Thanks for the comment 👍

my iromba came defective and was so incredibly annoying. It's always dead. Defective battery. company claims to take on returns at partial return despite it arriving this way. Last irobot I'll buy

Thanks Jon! :)

Love to hear your thoughts once you've had it :)

Q

how is it?

I have the power 9 to 10

Yup! No problem with that :)

Awesome! Great to hear feedback :)

I don’t believe so, although I must confess I never use this feature so I’d need to check if you’re really curious. :)

Yes, that came out in the EVO update :) thanks for sharing with others

Cleaned of dogs hair? Do you mean cleaning the brush or emptying it? If you have an auto-empty station it’ll be fine. :)

@@RobomateTV I mean celaning brush and emptying it. I know I probably should empty it every day but I mean on detailed brush removal and cleaning? And in general, is your recommendation buying roomba i3 if I occasionally have dog in the house (not big space, and only one carpet but sometimes a lot of dogs hair:) ). Thanks.

Yup, no problems :) just carry it up the stairs

@@RobomateTV currently at the store there is discount on i3+ and i4+ (the price difference is less then 50 euro) What are the differences?

@@Babysiter21 4 comes with an extra filter and one virtual wall.

We just purchased an i3, in the USA, it came with an extra filter. Ours doesn’t have the self emptying feature. We were tipped off by friends to throughly pre-vacuum the floors before the first use. It still picked up an incredible amount of dust.

Depends where, not in Australia or New Zealand as far as I know but probably elsewhere

Yes

This was changed with an update after this video was made. Check out the "i3 EVO update" for more info. :)

Yup, that's pretty much right. Someone in the comments here said that it now saves the map in some countries (updates are rolled out separately). To be honest though, you can still use the close door method on mapping robots but if you really don't need it then it's just another thing to go wrong.

@@RobomateTV thanks very much

@@NWGJulian Always happy to help :)

I'm new to all this but it was a wealth of information to talk with one of the people from the chat line - live conversation and they have been unbelieavably awesome and helpful! With the i3, you might need to let it do the map update and then just let it run thru it's whole mapping exercise!!! It WILL map your entire (one floor) house but beware, it does take awhile and you don't want to do anything but let it go for the entire time until it finishes and goes home on it's own! Do not cancel it in the middle of it's mapping exercise or you have to start over. Mine went for 3:11 hrs yesterday, I had to send it home bc we were having company and hence after 90 min's the mapping exercise cancelled so now I have to do it over. (didn't know all that when I started it!) But you can let it run while you're out! If you haven't done this, I strongly encourage you to bc the mapping then allows you to clean just certain rooms (or all of the house on a set schedule) if you want. If you have questions, you can go to the app on your laptop, and click on the 'chat with an agent' and get their help! Good luck! Not sure why people here are saying i3 isn't a mapping robot! It IS and exactly why I returned a Roomba 694 and choose this one!

Yes it's very cool indeed! Let us know if you have any specific questions!

Actually they have updated it since we made the video. It now includes the smart mapping features and you can send it directly to a room through the app

@@RobomateTV it still doesn't just do the target room. Mine just wonders around, and it picks and choose what it does.

@@kewlskater22mo61 Have you updated the firmware and app?

Is it displaying an error? Did you clean and update filters? A certain percentage of every product (not just robots) is faulty- it sounds like yours is. It should be inside the warranty period though if it’s 6 months old?

@@RobomateTV yes hopefully it's still warranted, l can hardly turn the vacuum motor,cleaned the unit with compressed air and vacuum motor still is really stiff when turning by hand

@@RobomateTV also displays error 26,l just figured the filter was dirty but the filter appears to be clean

I haven’t encountered this problem… maybe a sensor was damaged in transit? Recommend a warranty claim…

Yup :) no problem

@@RobomateTV How? I can't find a way. I always have to manually do this.

It's one of the few robots that the cat can actually ride without disturbing it (much) :)

Yes, it will need 2.4Ghz until J7 I think. You can normally have 2 separate networks on your router with different frequencies.

Are you trying to connect it to the 2.4GHz network? Also make sure you've got your wifi password right - you wouldn't believe how often that trips people up!

thanks for the update!

It should leave the room without the app. Do you have it already and you have an issue?

nevermind i figured out you dont take it out the dock and hit the dot button cause it will only clean a spot. if I just hit the powerer and wait it loads the roons up and goes back home by itself. this thing rocks

You can definitely use it without the app :) You just don't get to access certain features like scheduling :)

@@RobomateTV considering that the old ones the 500 series i think had scheduling right on the machine itself... makes me wonder why they made an app in the first place... oh wait i know to make a simple vacuum a security risk...

Yep, annoyingly that update was rolled out shortly after we released this video 😆

Do you mean the suction power?

@@RobomateTV No, I am wondering if the height of the machine can be lower to better clean on hard floor versus carpet.

@@RobomateTV No, I am wondering if the height of the machine can be lower to better clean on hard floor versus carpet.

@@ajmartinez1906 oh no, it’s the same on both!

@@RobomateTV Ok, my wife purchased the I3 model and she's not pleased. It doesn't clean as she expected to do on both carpet and hard floor. I thank you for your response

Yes, you’d have to do that behind the door. You’re right, it’s still useful to have a handheld - think of it like a dishwasher… it does the bulk of the work but it’s still useful to have a brush.

@@RobomateTV I like your way of thinking. Do you have a recommendation for a good handheld vacuum cleaner that I can use for these situations but also do the couch etc?

A mid range stick is probably your best bet. There are tons of good options out there, including even ones from robot brands like iRobot and Roborock. Having said that, I’m not an expert in handhelds so I can’t really comment on what’s best! I imagine there’s less difference than in the robots, as it’s often the smarts that sets them apart.

When I bought my first Roomba years ago I remember reading the Roomba does a great job cleaning floors but you still need to break out a regular vacuum about once a month, so I always kept that in mind. Keep in mind new buyers it’s not actually a vacuum it’s a sweeper. Someone recently told me their Roomba did a great job cleaning their floors but the suction sucked (no pun intended 😁) I love my Roomba and I’m excited to get the new self emptying machine.😊

Is it still within the trial period or warranty? Certainly sounds like you should get that sorted

Room select still isn’t in beta in most markets, as far as I can tell. Definitely isn’t available on my model anyway.

You actually can now - you couldn't when we made this video. Look up the i3 EVO update for more info

Are you matching the right colours with the picture inside the robot? If so, you need to check that you’re matching the shape on the end of the brush as well :) it can be a little fiddly. There will be some good videos on KZfaq showing how to do it!

Thanks for the update :)

Doesn't work well. Mine gets lost often and very rarely finishes without an issue. I have re-mapped 3 times with no improvement.

@@jerryridings5396 good to hear

I've had issues with it actually targeting the correct room.

@@kewlskater22mo61 how bad is it?

Yes it does! (If you have the latest update)

Are you getting an error code or notification in the app? I would suggest a factory reset as your first port of call as well :)

We’re reviewing robots not fashion 🤪

It should get more methodical. Because it doesn’t have camera or LiDAR it takes a while to build it’s map and learn it’s surroundings. The auto-empty will almost certainly get better too. It probably means it’s sucking up a ton of stuff that your previous vacuum wasn’t… but once it’s going regularly it’ll be less prone to overfilling.

Simply reboot it. Hope you’ve done that by now.

Which? Still the same crew here

What's been happening? Hopefully you haven't got a lemon! :(

Must be your device. I had no problems. Stop complaining.