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iRobot Roomba j7+ (7550) Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum – Uses PrecisionVision Navigation to Identify & Avoid Objects Like Socks, Shoes, & Pet Waste, Smart Mapping, Self-Empty for Up to 60 Days
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Brand | iRobot |
Model Name | Roomba j7+ |
Special Feature | Smart Mapping, Multi-Floor Mapping, Dirt Detection Sensor, Edge Cleaning, Anti-Fall, Scheduling, Pet Hair Pick Up, Auto-Docking, Room-By-Room Navigation, Self-Emptying See more |
Color | Roomba J7+ |
Product Dimensions | 13.3"L x 13.3"W x 3.4"H |
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About this item
- Ergonomics: iRobot Roomba j7 with Wi-Fi Connected Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum is the first robot to introduce PrecisionVision Navigation which recognizes objects and avoids obstacles like pet waste and charging cords
- Delivers 10x Power-Lifting Suction: J7+ Robot Vacuum pulls in the debris with a Premium 3-Stage Cleaning System and 10x the Power-Lifting Suction
- Learns and Maps Your Home: Maps your home to navigate in neat, efficient rows for a wall-to-wall clean
- Smart Recharge: Patented Smart Recharge and Resume means the robot charges only as long as needed before finishing the job
- Mechanism: Unique multi-surface dual rubber brushes avoid pet hair tangles
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Built to get the cleaning done your way
It doesn’t just learn your home; it reacts to it in real time.
With PrecisionVision Navigation, Roomba j7 identifies and avoids obstacles like pet waste and charging cords to get the whole job done. It even sends you photos of the hazards it encounters so you’re aware of them in your home.
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Finally.
A robot vacuum you can rely on to get the job done
The Roomba j7 robot vacuum empties on its own, packs 10x the power-lifting suction*, and comes with unique intelligence to avoid cords and pet waste. It even understands times when you’re home and seasons when more cleaning may be needed. *Compared to the Roomba 600 series cleaning system.
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Forget about vacuuming for months
Automatic Dirt Disposal
Dirt and dust stay gone because Roomba j7+ empties into the Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal with an enclosed bag that catches particles as small as .7 microns. That means no mess or cloud of dust when you empty it. Just drop the used bag into the trash and put a new one in the base—clean and simple.
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Recognizes just how unique your cleaning needs are
Cleaning that anticipates your needs
For exceptional cleaning that feels like a cleaning service, the Roomba j7+ robot vacuum learns exactly where and when you clean most and suggests extra cleanings for life’s messiest moments. It can even suggest an extra clean when your area’s pollen count is high or during pet shedding season.
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Identifies obstacles
PrecisionVision Navigation, Roomba identifies and avoids obstacles like pet waste and charging cords to get the whole job done.
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Empties on its own
Roomba empties into the Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal with an enclosed bag. That means no mess or cloud of dust when you empty it.
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Vacuums messes in the moment
Simply use the iRobot Home App or your voice assistant to tell Roomba to immediately clean that spot and consider it done.
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10x Power Lifting Suction*
10x the Power-Lifting Suction & Dual Multi-Surface Rubber Brushes that pull in dirt, debris, & pet hair from wherever it hides.
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Smart Recharge & Resume
Smart Recharge and Resume allows your robot to intelligently recharge for the amount of time needed to continue cleaning and get the job done.
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iRobot OS raises the bar - delivering an intuitive cleaning experience tailored to your needs and preferences.
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Clean when you're away
Uses geolocation services on your phone to understand when you’re out of the house and get the cleaning done while you're away.
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Goes where it's needed
Reactive Sensor Technology tells j7 where it cannot pass, which means less getting stuck. Dirt Detect focuses on the dirtier spots of your home.
