Roomba j7+ - iRobot's Best Robot Vacuum Yet!!!
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
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Timestamps:
00:00 Roomba j7+ - iRobot's Best Robot Vacuum Yet!!!
00:24 Camera-Based Obstacle Avoidance
01:03 Obstacle Avoidance Test
01:13 Avoiding Pet Waste
01:43 Smart Robot Vacuum Features
01:53 Navigation and Coverage
02:19 Keep Out Zones
02:35 Cleaning Ability
03:08 Carpet Deep Clean Test
03:31 Hard Floors Test
03:43 iRobot Roomba Clean Base
04:46 Super Quiet and Low
05:00 App Features
05:18 Cons
06:58 Quick Edit
07:15 Price
07:30 Best Roomba to Date!
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Sadly if you want the new features you must use wi-fi which means you are signing away privacy by using their app. No thank you!
Watching Roomba videos at midnight on Saturday, living the dream.
Me literally last night 😂
Me tonight
P.O.O.P. is great… however, as a cat owner I must urge them to include P.U.K.E. and P.I.S.S. with the next firmware upgrade.
If your cat is peeing out of the box, take it to a vet.
Definitely! I have more of a problem with my Cat deciding my living room carpet is the best place to display his latest hairball or succulent plant leaf collection.
🤣
If your cat is peeing OR pooping outside the box, clean the litter boxes more often and you should always have one more litter box than you have cats. We have 4 cats and 5 litter boxes that get cleaned everyday.
depend on the P.U.K.E, mine make a solid puke (hair inside) and it look like poop, so it should work too, for the piss it's obviously a issue but is really not normal for a cat to just piss on the ground.
All my friends reference the fact I watch these videos as to prove how weird I am
I felt that
@@Alfredito999 already bought a cheap one, still watch every video though
Welcome to the club.
I'm constantly looking at aliexpress to see when the roborock s7 maxv is in stock, in China
Before brexit, we were able to just get it shipped from an EU warehouse but after brexit, you can still get it but they're close iroomba prices. Probably cheaper to go to Europe and and bring it back lol
They’re a bunch of haters, they’re the weird ones, they’ll never understand
Being a new owner in 10 days and wow, what can I say this thing is near perfect in what I need. The mapping took 2 trys and keep improving with each run, the banging I to stuff is stopping. Which shocks me in that this robot is actually learning!!
The smaller battery is not an issue for my needs as it cleans the hallway and 2 large bedrooms with plenty of battery left..
As far as noise I am shocked on how really quite it is, I was beginning to think something was wrong as it was just not making enough noise, until I stopped it to check the bin, yea it's working as plenty of stuff. Once again amazed as I vacuum upstairs every week at least once.
I love the fact it gets under furniture and places I normally can't get too, under beds, dressers, night stands!
So far so good with this near perfect vacuum...
Waaaaay too detailed for an honest review
Imagining roombas going through poop avoidance boot camp
Or the "division" that was created or hired to research said topic. LOL Can we just imagine them subcontracting with an outside firm that studied the issue. How did the want ad read when the were soliciting? LOL.
I bought this vacuum after seeing this review and everything that was tested here is absolutely on-point: Cleaning performance is excellent, slick app, and the robot is ingeniously easy to clean. However, mapping our 1000 sqft obstacle free hardwood floor unit took almost 2 days of mapping, charging, mapping, charging... After a week the robot self-updated its software, and after that my old map stopped working. I had to do it all over again! A couple weeks later, another software update nuked the map again. Just my experience, hope it helps someone.
That sucks!
I'm now using a Roborock S7+, and in terms of mapping and reliability it's so much better. It mapped and cleaned our 1000 sqft in under an hour with 50% battery left on balanced mode. It doesn't crash into everything, and the keepout zones are way more accurate. And it just works every time.
It's worth mentioning that the carpet cleaning performance of the Roborock S7 is definitely worse (but still respectable) than the Roomba j7 and the brush roller is slightly more tedious to clean. Overall, especially on hardwood floor, the Roborock is the better option by far.
I feel like this is a shill comment
Were you vacuuming or just mapping? I've read on another review to use a setting for mapping only that doesn't turn on the vacuum and the mapping goes much faster, and only uses a fraction of the power, so it doesn't need to keep charging.
