iRobot® Roomba Combo™ j7+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum & Mop - Automatically vacuums and mops without needing to avoid carpets, Identifies & Avoids Obstacles, Smart Mapping, Alexa, Ideal for Pets

It’s even better than I expected. Fascinating to watch it working and seeing it deal with and remember obstacles, and improve its mapping with every pass. Embarrassingly I had no idea how dusty our house was! We love it.

Short version - If you have actual carpet instead of low pile rugs, this really is your only option. The only true "competitor" to this style of combo, the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra, is not rated to be able to handle a living space with 80% or more of real carpet, and refilling the reservoir after one or two cleanings is not the world ending hassle people make it out to be. Long Version - I recently moved from a location with primarily hardwood floors to a apartment with carpet everywhere except the entryway, kitchen, and bathroom. Beforehand I owned the Ecovacs Deebot N8 Pro+ which I purchased after doing extensive research and cost analysis. the N8 Pro+ did it's job, it got up any crumbs and kept the floor maintained longer in between deep cleanings. It couldn't handle a cleaning solution in it's reservoir so I just used distilled water as recommended by the manufacturer. As anyone who has done research on robot vacuums knows, it had it's shortcomings. Besides the water only tank, it also could not go onto carpet with the tank attached - A standard problem among the previous generation of robot vacuums. As such my bedroom, the only carpeted room in my previous apartment, was left untouched by the Deebot as it was easier to vacuum it quickly with a standing vacuum. Despite their flaws, my appreciation for vacuum robots pushed me into buying one better suited for my new home. So I dove once again into countless robot reviews, lists, competitions, etc. My criteria quickly pushed me to analyze the top models in each robot vacuum manufacturers catalog, specifically two robots in particular - The J7 combo and the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra. Because the three hardwood sections are separated by spans of carpet, I wanted a combo robot that could complete the whole apartment in a single run without my interaction *DURING* it's cleaning job. This is where I believe many people get the purpose of a robot vacuum, and particularly this model wrong. This is a MAINTENENCE machine - simply put, this is not full service machine which removes the necessity to clean your floors entirely. All robot vacuums are a luxury device which extends the time between deeper cleanings. I have one long haired cat, and without this device, I would normally vacuum once or twice a week to keep my allergies from flaring. With a robot vacuum, I can extend that to once or twice a month should the robot do it's job properly. Same with the hard floors; because it does the equivalent of a quick swifter job, I don't have to scrub my floors as often. Vacuum robots are also not miracle workers who never break. For the hours it saves you cleaning your floors, it only needs a few minutes of TLC once a month to keep doing it's job. If you expect any robot to never have to be touched, even the RoboRock S7 MaxV Ultra which many will say is the Combo J7's superior, you'll be wasting your money. With that, the reason I chose this machine is because it can clean my entire house without me doing anything during it's cleaning. I don't have to remove a reservoir, or in the case of the Braava, pick it up and move it to the next hardwood spot in my house. From my research, no other robot can currently go from hardwood to medium pile carpet with it's mop pad attached. I could be wrong, or at the very least this review will soon be dated once iRobot's competitors integrate their solution for this issue into their product line. As of right now however, no other robot can do this without getting the carpet wet from it's mop pad (again, the roborock S7 MaxV Ultra cannot raise or cover it's mop pad far enough to prevent your carpet from getting wet). That is why I chose this robot, especially in light of it's flaws - that of which I am not blind nor a fan of the common issues reported on this machine. It's price point even on Black Friday is roughly 100-200 dollars more than it should be (in my opinion the sale price of 900 should be the machine's normal cost), it bumps into things quite forcefully, it's mop does not vibrate or spin nor does it automatically refill the reservoir or clean the mop pad on it's own, it's quite loud verses the other robot vacuums I've interacted with, and if you don' t program the roomba to vacuum your carpet first, the moisture from mopping can cause build up in the brush housing. My only note on the flaws listed above is perhaps because I developed good habits around the reservoir with the Ecovacs Deebot, I'm fine with the lack of a mop filling and cleaning system. To me, it's really not that hard to take a mop pad off after a cleaning or to fill the reservoir after two jobs. This review is based on my personal opinion, experience with robots, and willingness to pay for this kind of luxury equipment. My reasoning for buying this unit it niche, however it fills that role successfully, and because I hadn't seen any buzz around this specific issue I figured I post this review. Thank you for reading and I hope this helped you make a decision.

We have had our I.robot vacuum aka Wall-E now for about 2 months, and we love it. But that being said you need to be realistic about its capabilities. This is a daily maintenance vacuum, not a deep cleaning vacuum. This vacuum is great for managing your day to day floor "seasonings". We have 3 short haired indoor cats, a medium sized medium hair mostly indoor dog, a rabbit and an 8 yr old. In short our house hold produces a fair amount of floor seasoning aka dirt daily. We have mainly laminate with a couple area rugs. This vacuum does not handle the rabbits hay at all, it will clog that needs to be swept up before the vacuum runs like cleaning for the house cleaner. It does require some maintenance like long hair can get wrapped around the wheels and brushes so that needs to be removed every now and then. But that is to be expected. For the size and power of this vacuum it is great for daily maintenance but not meant for deep cleaning. I especially love the "mopping" feature for pet hair pickup. It doesn't really function as a mop more like a wet rag that is drug behind the vacuum. BUUUUUT that wet rag picks up all the loose hairs and bits of dust the vacuum leaves behind which is what I love the most. Bits of stuff on my floor is sensory hell for me and the ability to run this vacuum as many times as needed with minimal effort from me is a godsend.

I got this Robot because I thought it’d make my life easier. I’ve never been more frustrated with a product in my life: - Very very very stupid robot. You tell it to clean a room that’s 5 ft. away, it will take 15 mins to get there on its own. Won’t even vacuum on the way there, but it’ll spin that thingy and make a mess on the way there. - Does not spot clean. You got to wait maybe 30 mins for it to get to that spot on its own, and that spiny thing just makes a mess and throws dirt and dust everywhere. - Mop isn’t good. It just wipes an area maybe twice. - Sometimes it’ll just stop working and there’s nothing you can do about it. Literally look on Reddit and this is a common issue. - Even if the robot makes a map of the area and the user saves it, it’ll still update on it own and make up new rooms and areas even though nothing has changed. - Doesn’t work in the dark, even though it has a light… - Since I got it, it still hasn’t learned how to make its way home. I have to manually put it at the home base - Home base is perpetually dirty. For some reason, this stupid robot won’t clean the home base area. - You can replace the dust bin as many times as you want, wasting money, and the Roomba will insist that it needs to be changed. I cannot express enough how stupid and expensive this excuse of technology is. I’m hoping I’m having you hundreds or thousands of dollars through this review. Their customer service is the kind where they don’t really help you, they just read from a script and instead of “Okay, this is what we can do” it’s “Oh okay sir I understand how frustrating this can be for you and we here will do everything we can to help you in order to continue using—“ JUST SHUT IT AND HELP ME. Unfortunately, I’m 1 month past my warranty so he just laughed and said there’s nothing he can do. I get it but that’s the scam; this piece of garbage will only work poorly for about a year then your warranty is up. It’s phone app has a horrible interface and is super frustrating to use. Horrible product. Never ever ever ever buy.

I used this product for over 4 months and ended up returning it. Unfortunately, this product fails to deliver. It is clunky, with low-quality parts, and it always gets stuck. Several times it broke parts.