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Clean with voice assistant*
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Tackles multiple floor types
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Multiple Suction Levels
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Dual rubber brushes
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Recharges and resumes
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Clean by room
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Product information
Brand | iRobot |
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Model Name | Roomba j7+ |
Special Feature | Smart Mapping, Multi-Floor Mapping, Dirt Detection Sensor, Edge Cleaning, Anti-Fall, Scheduling, Pet Hair Pick Up, Auto-Docking, Room-By-Room Navigation, Self-Emptying |
Color | Roomba J7+ |
Product Dimensions | 13.3"L x 13.3"W x 3.4"H |
Included Components | 1 Extra High-Efficiency Filter, 1 Clean Base® Automatic Dirt Disposal, 1 North American Line Cord, 1 Extra Corner Brush (black), 2 Dirt Disposal Bags, 1 Roomba® j7 Robot Vacuum |
Filter Type | Cartridge |
Battery Life | 120 minutes |
Power Source | Battery Powered |
Are Batteries Included | Yes |
Control Method | App, Touch |
Compatible Devices | Smartphones, Amazon Echo, Tablets, Google Home |
Form Factor | Robotic |
Global Trade Identification Number | 10885155026962 |
UPC | 885155026965 |
Item Weight | 7.48 pounds |
Manufacturer | iRobot |
ASIN | B094NYHTMF |
Country of Origin | China |
Item model number | j755020 |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
Customer Reviews |
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Best Sellers Rank | #7,624 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen) #5 in Robotic Vacuums |
Batteries required | Yes |
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Finally. A robot vacuum you can rely on to get the job done. The Roomba® j7 + robot vacuum empties on its own, packs 10x the power-lifting suction*, and comes with unique intelligence to avoid cords and pet waste. It even understands times when you’re home and seasons when more cleaning may be needed.*Compared to the Roomba® 600 series cleaning system.
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Customers like the ease of use of the robotic vacuum cleaner. They mention it's easy to set up and use, and doesn't require manual intervention at every turn. However, some customers feel the value for money is poor, saying it'll be a complete waste of their $450. They also dislike the battery life. Customers disagree on its functionality, cleaning ability, mapping quality, noise level, and bin emptying.
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Customers find the robotic vacuum cleaner easy to set up and use. They mention it's managed through an easy-to-use app, doesn't require manual intervention at every turn, and the assembly is a snap. The vacuum does a good job of quickly navigating to rooms on the map and doesn't get lost. They also mention that virtual walls and keep-out zones are easy to setup. It takes about 5 minutes max. to swap bags and create boundaries.
"...The interface is an app on the iPad and it is very straightforward to operate, and you can make detailed programs and constantly tweak them based..." Read more
"Day 2 of owning this. I do love it. It mapped my space well. Ease of use...." Read more
"...It’s so easy, takes about 5 mins max (for side brush and rubber brushes)." Read more
"...The app is simple and easy to use, alerts when the vac is stuck, found new areas, needs bag/air filter/roller changes, or has successfully completed..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the functionality of the robotic vacuum cleaner. Some mention it works well, while others say it doesn't function properly, is noisy, and inefficient in how it covers the floor. They also mention it doesn’t show the progress of the cleaning job.
"...All in all it’s really good, and has the potential to be great, but time will tell...." Read more
"...I have a new issue with it stating that it is on uneven ground and it cannot run until it is placed on even ground (even though it is)...." Read more
"...I really tested this thing. Once it’s “hard core “ clean. It does a good job. I’ll add to review after a month...." Read more
"...The light on the waste station is peculiar and does not stay on when plugged in and charging...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the cleaning ability of the robotic vacuum cleaner. Some mention it does a better job at cleaning their house and doesn't seem to get stuck. They also love that it can empty its own dustbin and then go right back to cleaning. However, others say it doesn't clean the floor area along baseboards, constantly vacuums up their puppies' waste, and stops short of where it should clean. It maps and cleans rooms at strange angles, rather than following the sensible layout of the room.
