Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have been quite pleased with the performance and cleaning capability of the iRobot Roomba Combo i5 Robot Vacuum and Mop! This isn't the first robotic cleaner that I own, but it is the newest and has the added capability of MOPPING after vacuuming. First off, this machine is much heavier than the others that I own. It operates the same but this COMBO ROBOT device has a much better cell phone app than the others. It was simple to create a new account and setup the device with the app. The COMBO ROBOT was very responsive to the setup done on the app and has been easy to quickly start using and modify the schedule. The vacuuming is equal to and a bit better than my other devices. It is simple to change the setup of the device from vacuuming to mopping. The actual operation of the mopping is ok and does a "surface" cleaning but it is for LIGHT cleaning only. If the hard surface is a bit more dirty, then I think these robotic devices are not the right tool to use. The COMBO ROBOT was quick to learn the cleaning area and did a good job of cleaning the entire area with rare "repeats". This is a good improvement from earlier devices. Overall, I think the COMBO ROBOT does a good job for automated cleaning, but for mopping, you need to be present. I would recommend the COMBO ROBOT!

I've been using a Shark ez robot with self dumping bin for a couple of years now and have been satisfied with it. But the thought of having a robot vacuum with a mop feature got me a little excited, that's how old I am, excited about a robot vacuum with a mop LOL. Opening the box, you get the vacuum, base, drip tray and a dry and wet bin. Set up is straight forward but I really recommend you follow the user manual. Definitely have to download the irobot app to use this vacuum to it's full potential. And this is app is very comprehensive. I personally, like much more simple things and just want to turn it on and let it go and you can do this through the app. But if you are the type that like to adjust and fiddle, man, you can mess with the app for hours setting your vacuum. As for performance, it did great. It was a big improvement over my shark ez. It was quieter and picked up way more dirt, but without the self dumping feature. So now I have to inspect and dump out the dirt more often. The mopping feature was ok, not what I was hoping for but to be honest, I had really high expectations. My kitchen has tile and I make a big mess when cooking. Lot's of sauce droppings and food stains, LOL, I was hoping that the irobot would make it spotless all the time but no, it's not as powerful as a traditional mop with your muscles but it does help with a lot of stains. That and the fact that there is a lot of water on the drip tray which makes me worry about mildew make me give it 4 stars. Other than these 2 problems, it's a pretty darn good unit with plenty of vacuum suction and so many options on the app. If you temper what to expect from the mop feature, I think this is a solid robot vacuum.

This robovac has been pretty disappointing. It constantly can’t get itself back to the base station and the battery needs to be recharged twice to completely clean my 2000 sq ft home. I’ve had to factory reset it several times because it can’t connect to my network. I have found that it’s smart clean mode (avoiding objects) seems to make it difficult for the robot to map my house. Once I turned that off the mapping worked better. However, this thing can never get to where it’s going without making several incorrect turns first. The actual suction is fair but not as strong as I would expect with how loud this product is while vacuuming.

I have been a huge fan of the iRobot Roomba robot vacuums so I was excited to give the Roomba Combo J5 Robot Vacuum & Mop in the Graphite color a try. The first and most important thing is that this iRobot option continues its tradition of doing an excellent job at its main task which is cleaning and doing it well. It does a great job of adequately mapping things so that it avoids most objects and obstacles as expected. It knows when and where to give cleaning a little more attention when needed thanks to the onboard camera. The app works extremely well and has always been the most consistent and useful of robot vacuum apps I have ever used versus several other brands I have tried. Where I am a little less thrilled about its performance would be with the mop feature. By no means is it terrible but it is a little less accurate and intuitive as far as the mapping than it is with the vacuum function which means that so far even after several uses I find that it will still get too close to carpet areas and sometimes "mops" portions of the carpet despite programming the entire area as a no mop zone. I assume this is happening when it needs to cross that area to get to another mop zone but over a little more time this may iron out and not occur. The water tank is smaller than I would like requiring refill more often which isn't necessarily a deal breaker but is a little inconvenient. If I was relying on a robot for my mopping needs solely I would go with a different iRobot version that handles it a bit better out of the box. Overall, this is still a great option to consider for your cleaning needs.