@@rak6080 I was doing mapping runs without vacuuming, with vacuuming it would probably have taken even longer.
Frost off, thanks for doing all of this. Your channel is a huge help as I have to keep my house spotless because of my home business. But I wanted to give some feedback. I don’t find your pet hair tests to apply to real world cleaning scenarios. I don’t think it’s a good idea to draw a conclusion on pet hair performance based on a lab-style test with a small amount of human hair over a 16 square foot area. That’s easy mode for robot vacuums. We have dogs and they have destroyed 2 i7+ robots within weeks because the hair wraps around the ends of the rollers and ends up migrating into the motors. The hair also clogs the front wheel causing all sorts of navigation issues. The drive wheels are also exposed to hair and dirt, and I have had the wheel motors fail after 2 weeks of owning these things because dirt/hair migrates into the motors. We just got the S9+ and it’s dramatically better in quite literally every way, even without a camera. The wider brush roll design protects drive wheels and pivot wheel from debris resulting in far less maintenance. The brush roll is wider so a larger proportion of hair goes into the bin rather than wrapping around the ends of the brush rolls. The s9 also has usable suction as well where the i7 relies mostly on mechanical pickup which makes a huge difference in cleaning ability. The S9 beats the i7 in every way and it isn’t even remotely close when considering pet hair pickup.
I really recommend testing these robots on something like husky or German shepherd fur to get a better idea of how they perform with a normal daily pet hair load. Your pet hair test consists of maybe 5% of my German shepherds daily shed volume. I will gladly send you a day or two worth of GSD hair if you really want to put these vacuums to the test.
Nuances like these are really important to consider. I had to go through 4 robots to finally settle on the S9+ as the winner. Two i7+‘s, one Roborock S7, and a Neato D7.
Just some thoughts. Your channel is awesome!!
That is a really good point. I’ve always assumed that the main appeal of D shaped vacuums was for better edge cleaning and a wider cleaning path.
Utilizing a wider cleaning path as a way to protect wheels from debris is a great idea. How has the S9 handled hair wrap at the end of the brush rollers?
I have a Samoyed, I get the same issues with my S9+. Much of her tail fur that sheds is between 3 to 6 inches long, and the undercoat can clog about any vacuum. Without out the auto empty bin , it stops cleaning after only half of my downstairs.
I also get a lot of hair wrap around the ends of the brush rollers that I have to clean every few days due to the hair. If it’s not cleaned it will eat the brushes after a few days. I’m lucky if the rollers last 3 weeks before they are torn apart from hair wrap.
I completely agree that my dog's hair is mostly collected by the roller wrap, not by the bin. I have bought an I8+ which at least gets SOME hair in the bin but the front wheel collects more dog hair than my 960 which I use upstairs. The I8+ does vacuum my open floor plan main floor now that I have added some keep out zones. It finishes successfully maybe 50% of the days as long as I don't have it do the dining room. My old 960 had no chance of completing our floor plan.
Does the j7+ do any better at not getting stuck with the "bumper stuck" message than the i8+. Since I bought it within the last month at Costco, I can return it if the j7+ is really better.
The wider ds9 brushes sounded like a big improvement on dog hair from Colin but Mike disagrees. Please take up the offer to use GSD hair!
@@Mega4ort I get much less hair wrap on the s9 compared to the i7. I think that is because of the wider cleaning path (less passes = less hair exposed to edges of brush tool), zero hair buildup in the wheels, and have seen no navigation issues either. This thing sucks up CLUMPS of GSD hair that the i7/8 would have choked on.
I confirmed with IRobot that the J7 is just an I7 with obstacle avoidance so I quickly ruled this model out when shopping.
So far I’m 2 weeks into ownership with this thing and I think this is the robot vac that I will keep. I still have to pull the brush rolls off and clean then every few days, but it primarily tangles around the non-motor end. The s9 seems to really resist tangles/wrap around the ends of the brushes that meet the motor bearings/seals. So no hair migrating into the motor over here, thank god.