"...going over areas twice to get all the cat litter, and my house stays so clean...." Read more
"...to go around pet waste and other objects, yet it was constantly vacuuming up my puppies waste, as well as sucking up the puppy training pad, which..." Read more
"...But leaves behind some debris. I will say my floors are so much cleaner. I would recommend to vacuum yourself through and through before mapping...." Read more
"...The cleaning is super detailed & would be adequate in that situation, if run every day, to avoid using a traditional vacuum...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the mapping quality of the robotic vacuum cleaner. Some mention it mapped well, while others say it lost the maps several times.
"...the iPad and it is very straightforward to operate, and you can make detailed programs and constantly tweak them based on the machine’s performance...." Read more
"...Prior to it learning my house, it's navigation looked like it was non existent...." Read more
"Day 2 of owning this. I do love it. It mapped my space well. Ease of use...." Read more
"...If it makes it then mapping is off, so it turns, runs right back over the threshold and has to start anew...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the noise level of the robotic vacuum cleaner. Some mention it's much quieter and doesn't scare their pets, while others say the emptying process is very loud and sounds like a jet plane.
"...I'm not that sensitive to noise. The noise level is just a design flaw. I can't imagine going forward they will keep this design...." Read more
"...It is not very loud. The cat is not bothered by it, and EVERYTHING bothers her, so I am kind of amazed by that...." Read more
"...The rare time the base worked, it was extremely loud when emptying from the Roomba to the base, which might be worse than manually needing to empty..." Read more
"...state it as clearly as I can: when the vacuum self empties, the base is LOUD AF...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the bin emptying of the robotic vacuum cleaner. Some mention it's awesome, while others say it doesn't auto-empty.
"...of running (with the new bag), the base/Roomba stated that it could not empty the bin as the bag was full...." Read more
"...The self emptying feature is great...." Read more
"...After doing so, I noticed the battery only partially filled the battery space (see photo)!!..." Read more
"...-The auto empty bin is very powerful and leaves almost nothing behind in the onboard dust bin...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the value for money of the robotic vacuum cleaner. They mention it's expensive, an obvious cash grab, and a waste of money. Customers also say the battery is cheap and not worth the risk.
"...I have learned that the replacement rollers and filters are kind of expensive and have to be changed very regularly...." Read more
"...Summary: Too much money for too many things that should work but don't! I expected more from this brand!..." Read more
"...The bags to me seem reasonable...." Read more
"...They sure have gotten more expensive...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the battery life of the robotic vacuum cleaner. They mention it doesn't last long, the rollers wear out beyond being usable every 3-4 weeks, and the battery drains way faster per job than it needs to.
"...On many occasions the Roomba would run out of charge and die before it finished cleaning and before it could return itself to the charging base,..." Read more
"...The light on the waste station is peculiar and does not stay on when plugged in and charging...." Read more
"...Sometimes it said it is stuck, it's not, sometimes is said out of power, yet about 2-3 feet from clean base and sometimes just stops, ends job..." Read more
"...Battery life is pretty poor - it'll vacuum for about 1 hour, then needs to recharge (no change compared to when new)...." Read more
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Roomba relies more on bumping into things and it's map to navigate. There's good and bad. The bad is that it will often go around the house as if it's a drunk bumping into furniture and objects. The robot needs to learn your floorplan and that can take a long time since it's bumping into everything. It took me about 5 runs of my whole house. Each run took about 3 -4 hours since my house is 2500 sq ft. Prior to it learning my house, it's navigation looked like it was non existent. I thought I had just bought the dumbest robot especially compared to my inexpensive $300 LIDAR robot. However, once the robot declared that it had learned my floorplan everything changed and I began to see the benefits of the iRobot navigation system.
Even after learning my floorplan, the iRobot still takes forever navigating around table and chair legs. Bumping and taking multiple attempts to escape the forest of chair legs, but surprisingly, it has never gotten stuck in my house. I have set it to vacuum my entire house several times and in total it has vacuumed about 20,000 sq ft in it's lifetime so far and it has never gotten stuck. We have kids so there's a lot of toys and miscellaneous items everywhere so that's amazing to me.