The iRobot Roomba Combo i5 Robot Vacuum and Mop - Woven brings whole room/home floor cleaning to you without the need to break out a broom or mop, or call out for maid services while you are away. The iRobot Roomba takes on the tough work while you are away, at home, or asleep cleaning your floors by vacuuming and mopping. The iRobot comes with smart technology to memorize your floors and rooms to ensure it doesn't miss the hidden corners, yet not finding itself high-centered on cords or stuck under the coffee table. The app ensures you can send the iRobot out whenever your floors need a little extra TLC or to set up a regular cleaning schedule. I found the iRobot Roomba Combo i5 Robot Vacuum and Mop - Woven to be good at it's job. We have one dog that seems to shed its weight in fur daily. The iRobot tackles this mess and helps us keep up with the daily grind. The mopping feature works well but the overall mopping capacity is a bit small for the whole area we need to cover. The only thing this is missing is a way to empty itself after each vacuuming. PROS - iRobot's design, build, and innovations - Offers both vacuum and mopping in one - Battery lasts to cover your whole house in most cases - Smart technology to help clean and return to dock without errors or mishaps - Effective for in between deep cleanings CONS - Must empty the tray after each use which can get a bit cumbersome, especially for busy people on the go.

Overall This is one of those brands you can't overlook. It's in practically everyone's statements who are referring to anything robot vacuums. Back in 2016, when I purchased my first robo vacuum, this brand was listed in practically every review channel I found while researching some options. Albeit, at the time, we didn't have the overcrowded market of vacs that we do today. By comparison, this machine is much, much lower to the ground than any of my previous vacuums have been and easily glides under some pretty low-height furniture, where other vacs would crash with their window of roof mounted sensors. However, this machine has an odd aesthetic with its single-sided brush that sticks out like a sore thumb. While the front of the machine does feature a uniform array of various sensors, a push bumper, windowed sensors for proximity, and a full-color camera. With an underside offering drop sensors and your standard drive wheel spring-loaded sensor. Combined, they offer adequate performance navigating your space. That said, there are some glaring issues that could be better addressed. Setup Setting up and getting this bot ready for your first cleaning job is fairly straightforward. Download the iRobot app to connect it to your network. Place the vacuum on the charger and slide in the drip plate. Wait a few hours to charge and perform a mapping run. The instructions don't really guide you in any particular way other than pairing with the app, this caused me to not realize the mopping function would need to be carried out simultaneously while vacuuming. This ended up setting me back. Something to note: my original unit failed after the first run, and the only reason I bring this up here is due to the setup of the replacement unit. Upon signing in, the app asked if I wanted to import my previous map that the first unit did manage to produce before it failed. One thing that is worth mentioning, while the first unit was completely dead, at least to my knowledge, the app asked to import the map from the first unit so the second wouldn't need to recreate it. The vac was able to import something. I can only assume it had to pull it from the cloud servers. This makes setting up a newer machine with mapping capabilities simple for the end user and with minimal downtime. Features Navigating your space is fairly accurate but it does tend to produce a lot of "obstacle" alerts. Things such as the corner of a couch, a box in the corner of the room, and oddly enough, my refrigerator. None has ever came up as a repeated obstacle so I can only deduce that these will eventually go away with time. I will add that none are objects that move around. That said, it's range of mapping is impressive showing a range of depth to a room that's further than the vacuum might have actually accessed. With a mapped floor, the app allows the customization of floors, creating logical areas of your space, and specific clean zones, no access zones, and no mop zones. I will add that these zones don't always mean what it is labeled to the vac, more on that in the issues section. Creating schedules takes the repetitive task of starting the bot when your space is ready, from time-based schedules to something more granular, such as when your home is vacant. This is possible through third-party integrations such as August door locks, among others, and your mobile phone's location data, i.e. if you leave home and no other user is present, it will begin it's cleaning task. Performance Cleaning is great for this machine, which depending on your surface type and level of dirt it may have accessed, will increase it's suction power on a "as needed" basis. Navigating different surface types from carpet, to vinyl, and tile have been excellent. It being able to vac and mop simultaneously takes the trouble of having to baby sit the machine until it's finished a task to change accessories for the next. The odd aesthetics of this vacuum with it's single side brush, however unsightly, handles tasks quite well. It defaults to a side to side pattern then circles the space to pick up dirt along a wall. Unlike other machines, there is no noticable setting to change that clean pattern. Mopping is efficient, and even with the tank full of water, the vac does really well cleaning most if not all forms of smudges on hard surfaces. The battery isn't as long lasting as I hoped, with about it being able to achieve about 1 hour of runtime. This is far less than what I've typically seen with similar vacuums Of similar capabilities. Issues -My first run must of caused something. It performed it's cleaning run, went back to the charger and never turned back on. Occasionally changing it's position would tell that it was indeed on the charger but there was no audible feedback from the vacuum. After consulting the FAQ page on the manufacturers website, I learned that when the vacuum depletes it's charge it would go into a sleep like mode where it completely shuts down and doesn't react to anything. I left it alone to charge for about a day and a half and when I eventually came back to try use it again, it was in the same state. After reaching out to iRobot support, I was quickly sent a replacement and service information. While waiting for that, I looked at the manuals found on the site and learned that there is a troubleshooting section covering a battery replacement method. This at least means it is end user serviceable. A few days after failing, while examining the machine for details mentioned in the troubleshooting section of the manual. I realized the original unit had a burnt electronics/sulfur scent coming from it. This makes me believe some type of issue with the battery. -This vac easily gets confused even with a mapped floor. I originally placed this in the dining room. According to the documentation, this vac should have an open space with about 3' open on each side. It certainly gets this and after seeing it fail miserably, labeled the table area as "no access" zone. The issue here is that when you first start, it enters a state the app calls "cleaning and discovery". This state seems to neglect your zoning information and will traverse any zone that may have been labeled to restrict access. Map data seems to do the same as it, while in this discovery state, will crash into just about everything in it's path. -The mop has a constant leak when equipped. I originally believed the mop had a type of injector that would help coat the fabric with moisture so that the vac could do adequate cleaning, but upon the first fill of water in the resirviour, I immediately noticed it began leaking from the fabric. This has me questioning the actual use case of the "no mop" zones if it will still drip moisture into your carpets. Conclusion This is an overall very nice cleaning machine. Despite it’s flaws, it can clean what I need fairly well. There are several annoyances to deal with but with the right customer, these may not be an issue.

