Roomba i7+ Review - 6 Months Later
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- A long term review of the iRobot Roomba i7+ robotic vacuum cleaner, its main features, the setup experience, cleaning performance, reliability and maintance, some downsides, and our recommendation on if you should get one.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:46 3 main parts of the system
1:02 What's in the box
1:22 Design overview and features
3:01 Canister bag replacement
3:32 Setup experience
4:21 Training runs
4:41 Smart Maps
4:55 Wall barrier
5:22 Smart Maps and Smart Assistants
5:40 How to start vacuuming
6:01 Schedules
6:21 Cleaning experience
8:51 Hard floor cleaning issues
9:11 Noise level
9:52 Maintance
10:30 Downsides with Roomba
11:50 Closing thoughts
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Great video as usual, love your reviews so much.
Calm and composed, not exaggerating about the products.
Thank you!
I totally agree with your review. Spot on! A couple of points to add: (1) Another HUGE benefit is that it goes under beds, couches, dressers, hanging clothes in a closet, and a lot of other furniture that you'd otherwise have to move to vacuum underneath. We have a dog, and hair and dust accumulations are nearly nonexistent now. Bravo! Normally we do deep cleaning like that manually a couple of times a year, so overall, the cleanliness of the house improved for us. (2) It does NOT like shag rugs. We have one as a decorative accent and I had to cover it with a "keep out zone" to prevent issues. (3) Speaking of Keep Out Zones, it would be great if the software had an option for a round shape in addition to the available a rectangular shape. (The shag rug is round) (4) It learns. We did not open it up to the whole house in the beginning (it went into about 90%) but as it gained access to other areas, it will add them to the map. It takes about 3 times in a new space for it to register and be added. (5) You can store maps for multiple floors if you have a multi-floor house / apartment. However, be sure to put the home base in the same spot each time on each floor. (6) Lastly, the more you can pick up a room and prepare it, the quicker and better it will clean it. So, for the dining room for example, put the chairs upside down on the table (we have padded seats) so it doesn't have to work around the chair legs.
yes true about under the beds its very hard to vacuum their especially with the larger queen and king sizes. also agree you can vacuum every day if you so wish but i guess every second day would be suffice so that botty and you can both have a day off
To prevent scratches i put weather-strip around my Roomba. Mine is barely scratched now, even as the furniture! It's a cheap solution. At this pricepoint the Roomba-engineers should have done this! I named my Roomba "Nancy" and she's doing her job very well!
I think its odd they didnt include a few safety bumpers in the box.
After watching a bunch of Roomba videos and reviews we just ordered an i7+ through your affiliate link because your review was so clear and helpful. Thanks for your excellent content. DJR
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for letting us know.
One awesome things about iRobot is their spare part support. They are still selling replacement battery’s and parts for my 12 year old 500 series. And yah, I still use it.
After having mine for about 4 months now, I totally agree with your review.
Which one do you have?
@@neelimatravel I have the S9+
Such a good review!!well done! Thank you👍🙏
The points about the reminders for maintenance and a flush cord are really good. They can have those cords which bends down.
hello, do you need the Vacuum Bags for iRobot Roomba i7 i7+/Plus (7550) i6+ (6550) s9+ (9550) I & S Series
I was having buyers remorse on the price tag, but this lived up to the price🌼 It is so amazing and the house is clean every day. I like the scheduling as it takes a while, so you may not want the whole house done every day. The self- dumping base is worth the extra money. The bags really hold a ton.
The Roomba smells like money
Great review! Thanks for the thoroughness.
I just bought an i8 Roomba a costco only model. You mentioned about about the scuffs and scratches that go along with owning a Roomba. There are DIY options to consider that will help I made a small video in regards to this. I used left over tool chest liner that you could pick up at any hardware store and double sided tape. It looks great and you get the added benefit of silence when it bumps into things.
i8 doesn’t exist
@@samirparweaz4532 model was only meant for release to Costco
Great review! Thank you.
Great unbiased and very thorough review. Definitely helped in my decision.
I have read several reviews on this product but this is the most honest and complete. Thank you! In RO it is much more expensive, around 1000€, today, the 12.12.2020 in "offert sale". I" ll wait until it goes a little with lower price but your video was the drop that fulled up my glass and convinced me I must have the IROBOT ROOMBA I7+
Have been using two, upstairs & downstairs. We have two dogs.
Very satisfied. We still use central
vacuum every other week.