@@mikedeckard4776 My long haired German shedder recommends the auto empty bin. We live in a 1200ft2 house and the s9 has to auto empty 3 times on a heavy cleaning cycle.
It’s important to not have crazy expectations either. The brush rolls will always be a maintenance item. At this point I accept that I’ll have to replace them every 2 months or so. But the hours/stress it saves me more than makes up for the $200/year on maintenance items. I have to keep my house spotless because of my job.
J7+ vs Roborock S7+ video needed! I was about to order the Roborock on your review and then saw this. I would love to see your comparison of the two. Love your channel!
I have an i7+ and a Deebot t8 and the roomba, despite having worse navigation, seems much more reliable in terms of not getting stuck and emptying the bin every time. I just wish iRobot would switch to lidar for navigation and had a real time map so you could see where it is if it does get stuck. Bravo to iRobot on continued innovation!
Do your other robot vacuums have a real time map? Or do you know which ones do?
@@jazzijeff100 the ecovacs deebot does. I assume the other LIDAR bots like the roborock units also do.
would you say the i7+ gets stuck often?
@@Torulv No, the i7+ hardly ever gets stuck. It's kind of amazing actually. The Deebot seems to get stuck a lot by comparison.
@@jazzijeff100 Eufy has real time maps.
Bet my bottom dollar that there will be a j9+ to follow that will put that expected, standard top-of-the-line, premium price right back to your expectations. :-)
Then I'll wait for that one.
@@TheChadWork2001 you will probably have to wait up to a year for that one...
@@vidpetrovic8907 True, I think it will come In Late 2022.
@@vidpetrovic8907 I agree. I like this new model but I want the D shape.
Yup, that's what I'm waiting for. For that much money I want the version with good battery life, D shape, and better suction.
I have been waiting for this review :)
Really excited about this. Can you do a round up of game changing tools for heavy shedding pet houses? I looked through your existing videos and it looks like most of the pet round ups are pretty old and there has been a bunch of new stuff.
What is the voltage rating on the new clean base ? Is it now dual voltage that can be used anywhere or is it still single voltage ie 110v only ? I’ve purchased my last couple of roomba’s with a standard charging base specifically because it’s 240v/110v so it’s just a cord change. Purchasing a 240v clean base locally is way too expensive.
Amazing review love watching your vacuum reviews. Please review the Neabot Q11 when you get a chance.
Been waiting on this review. Thank you!
No problem!
Thank you! 🙏 You have the best robot 🤖 and vacuum reviews 👏
Thanks!
The software and control algorithms are quite polished and easy to use.
It does tend to get clogged with pet hair. Separately, it does not do well AT ALL if it gets wet even a little bit. It was bumping into water bowls and spilling those, which when mixed with remnants of cat litter created a soupy mess that sticks to all the inside components and clogs the filter. Even without the litter it causes hair and fiber to clog it much faster, and to get quite a bit wound about the rollers.
Using the exclusion zones to avoid water bowls worked, though the exact scaling of the zones in the application is hard to tell. It helps to make them slightly larger than you would think it needed to be just looking at the map.
One of the other weaknesses is that it tends to drop dirt where it has to climb over a threshold and it can't pick it back up.
I'm impressed with the obstacle avoidance for the most part. Cords it does well, cat toys not so much, ones with feathers tended to get pulled in by the brush and stuck. Though I can say for certain it will also avoid cat vomit, bleh.
Feels like we need a head to head with the roborock s7+
100% or the S6 Maxv
I’m hesitant to give the Chinese a map of my home. But they are intriguing.
@@backbonz Just set it up on a VLAN so they can't see f all!
@@mohsenattar1890 and disable location in the app which has nothing to do with the mapping. they have zero reason to know the location of your phone.
Nahh, the best robotic vacuum released this year is Ecovacs X1 omni (structure cam+2D Machine vision AIVI+ self-clean mop with mop drying).
I have been using T8 AIVI but AIVI lacks depths information and perform badly in low light or high dynamic lighting situation; and I watch a professional robotic review in which the reviewer performed the custom test with the help from TÜV confirms all 3D structure light is great at avoiding small items but lacks the ability to recognize object. (Ecovacs/Roborocks claims they are able to recognize object but I don't think they are done properly with NN but with SVM hacks: you can't distinguish a dog poo from a lego piece with the information from point clouds)
And X1 Omni even has mop cleaning and drying function.