My Roomba does a wonderful job on both my wood floors and area rugs, even in the corners, and on the plushy, heavy shedding wool rug. The only reason I didn’t give her five stars is her dustbin is kind of small. But since she actually picks up the dust, unlike my previous robot vacuum, I’ll take it.

I have always liked the Roomba vacuums. They have always performed well and left nice vacuum lines on my carpets. I was excited to have the opportunity to own a vacuum and mop combo robot vacuum. The look of it is pretty cool. It's futuristic looking, especially with the shiny silver part. The design itself is a standard round shape, like most robot vacuums. The base charger is pretty low profile and isn't an eyesore in my living room. Setting everything up in the app and the bins for each task, vacuuming or mopping, was very easy to do and fairly quick. I do feel that setup time depends on the size of your space but overall is quick. Once configured, I started with the vacuum function and it works great. Seems to leave nothing behind and is pretty quiet for what it is. Once I let it run a few times, I switched to the mop function. For dry mopping, it does okay in terms of keeping dust and dirt off the hard floors but I do recommend sweeping or vacuuming manually as this doesn't not do well with a dirty floor on it's own. The wet mop function is okay but, again, I feel like it is more of a way to maintain clean floors and not really clean thoroughly like I would with scrubbing the floors. I'm honestly not that impressed with the mop part of this vacuum. Overall, it's ok but for my cleaning preferences, the vacuum part is the only plus.