We got an i7 last month. Works great. I like to clean it each time so passed on the plus option. You can vaccum the air filter to extend its lifespan.
I thought I was the only neurotic person that vacuumed out the filter. It def works!
Paul how do yo do that :)
@@zoyaatif6632 remove the bin and the small filter is on the bin.
I have a whole routine now!
Yes. And, yes, best buds.
Very pleased with my I-7. I have a mix of carpet, rugs, and hard flooring. Does a great job and the maps get smarter with time. I have a dog that sheds..... A LOT. I am really happy with the performance so far. Surprised to see so many negative comments.
Great video. Thanks for taking the time
Ive just ordered one on your recommendation so lets see how it goes. Great review
Enjoy your Robot, i have the same one with the Braava Jet M6
Did you pay 799 or did you get it on the current sale for 599? I ordered mine about an hour ago for 599. I have been wanting this for a while now!
Great informative video
Great video!
This is my second roomba, and the bestBISSELL PowerFresh Steam Mop Works great in mapping the house and cleans great. If you have a long hair dog, the rollers will have to be cleaned. The hair gets wrapped around the rollers, but not a problem for us.
Awesome review. Subbed.
Magic eraser will really easily remove all of those marks :) don’t rub too hard and it shouldn’t harm the surface.
Is it weird that I find it really cute almost like a pet dog? Lol awesome video!
what
lol not at all
Buy like 30 and you get the best thing ever
@@TWatcher_ PLZ REVIEW OTHER VACBOTS
@@stevethea5250 huh?
New subscriber - excellent review!
Thank you!
Thank you for the excellent review. I am an older woman with significant back problems & have been looking at IRobot seriously since last winter. I currently have a very heavy Kirby I’ve had for years that honestly does everything from cleaning bare floors to shampooing carpets & even has a scalp massager! (Never have used that part 😂) After listening to your review I guess I better stick with the Kirby since my house is 98% bare floor. I have two dogs that shed & bring (it feels like) half the yard in with them. Dragging my Kirby out every other day is a huge challenge. Thank you.
Purchase or not to purchase?
Try a cordless Dyson for pets...love mine and they"re very light!
my dog has a lot of hair and sheds a lot no matter how much I brush him. I have a passion for clean floors since I like to go barefoot. Roomba cleans my hardwood floors fine and rugs too. Must maintain Roomba though and clean the rollers so they dont get clogged with hair. No problem with floors - it might throw a few crumbs under the stove due to the little side brush spinning but it's easy to just get them out with a long handled duster. Really its a worthwhile purchase especially with dogs. Mine is 11 years old and working fine still.
Thanks for a great review! I just bought one, I actually bought the i6+ which seems like the same vacuum as the i7+, but it's hard to tell. I'm amazed at how long you were able to use one bag, but one thing worth mentioning in your video would've been that people with pets, kids, or who live in homes with doors that connect to the outside (as opposed to apartments) are going to see substantially reduced bag life.
The i6+ is identical to the i7+ but comes with fewer bonus accessories.
I use this as my pet ever since my dog died, I was completely baffled at the fact it actually seems to have a personality!
This is pure new robot on you video dude
Great review! Notifications that cleaning is complete can be received by Alexa or only in the application? Stuck notifications can be received by Alexa without going to IFTTT? What happens if the internet goes down while it is working? Thank you!
Agree about the benefits of the robot and also with how well it cleans. I am a vacuum snob and didn't want to believe a puny, battery-powered device would keep my home as clean as a fancy, corded vacuum, but for the most part, it does. It gets under things I might skip with the big vacuum and it gets used more frequently. And yes, those carpet lines are satisfying to see after it cleans house. Spot on review. One question (2, actually) - do you have pets and does the bag smell when it gets full?
Would depend on what it picks up. If your dog or cat smells the bag will smell. Our pets are always clean so no smell.
@@samanthabonnieelizabeth4975 It's the dander in the fur. No matter how clean the animals are, fur and skin sitting in a bag will smell. Some people cannot smell it or have become desensitized.
Perfect explanation in detail!
I have had i7 for while now also, my mother has 670 series one for about a year. The features of the high-end i7 vs the older one are night and day. I7 does excellent job cleaning first run the bin was full on robot (I don't have cleaning base) I agree with hardwood performance it's not perfect but pretty good. The 670 series constantly gets stuck unless you throw pillows everywhere etc. The i7 I have yet to see get stuck it's very smart with it's sensors unlike older ones. It drives over everything from bathroom scale to plush rugs it even picked up acorn in my house....from where I have no idea. I highly recommend the I7 but personally would not recommend the lower end series models.