The only drawback is that it sells for 1200 USD right now in China and it is going to be a lot more expensive in the US and EU.
Been waiting for this!
Hello, do you know if there is any vacuum robot especially recommended for non-domestic or commercial use? The only one I can see is the Makita which seems very large.
Any word on low light or completely dark room operation? Looks like it has a light in front of the camera but will that mean I can now run it overnight with the lights off?
Love my J7+, it's been cleaning our house for two weeks now and it's doing great!
Hi, do you think J7+ is good for a family with 2 cats and 1 dog? A lot of fur...
@@jessie3291 Absolutely, we have three kids and one cat (but she's mostly living outdoors). You need to pick up toys and other stuff in the kids rooms but that's good... "You need to clean your room, otherwise will Jarvis (our J7+) take your toys." 😉
It's also easy to schedule it to skip some rooms when cleaning.
Great to hear!
How do you like it? We have 2700 sq ft carpet, tile and vinyl. One Persian cat and 1 girl. Concerned about pet hair and ability to clean carpets. Any issues with emptying the dirt bin or hair breaking or getting stuck on rollers etc? How is the maintenance?
@@shanew7361 The dirtbin empties without any problem. I clean the rolls something like once a week. I have removed the brush and cleansed it twice since September 18 and that's more than enough for us.
My wife and my two daughters all have long hair but i think that the j7 handles it well.
Wish you would add another test to all your robots: See if they can transitiion from floor to shag carpet and how well they clean medium or thick pile carpet. That is what most people need to see. Thanks.
I bought one of these and it’s been running for about two months, covering about 500 sq feet of carpet. It’s been great! I haven’t had to clean anything yet - the bag hasn’t filled even once. It’s very quiet and effective on carpet. We have a Roborock S6 Pure downstairs, which is mostly hardwood. The Roborock is much louder, and it won’t avoid cables, and it has no clean base, so it needs emptying almost daily, although it’s great at mapping. The wet mopping feature of the Roborock is useless; I could not get it to work. If I had to choose, it would be the Roomba.
I'm glad you have been happy with it. I'm sorry to hear about that S6 though!
@@VacuumWars in Roborock’s defense: It was less than half the price.
Could you do a review of the Shark AI vac mop and the Shark AI robot with self emptying bin. Would love to get your POV 🙏
Can you expand your particle counting tests to the robot vacs' auto empty bins?
I’ve been waiting for this. In your test is the J7 as good as or close to the S9 for pet hair? Thanks
How do Roombas and other robot vacuums do on smartstrand carpet or soft carpet? There is apparently a very short approved list of vacuums for smartstrand carpets. Do you measure wear on carpet fibers?
Thank you for your very helpful review!
Thank you for watching!
I have a lot of ceramic tile in my house. Will this have enough suction power to lift dirt from the grout lines? The grout lines are a little lower than the tile. I’m trying to decide between this Roomba j7 plus or the Deebot X1 plus.
Thanks for these great videos eh, currently shopping for something to get a handle on all the husky hair in my house. One question I have for you is have you run this particular vacuum over your bump test? I recall seeing you run the i7 and s9 over ½" and ¾ bumps but haven't seen you do many other "terrain" tests. I have a beveled ¾" lip between my hardwood living and hardwood kitchen and the only vacuum I know for sure could get over it is a Shark that my neighbour brought over to show me and the s9 you demonstrated. And to be fair the Shark spun its wheels when they contacted the lip and had to reverse and try again on an angle (with sucess). I'd be grateful for any light you can shed on this for me.
I have the N8 Pro Plus. Is it worth exploring the J7 if approximately 1/3 of my place is carpeted? Can I make up the difference in carpet cleaning just by running the N8 twice over the carpet??
Will this work on thicker carpet? Avoid it if it won't? (Other than mapping)
[owns cats so that he can test vacuums]
Seriously, though. Easily my favorite channel on UA-cam
😄 thank you!
How does the suction compare to the S9?
Another great review! Just what I was hoping to hear! Now to see if there will be any Black Friday deals....
