iRobot - Braava jet m6 Wi-Fi Connected Robot Mop - White

Do you and your family walk around the house barefoot? or in socks? Vacuuming doesn’t really fully clean hardwood or tile floors, and you’ll be surprised to see what a Swiffer leaves behind. SPOILER VERDICT: This is a very sensible, and maybe a superior choice, for those with tile and wood floors. It requires more hands-on than iRobot’s vacuum robots, but we liked the results immensely. The m6 mop design and precise navigation software ensure that every corner and edge are cleaned as well as open floors. The overall thoroughness of the mopping activity is impressive. We loved the IROBOT m6. iRobot Braava jet m6 - the Wi-Fi Connected Robot Mapping mop. INITIAL SETUP is easy and fully described. The charging unit should sit within several feet of an outlet against a wall with some space, left and right. (We ignored that instruction . . successfully. See photo.) iRobot wisely provides a plastic floor shield for the m6 mop to rest on while charging, before and after a mopping run. It firmly attaches to the charger.so everything is immobile even if not screwed into the wall. This is perfect for a floor/wall setup with a quarter round trim piece preventing flush-to-wall positioning. I downloaded the iRobot App, created my account, and connected everything to my Wi-Fi. iRobot installed an update before the App reminded me to attach a PAD (either the dry or wet type, 2 of each included) and fill the reservoir (small bottle included, enough for two fills). Ready for cleaning. But, I first connected to GOOGLE HOME App, where the iRobot device was already recognized and ready to enable with a few clicks. Our home LAYOUT is 70% poly-sealed oak wood floor that extends left and right varying widths and stretches from the front door to the back door, 58 feet. There are a couple of tiled bathrooms as well as a few carpet runners in walkways and a family room rug. We rolled up the throw rugs and runners. . . but left one in place. We got wires out of the way . . . but intentionally left one. We’ve got a few floor thresholds. Nothing we can do about these. We set the App PREFERENCES for minimal “jet spray” and “extended coverage for light messes.” You can set how much water spritzing, how intense the cleaning is, or whether to do training runs. And, of course, there is scheduling for automated runs and the Google Home control. START THE Ro-Mo!!! . . . (we named our Robot) The 1st mopping run lasted a continuous 3 hours and 53 minutes for 1,100 Sq.Ft. of exposed flooring using OUR preference setting until it re-docked and began recharging. HOW DID OUR iROBOT MOP DO? + It covered our floor area with not less than two passes over every accessible space. The PAD you insert in the iRobot determines whether you can select a “wet” or “dry” run, and it determines the set of associated parameters you can modify. + This iRobot is QUIET. It kept sneaking up on us. It wasn’t quiet enough to be a companion to a cat burglar, but very quiet. + The m6 iRobot will not climb onto carpets. It will not “spritz” carpets or walls. Perfect. + The m6 will not cross thresholds above 3mm. Ours are a bit too high. [We carried the m6 into the tiled rooms on a later cleaning run. Pressed CLEAN to add this room to our routine.] It easily fit under all our furniture except fo the lowest (under 5”). +The m6 will not push past my heavier power cord. It will move it as far as it can. Solution? Remove cords, or raise them out of the way. + The square shape and precise navigation software ensures that every corner and edge are cleaned as well as open floors. The overall thoroughness of the mopping activity is impressive. CLEANING RESULT? We thought our floors were quite clean to begin with. After all, we’ve got a whole house air filters, No pets, No kids (unless our toddler grandchild is visiting, but he mostly polishes the floor crawling on his belly and bottom), No shoes. We were still taken by surprise. The m6 cleaning pad with its grime blackened surface proved us wrong about how clean our floors were. This wasn’t superficial dust. That was already addressed with a quick vacuuming. This was grime. Well, what do the floors look like after a few days of iRobot cleaning? Beautiful. Like they’ve been renewed. CONVENIENCE and CONSUMABLES The various pads mount easily; removing them is even easier with a button push. Filling the liquid reservoir is just as simple and not at all messy. Unlike a vacuum robot, the dirt doesn’t disappear into a hidden canister for disposal at your convenience. It accumulates on the surface of the pad. We’re buying a couple of re-usable, washable pads and swap them during lengthy cleaning sessions. Replenishing supplies is a more significant issue with a robotic mop than with a vacuum. We love the final result, and understand the design, so it’s not a problem for us. We’re love it if iRobot put a re-usable pad into the box and would authorized an alternative liquid refill for polishing or cleaning. MAPPING and SCHEDULING and GOOGLE HOME The iROBOT mop has a sophisticated mapping program. After only 2 runs, it was precise. but the App indicated it wanted more runs to achieve 100% accuracy. A few more runs and I’ll name the map. Then, I’ll add a few room borders and name the resulting rooms so I can direct cleaning for specific spaces. I’ve already tested my Google Home connection. From my bed, talking at my Google Mini. . . “Hey Google . . Start Ro-Mo” and my m6 mop was up and working before I was up this morning. Or, there is the completely flexible scheduler within the App. I could get used to this. If you have one of the other recent, high end iRobot vacuums, these two cleaning robots interact, sharing the cleaning duties intelligently, with mopping following vacuuming. SUMMARY: This is a very smart mop. We’ve now got the tool that makes a lot of sense for our home and floors. I could easily see this robotic mop cleaning a small office in the evening and saving money on a regular cleaning service. It can not replace a comprehensive cleaning regime, but it augments floor cleaning, which is always the biggest issue. Supplies need to be part of your calculation. I can recommend the m6 highly, because we can find other things to do with our time. And, our bare feet aren’t collecting dirt all day.

