Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great cleaning bot with a lot of smarts. Note the i7 will give you a scare the first few times you run it in your home. Not because there was a problem with how it cleans but how much it picks up. I was totally shocked when it returned home with a full bin error and I found the bin fully packed. The cleaning paths are detailed and thorough. The speed of the cleaning edge brush is not as fast as older models which helps to stop the bot from spreading the dust and materials around allowing it to clean more efficiently. The smart mapping is awesome in conjunction with smart assistants like Google. I can't tell you how many times I see a mess caused by the kiddos and quickly ask Google to "vacuum the living room" only to hear the little chime of my i7 as it comes to life. I love the scheduling ability of this vacuum as well and if you really want to use this feature to its fullest schedule it to clean the kids room in the morning as a roaming alarm clock ;). Draw backs if you have deep shag carpets this may not work for you and if I had to purchase this again I would just get it with the clean base ( I purchased the self empty base separately). However those areas can, with recent updates, create keep out zones in the app allowing the robot to avoid these areas. Maintenance for this bot is reasonable and most replacement parts can easily be found on Amazon for cheap.

I love the i7 Roomba. This is my second i7.......it’s easy to operate, even for an older woman! I bought the first i7 two years ago. I have both Roomba’s set up on my iPhone and I can vacuum the sunken den and upper floor at the same time, from anywhere! The Roomba’s really help me keep my floors clean. I have a blonde lab who sheds a lot........and it’s amazing how much dog hair and dander it picks up. It also vacuums under beds and sofas. I clean the rubber brushes when they get dirty and replace the filter and edge sweeping brushes as needed. My two i7 Roomba’s really make my life a lot easier!

Enjoy having Jeeves motoring around my home vacuuming carpeting and floors - especially with my dog Rdward looking on and giving guidance. Jeeves does a good job, even though he still finding his way around bb

This a good robot vacuum clean when it works. I've had for a few days bot honestly just thinking about returning it because it has too many issues.

The quick and dirty. Works well enough for our 1700 sq ft. -Wi-Fi enabled -Label and Map rooms (digital barriers, keep out zones) -Set schedule or on demand cleaning -Cleans well on carpet and ok on floors (there is usually a little debris still left on floors) -It is noisy, but so is a regular vacuum -Does sometimes wander but eventually finds its way

I’m so glad I got it! Goes around my 2/2 apartment and helps me clean up while I’m doing other chores or while I work remotely. Goes back and recharges by itself. I can see what areas it’s been on the app. At first, the training could take a couple of hours for the mapping to be accurate and completely cover all areas, but worth it. I specifically notice it picks up a lot of dirt and fuzzy material in the carpeted bedrooms. I shed more hair than my own hypoallergenic dog and Roomba picks all the loose strands around the house, especially where you can see them - on the tile floors. Priceless. I personally barely use the broom and pan anymore, but when I do broom the corners, I make a pile and leave it for Roomba to pick it up. And she does! Highly recommend.

This is a bit of a comparison review. I bought a Roomba 960 and a 675 for Christmas. Let me start by saying that I have hardwood floors with area rugs in most areas where the Roomas will clean. The 675 was for a 20x20 room that was separated by a step. I was going to have the 960 cover the rest of the first floor (about 750sq ft.). The 675 does a good job but it takes about an hour fifteen minutes to do that whole room and it wanders through it until it is about out of battery and then completes and docks. It did not get hung up on any of the area rugs. The 960 kept hitting the corners of the areas rugs and getting caught up and had to be freed. The main room is rectangular but it kept approaching it like it was shading a rectangle and that was primarily why it would catch the area rug corners. Very frustrating because it cleaned well. Took it back to BB and spoke with the manager about the issues and he talked me into the i7. Took that back home and set it up. The first thing you should do is have it do training runs until it learns your floor plan. This will let it be the most efficient when cleaning. Once that is done you can use the room dividers in the Smart Maps feature to separate your rooms and then choose which rooms to have it clean. That was most efficient for me because the one big limitation on the i7 is the waste bin is small and gets full fast. That's why they want the extra $200 for the i7+ with the clean base. You can mange with the small bin if it doesn't fill too fast for your cleaning needs. I have it clean about 450sq ft. of area rug and hardwood before it fills and it takes about 45 minutes to clean that space. The 960 would take about twice that long to clean that same space and I would have to watch it to make sure it did not get hung up. I now run the i7 on schedule in the early morning (while I'm in bed) to clean that space and manually run it for the other rooms. To summarize: Pros: -Smart navigation works well and makes for more efficient cleaning pattern and shorter cleaning times compared to other lower end Roomba's -Quieter than other Roomba's -Cleans well -Smart Maps can make for smaller targeted cleaning jobs -Four stars due to price. Five stars if you ignore the cost. Cons: -A bit pricey (but all top line robot vacuums are) especially if you add the clean base with i7+ -Waste bin is smallest in the Roomba line and can fill fast -Pricey add-on for the Clean Base if you wanted to overcome the small waste bin.