I have read reviews of others and unclear given they seem to all complain about missed areas, uneven cleaning, the vacuum bin too small, frequent changing of said bin…yet they all give 4 or more stars. I gave it 2 stars but closer to three but deferred to the lower star rating. The unit takes about 25-40 minutes to get fully charged, so I consider that acceptable. Unacceptable is the minor leak not excessive and seems to get better. Vacuum is very good but due to the combo unit, the vacuum bin is very small so you have to change it frequently, I have a golden retriever, nuff said. Mopping is pretty good but is unforgiving if floor is not perfectly flat or even if it senses a slight uneven edge which it tends to mistake for a drop. So some areas will not get clean, I tried adjusting what I could and it got better almost but still misses the uneven drop area. You get everything you need to get started and solutions. You can also use generic solutions to save money, which is what I do. Buy it on sale and best suited to flat floors and areas that are not subjected to excess dust or pets.

The iRobot Roomba i5 has some benefits, but it also has many flaws. The Roomba i5 is both a vacuum and a mop all in one. To my surprise the i5 only has one spinning brush on its side, yet there is an empty hole on the other side where another brush should be. I’m not sure why this is…The box also includes a water tank attachment for the mop, a microfiber mop cloth, an extra filter, and a plate for the i5 to dock on. To get started, you have to install the iRobot app. Through the app is where you control everything, such as setting cleaning timers, selecting areas to clean etc... Setting up the i5 is very simple, the iRobot app walks you through the setup process, making it easy for anyone to understand. The first time the i5 runs, it has to map out your floor. I didn’t want the vacuum to go into every room, so I closed a few doors in the house. The mapping process is accurate, but it did have some hick ups along the way. For one, it kept trying to go under one of my recliners only to keep getting stuck. Then there were a few times that it didn’t realize there was a wall in front of it and kept trying to go through it (this was both disappointing and hilarious at the same time). After it was done mapping out my home, the results were pretty accurate. With my home mapped out, I was able to run my first cleaning. The i5 didn’t seem to learn from the first time and got stuck under my recliner again, even after having to push it out, it kept trying to go under it again…It took the robot 40 minutes to clean a 271sq ft area. So, my results are in…While it did clean my floor pretty good, it took a long time. And if I wasn’t in the room, it would still be stuck under my recliner until the battery died. Another issue I have is there is no sensor to tell the vacuum when the trash bin is full, it just keeps trying to vacuum not really collecting anything. The mop feature doesn’t clean the floor that well, as it’s just a microfiber cloth and water that brushes the floor. Unfortunately, this won't replace my mop. Overall, I think robot vacuums have come a long way since they first came out. The mapping software is surprisingly accurate, and the cleaning ability is great even if it does take a long time…But I think they still have a long way to go. I’m shocked that my i5 kept trying to go under a chair, in the same spot that it would keep getting stuck under. I also am surprised that there is no sensor that tells it when the trash bin is full. With that being said, it does do the job it was made to do.

Can't we just be like the Jetsons already?!?! Where is my flying car and robot that cleans the whole house for me? Oh well. At least we have vacuuming robots. So this Roomba is my third robot vacuum. My previous 2 were both by Neato Robotics. I don't remember the model number of my first one, but my most recent one was the D8. The Neato's were fine, WHEN THEY WORKED. But I kept having intermittent problems with them. Most often they would seem to lose the stored map and disregard the "no-go" areas I had set up. I would sometimes come home to find the robot stuck in some area it wasn't supposed to be in the first place. Since Roomba is the name that you think of when you think of robot vacuums I figured I'd give this one a shot to see if it was better. * SPOILER ALERT * It is. If you've never used one of these types of vacuums, they work like this: You set the robot up by putting it's home base somewhere in the room where it is going to live and you have it do its initial cleaning run. Now you are most likely going to have some places in your room where you do not want the robot to go. Unfortunately the robot has to complete this first run before you can set the keep out areas. Like in my situation, I have a tarp on the floor below my parrots' cage to catch food and droppings. Of course I don't want the robot to try and go over the tarp and get stuck, so I put books and other solid objects around the tarp so the robot can't go there. Then after the robot has created the floor map, I place a keep out square over this area so the robot knows not to go here. One thing I don't like about setting the robot up is that it only comes with an instruction card that tells you how to set up the base and then tells you to download the app. It is so annoying to me that NO company seems to want to pay the money to print out an instruction manual anymore. It's always, "Scan this QR card for instructions". The app doesn't really tell you anything about how to set up the robot or create keep out areas. Luckily this Roomba works pretty much the same as my Neato so I was able to figure it out. But if you've never had a robot vacuum you might find the set up process a little confusing. This robot also has a mopping feature. Honestly I think this is a little silly as the robot just has a little microfiber pad attachment that you have to swap out from the regular vacuuming dust bin and add solution to. So all it does is drag this little wet pad around the floor. I wouldn't really call this mopping as the robot isn't really putting any pressure on the floor or doing any sort of scrubbing. Again to harp on the lack of instructions that come with this robot, it doesn't say any where on the app what sort of cleaning solution you are supposed to use. Water? Pine-Sol? Combination of the 2? I had to Google it to find out. I will say though that the Roomba seems to do pretty much everything better than my Neato did. It runs a little faster and is easier to use. Since IRobot has been at the vacuum robot game the longest they seem to have the engineering down. However the Neato robots "D" shape works better for getting into corners. Even with the Roombas large sweeping brush it still misses the corners.