Coming from the Roomba 690, which I’ve used and loved for the past couple years, I was curious to see what the Braava jet m6 mop could do, both in the department of being a mop instead of a vacuum and having the extra mapping and navigation features my Roomba does not. I came away from my experience impressed and I would not have a problem recommending this to anyone with a mostly hardwood/tile floor plan. In the box you get the mop, the charging dock, and a drip tray that attaches to the dock. You can attach wet or dry pads to the bottom of the mop and there are 2 of each included (single-use), as well as small bottle of cleaning solution for the mop pads. I feel like iRobot was a little stingy about the amount of supplies they include in the box, which only gets you 4 cleaning runs before you have to go out and buy more stuff. The extra pads and solution aren’t terribly expensive, but for how much you’re spending on this there should be more in there. Setup was straightforward and simple with the app. Having been through it before with my Roomba the process was somewhat familiar to me. I like the charging dock/tray combination - it takes up more space than my Roomba’s dock, but it feels more secure and less likely to get knocked askew. Once the m6 was charged up I attached a pad and put it through its first run in mopping mode. There’s a small tank inside of the m6 and I filled that up with water and some of the cleaning solution. The m6 runs in a back and forth motion; going forward a few feet, backing up, spraying some water, and then going forward again to the next section. I live in a townhome that’s all hardwood on the first floor. The living room, hallway, kitchen, and dining area are all in the same general space, but are segmented by some walls. The m6 navigated the whole area well and due to its smaller size was able to get into spaces my Roomba normally cannot. The way in which it moves is fairly predictable with its navigation sensors and it doesn’t just bump into things and head off in a random direction like other vacuums do. I did notice that as it went on and the mop pad became more damp it started to leave streaks on my floor, which concerned me at first, but eventually it made dry passes back over most of those spaces and cleared them up. There were still some streaks in some of less open spaces, but those faded after a while. Another nice thing was that it detected the beacon I had already setup for my Roomba, which I wasn’t sure if it would do, and avoided my dog’s food/water dish area. Overall the first mopping run took about 2 hours on my 300ish square foot floor plan and it did not have to go back to charge during that time. I was very satisfied with the results and it cleaned the floors just as well as my normal mop. I was hoping that after the initial run I might be able to squeeze another one of the same single-use pad, but looking at it afterwards I knew I would not be able to. I guess that speaks to how effectively the m6 cleans, but it still brings back my frustrations about the lack of pads included in the box. I ran the m6 with the sweeping pad a couple days later and it completed its run in about half the time, which makes sense since it doesn’t need to run the sprayer and do the back and forth motion that the mopping mode does. The m6 automatically detects what kind of pad is attached to it, so there’s no need to specify what mode to run it in. Though I was not able to test this as my first floor is all hardwood, it’s also supposed to be able to detect when it’s on carpet (via the additional resistance on the wheels) to prevent it from spraying. You can start and schedule cleaning jobs in the iRobot app. The app is well designed and easy to use. It’s got some basic settings for the robot and you can adjust the cleaning power, as well as the amount of liquid sprayed in mopping mode, which may help with streaking issues I mentioned earlier. You can also connect the app to you Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa and command by voice, which I was able to do without an issue on my Google Assistant. The app also has the mapping data that the m6 takes on its cleaning runs. After the initial run it was shown as 50% complete, even though the map itself looked complete to me. I ran another cleaning job and a couple more ‘training’ runs to get it to 100%. My guess is it needs to make multiple passes to confirm the room dimensions. I like the Smart Maps feature a lot and it makes it very easy to insert virtual dividers and segment rooms. You can choose to clean the entire floor or specific ‘rooms’, which is handy if you need to clean one space more often than others. After using the m6 my overall impression is that I won’t be needing my Roomba on the first floor anymore. If you’re deciding between a robot vacuum or a mop I would definitely recommend the mop for hardwood/tile floors, though the cost of purchasing the pads will add up over time, which is why I eventually plan to get the reusable pads