Maybe not this year. This one is too new for super markdowns.
It's only an i7 with avoidance sensors.
On its first run I thought is was broken because there was no vacuum motor sound. The low power rating explains it. Seems to me to be more of an electric broom than a vacuum cleaner. Excellent video.
Thanks very well done video. I was gifted an older model Roomba very impressive product.
Really hope they build a Vacuum to the same form factor as the M6. Especially if they used the S9 roller layout and power. My M6 is the closest thing to navigation perfection.
Can you use the j7+ with MQTT controls? What is the best vacuum you know of with mqtt or http api controls? Looking for an auto-empty lidar mapping with no cloud connectivity.
I hate how my roomba i8+ doesn't vacuum in straight lines like my roborock S7.
Does this camera help roomba being ditzy and getting lost/stuck? I love how my roborock goes to the job, get its done and goes home way faster. Any improvement on this front from roomba would be welcome.
Got it after hearing so much positivity about it; returned it after a week of very poor results.
- Pet hair HEAVILY clogs this thing, auto empty base struggles to empty it's bin, it's also as loud as a jet engine. (bin size is about half of a roomba 980 which is pretty bad)
- Likes to smash into objects (be it chairs, even walls) and it's 50/50 if it's going to avoid them or not.
- Had trouble finding the base numerous times and ran out of battery rather quickly.
- Loved to spend most of its time under my sofa for some reason.
- Would not charge on the base if it parked there itself. Had to physically lift it up and place it down myself to trigger it to charge.
That’s awkward. I bought mine a few weeks ago. Absolutely satisfied. I have several levels and it cleans each with one charge. As I have no pets, I can’t comment on this issue. It always finds the docking station even if moved to a different location. It is surprisingly quiet too.
@@maxbarko8717 This is the j7+, and it's very very loud.
@@natasha_exploring not mine, I wonder what is wrong with yours. Did you contact support?
I wonder if u compare the wheels of Shark IQ robot vacuum with dyson 7jplus? The shark one seems to be a little rough on the baseboard or objects
Does the roomba brand require WiFi for proper smart mapping? Until we get star-link, we do not have the ability to have the vacuum hooked to WiFi constantly.
I got mine for my birthday this year and I love it !!!
Great review. I just purchased the J7+. Thank you. 👍
Enjoy it! Thank you!
How do you think this compares to the roborock s6maxv? Or the Roborock g10 from China?
I have area rugs with fringe. Which robot vacuums can handle fringe and which ones will damage it?
NIce, I have had the I3 for over a year and I have to say it is awesome, keeps the entire floor so clean you can feel it with bare feet, I highly recommend IRobot.
Which would you suggest buying for a first time buyer I like the 7 serioes.
Love your vids. Which one would you recommend for picking up long hair and obstacle avoidance?
Need Help.
I have a Roomba 960 and for some reason my Moto G7 Optimo Maxx will not connect to the Roomba network.
I select my wifi, I see the roomba but it does not see it.
Funny thing is I have one of those Depstech endoscopes that requires the same option of connecting to it's network but it won't allow me.
Is there a setting I have on that is blocking me to connect to the Roomba or Depstech's network?
I do have a VPN active on the phone. Could that be it?
Any input appreciated. Thanks.
Love my j7+. It picks up my cat’s fur incredibly well. I think the suction test is a bit of a red herring. It is objective, but it’s not useful. The most meaningful test is the test of how much of a known amount it picks up from in a carpet. That tests the ability of the brushes to pick up items in the carpet/floor and get them into the suction stream. High suction matters most when the brushes aren’t very effective. So suction is a measure of how good or bad the brushes are, not how effective the vacuum is. I agree that the j7’s strength is carpet, which is almost my entire home. As a result, it’s a great solution for me.
Gosh these videos are great!! Thank you so much! Have so much more insight now. A question though; If I have lots of cat toys laying around, is this still the best choice? Really otherwise leaning on to this.
How does it do getting crumbs and other debris out of grout lines on tile?
The cute little side sweeper makes them look like they’re giving a friendly wave.
can you compare the object avoid to other robots like the ecovac n8?
