iRobot - Wifi Connected j9 Robot Vacuum

It’s way quieter than the Roomba J9+ and the Shark IQ. Those both sound like jet engines.

Irobot has a camera for object avoidance. I think it works pretty great.  It worked perfectly in the beginning, but God forbid when you are training the ai(?) by reviewing the photos you ever allow anything as "not an obstacle" then it will run over similar things forever. Like string, after I told it a cord off the ground was not an obstacle. :(

We use a Roomba J9+ for this use case and it does well.

The combo has a mop, but you can buy the non combo version that is just a vacuum.

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?

I have 4 dogs so feel your pain, also 3 Women in our house so hair is a problem. I don't have the eufy S1 yet, but I think the Eufy X10 Pro is great but it doesn't get much love here. Also the Roomba J9+ vacuum only robot is fantastic.

I have 4 dogs and have a J9+ vacuum only version and am extremely happy with it. Just keep up on maintenance and cleaning it and it will do a great job.

I have 4 dogs so I understand the issue well. About 3 months ago or so I upgraded from my trusty i7+ to the J9+ vacuum only version and while I was happy before I couldn't believe what a huge upgrade it was. It runs quite a bit quieter, the suction is far more powerful, a large battery that will do my house in one run with many other upgrades that made this device worth it to me. I was able to get it on sale for I think $300 off so that helped my decision also, so check for sale prices. You already have a Roomba so I'm sure you are aware but maybe for others who might read this just know that it can take several runs until it reaches a baseline clean so expect to have to pick up clumps of hair and clean the rollers, wheel and side brush after every run until it's just everyday maintenance. I can skip one day but any more than that and it's dog hair chaos! I love how much it helps with keeping dust down and the air much cleaner so I'm not seeing nothing but hair floating around in those spots of sunshine in the house 😃

You can never have too many dogs 😉 Your advice is solid though. My J9+ vacuum only keeps our home clean with our dogs. 🐶

Hiya, we have Bernese mountain dogs, a Westie and just lost our Corgie recently 😔 Our house knows a thing or two about dog hair. Our J9+ Vacuum only device is amazing at keeping our floors and air clean. It runs daily, sometimes the master bedroom needs twice because all it takes is one Bernese wrestling match to leave hair everywhere 😂. My settings are 2 passes and high suction. Maintenance is key, especially with pets! I remove hair from rollers daily, and each weekend I do a more thorough cleaning like blowing out the filter with an electric air blower, removing the front wheel and clearing the hair, removing the plastic caps from the end of the rollers to clean the hair from there, wiping down the charging contacts, which takes less than 5 mins. This will keep your device, and you, happy 🙂

I have dogs so vacuum daily. My J9+ vacuum only does a great job with my hardwood/tile flooring, plus the two carpeted bedrooms. I just make sure to clean the rollers after each run and then do a 5 minute deep clean on the weekends where I blow out the filter outside and clean the hair from the end caps of the rollers and the front wheel. There are a bunch of new models since this version so others might have good advice on those.

Yeah, Roomba’s been coasting on name recognition for years. Hardware’s fine, but the software is way behind Dreame, Roborock, even Ecovacs. J series especially has dumb pathing issues. You’re not crazy though. Plenty of us jumped ship 😅

I think the Roomba J9+ is the best fit for this scenario. Object avoidance is on par with the best of them, although none are perfect. Note that object avoidance is meant to avoid things that can get robot jammed up or make a worse mess, like cords or pet waste. Larger objects, like bags and chair legs, it will bump into but do no harm.

I believe the J-series all have the same object avoidance, but don't get confused with the "Combo" versions. Those have mops and are much more expensive. The J9+ (non-combo) is currently the only J sold that is vacuum-only. It's currently $500 US, which really isn't that much more than what you can get a used J7+ for, but you'd miss the 2x suction power, the 2x battery life, and the warranty.

I don't know about the new lineup, but nothing beats a Roomba 9-series on carpet, though. Even on hard floors, my Saros 10 misses a lot of spots that my J9 never did.

Yes, agree. I'm deeply disappointed and frustrated how things are progressing (regressing) in this regard. They can generally do parallel lines well enough, as long as the "intelligent" modes are turned off. But I find they generally require two passes to clean up what my older robots did in one pass. Glass sliding doors, or patterns in the floor, can cause them to swerve and miss areas. The Ecovacs in particular avoided a whole area on the floor because of a shadow cast by my countertop there. The Narwal made a perfect map of my upstairs, but when I directed it to go to only clean my laundry room, it went to every other room first trying to find a back way in, finally it got to the edge of the laundry room, turned around and again went to every other room, then got to the laundry room a 2nd time, and then finally went in to clean it. This repeated every time. I had a Dreame that would get stuck in some sort of virtual box until I moved it out with my foot. My dining table has a round pedestal base. No robot in the last few years will vacuum tightly around it. They all leave about a 1" gap, which is exactly where the crumbs tend to collect. I still keep my Roomba J9+ in service to go clean up after the others once a week. Another thing that foils modern robots is cleaning close around chair legs. I do a test, sprinkling some oatmeal around a chair leg. Modern robots will get about 50%-75% of it, but my old Roombas would consistently get all of it. It may be an unpopular opinion, but the best navigation, edge/corner cleaning, and overall coverage I've ever seen was from my Roomba S9.

They were great 7 years ago. Try the new ones. J9+ ect. I'm not arguing, it's just my opinion.

So I love mine saves so Much time and effort. I just make sure kids mess is in 1 room or picked up at night into bins and then just run it. Technically the Roomba j9+ I have avoids items in the ground but still I prefer to clean up the floor before it goes off to vacuum and mop. I do still need to mop weekly or so for a good cleanup but definitely vacuum is done.

I’m thinking of getting the 707 next month (if it stays at 899) have the j9+ and not happy with the mopping . How do you like the roller versus the circular ones on the others?

Costco has it and I’ve been thinking about it as my j9 doesn’t do a great job mopping

Agreed, I had to have my j9+ replaced once because of several issues and the replacement dock they sent me doesn’t even work! The J5 has been great though, these combo robots are not very good IMO