iRobot Roomba Combo i5+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum and Mop, Clean by Room with Smart Mapping, Empties Itself for Up to 60 Days, Works with Alexa, Personalized Cleaning OS

I had an older model irobot I belive 900 series bought in 2017. Anyway there's really only a few differences which I'm happy about but a little bummed bc I expected I bigger leap of improvement.1000% love the self emptying!! And I can not express this enough. My old one did not have this feature and if ran while I wasn't home and the bin got full it wasn't able to finish the whole job. Now this is not a problem. Plus after awhile I just got lazy or forgot to empty the bin so it wouldn't run on its schedule. Now not an issue.This new device is way quieter! It's still noisy but compared to the older model 100% better.I've only done the mop setting once and I wanst particularly impressed with it. I've only done it once due to having a large rug in my living room and the robot just wants to get up on it and I don't have the barriers purchased to keep it off. But I have epoxy concrete floors and I just didn't care for the mop job it did. It says for a wetter mop to wet the pad first but I was just giving it a try out and decided to not wet it first and the wet spots left on the floor were not solid, just like some little lines of wetness.Overall it gets my floors vacuumed for me when I have other things to do so I would say it works well. I have about 1500sf of space it has to get just in the main living and kitchen area. It does need to charge before finishing all of it. It does seem to go over some areas multiple times for no reason and it gets stuck under my coffee table every single time it runs. So I'm not sure if the smart part about it works on this one lol.

I just wrote a review for another robot vacuum you can see on my profile. This Roomba was a replacement for that other one that I wasn't a big fan of. I figured, fine, I will drop the money for the big name. It will do great. Boy was I wrong.This thing was a nightmare. It has tortured us for the last week. It is now back in its box ready to go the return drop off, and yet a third robot vacuum just arrived to replace it - we shall see. I am on an unintended journey of robot vacuums. But, back to this one.I knew it should have been a bad sign when, after initial setup and charging, the first mapping run (which took almost two hours and produced a lot of noise and irritation since we were home during) didn't produce a map. Like, what? So I reran it the next day and it finally made a map. Great.I finally got a chance to let it clean, then, after several days of mucking with the map stuff. And it completely ignored the map. It went into areas not on the map. It skipped whole parts of the mapped area despite them being included in the job. It would do half the job and go home and proclaim proudly via notification that it had "saved me a trip to the bin" as it emptied itself - and decided it was done for the day. I would have to restart the job, only to have it try and jam itself into an accidentally open closet door - an area it shouldn't go anyway, because it is not on the map - and I'd have to rescue it. One day it actually followed my wife into the guest bedroom that is rarely used and so not on the cleaning plan for the robot - she had earbuds in so she didn't hear it. It snuck in behind her in the minute or two she had the door open. We found it later, jammed under the guest bed frame, gunning its little engine trying to get more jammed as we watched. Wow.Besides just utterly disregarding its own map and my cleaning orders, this robot demonstrated none of the features that it claimed to have.Obstacle avoidance? It would, every time, seek out obstacles like dog toys, shoes, the dogs themselves, and run into them. Unlike my previous vacuum, that would just bump its way around obstacles, this one would freeze in confusion, and seemingly forget where it had meant to go. It would turn around and wander back to places already cleaned.Cord avoidance? It actually seemed to enjoy shoving itself under my credenza / TV stand and eating the small IR repeater wires. I had to re-do those multiple times. Finally, I made a new "room" that included that corner of the larger family room. I would specifically NOT include that area in jobs going forward. But, as it didn't care about my cleaning wishes nor its own map, it would go under anyway and entangle itself, again, for fun I think.Dirt event mapping? This feature purports to highlight areas of extra dirt so it can focus on it. We have three pets and so there are definitely, undoubtedly areas of extra dirt in the house. Under the bed in the carpeted bedroom, for example. But after a week of use it never once called out a "dirt event". Bizarre.I will stop there. In the end, this was just a disaster of an experience. We got so much more consternation and frustration out of wrangling this robot and fixing stuff behind it, all the while with it failing to even vacuum what we wanted, than if we had just vacuumed ourself. Isn't the future marvelous??I was tempted to try and get back my old vacuum - but I gave it to my dad and I am not like that. He's happy with it in his pet-less home.Now, instead, I am trying a third brand. Wish me luck.

The iRobot Roomba Combo i5+ has completely transformed how I clean my home. This 2-in-1 vacuum and mop is a powerhouse—it handles both wet and dry messes effortlessly, switching between modes with a simple bin swap. Whether it’s pet hair, crumbs, or muddy footprints, it tackles it all with ease.One of the standout features is the self-emptying Clean Base, which holds up to 60 days of debris. It’s a total game-changer—no more daily emptying or dusty messes. The smart mapping is also impressive; it learns your home layout and lets you target specific rooms for cleaning, either on a schedule or on demand.The dual rubber brushes are great for avoiding tangles, especially with pet hair, and the Dirt Detect technology ensures it gives extra attention to high-traffic areas. It even works with Alexa and Google Assistant, so voice commands are a breeze.If you're looking for a reliable, low-maintenance cleaning companion that saves time and effort, the Roomba Combo i5+ is absolutely worth it

The i5 Roomba performed well for several months and then it would only undock and turn circles. We contacted customer service online who worked to find a solution by largely suggesting ideas involving cleaning the wheels and sensors on the unit. Nothing worked. They asked for proof of purchase but required a PDF receipt. Once that was supplied they sent a new replacement unit and return label for the defective one. The new unit arrived in 2 days and has taken up the job as expected. This was an overall positive outcome and the 4 star review reflects the fact that problems began after 8 months following the purchase.