Everyone needs a helper in their lives. No one likes to sweep floors or even mop them up. It’s a task that’s mundane- luckily there’s help! iRobot Roomba to the rescue! This amazing tech device is a delight to setup and get going. Setting it up and getting the app installed takes minutes, but the real fun is when it ventures out to do the work. I have a fairly large house, so I shut doors I didn’t want it to go into once it did it start up and travels around.once it maps everything out you can the. Set it to go out to a certain area to do the work. Also a cool feature you can have it vacuum or even clean up via the mop function those messy foot prints or in my case dog prints. How well does it do? I purposely crumbled up crackers and put them in various spots in the kitchen and it got 99.9% of them up! I was very impressed by the suction and brushes working in unison. It even made multiple passes , paused scanned and went back over area and got the last few pieces. Mopping? Well yes it was able to get the light muddy dog prints off the tiles and even laminate wood floors. I was suprised but also curious. The residue from the mop function was not noticeable which made my OCD stay calm. So if you are in the market for a helper, pick this combo up you won’t be disappointed!

Setup is pretty simple, the docking station is just two pieces (the charger and base), just set the vacuum on the base and set everything through the app (do have to create iRobot app account). It'll do a quick mapping (relatively well, missed an entire portion of the doorway/hallway where I have my cat's litter box situated.) of the area you wish to it clean (can adjust/select settings for areas or method of cleaning). After the mapping, you can have it go around and vacuum/mop. For vacuuming it does pretty well, it is pretty loud if going over hard surfaces (my entire apartment is hardwood floor) and the spinning bristles do tend to knock the debris out of the path of the Roomba, leaving you to hope it'll get it on a pass through. For mopping, it'll be situational as the provided pad is very small and thin, so don't expect it to clean more than maybe a small kitchen without needing to be swapped. A feature I do like is the button lock to prevent children and/or pets from activating the device on accident. Overall, it'll be a useful tool to help take a small chore out of my daily routine and my cat does like to watch it go around and clean.