I absolutely love the smart mapping features of the i7 being able to set zones and dividers for the mapped rooms is absolutely worth extra cost of the I7, with less expensive models you have to block it's entry or you buy expensive virtual walls. With i7 you just set dividers and you can even set no touch zones or heavy cleaning zones for high traffic.
Very cool
I have the old 600 series iRobot, that has a barrier that protects it from baseboard scratches. This model has a handle you use to place it back on the charging base in my small apartment, that I share with 3 pets. The Shark may be better on hard floors, and will be my next purchase.
I have the Shark with clean base and really wanted to not like it, but after having lived with it for almost a year, it's been surprisingly good.
I used a MERV 5 rated non woven furnace filter by 3M Filtrete and cut little rectangle pieces to put over my i3's and i7's filters as a pre filter screen and press them together into the slot where it makes a perfect seal around the edges. It catches the bulk of the fine particulates from the dustbin and keeps the actual filter from clogging up.
Great review!! Thanks
We bought the essentially identical i6+ from Amazon on a huge discount. One of the best purchases we've ever made. With a big dog with black fur and light colored tile sweeping has been the bane of our existence, just can't do it enough. Problem solved, just automate it daily!
How much did you get yours for if you dont mind me asking.
@@OGCJ10 $550
Good Guide line
Thank you
We have an e6 (bagless cup emptied after most runs) and then got an i7. After 2 months, we never ever use the e6. Ever. Very similar vacuum hardware, but the i7 is so much more usable. And efficient, since it vacuums everything in straight lines, not like the random-walk e6. The bags last a long time, and it can clean the whole floor of the house on its own, which the e6 cannot do. When the i7’s cup fills up, or the battery needs to be recharged, it empties and recharges and then returns to where it left off. After dinner we tell it to vacuum the kitchen and then go clean by the front door, then we go outside with the kids, and it’s magically all done by the time we come back. Perfect. Sure, once in a while it kicks a cheerio over to a spot it already vacuumed, but so what - even the dishwasher misses something on a fork once in a while, but it’s still 1,000x better than hand washing.
Hi, does it learn multiple floors? I want to take it to different levels of my 3 story home.
Always make sure your turning parts are free of hairs. Hairs can really cause a lot of damage when left too long. The robot is easily opened for maintenance. Don't be afraid of it. And keep a simple vacuum cleaner, not to forceful ready when you dust it out.
But again... hairs, especially long hairs. Animal hairs are not a problem. Human hairs are.
I'd like to see rewiews like this about automatic clothes dryiers, like LG, Bosch...and about the Kitchen Robot Monsieur Cuisine.
Great video! I found this exact model when I was browsing on Twitter, found it open box on Amazon for around $275 + Tax/Shipping. Suffice to say, I got a GREAT deal on it, hoping I like it as much as you have! :)
Did you shoot this whole video on a Pixel 4XL?? How is that possible? It looks amazing!
Excellent review, just got one after watching this 👍 ps: Yes I did call it ‘Botty’ 😂
How is it holding up? Also, how much does it cost you to maintain per year? (replacement parts, filters, etc.)
About 90 dollers per year for replacement bags. Extra for replacement filters
Good to see a six month review. Back when the first Roomba was sold, I bought one from BedBathAndBeyond at a sale, it didn't last six months at all, it just started operating for 30 seconds at a time before shutting down and replacing it's battery pack didn't help. That turned me off the robots for quite some time despite really liking having the constant cleaning.
I had the same issue with an early model. It was great for a while and then just didn't operate any decent amount of time. I had a warranty with Square Trade and they simply had me send it back and they refunded me a prorated amount for the unit. That was perhaps 10+ years ago. Now I'm back in the market for a robot vac and I'm getting the i7.
I immediately got rid of my i3 after 2 days for this one. It was way worth itZ
I really want to get this but the price! My kid has asthma and it would be nice to have it go everyday. We're too busy to manually vacuum every single day!
Just bought it on Amazon for 499.00! Insane deal
I thought we'd finally gotten rid of that bag business. You can keep it. I'll keep my old one.
It's really hard for me to see the bags as anything other than an attempt to get more money out of me. I have no objection to emptying a bagless roomba. I'd be real happy to empty a bagless roomba base.
