Customer Ratings & Reviews

I thought it would be smart having a Roomba at the shop vacuuming and mopping after hours. I don't want to take the time outside of business hours to sweep and mop the 1200 sq ft of floor myself. I know this is the barebones entry level model but I was hopeful it would be good. It manages to clean the main shop floor on one charge as far as I know. It has got stuck a few times, but I've worked harder to make sure there are no cords near the floor. It was "fun" to have to look for it when I got to the store so that I could take it to the charger. In the one area that has too many cords to deal with, I've set to it's own zone and don't include that zone in the nightly cleaning. The mop reservoir is pretty small so it will only do the main shop floor before running out of water. The pad was pretty filthy after the first cleaning so I realized I will need to clean the pads daily. It actually left smears and streaks at the first cleaning. I think that may improve since the Roomba will be vacuuming and moping daily. I'm glad that it came with two mop pads. I only have one rug at the front door and it doesn't attempt to vacuum that since both the vacuum and mop settings are on. I don't know how long it takes to charge as it happens after the nightly cleaning. As far as the app, it lost communication with the Roomba a few times and I had to reboot the vacuum at the charging base to get it to reconnect again. I can see that, if I chose this for my home with carpets and too many obstacles, I wouldn't be happy with this model. This is almost perfect for the shop. As long as the app stays connected to the device, I think we'll be just fine.

The Roomba 105 Combo Robot Vacuum & Mop has all the essential features we were looking for to assist in easily keeping our floors clean with its vacuum and mopping functions. Setup with the Roomba Home app is required on a 2.4 GHz network, though one’s phone can switch back to 5GHz when complete. The app gives the ability to customize cleaning via schedules, room selection, suction power levels, number of cleaning passes and even the amount of cleaning solution pumped onto the mopping pad. The Roomba 105 can be used in vacuum only, mop only, or combo vacuum and mop mode. Mopping mode can use water or cleaning solution and is simply added to the bin tank, and then the microfiber mopping pad is added. Our experience with the robot vacuums cleaning ability was good and the brushes do a nice job of getting along edges. LiDAR mapping scans the areas of the home prior to the initial cleaning with the ability to create up to three maps and on different levels of a home. The price is a good value given the features and customization options. It would be nice if one could access the bin without having to remove the vacuum from the charger, but it’s a minor inconvenience. Occasionally it struggles a bit with items that aren’t obviously an object such as the thin base of a ceiling fan it tries to navigate over.

Long time Roomba user here, first time using a combo unit. I have always liked our Roomba’s over the years and was finally ready to try out the combo unit for mopping of our hardwood and tile surfaces. This unit has a 4 stages of cleaning to really clean your floors. The LiDAR system quickly maps your home. In the past I have had a few different models and the maps are good but could have been more precise. This system is the best yet from my experience. I was nervous about using a combo unit, as I was worried that it would not locate my rugs and would try to mop over them. So far this unit has done an excellent job of detecting rugs while mopping and not going over them. As things tend to shift in the home (rugs slide around) and may not be exactly where they were when I mapped the home, the unit does a great job of detecting the rug while mopping. Very impressed with this so far. I really appreciate being able to fully control and schedule the types of cleaning I want to do. I can do vacuum on, mop only, or both. And I can schedule these for the days/times I want them to run. Love this flexibility. As with other models I am also able to target specific areas/rooms or set it for the entire house. The mobile app works great and it even works with the common voice activated home devices. Set up was a breeze, and that has been my experience with all the different Roomba’s I have had over the years. Even a first time user will be able to set this up with ease.

Love the new Lidar based Roomba! It's a huge improvement in mapping and suction. I like the split rooms feature in the app for better spot clean.