iRobot - Roomba® Plus 505 Combo robot + AutoWash™ dock
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Last updated: Dec 14, 2025 Scoring
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"I also live near a beach and it straight picks up all the sand too. ... It’s great."
"It deals with the dog hair (I’ve got two sheps) better than the older roombas"
"the vac feature is excellent. ... Since we have a young son & a dog that sheds constantly, I'm ok w/just the vac👌"
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"It deals with the dog hair (I’ve got two sheps) better than the older roombas"
"I also live near a beach and it straight picks up all the sand too. ... It’s great."
"the vac feature is excellent. ... Since we have a young son & a dog that sheds constantly, I'm ok w/just the vac👌"
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"It runs daily at 9:30 am, recharges and empties itself, then finishes rhe rest around 2 in the afternoon. ... That robot is a wonderful thing."
"my roomba with self-emptying base is a - and I cannot stress this enough - fucking lifesaver. ... I owned one without the self-emptying base thing and I never used it because emptying it every time it was full was a barrier I wouldn’t get past. Getting the base where the roomba empties itself is a GAME CHANGER."
"I upgraded to a roomba with the self emptying thing and I love it."
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"Room mapping was super quick and accurate! ... the 505 mapped the whole apartment in ~18 minutes."
"It mapped my space great"
"Very fast to map"
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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."
"It deals with the dog hair (I’ve got two sheps) better than the older roombas"
"the vac feature is excellent. ... Since we have a young son & a dog that sheds constantly, I'm ok w/just the vac👌"
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"it starts just wadding up hair and leaving it in chunks"
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"it starts just wadding up hair and leaving it in chunks"
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"does use a bit too much liquid for me to be comfortable letting it mop hardwood."
I got the 505! This is my 3rd robot, my second roomba. My first one was a Neato D4. First impressions: Room mapping was super quick and accurate! My apartment is not big (2bed 2 bath) and the 505 mapped the whole apartment in ~18 minutes. Cleaning: So far so good! Mops really well and it reaches the corners with high precision Overall, Im very impressed so far. I will do more testings over the week. Highlight: the noise! It is super quiet, my cats and my dog are not even disturbed with the noise.
r/roomba • Roomba 505 - cleaning video ->Push for the 505. Although it does have lidar, the 405 does not have the obstacle avoidance tech of the J9. The 505 does.
r/roomba • Roomba replacement advice ->Personally, I would only consider the 505 mop combo at this time. At $599 currently, it’s discounted but I wouldn’t say extraordinarily so. The 405 mop combo is similar to the 505 and has a much better discount at $399. For me, though, the lack of obstacle avoidance in the 405 is a deal-killer. The 505 also has heated drying of the mop pads and can swing one of the mop pads out to reach corners, something the 405 also lacks. Not as big of a deal to me as the lack of object avoidance in the 405.
r/roomba • First time homeowner , considering buying a mop+vac with the prime day sale. Are the prices actually good? And any recommendations? ->I just got the 505 upgraded from the 405 and you couldn't convince me to buy anything else I love this thing. And it's not going under no way no how.
r/RobotVacuums • Why shouldn’t I buy a Roomba? ->I’ve had the newest Roomba505 auto empty, auto wash, vacuum and mop combo for a couple of months now and I freaking love it. I got an email this morning they’re trying to suck me into buying another with a big sale right now... $599 for that one I think? I paid more a couple of months ago but it’s been totally worth it. It deals with the dog hair (I’ve got two sheps) better than the older roombas and so far hasn’t gotten tangles around the brush or the mop heads.
r/germanshepherds • We are finally caving in… which roomba do you use? 😂😩 ->My mom didn’t like the s9+ I gifted her, long story. I got her the Roomba 505 and she loves it!! The switch to LiDAR was a huge improvement.
r/RobotVacuums • My wife is no longer complaining about how much I spent on the robot vacuum ->I have the 505 combo and it avoids things very well and snakes through chair legs etc much better than I thought it would. Not sure what the 705 upcharge is for
r/roomba • Max 705 Vac Robot vs. Max 705 Combo ->Sorry but that doesn't mean the 505 is more "upscale". It's just a different segment as it offers vac + mop. 705 only offers vac (no mop) but it's much better as a vac than 505 is. 705 Combo will be following soon.
r/roomba • Got the new Roomba 705 Max ->Oh finally we're speaking! - Roomba classic dual rubber brushes - DirtDetect - PrecisionVision RGB camera Seems like a mix of iRobot IPs on a Picea-iRobot jointly designed shell. Looks like there is no side wall sensor (unless it's hidden behind the black number) which would be a downside for me. But overall, much better than the initial series Roomba 105-505. Will there be a Combo version of 705? Curious to see 805/905/1005.
r/roomba • Roomba Max 705 ->I just had my fifteenth back surgery and fused at L1/2 and L4/5. I bought the 507 from Costco (same as the 505) for vacuuming and mopping. Very fast to map, cleans great.
r/roomba • Help buying the right Roomba ->I had a 105 and that does not avoid any cable / plant obstacles, in this respect the j7/9 are way better. The rest of the time the navigation on the 105 is sensible, only on 1st run did it behave really oddly. I returned the 105 for 505.
r/roomba • New 405 just arrived! ->My 505 doesn’t seem to have any sign have matter support.
r/HomeKit • These Robot Vacuums have native Matter support ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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