Bought one of the first Roomba's. It just broke this week. Changed the battery pack once after a few years. The strips on the landing thing are too small, it sometimes does not make contact. It moves its own docking station when it attacks it from the side! Had to glue it on the floor with double side tape. The Roomba gets stuck under a central heating radiator. And it cannot free it selves when trapped between the legs of a specific chair. When it meets a thick door mat, it gets stuck halfway trying to enter the mat. Makes a lot of noise. When docking, it travels minutes through the room before it finds its docking station. And its expensive. All and all, i'm in for a new one, but not a Roomba anymore.
My old Roomba 770 is called Dr Robin after Dr Robin Zazio from the Hoarders program.
I bought the Neato D7 based on reviews and its cleaning abilities are great, but there are so many navigation problems that results in a poor user experience. Really regret not buying the i7
Agree. I had a D7 and it wasn't that great. And more maintenance than other vacuums as well. The brush needed constant cleaning.
Can you delay the bin emptying until say 9am if it's cleaning at night and docks at 1am?
Use a strip of black duct tape on areas you don’t want scuffed or paint transfer, I even use it on my shark so it stays nice after bumping into baseboards 🇺🇸
I masked off my bot and gave it a nice cost of rubber paint. Peels off nicely and protects the vacuum
I use a little isopropyl alcohol on a micro fiber cloth to remove the white marks. Does not take much and doesn’t leave any scratches.
Thanks for the advice!!
I have the e6 Roomba. I simply programmed reminders into my iPhone as to when the advised maintenance is due. It works fine.
Thank you :)
Would you recommend buying the iRobot Roomba i7+ (7550) Robot Vacuum for 570$ is it a good deal for the money? Is the mapping any good? Thanks for the great content.
If it comes with the clean base that's an excellent deal! The mapping tech is surprisingly good in our experience. We've even stopped the robot, picked it up and placed it somewhere else on our home and it was able to find its way back to the base. Also handy that you can now create zones and name them and tell your robot to clean the kitchen table or living room rug etc etc.
Can I create a schedule in which the irobot 980 will clean only selected rooms on a given day? Or is the option only in the i7 version? Im thinking which is better at the moment.
SICK RGB BREH
does it set off home alarms? Can you do a video on it?
Good video.
Yeah. Iove room as i7!!!
It’s on sale right now on Amazon for 699. Just brought it.
599 now
Used on amazon - 479.99!! (amzn.to/3iZwPND)
My J7+ (two months old) has stopped avoiding things and no longer shows me obstacle photos. I have gone to the map and reset obstacle sensing with no luck so I did a factory reset with no luck. It's like the camera is not working. Do you have any ideas I can try?
How is the Roomba with deep think carpet? I have a Roborock and it has trouble moving on my deep carpet. I currently also have a Neato which is the only robot I have seen that can do the deep carpet. The Neato has bad navigation though.
Nice
I took some velcro and put it along the bottom of the front of the sensors while adding eyebrow velcro on the sides that acts as protection while bumping into things. Thankfully everything on this is replaceable.
The thing I feel these reviews tend to be seriously missing is discussion of how they handle long hair. I have a roomba e6, which seems to have the same basic brushes, and every time I empty it, I spend a significant amount of time getting my hair out of it. So it seems like a vacuum base just sucking the dirt out of its bin is going to be useless in a house with anybody with long hair.
To be fair thats not as important as gushing over the ability to name the robot.
PLEASE Tell me how it does in low lighting? Or when light are off since, it has a camera. I currently have an old deebot cen540 and I can't find the brushes anymore so, I figured its just that time to upgrade.
Would you recommend this vacuum for a place that is mainly hardwood floors, with a few rugs?
Not if you have pets
great job and review. but for me, after 1.5 years, my i7 gives me more problems than its worth. it looses navigation constantly. its always telling me to empty the bin even after manually cleaning and wiping sensors. it gets hung up on the base not...sometimes going up, sometimes down. it often can't find its way home...even in the same room. I've deleted 3 maps in as many months. i've done the hard reboot, at the advice of support. I'm about ready to put it on the scrap heap.
That said, support is next to none. they try. earlier this week i was on the phone with them almost an hour trying to work out navigation problems. short term worked....longer term....back to same ole stuff.
would i buy it again....probably not. case in point, i'm trying to figure out what i'm going to buy to replace it.
You should probably do a CZcams video, might get them to send you a new one?
when my laptop runs DOOM 9:40
great review.. I have only one question, why is there two door stops on the right door and no door stops on the left door? thanks!