Providing some context, we are a household of vacuum cleaners. We have a handheld Dyson which we love, a shark robot vacuum, and a Deebot robot vacuum/mop that I was planning to replace with this because the Deebot is older but I’m thinking I may keep the Deebot. Out of the box, I really liked the look of the vacuum as it looked higher end than some of its counterparts. The packaging was minimal but modern, which is great. It came with the vacuum, base, a spare filter, and mop attachments. Setup was pretty simple, there’s a companion app, which makes me roll my eyes a lot for modern electronics but things like this pretty much need one so I certainly won’t dock them for requiring one. The vacuum didn’t come charged so I set it up on the base and let it idle for a while until completion. The area I was testing on was our downstairs which includes a dining area, kitchen, and common room, all in an open space concept, probably around 500sf total, certainly not a massive area by any stretch. Like most robo vacuums, it started off by having me tidy up the area and then went on a map creation tour/cleaning. I noticed immediately that the map they created was very accurate, moreso than the Shark vacuum but less than the Deebot. The vacuuming though, I’d consider… aggressive for better lack of a term. Especially on an opening/maping mission, it just barreled through some of the obstacles I’d setup to see how it’d handle things like the mat that our dog food goes on. It’s maybe an inch high but the machine just rode right over it and knocked into the food/water dish for example. We also have multiple rugs on the pathway and it certainly bent up the edges a bit, much more than the Deebot. I certainly didn’t love that, it seems like it has issues with objects, being gentle, and/or a combination of suction power though I was just using the normal setting. I will note the vacuum did seem to pick up a lot and was very thorough, even maybe moreso than the Deebot but at the cost of running into everything and putting wear on my rugs, I don’t think it’s worthwhile. Checking out the app, there was most of the normal settings like setting up vacuuming schedules, suction power, creating rooms from the map so that you can pick which rooms to clean, etc. All was looking good until… I realized that this is the only vacuum app that doesn’t have “no go” zones. What?! That’s arguably the most important feature for a robot vacuum and I’ve triple checked, yet can’t find an area for establishing no go zones, which is insane. Thus leading to the next hurdle which is mopping… vacuuming without a no go zone is crazy but mopping without one is double crazy. On the app, I selected that I’m now going to attempt to mop, the app prompted up roughly 7 steps with visuals to help me prepare and disassemble after mopping, and then we were off to the races. Tough part though is that with the mopping feature, it basically starts leaving a wet trail the moment it touches ground and leaves the base. I have a rug not far from the base that basically is the size of our room so even if I want to mop the kitchen, the machine has to leave a big wet streak across the rug to get there, there’s no way to stop the mopping liquid from coming out. Lucky for me, there’s about a 1ft clearance along my baseboard for the vacuum to get around the rug and not get it wet yet… THERE’S NO “No-go” SETTING. So I just basically had to stick my foot out and walk alongside the machine until it looped around my rug and got to the kitchen. The rest of the mopping process was fine at best, a little streaky and it just was messy with the fluid leaking from the second you put it into the machine until the job is done and you can quickly move the machine to a sink area where you can drain the rest of the fluid. There has to be a better way to all of this, I’ll likely just go back to normal mopping because the time it takes to load fluid, swap attachments, open the app, change settings, build a barricade or walk alongside the device, then clean the mop feature, drain it, clean up excess leakage, put the vacuum feature, back on, I’d rather just do it all manually myself. Went back to manual vacuuming, setup a schedule only to find that the machine got itself stuck under my coffee table with no proactive alert. I opened the app and it just said the machine was lost, to move it, click the power button, and it’d resume, which it did. I just don’t know what caused it to be stuck as there’s plenty of clearance in either direction. Came back hours later and thought the job was done only to find the vacuum stuck nearby again. Either way, it’s just a bigger headache than anyone would like and worse than anything else I own. Even the time it takes to clean a 500sf room was over an hour, much longer than my other devices. The only thing I can recommend this for would be its suction power and look, but everything else is a rough time. Can’t recommend

It does a great job of vacuuming & mopping I’m pleased with it . I like that it’s connects to my echo dot & you can command it from there or from the app it’s convenient.But I wish it had more battery life & wouldn’t get full so fast other than that I’d recommend it.

So far so good. I like the iroomba combo. It provides that extra help one may need when you don’t want to vacuum, or mop. I gave it 4 stars because it does not clean as well and one would using a hand held vacuum. But I definitely like this little helper!

I was skeptical of buying a $300 device to vacuum and mop, but now I livve alone divorced and have a busy job. I now rarely have to spend an hour of my busy life mopping and vacuuming. It took about a week to learn how to operate, but now I use it all the time. And it doesn't complain when I come home late. Still having trouble with mopping, but if the mopping isn't adequate I just send it to d it over and it doesn't complain

Works well. Keeps the apartment clean (We run in 3 times a week). We use the combo bin with mop and it cleans our hard floors well.

It handles the pet hair well. Easy to clean and empty as the hair does get wrapped around the rollerz

It does a very good job sweeping the floor. We were impressed how well it sweeps and not at the same time!