iRobot - Roomba® Plus 505 Combo robot + AutoWash™ dock
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Last updated: Aug 12, 2025 Scoring
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"It has a reservoir of the liquid at the charging station and a bag dispenser for the dust as well."
"I have an iRobot Roomba that empties its own bag into a base. Love it."
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"Room mapping was super quick and accurate! ... the 505 mapped the whole apartment in ~18 minutes."
"Always knows where it is."
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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."
"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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"There’s actually a roomba that does both vacuuming and light mopping (think of it like roomba swiffer)."
"I didn’t notice a drop in quality for vacuuming with a single roller. ... I ran a full house cleaning run yesterday and we we’re impressed with the results."
"Mops really well and it reaches the corners with high precision"
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"I didn’t notice a drop in quality for vacuuming with a single roller. ... I ran a full house cleaning run yesterday and we we’re impressed with the results."
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"iRobot Roomba combo and Braava are really just automated swiffer mops that do not suck up the dirty solution off the floor. ... They spray the floor and drag an absorbent pad over it instead. ... If you have a handheld swiffer with the solution sprayer, you will find that the Roomba mop models work almost identically. ... These will do a general clean but do not scrub the floor and cannot clean up spilled food or drinks."
"it always leaves noticable missed dirt that it has hit, but just pushed around."
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"it always leaves noticable missed dirt that it has hit, but just pushed around."
"It turns the suction up and down (I'm assuming to save battery) as it transitions from hard to carpet. In effect it just leaves a pile of junk next to all the rugs."
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"it starts just wadding up hair and leaving it in chunks"
"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 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."
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"It turns the suction up and down (I'm assuming to save battery) as it transitions from hard to carpet. In effect it just leaves a pile of junk next to all the rugs."
"it starts just wadding up hair and leaving it in chunks"
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