The iRobot i3 exceeds expectations but could use a few minor tweaks to make it even more perfect. Out of the box the i3 seemed like your run of the mill bump around the room robot vacuum. From it's round shape and front bumper, I wasn't expecting much from it. But that is where the similarities to my other brand robot stopped. The first thing I noticed was no babysitting! Seriously, I had to watch my other brand robot like a toddler. It was frustrating to say the least. But I gave the i3 a little more trust in hopes I could let it do it's thing. Clean. And that's what it did and did well. After a few days it had gotten better at cleaning and faster. What was this magic!?!? From what I could tell it was mapping out my house and finding faster ways to clean. That was one gripe. I couldn't find much literature on how the mapping worked. I'm a curious person so that bugged me. Not being able to figure how the mapping worked. The other bother was only having one brush in the front. It seemed like another brush could of have helped made cleaning that much faster. Because edge cleaning can only happen in a clock-wise fashion. But all in all this is one fantastic piece of cleaning tech that I can and will recommend to anyone.

It does it's job as intended. I have hardwood floors, area rugs, carpeting, tile and vinyl in my house and it was able to clean all areas well. My wife remarked how clean the carpet was. I didn't get that from my other robotic vacuum. The mapping could be better as it missed a small section next to my bed but i have yet to see this unit get stuck (owners need to declutter ahead). Additionally, it may be a little pricey but get the self emptying home base. The biggest dissatisfier for my other robot vacuum was to empty robot several times in cleaning cycle.

For my family it works great! We have 2 dogs that she’d like crazy! I hardly have to sweep or vacuum myself with this dude running now! It’s not perfect but nothing is anyways. It sometimes gets my kiddos small toys sucked up into it so you have yo help it out, or it needs help finding his home base. Other than that roomba helps us out so much with the crumbs to pet hair on the floor!

Other than some minor issues with initial setup, usage of the vacuum has been almost completely hands free since I installed it. With the mapping technology and the vacuum base station, the i3 does a stellar job of cleaning, making its way back to home, and emptying its vacuum effortlessly.

I know that these products are made to ease the task of cleaning, but it literally cut my cleaning time in half. My floor sees a lot of action due to having a little boy, two dogs, a hard working husband and a gravel driveway. I have an army of floor cleaning accessories that I used several times a day. I'd sweep first because the vacuum didn't pick up larger debris, then vacuum and then swiffer at least twice a day in heavy traffic areas. I set this up very easily and let it go. I have a mixture of hardwood, ceramic tile and vinyl flooring. It moved smoothly from one type to another and had no problem going over kitchen rugs. It picked up EVERYTHING up to the size of a Fruit Loop, which was sometimes picked up and sometimes punched aside. I highly recommend this product to cut the time of floor cleaning drastically.

I would say that this vacuum works extremely well especially in corners, and a deep cleans as good as a regular vacuum cleaner. I would say it is on the louder side and I don't know what your price point is so I can't say anything about that but overall I'm pretty happy with my purchase.

Improves cleaning patterns in time. Had to be careful a few times in the kids bedrooms as the machine goes everywhere. The self cleaning part of the design is excellent. I love having the task or chore of vacuuming removed from my daily list of to dos. Overall I would recommend this to everyone to purchase. Great craftsmanship, with a little regular maintenance on the wheels and dirt tray it seems it will last a long time.

Leaves a couple of spots totally. Very noisy and single rotary brush doesn't help. Absence of a "Turn Off" feature makes it unsuitable for homes with kids or curious pets. Kids keep turning it on and pets keep knocking it off the charging base thus discharging the vaccum.

I ended up returning this vacuum because it does not work on carpet as well as it claims. We have a Labrador Retriever and he does shed, but not to much. This vacuum would leave clumps of his hair all over the carpet making us use our other vacuum after the Roomba was done, defeating the purpose of having it. We would run it every day to see if that would help with the hair getting left behind and it did not. iRobot customer service was very helpful and sent us a replacement part that they thought would fix the problem, but alas it did not. It did work very well on the tile aspects of our house, so if you don't have carpet it would be a great option! Yes the end of the cycle when it was emptying is loud, but since I was running it when I was at work, I did not have to hear it. Also the mapping feature on the app and the app in general were very nice. So, if you have carpet, I would not recommend this vacuum, but otherwise I would!

I have two dogs and the Roomba picks up their hair with ease. It transitions from floor to our oriental rugs with ease. I would give the Roomba a 4.8 in my personal rating. The reason I give this rating is that initially the Roomba seemed a little loud on first use. However, it is definitely quieter than a regular vacuum cleaner. I hope in future models that the option of a quiet mode. An unexpected surprised was that this model detects edges and drop offs. My Roomba maneuvered around this areas and did not fall into my sunken living room. That was a nice touch IRobot. All in all a great product that has made daily cleaning routine a little easier.