Samsung - POWERbot™ Wi-Fi Connected Pet Plus Robot Vacuum with FullView Sensor™ 2.0 - Satin Titanium

The Samsung POWERbot R7070 exceeded my expectations in most areas. It underwhelmed me with just a couple of issues. For full disclosure, I also own 2) iRobot 980 Top-Of-The-Line bots & owned 2) earlier generation iRobot bots. Here is a summary of my findings: LIKES: 1- The CycloneForce design really works! This is the most powerful Robotic Vacuum I have ever owned. The suction & pick-up power is amazing. It cleaned my high pile carpet with ease. Much stronger pick-up power than the iRobot Roomba 980. 2- This is the quietest, least annoying sound of any Robotic Vacuum I have owned. The sound is not only quieter, the frequency is lower than most (more bass & less treble) so it is much less abrasive sounding & not annoying, as are my other bots. You can actually tune it out while it is cleaning. 3- Washable filter with a spare filter included. This dramatically lowers the cost of ownership! By comparison, the disposable iRobot filters fill up fast & are expensive! This Samsung design with a washable filter is truly a brilliant design, complete with a finger pull to keep your fingers out of the dirt! 4- Dirt canister is easily accessible with one push button on top of the bot. No bending over & fiddling below the vacuum, just to dump the dirt, like every iRobot model. In addition, the dirt canister is a simple rectangle with curved edges. Nowhere for dirt to cling. The iRobot dirt canister is a very complex shape, requiring manual dirt extraction by fingers every time. Then you have to remove the Roomba $$ filter, clean or replace it. The Samsung R7070 has the best filter / canister system of any Robotic Vacuum I have ever seen. 5- Long 11" Brush provides more efficient cleaning with fewer floor passes, resulting in greater battery life. The design of a rectangular front edge is brilliant, allowing this 11" brush with easy corner cleaning access. 6- Camera capturing the ceiling results in attractive, perfectly straight "clean lines" in the carpet - no random zig zag pattern here! Hint: Leave the light on in the room to be cleaned so the camera can properly see & map out the ceiling. 7- Long Battery life, as advertised. I experienced as long as 90 minutes if "quiet" mode was selected; for regular cleaning, I found never less than 60 minutes of powerful cleaning. This is excellent! 8- Large, spring-loaded wheels power it over the thickest area rugs with ease. Best accessibility of any vacuum I have owned. 9- Auto deep cleaning mode on carpets works well & applies turbo power just where needed. This saves battery power on hardwood & makes for quieter cleaning, except when extra power is needed - and this is selectable in the app. 10- Auto return to base for recharge works the best of any vacuum I have owned. The iRobot 980 does a fair job of this, but can be thrown off if it cannot "see" the base. The Samsung R7070 outperforms it, plain and simple. As long as the bot is within 20 feet of the base, it will do a dance if necessary to line up perfectly & charge itself. In addition, the base has massive, non slick rubber surfaces which hold it securely on hardwood, ceramic tile, linoleum, or carpet. The iRobot base, by comparison, has a slick bottom, requiring me to secure that base to the wall with adhesive strips. Samsung has a far superior design. See my photo of the bot on the base, tucked deep between an antique Coke Machine & Oak cabinet. The R7070 has no difficulty finding this any time, even from another room. 11- No goofy "rotating whisker brushes" are needed to clean in the corners. The R7070 cleans in the corners extremely well, due to the flat edges & the long 11" brush. On the contrary, the iRobot 980 stirs up dirt with whisker brushes, and often does not pick up the dirt & cat hair the whisker brushes loosened up. 12- You can drive the R7070 by included remote or phone / tablet app. No more bending down every time to position it or move it to another room! This is a HUGE benefit, which the iRobot Top-Of-The-Line 980 cannot do. 13- At just over 3' tall, the R7070 can go places many taller bots cannot. This is a substantial achievement & makes this bot super practical in virtually any circumstance. DISLIKES 1- Magnetic Strips are required to restrict bot access. I STRONGLY prefer the wireless virtual wall "Lighthouse" included with iRobot bots. They are inconspicuous & can be left in place or put away between uses. Why build such a technology marvel as the Samsung R7070 and require outdated magnetic strips to be stuck to your floor or buried below an area rug? This is a deal breaker for me & is the sole reason why I do not plan to add a second R7070 for my 2nd floor. If you try to lay the magnetic strips on the floor temporarily, the R7070 drives over them. 2- Underdeveloped Software. The Samsung Smart Home Software should be updated. Adding the bot to another phone & tablet after first registering it with your phone is a nightmare. Such a disappointment for a wonderful & powerful bot to be hamstrung with weak software. CONCLUSION: The Samsung R7070 is a tremendous achievement in vacuum & technology excellence!! I found it Super Practical in Virtually Any Circumstance! If you can tolerate the magnetic strips & the low performing software, you will be hard pressed to find a better performing robotic vacuum at any price!