We are loving this i7 Roomba cleans great when we need it to. We have it on a weekly schedule to clean on Wednesdays and spot clean doorways on Saturdays. We didn't buy the options bay to clean the bag within the Roomba and we have it to stop when it full so it stops a lot for cleaning. But there are items and dusk inside to clean it is justified. There is an option to continue cleaning when the bin is full but we choose to stop it until cleaned so it does not drag around too much dust. This Roomba will stop charging if you have a larger home to recharge and then continue again when it is full enough to finish. Learning the home in two days and we run it once in a while just to keep it update with small stuff moving around within the house.

If you’re thinking about it, just go for it. You won’t be disappointed. The cleaning is superb, the app even better. You can set schedules for cleaning. After a few cleans (or running a training session), this will map your house, at which point you can go fine tune and rename each room. Then you can tell the vacuum to clean a certain room only if desired. Also it’s Alexa enabled. Get the self cleaning bin separately or bundled with the vacuum, and it’s mostly maintenance free for up to 60 days. Pair this with the Braava robot mop and you won’t have to think about your floors. I literally just watch this thing clean sometimes. It’s detailed. It’s accurate. It will give you those nice straight lines you love to see when you’ve vacuumed your room.

It got our place mapped after 4-5 passes so we can now do room by room. The debris container seems to fill fast and needs emptying after just a couple of rooms. The disposable filter is tiny, and quickly gets full of fine dust that is hard to remove. I don't know when (if ever) or how the vacuum will signal that the filter needs to be replaced. We'll wait and see. Because it's noisy, we generally turn it on when we leave to run errands, first moving chairs, floor "decorations," and power cords out of the way to permit more efficient and complete cleaning. All in all, the i7 seems to work well and do a decent job.

After trying 3 other (cheaper) models of robot vacuums, this one finally met my expectations. It did a great job of mapping our house. It works methodically and rarely needs my assistance. It recognizes objects around it much better than the others I've tried and generally doesn't hit or try to go over things it shouldn't. I like that I can identify no-go zones in the app to avoid areas where we have cords on the floor. It works great on the carpet as well as our hard floors, and hasn't had trouble with area or throw rugs. It's also nice that I can schedule jobs and control it away from home. If I could change anything, I'd make the bin bigger.

This vacuum works much better than my push vacuum (Dyson). It picks up dirt very well. It has gotten stuck only once - although to be fair, I try hard to remove any obstacles, cords, etc. It recharges itself fine when it has large rooms to vacuum. The only issue is that it's memory blocks at 2,500 sq feet. If you have a cleaning space larger than that, it will create an error. Otherwise, I am happy to know what it has vacuumed while mapping out the space. I am working around the memory error by ensuring it has a smaller space to vacuum. I didn't purchase the plus because I wasn't going to spend an extra $200 to not empty the vacuum myself.

This is our first Robot Vacuum and before I had the handheld one. This definitely is a time saver and all the trouble you have to go through with a handheld vacuum. The suction is good, but after running this twice with two pass setting, I was still able to pick some (Minimal) dirt with the handheld vacuum. We don't have any pets. The smart mapping function is a genius. It covers the whole area and never got stuck. The battery could be improved, but it is intelligent enough to resume vacuuming after its charged. Overall I like the product and think could be improved in certain areas. It is definitely not a replacement to your handheld vacuum but, a substitute.