I wonder if it could clean In the dark with that headlight? I hate having to turn on the lights for my older robot vacuum.
Hey Vacuum Wars, do you know if the new clean base can be used with the older Roomba vacuums, such as the s9 and i7? That would be a sweet upgrade for my home.
yes
Absolutely nothing against this channel or the review. I very much appreciated the thorough and systematic nature! But though many things about the vacuum that looked very promising, so far I'm not impressed with the S7. I have a medium sized business that I wanted to clean overnight. Though it was mentioned in reviews, I think it must be emphasized.
This system --- MUST --- HAVE --- LIGHT --- in order to map. (leave your lights on overnight kind of light)
The first night, it failed 4 times and ultimately got "stuck" against the leg of a chair. Presumably because it couldn't see far enough with it's built in LED to understand its location. I've always used LIDAR systems, so maybe I'm spoiled. In that regard, I also was disappointed with the app. With my LIDAR based systems, it instantly maps (from the first instant off the dock) and you can follow along remotely to see which room it is in and the path that it has cleaned to that point. With this system, I moved it into an unused room and started mapping this morning. It took 2 attempts (90 minutes) in a 300sqft room before it was happy with its map, which said that a square room wasn't square. Then, sending it on its first vacuum run, I can't see any information about the progress or its location on the map. Might be a good system for a home, where people have quiet times set for the system, but I think I'm going to return it and go with the Roborock S4 (as I have no need for the mop feature) based on Vacuum Wars other reviews, it seems like a better option for what I'm looking for. I would use what I have at home (360 Robot Vacuum Cleaner S10), but their support has been questionable and they stopped selling the brushes and filters for the old model (360 Robot Vacuum Cleaner S5) that I currently have cleaning the upstairs. Just my experiences and wanted to share in case anyone else wanted to read...
Just got one of these on the iRobot select plan, seems to be doing great so far. I do wish for a bit more suction, and maybe a counter rotating brush head on the opposite side like some other brands models.
I held off getting a robo vac for a while, but I eventually decided on buying a used i7+(refurbished). I think the type of vacuum you buy depends, like. Roomba are great at pulling dust out of carpet. However, you could opt for other brands for their higher suction/battery life if you only have hardwood/linoleum/tile floors.
I bought a refurb i7+ too
very good comprehensive review.
Thank you!
Wow! Now this is a review great video
Thank you!
What is the best robot vacuum for long hair. We have a long hair dog and his hair killed our Deebot and a Bissell floor washer pet pro in about 1.5 years. His hair gets caught up in the motor area or bearings of the spinning brush and causes the motor to fail. Even with regular cleaning and maintenance of the motor area.
Great review! iRobot finally stepping up their game and adding some Ai to their products, I love it. I'm still holding out for robotic arms that can identify and pick up the objects and put them in a bin, though! 💪🤖
Heck, I'd pay $2500 for a bot that just picked up the toys and clothes and pacifiers at this point in my life.
Within 5 years, I hope😄
iRobot needs to step it up yet another notch and add lidar. My lidar robot navigates much better than the camera-based navigation on the iRobot. And I don't have to turn on all the lights while the lidar robot is doing it.
No joke, that would be awesome. I have a dachshund that would make it her personal fetch robot though.
how is the navigation compared to a lidar system?
Waiting for this review!
Great information, thank you
You bet!
Can this vacuum map in the dark? I saw the i6 cannot. We run our vacuum at night. Thanks
So well done test. I love this channel. Good work
Thank you!
@@VacuumWars I did it! I have one now. And it's even better than I had dreamed of. Its navigation is exactly as I expected. You can feel how that little thing is exploring and thinking.
For which square meter area is the robot applicable, can i clean an office floor of about 200sqm?
Subscribed. Great video.
Thinking either this one or the new XL Shark. Any input?
Pretty big price difference and with a pretty furry dog, I'm not sure I like the bagged system. But those Roomba rollers really entice me.
Weird. They went back to the round form factor. Why? Thought flat end made sense for cleaning corners?
How is it with pet hair? Does the brush need to be untangled often? (Semi-long to long haired.)