I have had a Roomba in the house for a few years and it's still going strong. I hesitated to try the Braava for a long time, however. Our hard floor space is the kitchen and dining area and I was skeptical that the little mop could keep up with an active cooking-friendly kitchen. When the m6 came out, I decided to give it a try as it looked much larger (it's about 10" square and 3.5" tall) and more capable than the 240 or even the 380t. The short version is that it is very capable and I have been extremely impressed with both cleaning performance and the intelligence of this device - so much so that it makes me want to upgrade our Roomba for the coordination and smartphone app integration. Cleaning: Realistically, this is the main question: Does the Braava m6 actually clean your floor? Smartphone app and iAdapt navigation are neat, but if it doesn't clean the floor then what's the point? I am using the m6 primarily as a mop and not a sweeper as the legacy Roomba takes care of the vacuuming. So far, I've been impressed with the m6. It has been able to tackle some messes that I didn’t think it would be able to handle. (I left a little spaghetti sauce to dry on the kitchen floor for scientific purposes and it was gone after a mopping run.) My kitchen and dining room floors are satisfyingly clean and I can schedule the m6 to tackle the mopping more frequently than I personally want to mop the "old fashioned" way. Pads: The m6 came with four disposable pads, two wet mopping and two dry sweeping. I used the wet mopping pads twice each. (You're only supposed to use once and throw away, but I was waiting for the washable pads to arrive and I didn't want to go without.) It worked, but I would recommend replacing as suggested if you're going to use the disposable pads. The second run with a pad was just a tiny bit less squeaky clean than the first. That said, I would strenuously recommend going with the washable pads. They come in packs of two, seem very durable, do a great job of cleaning and don't generate as much waste. Tank: The integrated tank under the circular lid on top holds enough cleaning solution (concentrate mixed with water) to mop my 145 sq. ft. kitchen and dining area twice. While the run time on the m6 is effectively infinite with "Recharge and Resume", the liquid in the tank is not, so if you have more than about 300 sq. ft. to clean, your mop may ask you (via your iRobot smartphone app) for a tank refill. Time: That 145 sq. ft. job takes about 40 minutes to complete. Your mileage may vary depending on the shape of your space. Smartphone app: The iRobot companion app is very easy to use, provides a history, allows me to schedule cleanings, see a map of the cleaned space, assists with routine maintenance (ordering pads and reporting on issues) and can play a sound to locate my m6 if it gets lost. I'm considering upgrading to a Wi-Fi enabled Roomba for that last reason alone. Overall, I'm very happy with the m6. It works as intended and saves me a great deal of time. The dock has an included drip tray that is easy to detach and clean and the whole experience is significantly more compromise-free than I expected. It's not an inexpensive device but if it lasts as long as my Roomba, it will pay for itself in time spent not mopping.

Our house is fairly large and one of the things I hated was mopping the floor because it was so time consuming, and exhausting. My husband and I both thought this was kind of a luxury item but decided to purchase it anyway due to our advanced age. We are both very impressed with this machine. It’s a great feeling to know that the floors are clean and you can go on to do something else. It does a wonderful job cleaning our wooden floors. The only issue I had was not being able to buy supplies. I ordered them from the company. I also would recommend extra cleaning pads because they certainly do clean the floors.

The Braava jet m6 is an excellent assistant for mopping wood and tile floors in our home. We purchased the reusable pads and its easy to brush them clean with a little bit of water and reattach. Others complain of Braava wheel streaks, but on our floor it's barely visible. We could spend 5 minutes and touch up those streaks, but it's a minor issue for us. The floor looks so clean after the vacuum and mop robots complete their task. We do pickup small rugs and check our home for no clutter before we turn loose our irobots.

First off, this Robo Braava Jet is really nice looking, I like that white in black color with silver accent. The Robot arrived very well packed with in two boxes of layer of protection. I do own an iRobot but his is my first Mop robot so I had to read the instructions to set it up. I initially though the setup was going to be a little difficult but the instructions were very easy to understand so it took less than 15 min including downloading the app, by the way the app will recognized other iRobots connected to the same network. The box included all the necessary materials for you to start using your Robot mop right away. Linking the robot to the app was also a breeze, it will be recognized it right away. In the box it includes the robot, the charging station, drip base, bottle of cleaning solution, 4 cleaning pads, 2 dry, 2 wet, and the instructions manual. On the center hood of the robot you have the water dispenser, the solution included will be good for 2 rounds as you have to pour half of the bottle per moping cycle. It is very good to know that you can use washable mopping pads, because the 4 included will get dirty real quick, they will probably will be good maybe for 2 rounds each depending how dirty your floor gets. First thing I did was to train the robot, it does have this nice feature that will map your house so later on it will know where to go. The robot it self when is on is very quiet when moving around and, it suddenly stops to spray the spot is going to mop. After it finish its first run I couldn’t believe it actually work after I saw how dirty the cloth was. Definitely I am very happy with it and how it works, but in my opinion, it will work best on flat surface floors without texture like mine, and that’s because dirt and grim could get inside where the flat pad wont reach. The app is very easy to use, it will tell you the cleaning history, the map, setup cleaning schedule, maintenance, change the mopping behavior, or even start the device. This will definitely will keep someone’s place real clean where there’s no kids and high walking traffic, but it will ease up some of the cleaning for the rest of us. Overall excellent tool to keep your house clean specially if double team with another cleaning robot.

