iRobot

Bought it from QVC about a week and half ago. So excited about it because of the great deal I was getting price wise. Got it yesterday. Hooked it up today and it was really simple to set up. That was great! But then oh so very disappointing when it didn’t suction. All it did was collect dirt and dander and hair all over the body of it. I called the customer help line and waiting an hour when initially the wait time was seven to ten minutes for a customer rep to attend to me. Nobody ever answered my call. I’m pretty good at trouble shooting and am always eager to find the problem if I can, especially if it’s something I did wrong. I’m confident I set this up completely and correctly and in the end I ended up receiving a defective robot. What a let down! Purchase at your own risk. Make sure you don’t throw out your boxes that it came in. This is a big financial purchase so beware! And shame on QVC for endorsing. My bad all the way around.

Terrible vacuum!! It barely works and won’t dock itself 90% of the time. Usually, I start it when I leave for work in the morning. Before I even get to work it has already had some type of error so it stops vacuuming. It gets stuck in the middle of the room on absolutely nothing then it runs out of battery because it wasn’t on the dock all day. When I get home, I can’t start it because the battery is dead so I put it on the dock to charge. It gets just enough battery to turn on then it undocks itself and just sits next to the base until it dies again, it’s ridiculous. When I’m home on the weekends and I run it I literally have to fix it 20-30 times before it will complete the whole house. Waste of money for sure!

iRobot Case Number: **

On September 23, 2022 I sent customer service a note about our vacuum not working. Here is the response I got from them the same day: "Thank you for contacting iRobot Customer support. We will respond to your message within one to two working days." I have yet to hear from them and it's October 12, 2022.

Terrible. Terrible equipment, service, longevity. I purchased two iRobots for my home, one upstairs, one downstairs. Both the heads went out within 6 months 7 months. I called the service line that just gave me a runaround, could not get any help. The part to replace it is almost $200 for each one. The same module head went out on both. Complete junk. I would never buy another, unfortunately family member purchased one during the 6 months that ours actually ran. And they are having the same problem. Stay as far away as you can from this product.

The battery is getting old and needs replacement, wanting a good one we buy from iRobot. What a mistake, they no longer stock the replacement for older units, and charge you a $100 for a later model battery that doesn't charge in your previously perfectly working machine. A normal clean indicator light has a soft glowing pulse to the light, mine now blinks quickly. NEITHER of the 2 technical service guys knew that is a trouble light, and require counting to diagnose the problem. Technical services have been moved to Latin America, they are clueless. Look like original battery is on Amazon for 20 bucks, hope it works. You pay a premium for Roomba's, no longer worth it!

Loved the machine but then it quit charging and told me I needed a new battery. I ordered a new battery from the company and installed it and still the same error message that it's not charging and to get a replacement battery. I am going to order from a different company since I cannot get any response from iRobot.

After literally years of thinking how great it would be to get a Roomba, I finally buckled and bought an i7. I might as well have burned my money. In short, this thing has not worked properly since day 1.

This robot is completely useless, the navigation is terrible, it doesn't know where it is half of the time, I've seen it bang in a wall for 30 seconds in a row before deciding to turn around and finally giving up. When it works, it doesn't even clean correctly and takes over 2 hours for something I can do in 15 minutes. And the customer "service" is the worst, completely useless, same as the robot. Buy Roborock instead, cheaper and it works great.

There’s features about this vacuum that I really love and appreciate, like the automatic empty. It’s my favorite because it can take as long as a month before having to replace a bag. When you do replace it, it has a plastic slide down cover over the fill hole which makes it wonderful for containing dirt and dust as you just toss the bag in the trash. The bags are a very heavy fabric material and excellent quality. The scheduling feature is also great. Plus being able to send it to specific areas that may need attention is also helpful.