[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] As someone who had a Roomba before this one, but a less "smart" version (no mapping, no self-emptying, etc), I didn't think it would be much different. To be honest, the Roomba I had sat in a corner rarely used because it was fine, but it didn't feel necessary. Let me say that now I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT and understand why people love it so much. Where to begin. The mapping of your home is amazing! I will say "Hey Google, have Roomba vacuum the kitchen only" after some messy cooking and sure enough there it goes to clean up my mess. The scheduling feature is amazing too. I have a cattle dog mix that sheds an insane amount of hair and caused us to vacuum manually every other day. It was a huge pain in the butt and if we missed a few days it was like a dust bowl in our house. I now have the Roomba scheduled for every other day at 5pm and my house is CLEAN. It's wild. I do wish I had gotten the mop functionality as well as it's the only thing that would have made this better. The fact that it self empties as well when it's completed it's job is awesome! I do hate you have to buy the bags, but that is a small price to pay for the conveniences offered otherwise. I absolutely have been recommending this to all my family and friends! Do yourself a favor and go get this vacuum you will not regret it.

I loved Ruby2 so much that I got a Ruby3 for the lower level. These are game changers! Ruby1 was relegated to the RV garage. She doesn't have the self emptying feature. So convenient to schedule the other 2, and I don't have to babysit them. I have a 5400 sq. ft. home, so these gals really help out. They really keep the dust under control. So far I am beyond delighted with their performance. I've only had them a short time, so hopefully I will continue to be thrilled.

I bought the J7+ for two main reasons, the self-empty feature and that it received relatively high scores online for cleaning carpets. The self-empty feature is mostly good. The only problem I've had is that it will occasionally say the bag is full when it's only about half full. This requires that I remove the bag, jiggle it around a little, and put it back. Not the end of the world, but annoying. The carpet cleaning isn't great, especially with pet hair. I have a cat and run this vacuum every day. Unfortunately, the design of the vacuum's brush is such that it clumps up the hair and then leaves random hairballs as it goes. So, rather than picking up all the hair, I get a trail of hairballs throughout the cleaning zone. Moreover, the bush's design allows for hair to get stuck in the "axle" part of the brush. About 50% way through the life of the brush, I get warnings that the brush is stuck and that I need to clear the obstruction. Each time, it requires me to remove the two brushes and pull hair that's been wrapped around on the underside, where the oddly large "axel" area is located. Basically, it's not great for the main two reasons I bought it. Moreover, the battery life is laughable. This is exasperated by the fact that the navigation is absolutely awful. I own a couple of "off brand" robot vacuums that cost half the price, but they have far superior battery and navigation logic compared to the J7+. My final annoyance with the robot is that it doesn't allow the user to monitor precisely where it is during a job, or where it left off when it inevitably goes back to the dock for one of its many charging breaks. Again, I have much cheaper vacuums that are much more precise and allow for the user to check its location and/or completed areas. One positive thing I can say is that the smart obstacle avoidance is pretty good when it comes to cords, shoes, socks, etc. Still slams into walls and furniture at full speed. Not good.

I love how quiet the robot is, but for the price I would expect that it would do better with cat hair. It leaves rolls of cat hair on my low pile rug, while my Wyze Vacuum picks up everything for less than half the price. I do love the auto empty function, but the mapping still needs lots of work. Even with all the lights on the robot hits every wall, every object, but it does avoid toys and cords (for this I am very grateful.

Now make a scrubbing mop robot of same or better quality with self-cleaning/refilling properties that is not merely a wet towelette being dragged across the floor, and you'll have finally kept the promises iRobot made years ago, but before this, never kept.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This robot vac is powerful and quiet. The dirt suction is loud at the end but you get use to it. The robot is set to high suction and 2 passes each cleaning lasting about 2 1/2 hours. I have tons of dog hair through out the day and mine runs every night.

Household of only 2 people. Misses MANY spots. Comes up against wall & literally just goes "round & round" in same area. I have to pick it up & babysit it. Consistently gets "stuck" on flat surfaces. Most of the time ...I just have to sweep after it has "cleaned" :(

This robot (Minerva for us) has changed our lives - making our house actually clean again. As old people we have neither the time nor energy to vacuum as much as our house (with three cats) needs, but Minerva does it for us and does it perfectly. My only sadness is it appears iRobot isn't selling the i7 anymore (why!?). If anyone wants a *perfect* vacuuming robot, they need to pick this up before it's not available anywhere.

I have a J7+. Routinely runs over cords and other objects. Bumps into everything hard enough to knock things off of shelves. Literally knocked a candlestick onto my head today like the villain in a game of clue. Pushes objects as large as cat trees and end tables around. Suction and cleaning isn't bad, but not great either. It does the job as long as it runs every day.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this product as a free sample. I've always wanted a roomba and apparently I should have had one long ago! With 2 dogs, 2 small kids and a husband who works construction I was either vacuuming every day or looking at tumble weeds of dog hair and crumbs floating around my house. Not any more! The roomba j7 does it all for me! It navigates around obstacles easily! I was really worried it would have a hard time going over our thresholds from the kitchen slate tiles to the hardwood floors and every onto the carpets. Absolutely no worries. It climbs over everything with ease. If I don't run it every day o have to clean the bin out during the middle of cleaning. It's super easy to do though. 2 clicks and a dump! I have a dyson stick vacuum that's an absolute pain to clean the bin out so this was quite refreshing to have such an easy experience with. I love how you can easily program with your phone and it instantly sends alerts if something is wrong. I'll definitely need to purchase another one for my basement!