The i3 Roomba has all of the power of a standard upright vacuum but in a much easier to use robot vacuum. The associated app is easy to navigate, setting it up was a breeze! Once the app and robot have synced cleaning your floors is as easy as touching a circle on your phone. The scheduled cleaning feature is amazing as well. The disposal bin is in a class of it's own. While a little noisy, the level of noise is well worth not having to clean the bin on the robot after each cleaning on your own.

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.

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.

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.

I bought a Shark from Sams 6 months ago and for some reason the it quit charging. I returned it to Sams to exchange it, but they didn't sell Sharks anymore. I then chose this Roomba to replace it. I didn't think, I would like it because years ago I had one that just bounced around with no routine. Well to my surprise this Roomba works so much better than that Shark did. It cleans faster and so much better. I really loved my Shark but since I tried the Roomba there is just no comparison in the cleanliness of my floors. I have an English Bulldog and he shed everywhere. I would run my shark twice to get the floors clean. My Roomba cleans with one pass and doesn't get hung up as much as my Shark did. I would buy again tomorrow if something happened to this vac.

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 bought this Roomba to replace am older model with out self emptying. I really like the ease of a daily routine and self emptying vacuum. I love that I can use it to spot clean as well once you’ve done mapping. This has been really handy to have especially having pets. The noise is a little loud when it’s emptying the vacuum however it empties it very well because it’s powerful.

This is by far the wort robot vacuum I've had withing the 1st month I had to replace the main roller brush , it don't work as good with pet hair I have a short hair chihuahua, also after 4 months it started getting stuck under my fish tank when before it didn't have any issues . I'm constantly having to fix the roomba in the charger dock because it won't charge by it self tells me I need to clean it with a magic eraser. I had a samsung cyberbot that was amazing but upgraded to this because of the slf emptying option worse mistake I've already replaced 3 things on this vacuum and it wasn't 1 year old (Brush, main roller brush and filter) should have gotten the Shark robot

We've had this a couple of months now. It does a reasonable job of cleaning but here are some of my frustrations with it. 1. It takes a very long time, about 9 hours to clean our whole house (2700 sq ft) 2. It aborts about half the time. The first couple of times were learning experiences about area that were better cleaned manually to avoid it getting hung up. More recently, didn't seem to be any good reason. 3. It often gets lost and cannot find it's way home. Circles endlessly in different rooms with the blue light flashing and has to be rescued and put on it's stand before the battery dies, then doesn't know how to resume and/or self cancels. 4. It has totally illogical cleaning patterns. Refuses to finish cleaning one room then move on so our dogs can get their toys out again. Instead, it does part of a room, moves on to another room or two and eventually comes back to where it left off. Means we have to clear the whole house of potential obstructions and leave them cleared until it has totally finished. 5. It sometimes thinks it cannot connect to the app and has to be rebooted. I think we will eventually get used to is eccentricities. I will also defend it against those who have complained it is noisy. It is fairly quiet most of the time, and even when it self-empties (which some have describes as being like an airplane taking off), it makes no more noise than our previous vaccuum (Dyson Big Ball) makes all the time.

It stopped working right after one year warranty period. I followed all troubleshooting and even bought a replacement part. After less than 2 months of replacing with a new part, it stopped working again with the same error code. Now company wants me to pay $125 + shipping to send it in to see if they can fix it. I spend good amount to purchase this and it only lasted one year. I am so dissapointed with the quality of this item. I don't think I will buy another roomba