Having used an i7+/i8+ for more than two years and the obstacle avoidance is a critical feature. An S9+ style machine combined with the J7+ avoidance system would be ideal.

Fascinating to see that Amazon acquired iRobot over the weekend. It'll be interesting to see what this means, if anything, over the next couple of years. Do you think we'll see any immediate changes?

Again , what is the battery life of the S9+. Thank you for taking the time to answer.

Good video! But will no brand produce a robot vacuum cleaner with all the functions? hhaha the function of mopping the floor was missing! and it could also have the function of recharging its base, its tank, with water, or even if possible, some other perfumed liquid, right? OR IS THIS ROBOT VACUUM CLEANER ALREADY EXISTING with all those functions I mentioned above? if the answer is yes, what is the name of it?

Very good review. Mine is on it's way.

Glad it works for you man, but my experience has been one of frustration since 2020 with the S9+. Rarely does it finish a job, and only if the job happens to be a small room. If you give it a job that will take 30 minutes or more it'll throw an error, you're not getting through it. Bin not detected (it's there), lids open (it's not), Error 31, gets lost....etc. It is such a finicky vacuum. I updated the firmware, seems to have gotten slightly better but still fails all the time. Maybe I have an earlier version, hopefully any that are bought today are more reliable. I'm going with Roborock next time, and that next time being soon, I should've returned it way back when.

Hey does it scratch floors by chance I saw another video of it scratching hardwood floors and I have them so I don’t know if I want it what do you think

I don't have the s9+, but the J7+, but I think there are many pros and cons. First off the bat, I bought the J7+ for the AI, as with 7 digs in the house, and one getting old and leaving surprises in the house every now and again, I had to change my robot I had, to something with AI (after a disaster in the bin!). At that stage only the J7+ was available in my country with OR, so i went for it. The biggest con was the navigation. My main house is around 350 sqm and with the VSLAM camera and poor battery, it took about three days of running, charging forever, running, charging, etc for the robot to properly map my house. Once it had the map, no issues ever. The second con is a little in the app. It would have been great just to see where it is busy and what it has completed. App just a little too basic. Pros. The J7 just works! My previous robot (lets not mention names) - which now runs in another part that is 100 sqm, used to have frequent clogs in the channel to the auto empty bin. The J7 doc has never had it. Like I said, it just works. It has also done very well to avoid any dog mistakes - something the other did twice! The battery life sucks, but I runs schedules which only do two rooms at a time and areas in higher issues areas. That way I make sure I never run out of battery. Unfortunately the J7 has only 2500 kpa suction, which is not adjustable. I was worried about it, but honestly, it performs very well. I have some carpets where it runs daily and it does well. I also have a daily cleaning around the chinchilla cage that is on tiles, it it cleans it perfectly, picking up anything from chinchilla food to straw. As a final comment - there are a lot more sophisticated robots on the market, but the J7+ just works without complaining. My other, much more advanced robot , not so much.

Great review! Neato vacuums started the D shape vacucms and the mapping via WIFI instead of the random cleaning and the rounded shape of the roomba. D shape is all god no downsides i had a neato for 8 years running once a day everyday. Amazing! now my neato is broken and I am looking for the J9s since Neato is leaving the robotic vacuum market to focus more in another line of robotics.

Neato had the D-Shape long before iRobot had it. Maybe Neato isn't available in New Zealand?

Hi! Does it have problem going through from tiles to carpets in the same area? I never had a cleaning robot, so my guess is that it would never fall down the stairs, correct?

Very good review! As far as Amazon is concerned they don't have a good track record with acquisitions. The S9 Is a beast of a robovac and I believe that we might see a Neato resurgence {would love that, I'm glutton}, which would be ok with me. iRobot has been struggling the las t few years and I think the J series is what baited Amazon to buy them. The camera AI function of the J7 is a (tin foil hat on) is what Amazon is after...Just my maybe, ok informed opinion?

Although this thing does a good job vacuuming, it can’t even dock itself without a push 9/10 times. Pass on it!

It copy the neato

That accent is so difficult to understand 😢