Let's get this out of the way first, the Samsung POWERbot R7070 is not cheap. Not by a long stretch. And to that end, when you open up the box, the POWERbot looks like it was just placed in the box, the accessories strewn about into areas that fit and then some bubble wrap thrown on top. Nothing was damaged when it was opened, but I expected something more substantial to protect such an investment when I first opened it up. I plugged the wall charger in, and when I placed the POWERbot on the power pad, nothing happened. I have a new house, so I know the power outlets are fine. I just expected the POWERbot to start charging right away when I placed it on the power pad, but that is not the case. Upon reading the instructions, you have to press the play button for 3 seconds to wake it up and start charging it. Blue bars scroll on the screen indicating it is charging and then 'FULL' is shown when the battery is fully charged. So, reading other reviews, I saw that others had issues in connecting the POWERbot to their phone, and others had problems connecting with an Amazon Echo or Dot. I did NOT have any issues at all. I would say I am pretty tech savvy, I have a very automated home, from cameras to a door bell, lighting to door locks, many, many things in my home are voice controlled, so setting up the WiFi on the POWERbot was just the same as all of those other devices. Turn on the POWERbot and wait for the WiFi icon to light up. On your phone, in settings, under WiFi, look for the POWERbot. When connected, you are instructed to go back to your WiFi settings, choose your home WiFi and put in the password. This then connects the POWERbot to your WiFi network. Similarly with the Amazon Echo and Alexa voice control, I enabled the 'Smart Home' skill on the Echo, logged in with my Samsung account (which I created when registering this product with Samsung) and everything worked as it should do, right out of the box. No errors, no messing around, it all connected, it all worked just as it should. 'Alexa, turn on the Robot Vacuum'... and beep, the Samsung POWERbot R7070 fired into life. Started to leave the dock and get ready for action. It was later at night, so I chose to select 'Quiet' mode with the included remote control. And it is just that... this vacuum is very, very quiet in that mode. There are three suction modes total, Quiet, Normal and Max. Max sounds about the same as any other vacuum out there, and I would assume, with that, is where the 40X more suction claim comes from. Sounds like it was about to suck the carpet up off the floor! I've previously owned a Roomba 530 which this Robot Vacuum replaces. The Roomba traverses the room in a hap-hazard way, covering some carpet at the beginning of the clean, and not getting to the area next to it, till late in the cleaning cycle. The POWERbot R7070 does no such thing. It vacuums like you would vacuum. In lines, next to each other, as you move across the room. The video camera on top scans the ceiling of the room to determine it's route. And to that point it is very accurate. The vacuum lines it creates overlap each other nicely giving a total clean to the room. The edge to edge cleaning is very nice as well, and it senses and delivers a great clean there too. The storage bin for the vacuum is centrally mounted and translucent, so you can see how full the container is getting and how effective the vacuum is being. The container and the 2 included filters are completely washable, making it a breeze to keep the machine up and running. The front roller has a self cleaning 'blade' on the front of it, intended to remove any hair that might get wrapped around the roller. So far so good, I have a long haired German Shepard and I haven't noticed the roller getting clogged up with her hair, which in itself is some kind of voodoo magic! I am very impressed with the cleaning that the POWERbot R7070 provides, and it's accuracy in covering a whole room. However, when it came to rolling over my rugs, it climbed up on them fine with it's robust big travel wheels but freaked out with the pattern of the rug, and dark areas confused it and sent it round in circles until it stopped, took stock of the situation and left the rug the same way it came in! Another issue is that I'm not sure that the POWERbot has true cliff sensors on it, like the Roomba machines have. The reason I say this, is because included in the box, and mentioned in the instruction manual is a strip of metal, with a sticky back to it, that is recommended to add to the top of stairs or around door entry ways. And there isn't enough provided to cover all the areas in the house you may potentially need this. It is also unsightly, so didn't use it. That solution for making the Robot Vacuum skip areas seemed a little archaic to me, when the Roomba provided 'Virtual Walls' with it when I bought it, self contained battery powered sensors to stop the vacuum entering areas you didn't want vacuumed, but it also had fully functioning cliff sensors on it. And then there is the app. These are the reasons for 4 stars and not 5, the vacuum is actually very, very good. But the app and the metal strips let down the overall experience of the product. The app was flaky, and crashed. A lot. Trying to set up the account, it crashed. When I registered the vacuum, it crashed. When I went to control the vacuum, it crashed. Finally I was able to get it somewhat stable, and was able to adjust the suction power of the vacuum using my phone. You can also do this with the included remote control. You also have the power to manually control the vacuum using your phone or the remote control, but in my experience, it was somewhat gimmicky but also not particularly responsive as a way to control the vacuum. However, overall, I would recommend the vacuum for it's functionality and cleaning ability, it actually does a very good job of cleaning the carpets, the thing it's designed to do. The machine is well made and well put together. The app lets it down, but shouldn't sway you from the convenience of the product.