Cleans so so well. Scheduling is great because I come home to a clean house every day. For spot cleans I just say “Hey Google, tell Roomba to clean the Kitchen” and off it goes. Bin is small but always lasts a cleaning session if cleaned out prior. Might think about upgrading to the self emptying bin. Has been great for my allergies as there is no dust left in my carpet! Only downside is every so often the spinning brush goes so fast it’ll shoot large pieces of debris around on hardwood, but it usually finds it later and picks it up.

Easy to set up. Vacuum only got hung up once while exploring the house. Does okay with rug fringes but will probably program it to avoid those areas. Was amazed at how much dirt it picked out of previously vacuumed carpeting. Great suction. Easy to empty but am considering buying the automatic emptier. Very satisfied with the quality and performance. Fascinating to watch it while it learned the floor-plan. Rated excellent on value based on sale price.

My wife and I talked about getting one of these for years and really thought we couldn’t justify the expense, they’re not cheap. We broke down and bought ourselves one for Christmas. Since Christmas morning “Pierre“ has been like a family member, sort of like a pet, but one that cleans up after himself… and us! All kidding aside, I’m glad we waited because we got a robot with laser guided smart mapping as opposed to the earlier models or the inferior brands that just run around and bump into things and never know where they have cleaned. This thing sets out on a mission after learning your house and will go just to the spots that you ask it to or schedule on a daily basis such as the hallway where there is more traffic. I had my doubts from the very beginning wondering if a very short round vacuum could have a motor inside that had power to pick it up dirt in the home when all these other expensive vacuums are huge. The answer is the Roomba picks up as good if not better than any vacuum I’ve ever owned, that’s not to mention that it does it automatically, totally hands free. You don’t even have to think about when you vacuum anymore, it just happens like magic. Sure you have to empty it more often obviously, but in our house we are finding that it goes three or four jobs before we have to empty it. Btw it won’t fall down stairs, that was another concern. With the downloaded smart phone app it tells you everything that it has a problem with such as getting stuck somewhere or needing to be emptied. Long story short; you will not be disappointed. We went out and bought the M6 Brava mop a week later, but that’s for another review, suffice it to say that “Leah” is also a family member now.

I really like it. I only wish the battery lasted longer. It goes for about 75 minutes. So with all it breaks to charge it takes several hours to clean my downstairs. Great if you have dogs! Does well on the carpet as well hardwoods. Easy to use and setup maps for the different areas.

When I purchased this I had the funny feeling that it wasn't going to be very good, but WOW, I love it! Toughest part is letting it map your house and then labeling the rooms. From that point, it's just crazy what this can do and how well it can do it. We have a puppy, large and it sure keeps up with the work. We have the Roomba that you have to clean out the container and we do it after each cleaning along with cleaning the filter as best as possible. I feel those two things will give you maximum efficiency. Yup, if you want to save yourself work and have good looking floors, this is the way to go. BTW, most of our house in hardwood flooring. It does carpeting pretty darn well also.

3 stars because it works nicely, but you must have internet and wifi to get your money’s worth. Cleans very well. Actually picks up more than our regular vacuum. More efficient than I would have thought. Roomba i7 bumped around for the first few times then “learned” the layout of the house. What nobody will tell you is internet and wifi is required to access any settings. Without wifi all you can do is push “CLEAN” and it goes. With wifi you can set schedules, view where it’s cleaned, remote start from your phone. So not being able to access any functions is the only reason it didn’t get 5 stars. I could have gotten a $300 robot vacuum to only run while I’m standing there by it. And the 3 people I talked to in the store should have told me that when I asked. If I could find good internet way out here this robot would be amazing.

The mapping functionality works fantastically, although when you move its home base it can get a little confused the first time around. If you re-arrange the room around the home base, the Roomba will learn the room again next time it cleans. The ability to digitally add "keep out" and "clean" zones is awesome. You can make sure the Roomba doesn't go into areas that you don't want it to, and you can tell it to clean specific small areas of your home that are prone to dirt (such as a rug at the front door). This Roomba is a little bit more aggressive than other ones I have owned in the past. It definitely hits objects harder.