iRobot - Roomba e5 Wi-Fi Connected Robot Vacuum - Charcoal

We had a Samsung and it wore out after a couple of years. These robot vacuum cleaners are finicky and troublesome so we deliberately bought a moderately priced one instead of a fancy expensive one. The good news is that it runs around very energetically and cleans the floor. Our main floor is very large (probably over 1000 ft.² and five rooms). It does an OK job. It gets underneath the furniture and in the corners. The little brush does a good job of getting in the corners that the Samsung never got in. Another good thing is that it is very simple to operate and it works well with my iPhone. Here are some of the things that annoy me with it: number one, it occasionally has trouble finding how to get back home. That is not too big a deal because my phone notifies me it’s trying to get home and I can see it struggle. So I just go pick it up and put it in the neighborhood of the base station. The thing that annoys me the most is how difficult it is to empty it. I hate opening up a capsule and dumping a bunch of nasty dust and fibers into a garbage can where it spreads up from the garbage can in a cloud. The Samsung was just the same way. Except this stupid Roomba e5 has such a tiny canister that the carpet fibers make a nice tight wad and you have to stick your fingers in the nasty dirt to get it out. So I don’t recommend this particular vacuum if you have a lot of carpet. We have some small amount of carpet upstairs. The last problem I have with the vacuum is that it climbs up onto the legs of some very stylish chairs we have. The legs are perfectly designed to allow the vacuum to climb up under them and get his self stuck. We had the same problem with the Samsung vacuum. I honestly blame it on the furniture makers. Furniture designers should test their furniture designs with automatic vacuums to make sure they don’t cause problems like this. I attached a Photo to the review so you can see the legs on the chair that causes a problem. You can see that it is perfectly designed to capture robotic vacuums. We have many rooms and their most advanced model would probably have performed better to navigate all five upstairs rooms and be sure that it covered all of them. But I was not about to shell out $1000 for a device like this that can be really flaky and disappointing. Anyway, I was exhausted trying to find The perfect robotic vacuum cleaner. I finally gave up and picked a moderately priced one. I’m actually reasonably happy despite my complaints. And for this price if it burns out in a couple of years perhaps they will have a better model by then. I wish I had a robotic vacuum that had a more sanitary way of disposing of the dust.

The Rhomba e5 with WiFi connection is good so far. The only con is that it has no pattern in its direction and misses a lot of parts but by repeated trips around the floor area it covers the parts that were missed. It is programmed to start cleaning a certain time, it does the job efficiently. It works well with Alexa at start and home command. It has taken the daily cleaning job from us.

I love it. I have a cat and a dog, and it does amazing to pic up there hair and cat litter, I would of given it a 5, but when it picked up long human hair one of the green rubber brushes began to split from the hair wrapping so tightly, so I check it very often.

We are really enjoying the Roomba! From what we are seeing it does a pretty good job of basic cleaning. Our couches are just far enough from the ground that it is able to go underneath and clean as well as our coffee table. So far we love this little vaccum.

I decided to go cheap and buy the roomba without mapping. I would advise you to pay more and get it. It will go for hours and still have dirt on the floor. I have to make it go where I want by blocking it with my feet. It also gets stuck under my furniture.

I love the Roomba e5. Although it doesn't have the mapping capabilities of the more expensive Roombas, it does a thorough job. It is more powerful than the other Roombas and takes care of cat litter and pet hair better than my stand-up vacuum. If you accidentally leave a charging cord on the floor, it will find it. But, removing stuck objects can't be any simpler! I am deeply satisfied with this product.

Looked for the + version, settled with just the system, which works as well. Especially if you don’t mind emptying the bin once a week, since I don’t have a lot of traffic, it works out just fine. I have it at on a routine a few days out the week and noticed a setting, if the bin is full it won’t vacuum- that’s just a small reminder. Overall, love my J7

This little guy is a powerhouse. So easy to setup with surprising results. It’s fun to watch it work around the house and then dock itself when done.