Not having any prior experience with robot vacuums I eagerly looked forward to see what the Samsung POWERbot™ R7070 Robot Vacuum could do cleaning the floors in my home. I looked forward to evaluating 21st Century technology paired with a powerful vacuum in order to save me time and enhance my floor cleaning. The POWERbot pulled up dirt, dust, and sand from my floors with its powerful turbine, it did not disappoint me. As I took it out of the box I was immediately impressed. The Samsung POWERbot is ruggedly built and well-designed. It is packaged with: Quick Start Guide Comprehensive User Manual Battery Recharge Docking Station Power Cord Battery Charger Remote Controller – Two AAA batteries are included Another Spare Re-Usable and Washable Filter Magnetic Boundary Tape Warranty Information – One Year It is approximately 11 ½ inches wide and has a self-cleaning rotary, cleaning brush. The POWERbot is well-balanced over two large wheels, which easily climbed over my transitions from hard-surfaced floors to carpeting. The dust bin capacity is a tad under one and one-half cups (11.27 oz), but so easy to empty and clean. It features a washable and re-usable filter (a spare is also furnished). I finally had to wash the filter after eight times of whole house vacuuming. It is Wi-Fi enabled on the 2.4 Ghz radio band. You must have a Samsung Account, which you can process by downloading the Free Smart Phone App from Google Play or Apple App Store depending on your Smart Phone. I already had a Samsung Account on my Samsung Smart Phone, so the set-up, product registration, and Wi-Fi connectivity to my Home Network was very easy following the instructions in the User Manual. Please note that you can always use the furnished Remote without a Wi-Fi connection as long as the Remote is within site and height limits. The POWERbot can be controlled three ways – the on-board, touch-controls on the face of the unit, by the Remote, and, or the Smart Home App on your Smart Phone. It is fairly obvious that the Samsung Smart home App is a 'work-in-progress'. In fact I just downloaded an 'upgrade' to the App today. However, I prefer my Smart Phone over the Remote since I always carry it with me. Additionally, the Smart Home App gives me more information and a visual control screen, which allows me more flexibility. After using this POWERbot for over a week, I believe the 'Visionary Mapping' feature of this unit gets better at digitizing out the layout of my whole house each time it is used. The on-board digital camera coupled with its nine sensors appear to be more efficient after completing several auto cleaning schedules. It gets done quicker and does not bump into as much furniture as the very first time. I love the end result, clean floors and less work for me. WooHoo! I may soon be replaced by this POWERbot – almost. I am still going to need my old upright vacuum for places the POWERbot cannot get too, behind and under furniture, stairs, shelf dusting, and upholstery. But this baby does about ninety percent of the work. Welcome to robotics and 21stCentury Technology. Thank You, Samsung. The POWERbot saves me valuable time and vastly cuts down on my chores of vacuuming routinely. Win, Win for me. YooHoo! The POWERbot is designed for daily or frequent, routine vacuuming. It does not have a weekday schedule. Once you set the scheduled times it will be on a daily-basis, only. However, by using the Smart Home App connected to your home Wi-Fi network, you can remotely change at any time during the week or change the POWERbot schedule at home or away. For instance, If you are away, or, at work and discover unexpected company may arrive before you get home – you can remotely turn your unit 'ON' and let it do its thing at the time you want it too using your Smart Home App. Just enable the 'One-Time' schedule instead of changing the daily times it may already be set for. Important to Note – Using the POWERbot does require some floor prep to be efficient. Loose electrical cords, magazines, clothing, or toys anywhere on your floors may stop and even damage this unit. Water or any liquids on the floors is also a No-No. Using the POWERbot has helped me to reduce the clutter off of my floors. There are three separate, programmable cleaning modes, Auto, Spot, and Manual. There is also a Repeat mode, which will clean continually until the battery is exhausted. For daily, scheduled vacuuming times I use the Auto mode. There are also three Suction Power modes, Turbo, Normal, and