No idea haha, our apartment just much be weird 😂. - Josh
Love my room-BA. The rubber beater bar is the way to go. I have 2 cats. (I hate cats) run it twice a day. It’s remarkable how much it picks up. I like the self cleaning model - but not the price. Waiting for it to go down.
Its like 699 now with black friday
I live in a rural location and my wifi isn't always the best...is this going to be a big problem for the Roomba i7?
I am having trouble connecting to my wifi. Once that is done perhaps I can enjoy the benefits you speak of. So far the connection has failed 7 times.
Thank you for the video. I’ve a question for you, I have 100% hard floors, no carpet or rugs at all, is the vacuum quality for hard floors really bad? Or is it just better on carpet? Do you recommend it for this type of flooring? Also, I’ve cats 🐱 🤓
Get a Neato, they have great hardfloor cleaning!!
I found that I preferred the i3 as it’s can run at night while we’re asleep. I actually returned the i7, used it and couldn’t find the value at all over the i3
The cord sticking out fix scoot the base over next to the plug flush with wall.
Have you changed the sidebrush or any other parts in past six month except for the dustbag?
Just the filter as reccomend by iRobot.
6 Months Later Reviews how long the filter needed to be replaced? Can you also clean the filter too?
We use a little air blower to clean it out but they're supposed to be replaced every two months.
Is it any good for small places ?
if one meter is 3 feet (roughly), then 1 quare meter are 9 square feet. The roughly is around 10 cm so we'll have around 2 quare feet. Therefore, the translation is Area[SI]=11xArea[Imperial]. For precision, exchange the 11 for 10.67.
After googling, we
Bought mine in August of 2019 I do all the maintenance every Sunday because of my GSD I run it 6 days a week, on Sunday I use my shark vacume and I fill the canister full with dog hair. I renamed mine to POS because that's what it is it can't find home base half the time I get the bin full error all the time (Even when it's not) It is going to be replaced soon.
Teflon tape should help protect the edge of the robot. It comes in clear and it good for its low coefficient of friction. Additionally, it’s a tape that can be replaced.
I named mine "Mo" after the character in Wall-E. :)
M-O from WALL-E isn't a vacuum it's a scrubbing robot.
@@josephbennett3482MO, aka Microbe-Obliterator does more than scrub. ;)
Bought S9+ and braava M6. S9+ worked for a month and then failed, had to return it for repair after a month of bad customer services and now my braava is useless until the other one is repaired... will avoid roomba for a while...
Have heard of many issues with the S9+ stopping on surface changes or re-docking or just flat breaking
The i7+ and 960 have better reliability/consistency from what I've heard.
S9 has been a major disaster. Worst one they've ever made.
Too bad. It's a better vacuum but the tech and AI is dog shit.
Dumbest one I've owned yet.
Gonna try to keep working with it but will probably end up returning it.
If you have 3 different floors of the same house, can you use just one i7+ to remember and vaccum all the three flooring? Or can one roomba only work for one floor?
In theory, a Roomba can learn and vacuum multiple floor plans. Keep in mind that it will take a significant amount of time in order for the machine to learn
There are few things that I'm more proud of buying than my Roomba.
I named it Roombinha (little Roomba, in pt-br)
Hei Paulo, por acaso você ainda está satisfeito com a Roombinha? Estou planejando comprar um mas estou na dúvida entre iRobot e uma outra marca
I need info on the irobot roomba i1+ 1552 if you have any and if it is better then the shark ez Rv913s
Awesome review! Could you please help me answer this - I have marble pebbles laid out all over the wall periphery in my house as part of the interior, the depth of this must be 1 inch from the floor tile. Would the roomba function properly in this situation or would it start picking the marble pebbles while cleaning? Would appreciate any advice!
I bought 20 of these to clean my neighborhood. Now the concrete is gone
Sometimes I wonder if I put my roomba outside, if will it run away and never come back then die somewhere😀
You should try to use this roomba with a lot of pet hair in your house because my mom has a rumba and we use it every day we had to clean out the trash bin every day and knock the filter clean because my sister has a dog we used to have two dogs but one passed away.
you can cut the side brush stems if you can. i saw a youtuber who did that, but only cut the 2 stems.
Can I bring the rumba upstairs to clean without the base up there?
Do you know how the app works with 2 roomba 7? I need two but I don't know how it will work in the app
We just got a replacement roomba (kept the base) and got a new one recently. Now this one keeps saying the Roomba is clogged..... And I did everything it told me too even others suggestions on how to get that to stop. It's not telling us to change the bag yet.... But there's the only solution left. Please help!