So usually I spend a lot of time vacuuming and mopping my floors as we have 2 dogs, a cat and several people in and out of our house so the floor (primarily kitchen/dining area open floor plan) gets dirty quick and often. Our dogs use the slider in this area to go in and out all day long. I was a bit skeptical about a machine doing my work so I skipped several days knowing that I would want to see what this little thing was capable of. I did do a quick vacuum just before using it just to help get up some of the stuff that it might not have been able to handle. Then I turned this loose to do a sweep and mop of the floor, after doing that I was shocked and disgusted all in 1 shot. As you can see in the picture the dry pad picked up far more than I would have expected there to be. Then the mop did its thing and I was equally impressed. I will submit a photo of that as well. Setup was super easy as the direction were very clear. The app installed quickly and easily. Machine is very quiet and easy to operate as far as installing the pads and cleaning solution. For such a large area I expected to use a lot more cleaning solution but it didn't and that was a pleasant surprise. When mopping it moves forward then backs up sprays an area moves forward a good distance than back a short distance to spray and go forward a bit. Which for cleaning actually seems to work well. For the most part it left the floor very clean and streak free until close to the end when the pad was just too dirty and it left some dirt streaks which is not the machines fault! This I am sure will not happen when being done on a regular schedule. It does take some time the first few runs as it is learning the floorplan of your house. Our dogs are not to sure about it yet, 1 is ok with it the other thinks its a new playmate. I love being able to give it a schedule and not even having to think about it. I have found that they offer reusable or washable mopping pads so I think that will be a definitely wise investment as the disposable pads can get costly quickly. I just wish the offered washable sweeping pads as well. The only downside I see so far is that it does say in the directions to only use the cleaning solution made for this machine which means I will have to remember to order ahead of time as it is not carried in my local area. Overall this has exceeded my expectations and will definitely have a constant workload in my house!!! The kit comes with a docking station to keep it charged, drip tray, 2 disposable dry sweep pads, 2 disposable wet mop pads and a trial size bottle of solution that from what I can tell based on what it used will give me 4 or 5 cleanings. The app gives you the ability to name different areas of your house so that you can tell the machine which areas to clean and when once it maps everything out a few times. Also you can see what it sees as far as boundaries and furniture or obstacles on your floor plan. It also lets you nickname the device in case you have more than one device. Overall I couldn't be happier with this unit as far as performance unless maybe it could vacuum the house and take out the trash! Haha but on a serious note well worth the price and you should get it you won't regret it!!!!

We've been looking into these iRobots for some time now. We have wood floors in our downstairs (kitchen, dining room, and living room) and I get frustrated with the classic mops/swifter mops. Yes, it does take some time to do that. I wanted to be lazy with the iRobot to see how good a job it does. Surprisingly, this worked well but I did have some issues. Pros: -Easy set up. In the box comes the iRobot, Docking station that charges the iRobot, and 4 starter pads (2 dry and 2 wet). Downloading the app and getting set up was flawless. I did have to charge it for about 2 hours before you can use it. -Starter set. As mentioned earlier, it comes with 4 pads: 2 dry and 2 wet. They are easy to install as they slide into the slots underneath the iRobot. You also have a 4 oz bottle of cleaning solution. One use requires half of that bottle, mixed in with water. It says "single use only" but as our downstairs is not too large, I was able to use it three times before discarding the wipe. -Let go/let iRobot. When you are all set up, using the app, you activate the iRobot and let it do it's thing. It has a sensor where the "nose" would be and it detects obstacles in its path: carpet, furniture, walls, etc) and it tries to go around. Watching it navigate around obstacles was pretty neat and it does cover as much of the floor as possible. -Calling it home: once you feel satisfied that it is done, you simply tell it on the app to stop and return home. It's neat watching it return to the docking station, turn around, and back into it to charge. Cons: -Coverage. Now it does a great job in cleaning the floor. My major concern was that you could tell that it did not overlap its path and left areas/avenues that were not mopped. That is why I actually had to send it out three times to cover the entire floor. This was frustrating as it continued to try and go over the carpet which clearly was an obstacle but was so focused to want to go over the darn carpet. -Supplies: as of 6/14/19, I have not been able to find refills in stores. I do have to order them 3rd party online which is a pain. Overall, I am really happy with this device. It did a better job than what i expect.