Quiet. The first time I used the Turbo mode, but since I vacuum daily, I now use the Normal mode. When my Grandchildren were over I got to use the Spot cleaning mode to pick up crumbs from PB&J sammies along with some potato chip bits. To Spot clean you must place the POWERbot in the center of the area to be cleaned as it travels an outward path from that point, approximately six feet by six feet, then stops. It is important for good operation to place your docking station as centrally located as you can. I moved my docking station several times before the POWERbot could easily find it using its Infrared Technology sensors. Important to note that the Infrared sensor cannot 'see' black or very dark colors, so avoid those areas when placing your docking station. It took approximately three hours to fully charge my unit from LOW Battery. In Auto mode at Normal Suction the POWERbot lasts approximately one hour. In Turbo mode maybe around twenty-five minutes, and, in Quiet mode the User Manual says approximately ninety minutes. I have not used the Quiet mode yet. One other point – shut your ceiling fans OFF when vacuuming in Auto mode. I left mine ON and the POWERbot only cleaned around the area of the turning fan. Maybe it can't see the ceiling with the digital camera while the fan's blades are rotating, not sure? Just shut them OFF while vacuuming, and no problem. I love how powerful this unit is and the technology, which makes it such a Smart Robot. In summary, the Samsung POWERbot can replace me without question. Wish it could 'do windows'. I think Seniors would like the POWERbot since it minimizes a cleaning chore without the danger and hassle of tangled cords to deal with, or, trip over. It also is 'Arthritis-Friendly' since it helps Arthritic Seniors avoid pushing heavy upright vacuums frequently. Does the POWEREbot sound like a great gift for someone 'special' on your list? I would highly recommend the POWERbot, especially to folks, who value their time, and want to make their whole home 'smarter'. It certainly isn't for everyone, but it is a great choice for those, whose lifestyle supports robotic tech, convenience, and enhanced, care-free floor cleaning.

I have a rainbow Vacuum it’s awesome, but needed something that can lighten my workload. Powerbot R7070 is great for my hardwood floors and all the dog hair I could do all my other carpets while this one takes care of my hardwood floors it’s perfect. Unlike the iRobot the Samsung gets the Corners. Because the front is straight not round. It’s quite surprising how well this works .

We have a complicated floor plan and it almost always makes it back to the charger. Vaulted ceilings don't affect the vacuum patterns. Mostly hardwood floors, some carpet. Does different patterns each day, hasn't fallen down the stairs yet. Don't know why my dog isn't bald by now. Sucks up Huge clumps of hair every day. Still haven't gotten it to work with Google Assistant yet, even using IFTTT. But the daily schedule works great

We have enjoyed our vacuum thus far. The first time we ran it, the device went through the entire house and found its way around. It did take a second charge of the battery to finish, but it finished. We have not had a problem with the device not running as long as you empty the container each time it runs. Otherwise, it will get full quickly and stop running until you clean it. The drawbacks are minimal but enough to where I felt I should post them. 1. The ability to connect to the device via an application does not seem to function properly. The app does not have an option to add a vacuum nor does it see it. The setup is similar to a smart light bulb, doorbell, or smoke detector, but for some reason, the vacuum does not want to be connected to remotely. Because of this the scheduling can be difficult without the application to assist. 2. It appears its lost its way through part of our house. The initial run got half of my house and then the second run picked up the rest of the house. Unfortunately, it appears to only be running through the first phase of the house multiple times instead of picking up on the second phase. I think a reset of its memory may fix this and will try soon. Overall, it's not a full replacement solution to vacuuming, but when you have multiple kids and pets in the house, it certainly helps having a second automated way to get ransom findings off of the floor and into a trash can. I would certainly recommend, even with the few drawbacks mentioned.