My LIDAR robot on the other hand navigates beautifully around furniture but it can't see cords or other lower to the ground objects and it constantly gets stuck on these objects. Also because LIDAR isn't bumping into things to navigate it gets stuck under my couch because the fabric under my couch sags and the LIDAR robot will travel underneath the couch but then think it's blocked in by the fabric when it tries to leave the couch area. The iRobot doesn't have this problems because whenever it's in doubt it just goes barreling through and utilizes the bump sensor to feel around.
The other problem with my $300 LIDAR unit was that it would sometimes do a cleaning run but mistakenly think that there is a new floorplan and erase the old one. It's more sensitive to changes because it's LIDAR hardware can detect small changes. This is probably more a software issue. The iRobot on the other hand, is very hesitant to change it's map. That is good in that it has never erased my current floorplan or made incorrect modifications, however, the initial "learning of the floorplan" is a bit harder if it doesn't discover all your rooms. Getting it to discover new rooms is more difficult since the floor plan is locked in. I've found the best way to get it to discover new rooms after it has "learned the floorplan" is to do an area clean and just draw a box where to new room should be. Once I did that, it would explore that area and declare it found a new space and then it was added to the floorplan.
A few other more minor issues is that the Roomba software is polished but also very limited on options as compared to my inexpensive LIDAR unit. For example, I can't set how often the Roomba should self empty or the quiet times (they removed the beta feature for quiet times). These are important features since the self empty dock is very loud. Much louder then my LIDAR robots self empty dock. I'm not that sensitive to noise. The noise level is just a design flaw. I can't imagine going forward they will keep this design. If you live in a small apartment then you should definitely be aware that you will be disturbing your neighbors or yourself when it self empties. It's louder than my large shop vac.
UPDATE: It has now been another month or so. I like the machine more and more and am changing the review to 5 stars. I have continued to tweak the programs I have set up on the app, and its performance improves. Since we have a cat, a major issue is the cat litter which she manages to drag all over. The machine sometimes will miss some litter in certain areas, and since we have dark floors it shows up brightly and drives me nuts. I can tell the robot to go over certain areas twice and that solves that problem. (Honestly the cleaners we hired would sometimes miss just as much if not more because the tiny specks get ground into the carpet). Another thing is that on our smooth wooden floors, the edge sweeping brush sometimes seems to scatter small particles around rather than pushing them into the rollers, and I have to have it go twice in places for that reason too. But with these tweaks it has been doing a really good job!! The suction is very good and the machine is surprisingly quiet. Also I am getting used to it and learning to leave it alone and not follow it around, so I’m much more relaxed about it. Another good thing—in the app the machine will tell you when it needs maintenance. There is a countdown to when I will need to change the filter and rollers, and I see that I will not need to change them nearly as often as I thought! The manual says filter every 2 month and rollers every 6 months, but according to my runtime it is going to be about double that, so I’ve got that going for me, which is nice 😉.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
I do like this little machine. I hate and I mean HATE vacuuming and my husband has a bad neck and can’t vacuum. We had hired a cleaning service but it made the cat go crazy and just became much more stressful than it was worth. So we decided to get this realizing it would pay for itself (in the absence of the cleaning service) after a few months.
You need to pick up all your things and allow it to make mapping runs when you first get started. The interface is an app on the iPad and it is very straightforward to operate, and you can make detailed programs and constantly tweak them based on the machine’s performance. The suction power and ability to pick stuff up—including cat hair and cat litter—is excellent. It is not very loud. The cat is not bothered by it, and EVERYTHING bothers her, so I am kind of amazed by that. I love that it goes back to its base and empties itself when its little bin is full.
I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5 for a couple reasons. It is godawful expensive. I have learned that the replacement rollers and filters are kind of expensive and have to be changed very regularly. Also—and I admit a lot of this is my issue due to OCD—so far I feel like I have to babysit it and be aware of where it is and what it’s doing, which defeats some of the purpose of getting the machine to do the work in the first place. I am hoping this will improve in time since I have tweaked some of the programs and the machine is learning, and I just need to get used to it. Some of this is due to the fact that I have a multilevel home and have to carry the base around and then tell it to go, rather than just setting programs and ignoring it, which can’t be helped. It would be much better in a single level.