Does the brush scratch up the floor? I saw a review from Mr. Roombato where it showed the s9 and i7 horribly scratching up floors if they had any debris on them.
I never had a Problem with scratched floors.
I personally untangel my Roombas every 2-3 weeks (2 cats and 2 people with long hair)
Could you include the dimensions of the external bin? Thanks!
Just Ordered mine via the iRobot Select membership, I'll drop a quick impression for everyone after it arrives and has the chance to run for a few days. I have 3 dogs and one of them is a Husky that sheds like mad, so this will likely be a torture test when it comes to hair - LoL !
I'm looking forward to that!
I am confused as to why they went with a front flat design for the s9 and now have gone back to being round for the j7?!?!
Agree! I'm waiting for another flat front model to come out. It is much better in the corners.
Thanks for the review. I have had the i7+ and currently have the S9+. I found the i7 to drive well on carpets and thick carpet rugs which the S9 struggles and gets stuck (wheel spin) due the the rear caster wheel as opposed to the front caster wheel on the i7. What I do like about the S9 is how it cleans into corners. Would you say the j7 is like the i7 but with the S9 brains and cannot clean into corners? I would be willing to trade across to the j7+ if this was the case. Thanks
We had an S9+ for a short time, after watching lots of reviews including those on Vacum Wars. However ended up needing to return it, iRobot's customer support really was excellent!
We have very thick pile carpet 17.5mm (2/3rd inch) and it the s9+ struggled (Magnificus-95 from Invictus)
It seemed to struggle driving, as you say, didn't seem to drive in straight sensible lines. It got stuck very quickly multiple times and due to its D shape if it did get stuck, it struggled to get out of them as couldn't turn properly. If I looked at a robot again I'd only go for a round one, just due to this issue.
I do wonder if s9+ struggled due to it's excellent pickup, certainly our old Dyson was very heavy going as it sucked down so much. Would the j7+ be better, I'd love to know.
For now we've settled on a cordless Shark ICZ300UKT, which really as been excelent so far, albeit with a human on the over end!
I forgot to mention that to get it to drive with traction, I had to shorten the drive wheel springs to allow more weight of the robot to force the wheels down. Still not perfect but at least it would drive on my thick carpet and up onto the carpet rugs. It gets stuck when trying to turn as the caster wheel digs into the carpet sideways instead of the caster wheel rotating on the spot as does the i7 due to the caster wheel being at the front. I guess I need to wait another year + until it arrives in Australia. Seems iRobot knows there are issues with the D shape so reverted back to the round. Pretty expensive for the consumer to find these issues instead of iRobot R&D, design team and life testing. Oh well.
Does this require a Select Membership ($29/money for 3 years) in order to run this j7 Roomba?
Great video! Shark added a cordless vertex pro and cordless vertex pro powered lift away that seem to be higher wattage. Any chance you’ll get to these?
Thank you for asking - I have a review of the cordless Vertex Pro coming tomorrow at 4 EST!
@@VacuumWars I love this channel! Couldn’t bring myself to buy it until you give it the thumbs up!
Will you do one featuring the Xiaomi Roidmi EVE Plus? It seems like an interesting candidate, but it would be nice to see how it really compares to better known models.
I just thought of an interesting idea. It would be great to have a video comparing the lifespan of the different brushes on different robot vacuums and if they wear out faster on hard wood or carpet. The pick up tests are done with near new quality so it'd be interesting to see how they perform will worn brushes.
The rollers on the roombas are garbage, I have an I7+ and an s9+. They both use similar rollers and they are essentially destroyed by hair in a few weeks. You saw it in this video with the long hair test. The long hair started cutting into the roller and if left alone it would cut thru thru the roller.
Zardif did you clean the brushes regularly? If not, hair rolls pile up and start to damage the brushes. Regular cleaning as advised would prevent the cuts you mentioned. Or if such hair collects and cuts alteady in one cleaning then your home might have more than normal hair gathered on the floor than a regular flat, maybe due to many people living?
