iRobot Roomba i3 (3150) Robot Vacuum

My floors have never felt cleaner. Its astonishing how much lint and dirt and hair it picks up each time! It's also super easy to clean. I had the model in the price range below this one that doesn't have mapping and I would highly recommend to spend the extra money because its so much better. It goes room by room and vacuums in straight lines. 10/10 recommend!

First time robot vacuum user. Exceeded my expectations. I have two cats and a dog, this thing works great. I’m amazed at how well it navigates my house. Watching it weave it’s way around my dining room table and chairs for example is impressive. It’s not exactly silent but it’s quieter than my regular vacuum and seems to do just as good of a job. Only cons would be that the bin full indicator is inaccurate and says it’s full when it isn’t. I turned that off but would have been nice to have it notify me when it’s full. Instead I just empty the bin once or twice for each of the two floors of my house. Which brings me to my only other complaint - the bin is a bit too small. Other than those two things I absolutely love it and it has simplified my life. I’m blown away by the technology and am convinced they will eventually become as ubiquitous and “necessary” as stoves, washer and dryers, dishwashers, etc.

I was a bit skeptical which is why it took years for me to consider buying a robot vacuum. I am a slave to my vacuum as I have to dogs that shed constantly so vacuuming every single day is just part of my routine. But after many hours of reviewing and researching, I gave iRobot a try and I am thankful I did! It has been a full week I had it and it works great. For a non dyson (strongest suction vacuum) it has decent suction for hard wood floors and even area rugs. Works slowly and when it does bump furniture, it is very gentle. Noise is a minimum compared to a "true" vacuum. My one golden retriever is DEATHLY afraid of it and runs to go outside the minute I turn it on.Pros:Picks up all pet hair on hard wood and most in the area rugsDecent suction for a robot vacuumQuieter than a traditional vacuumGoes "home" when press home button as long as vacuum wasn't picked up and placed down as that disorients itEasy to clean all partsEase of set up with iPhoneCons:As all reviews say. This is smaller type of vacuum so expect (based on square footage of area) to have to empty dust bin depending on square footage of house and how dirty floors are. Vacuum will alert you when dustbin full.Cycle of vacuum sometimes is off. It may go back and forth in a given area over and over despite being a large expanse of floor in front of it. Sometimes gets frustrating and you need to pick it up and place it in other parts of the floor it has not gotten to.However, I have learned to just put it on for an hour or so and let it go where it needs to go. If left on its own for the time, it will navigate all over floor, under couches, under chairsI know the more expensive line has dust bin emptying and "mapping" of floor plan so it covers the entire floor but I did not buy this to replace my dyson animal cinematic traditional vacuum. I bought this to keep the pet hair under control so I can take 1 day off of vacuuming every other day and let the robot pick up the pet hair.All in all, REALLY impressed with this robot vacuum especially for dog hair. It picks up ALL the hair and allows me a day off of traditional vacuuming. It is quiet. It gets the job done so it frees me up.HIGHLY recommend!!!

I have long delayed on picking up an autonomous vacuum as I have heard more horror stories than happy owners. For Christmas this year, we decided to take the plunge and get one to save us some housework (or at least reduce the frequency that we'd need to sweep. We have all laminate flooring in a single story house, so it's practically a requirement to sweep daily.With all the options on the market, and rabid fans for each brand, it's very difficult to get honest information on what which ones within given price brackets win out and which features are really important to have. Ultimately, we opted to give the roomba a shot since during the black friday sales, nearly all competitors had their pricing roughly around the same levels for similar devices. We opted for the i3 for highest suction power to lowest cost. In hindsight, I wish we had gone with the i7 for the ability to map our house out and designate zones for specific cleaning (would have been a excellent feature for days when I was in meetings and the roomba could not get to my room to clean during its scheduled time).As for the actual device itself, my expectations were very tempered for considering what we were purchasing. Fortunately, I can say that we have been very satisfied with Nagatha's performance (kudos to anyone that gets the reference). It is surprisingly thorough considering the i3 re-maps the floors every time it cleans. Only on particularly high traffic days do we ever notice particles on the floor, and that's usually hours after it has made it rounds.The only cons I have (if it really can be considered a con) is that it picks up some much animal fur and particle junk that its not uncommon for the bin to be full and have to cancel it's clean until the bin is cleared. Having the option to resume a clean after the bin is emptied would be nice, and not have it start all over again (A full clean of our house usually takes 2 full charges and roughly 2.5 hours of cleaning with roughly an hour of charge time between that). Being able to pause a clean and send roomba back to its base to charge while on pause, then resume when ready (because sometimes I have longer meetings during the scheduled clean times) would be a nice to have feature so we don't have to start the whole clean over. Last complaint is the cost of replacement parts. Considering the glut of off market replacement options and how well these cheaper alternatives seem to perform/review, iRobot should seriously consider making replacement parts (like filters) either reusable or competitive with alternatives.Overall, 5/5 based on my tempered expectations of what these things would actually get done. Quite satisfied with it's performance so far. Looking forward to upgrading to an i7 (or the equivalent of that) in the future.

I'm really happy with the i3. I had read these things work well on carpet and although not scientific, I'm pretty sure it did a good job. The cool thing I like is that it can go under the bed getting a place that I wouldn't get to as often. If you're thinking about picking up a vacuum, this is a good choice.One negative is the first cleaning was a little slow about an hour. But I wonder if it will get faster in next cleanings as it learns the area. However, I supposed one hour twice a week and I don't really have to do anything makes it totally fine.