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So, robot is going to robot, right? Various idiosyncrasies involved with this. First of all, the refurb is working great. No discernible issues with that status. But more or less issues with robotic vacuums. First though, the positives: 1. Much smarter than roombas of yore. With app integration, you can have it map out a home, and tell it to intelligently focus on specific areas. I told it to clean the living room yesterday and it went straight there to clean up Christmas tree needles. 2. App is pretty good. Robot is scary good at mapping out your home and providing a user editable/label-able map you can use/reference going forward. 3. Base vacuum - when it works - is a great feature so you don't have to incessantly empty the bin from the robot directly Negatives: 1. Legacy robot vacuuming annoyances. Robot *still* needs to stumble around in a grid fashion, bump into things, is loud, and can get easily clogged requiring intervention. 2. You need to keep a dedicated floor docking area clear for the robot's ingress/outgress. This is easier said than done, when other vacuums are shoved in closets or mounted on walls. 3. Clogs, clogs, clogs. Both robot and the base are susceptible to clogs that require human intervention. I'd really appreciate more Dyson-like engineering which makes it super easy and tool-less to empty common trouble areas. 4. Consumable parts are not cheap, whether just the base debris bags, replacement brushes, or filters. I wish it didn't feel like a racket. Cheaper 3P options are proliferating, but they aren't as good, and frankly Roomba seems to engineer against 3P options (e.g. bags). Anyway, this generation of robot is leaps and bounds better than the last time you checked into this (likely pre 2012). They are still loud and clog often, but clean better and more intelligently. At the end of the day, if you have a good manual vacuum, it's still way more efficient to just vacuum a room and be done with it. But if you like the idea of scheduling cleanings, or you want to maintain a property remotely, or you absolutely hate vacuuming, this is an interesting option. Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
It's nice to have it doing the work for me now. It's pretty easy to set up and it is easy to use. I did have to reset it back to factory and redo it again, only because I was having trouble with wi-fi connection from the iRobot app. Now it works perfectly. And it's nice that it has the Smart Map feature. I love using that. Good product so far. Just got it this week. One word of advice, make sure you set the base near your router for good wi-fi connection.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
We have two cats and mostly solid surface floors. The i7 does a fantastic job of cleaning the floors, including the cat hair. I don't have any experience with any previous robotic vacuums, but the smart room mapping feature is awesome for setting up and scheduling quick, individual room cleanings and for setting up boundaries. The automatic dirt disposal is also extremely handy and basically allows us not have to come home to find the cleaning job hasn't finished due to the bin being full, which is the compliant we heard from friends who do not have the auto dirt removal. The price kept us from buying this for sometime, however I'm very happy we waited and went with the i7 plus.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Was hard to get the app set up. Very noisy. Seems to do a pretty fair job. I had a Shark Ion RV720 - random roaming type. It was quieter, shorter, but long hair seemed to constantly foul the floor brush. The Roomba doesn't get tangled with long hair and with it's 'smart' roaming, gets spots that the Shark wouldn't. Seems to take a long time to generate a 'map.' Shark had simple magnetic strips to keep it away from places you don't want it going, but Roomba has the rather expensive little 'posts' that are a hassle. You have to 'prep' your areas for both types - they will get themselves badly tangled in wires, strings, cloth, etc.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
the autoempty tower is absolutely the best feature of this system. we have a dog that sheds and I can't imagine having to empty the little bin every 30 minutes. I also got reusable bags for the tower on Etsy so I can empty the large bag and not keep throwing away bags.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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