference has been amazing. Googly eyes are optional. ;) Why do it yourself if a robot can do it for you?

Reddit IconJefreta
12 months ago

I Jumped the Robo Vacs wagon with a cheap " bump and go " to see if it was a fit for me.. Finally gave up after 3 years, RIP, so decided to get into the new Roomba line with Lidar and " advertised" better bells and whistles.. My dead $80 Vac beats the hell put of the $250 I paid for this crap and the headaches I endured with the software wasn't worth it.. Still after many updates, my Lefants software was better than this one.. Roomba is on it's way out and rightfully so..

Reddit IconLeather_Bicycle_2697
11 months ago

My Roomba is also lasting like forever, I just replace the battery every couple years and it still comes back with a lot of debris it captured. The bot is 880. Also their new LiDAR bot is high quality too

Reddit IconLegitimate-Put599
10 months ago

We have a roomba with the self emptying container. Works great for quick cleans, with our previous 2 and now our current big boy. We also have a stick vac to get the edges the roomba can't reach or tight spaces. For the bedroom we have a standard rug beater to handle all the floofs the roomba can't pick up! Currently in mid blow so they are working overtime.

Reddit IconLow_Site_5877
11 months ago

Correct. I got my first basic roomba very cheap from a friend and found out it worked well in my house. Eventually upgraded to a self emptying roomba when it died and then bought my first vac/mop combo after the second roomba died.

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