I have run my POWERbot twice since receiving it and here are my thoughts. Pros: -Cleans very well with surprising suction power in a small unit -Filter is washable. This will save money long term and the unit comes with a spare as well -Remote control makes it easy to direct to a specific spot -Smart App lets you see visually the path it has swept and has other cool features -Programmable to run when you wish. You can have it run once every night while you are sleeping if you want. -Adjustable power to maximize cleaning strength or extend battery life. Normal mode gave me about 35 minutes of cleaning. Quiet/low power mode gave me at least double that but could still clean well despite the lesser suction strength. -You shouldn't run it with anything on your floors so it forces our kids to keep their toys put away! Cons: -Not for use with black floors. The instructions clearly state this and I found out why. I have a large carpet in my living room with a pattern of black circles. These circles confuse it and make it think it's reached a border it should not cross. -I had to empty the dustbin twice during first use as it filled up quickly. Although, this could just be because the POWERbot was reaching places I could not with my regular vacuum and it was cleaning spots with lots of dust/dirt. This could actually be a pro I suppose. -The instructions lack detail on how the unit learns and maps your home. I'd like some more information on this. Overall this is a great robotic vacuum. If you don't have any black floors, or even carpets with some black coloring, then it's a great buy and I would recommend it.

First impression of the Bot in the Box, very impressive, it comes well packed with sufficient instructions to do things in the right order. First it says the POWERbot should be fully charged before first use. Since I needed to install the app first, I didn't think this was a big deal. In fact it said it was fully charged after about 60 minutes out of the box. Installation of the app on iOS went fairly smoothly, the only hiccup I encountered was I could not get the POWERbot one of of my WiFi networks (I have 5, so using a different networks was not a big deal, and it worked fine immediately - never found out why the initial problem). The app is pretty minimal, I'd kind of expected more with regard to programming, and options, but the robot seems to have all the smarts it needs built in. Still I wish you could review where it had been and to possibly give it area to exclude. Maybe in another version. How does Rosie clean? Really pretty darn well. I tested it in 3 separate areas. My main living area is tiled with hardwood floors and some oriental throw rugs, the orientals are pretty plush, being 3/4" to 1" tall. The POWERbot easily climbed up these rugs, increased it's power and vacuumed each efficiently. It did a great job under the toekicks in the kitchen, and it repeated each area at least twice, it ran for almost 90 minutes on normal. I have to say it makes a noticable amount of noise, but probably half the volume of a Roomba 770 (my Daughter has one, and you really can't listen to the television when it's in the room. Not that much of a problems with the POWERbot . That I see as a big plus. I hav smaller drop rugs in my bathrooom that I was concerned would be a problem for the POWERbot , but it had no real issues, and and off the small rugs with out bunching them up. Another plus. And it's easy to empty and clean, the dust bin ejects easily and can be washed out with water, and the filter can be washed, another big plus, and they give you an extra one. My other surprise was when the POWERbot came to a two step (tiled) drop, it did not fall, it detected the drop over and over and stayed on the upper level. The lower level is all tile with a bed room, after making sure there were no cords dangling on the floor, I watched it go back and forth under the bed where there was a tight squeeze but it managed quite well. A couple of small throw rugs were no problem again. it did a great job along the edges, better than expected. I then tried in my upstairs, where I have some more orientals, this time with fringe, a possible concern, so I watched what happened and my concerns were well founded. The fringe got cought up in the brushes and jammed. I had to stop the POWERbot and back the fringe out, no harm, but I wouldn't try this on more expensive rugs. So for now I have to only use POWERbot in rooms without fringly rugs. For some this may be a bigger issue, but for me I'll probably only use it one area. Yes it like a dancing bear, you'll watch it and be amazed for a while. It bumps into things VERY gently, as it "sees" then coming. I have alot of glass vases on my floors and the POWERbot touch each of them gently, not enought for be to be worried in the future. It much more quite than a roomba, and probably sucks stronger/smarter. It won't wake you up when it starts and stops like a roomba....I happy with my POWERbot (Rosie) wish I could teach it to avoid the fringe on my oriental rugs. But for now I just have to keep it away; (it does have magnetic "gates" you can use, maybe I'll try this around the fringe (not hopeful thought). But I do recommend my new friend Rosie (POWERbot 7070).