All in all it’s really good, and has the potential to be great, but time will tell. We will see if the rollers and filters have to be changed as often as it says. Probably the filters do, because of my cat, but maybe the rollers can last a little longer.
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Yo me acabo de actualizar de una Roomba 960 a esta J7+ y sólo puedo decir que no me arrepiento para nada.
Esta roomba es la más “inteligente” de mercado por la gran cantidad de sensores y cámara con luz que ayudan a la detección de obstáculos, sin embargo, esto no la hace que sea excelente en todo, pero si una de las mejores opciones a considerar vs otras.
Pros:
Sensores por todos lados, esto evita que se caiga por las escaleras, que choque o raspe innecesariamente los muebles, paredes o puertas de tu casa.
Cámara delantera: mejora su sistema de navegación y detecta obstáculos COMUNES: ropa, cables, zapatos, bolsas… la lista se actualiza en cada nueva actualización que reciba la roomba, y como tiene un led integrado, no es necesario prender siempre la luz para ayudar en su camino.
* Base de limpieza: su bolsa se cambia entre 3 y 6 meses dependiendo de cuanto espacio aspira tu roomba.
* Mapeo inteligente: agrega habitaciones o zonas de limpieza o zonas prohibidas.
* Una o dos pasadas para aspirar.
* Compatible con Alexa, Google Assistant o atajos de Siri.
Cons:
* Es bastante ruidosa, sobre todo cuando se activa la base para limpiar la roomba.
* A pesar de que la base limpia la roomba hay que darle mantenimiento cada semana o cada 2 semanas para remover cabellos atorados o posibles basuras que no permitan su funcionamiento optimo.
* La batería dura poco.
* A veces la app de Alexa no es asertiva con las instrucciones dadas.
* Es grande, considera el espacio si es que tu depa o casa es pequeña y ni cuentas con espacio en tu piso para darle un buen acomodo.
* Dado que es un producto recién lanzado al mercado aún tiene ciertos errores.
* La creación de mapas no es la mejor, yo he tenido problemas que he resuelto cambiando de lugar su base y corriendo un par de veces el mapeo.
* Ya no tiene el botón para limpieza circular manual.
Algunos tips para su mejor uso:
Si eres un desesperado y quieres usarla antes de mapear TODA tu casa, puedes comenzar situando la base en un lugar con buen espacio y comenzar con un trabajo de descubrimiento, pararlo cuando sea necesario y continuar después con el resto de tu casa.
Los mapas no son tan precisos como los genera la Braava Jet m6, pero tiene la ventaja de que al completarlo puedas compartirlo con tu otroa robots compatibles ( o si ya tienes otro robot que mapea, puedes usarlos)
No dejes nada tirado en tu piso, aun cuando es bueno detectando obstáculos no siempre los evita, sobre todo cosas pequeñas como aretes, monedas, pasadores y cosas por el estilo.
No lo dejes limpiar zonas mojadas, pueden dañar los sensores.
Crea tantas zonas de limpieza o prohibidas como necesites, siempre ayudan con los pequeños detalles como zonas que no se limpian bien en las pasadas por habitación o tapetes que son delicados y no debe pasar la roomba.
Yo recomiendo comprar una cinta de “Burletes” para suavizar los bumpers de la roomba y ni lastimar muebles delicados.
Revisa rodillos y ruedas cada 15 días o cada mes para retirar cualquier detalle que evite que funcione adecuadamente.
Recuerda que estos robots están para ayudarnos con tareas diarias que nos consumen tiempo, no esperes que reemplacen al 100% el trabajo humano.
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other than that, if this rumba version is launched in your country, then it is worth the cost, as it cleans quite nicely.