@@mrtks34 I'm confused by your comment. Many home owners have multiple people with hair living in their household. Ideally a vacuum should be able to withstand vacuuming hair, as it's so common. Though I understand that's hard to achieve when you have rotating parts, the parts shouldn't be so flimsy that hair cuts it, no matter how many people with hair live in the household LOL
@@natasha_exploring From what I have seen in the past, they recommended checking the rollers something like once a week. If you are doing that, you won't have any issues. I would say to the contrary of the original poster that the brushes last a decent time period given their regular use, if you maintain them properly.
Sounded great until the hair test. Looking for a unit to clean long dog hair on hard surface floor that is capable operating in the night and this unit unfortunately would not work for me.
Could you please test Ecovacs Deebot T9+ and T9 AIVI? They are both available on amazon Germany. Thanks
Great suggestion! but I can't get those here, at least not right now.
I have a labrador retriever and he sheds a lot (lot of fine hair and dander). We have a home mainly with hardwood floor and carpet in some of the rooms in the first floor. I just need a good vacuum robot that just does one job really really well and that is pick up his hair and dander. All the fancy stuff is just a plus for me. I previously bought a Eufy BoostIQ Robovac 11S that barely did the job well. So have been looking for a good alternate since then. Thanks.
Did you find one? We've had our Samsung for over 2 years now and it's still going.
Go get a Roomba, any model of 900 series or above, especially i7+ or i3+ are the best buy for their cost
Have a Shepard and it does a terrible job, leaves all the hair on the edge of the area floor rug.
Ah I was so about to buy one, and it’s great in all categories except deep crevice suction. I have a traditional stone floor (which has uneven surface and 1.5 inch grouted joins). It seems like this might not be the right one for me. I probably need something with a strong suction on it. It’s frustrating because this looks great otherwise (but 80% of the ground floor is this traditional stone soooooo). Are there any recommended ones for folks like me with sandstone floors? Cheers!
Roborock S7 MaxV with it’s floating brush design and high suction power should be the best on crevices. The mopping function should be helpful for stone floors as well. Many owners swap out the rubber brush for the rubber and bristle brush from the Roborock Q5 for even better performance (at the cost of more maintenance because hair will tangle on the bristles)
wow, that is the first roomba that is super tempting to buy, costs around the same as roborock s7 with the optional auto-empty dock. Nice!
Please review the Raycop Omni Air UV+ and they Omni Power UV+ stick vacuums!
Is it possible to move the station around the house without have to remap entire house again?
OK I'd love to see this in a D shape or otherwise with a wider pickup head. Robot vacuums are starting to get to the point where I'd be happy to have one do its thing while I'm out of the house.
Wait. Should I upgrade my s9?
When measuring suction, are the readings different when Roomba's Dirt Detect and/or Carpet Boost is activated? iRobot always advertises that their robots know when to increase suction so I was wondering if you were able to check on that, thanks.
You can tell the Roomba to always use max power or use "low" mode to override the auto detection stuff. So that can be used to measure the max suction with no extra set up.
@@TechSY730 I dont see that in the app, I'm pretty sure it was removed in the new models.
@@iBlindPanic It's still there. But I think it is called Eco-mode these days.
And it is buried under robot settings -> cleaning preferences -> power boost settings. And then you will see manual power settings.
You can't set it easily from the main screen or associate to a pre-made job (like for a specific room). Which is exceedingly dumb, but at least it's somewhere.
@@TechSY730 Thanks, but on my ipad the path you give only shows to "Cleaning Preferences" and then splits to "Cleaning Passes " "Bin full behavior" and "Obstacle Detection"
@@TechSY730 your cleaning preferences look different from mine, thanks anyway.
Can you clarify why you like it way more than the S9+? Thanks!
Is there a bagless option for the bin?
Im seeing some people say that the J7+ real world battery life is actually longer than 75 minutes? Did you find that to be the case as well?
You said these new rollers came out starting with the 900 series, but I have a Roomba 805 and it has these same rollers.
I've got i7 few months ago and I am not very satisfied. It seems to not pick up dirt very well and the app is terrible with connection issues.. Well I am generally not dissatisfied but I hoped it would be better
Great review. If I have three floors, can I just take this from the base station on the first floor and put it on the second floor...return it to base station? And the next day just take it to the third floor and return it to the base station manually?
I'm pretty sure you can. You can save a map of each floor and use the room select feature too.