Cleaning Robot iRobot Roomba S9+ (s9558)

I have put off buying a robot vacuum for many years as it’s been difficult to determine how much to spend to get a good one. This one does exactly what you would hope, keeping multiple rooms on my ground floor, pretty much spotlessly clean without any difficulty. It travels around, learning new obstacles and so far hasn’t got itself trapped in what is a relatively complicated room layout. I like the ability to set up small cleaning areas and name them so that, for example, I can say “Alexa, ask Roomba to clean around the coffee table”, and off it goes cleaning just that area ! I am very pleased with the purchase, although I can’t help feeling it is a lot more expensive than it needs to be. Perhaps though, you do get what you pay for.

Purchased a cheaper model off Amazon first was so impressed but found app a bit limited assumed spending 3x on the roomba would be way better. Haven’t had a single days trouble free use in just over two weeks where the iRobot worked properly. Continually disconnects from internet - rarely charges properly more often not at all. The support line is a very long wait on hold or for a call back that came hours later when I was at work and unable to take the call - no one replies to emails or messages through help centre. Most days I have spent longer resetting / connecting / trouble shooting than it could possibly take to hoover and mop my own house. Really wanted to love this machine but it’s not fit for purpose and nothing more than a badly working gimick.Perhaps mine is a one off but since getting it out the box it never worked properly - battery is no where near as good as cheaper Amazon alternative hardly ever charges overnight dispite being on top of range dock and brand new out the box.Retuning mine for a refund as quite simply doesn’t work - hugely disappointing considering I’ve seen how great a much cheaper version performs - the better brand and model I have is LARESAR LX Nex robot - it doesn’t refill the mop water but tbh neither did the I robot top of the range £1200 machine - laresar was around £280!So sad to leave this review keptHoping it was going to suddenly get better but clearly is not going to happen! Massively disappointing and hugely overpriced 😢

Having a golden retriever who constantly sheds fur means that hoovering on the regular is a must and so during a sale we bought the Roomba to help keep on top of it. The suction power and performance on the carpet has been amazing. Some initial "roombarf" as it pulled extra muck from the carpets on the first few days, which settled down once it had been running on the regular.When working on hard floors with mats, the performance isn't as great. There are reguarly tuffts of balled up dog hair left behind on the mat. the mopping feature works ok but due to our textured floor, the spot cleaning doesn't really work as it sees the knots and grain of the wood laminate as needing an extra scrub.If you have carpets and a shedding pet, I would certainly recommend.

I used to be fairly IT savvy until recent years but technology has left me behind. This robotic hoover has once again shown me that I am getting on in years and technology has left me in a dark tunnel with no light at the end of it!The thought that has gon einto this product and bringing it to market is nothing short of genius. The manufacturer has thought of just about every thing!To get started I would suggest you do at least two mapping runs to get the map of your property, then you can divide the rooms up using the divider option. If like us you have a log burner you can also create "no go zones" which work perfectly.Once we had set up the rooms we then set up a schedule to do different rooms at different times and days. Brilliant!Another cool feature is that it returns home when either its finished, running low on battery (it restarts where it left off when charged) or when it needs to empty its dust bag.I could go in but this hoover is stunning, in both design and intelligence, so if you can afford one, buy it! It's well worth the higher price tag!