iRobot Roomba j9+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum – Powerful Suction, Identifies and Avoids Obstacles Like pet Waste, Self-Empties for 60 Days, Best for Homes with Pets, Smart Mapping, Works with Alexa​

After mapping the space, does a good job throughout the area. Covers all places and does a good job cleaning up. Does have a little challenge evacuating the vacuum of large sand particles, those need dumped out manually.

One star is being overly generous. I don’t write reviews, one way or the other, but this was too large of an expense not to. If it helps just one person, it will be worth my time. I purchased this unit in Dec. ‘23. I used it maybe 10 times within the first year because I found that moving all the obstacles before vacuuming was a bit of a hassle, and also it just didn’t compare to my push vacuum in performance. I did like the fact that it was able to get in difficult spots, such as under the beds. A couple weeks shy of its one year warranty date it lost its suction. After some degree of difficulty in reaching customer service, a lengthy amount of time on the phone, and photos sent via email, diagnostics were run remotely and they determined that there was an issue with the base. A new base was sent in a timely manner and they offered to extend my warranty by three months.After setting up the new base I ran a quick run of one bedroom. The robot would not seal adequately enough to the new base to provide enough suction to empty the bin and I got an error message. Again, I went through the same lengthy process with customer service and it was determined that the entire unit needed to be replaced. My warranty on the original robot was now within a couple days of expiring so I asked if they would still honor the three month extension. After checking with supervision they informed me that since they were replacing the entire unit they would not be able to honor any further warranty on the new unit. Ok. New unit. It should last a while, right?The new robot arrived, again, in a timely manner. It set up easily and I mapped the house and vacuumed without difficulty. A month later I went to vacuum and I got a message that the unit was unavailable because the software was being upgraded but would be available shortly. Three days later it was still displaying the same message. I rebooted several times. Nothing. I finally resorted to a factory reset and now I can’t connect to the robot at all. I’ve since done some online research and there is a definite trend here with issues occurring during software upgrades. Folks are being run through hoops via customer service only to be told that there is no fix, but…get this…they are offering 50 whole dollars toward a new unit. No joke. Check Reddit. I call b.s.Save yourself the aggravation, time and expense and vacuum the old fashion way. This thing has not been worth it, IMHO.

I've had this robot for awhile now, so I could give it a good chance. Quite frankly, it is awesome! It does a fantastic job of keeping my floors dirt free. I have both carpeted rooms and a lot of vinyl plank flooring and it works well on both. Two recommendations... make sure you keep the dirt bin in the robot cleaned weekly, as well as the sensors behind the dirt bin and the light and camera on the front. I didn't keep the bin sensors clean at first as I didn't know they were there (didn't read the manual thoroughly) so it stopped giving me readings on product health. As soon as I cleaned them, it started working right again. Basically, keep the filter, bin, and sensors cleaned, every week or two depending on how much you use it, and it will work great! Change the filters regularly, as they can clog up with fine dust. Overall, this is an excellent machine!

I debated on upgrading from a (much) older robot vacuum and decided to give this a try. Don't regret it at all. We have a cat that is constantly shedding and, with this programmed to vacuum rotating areas of the house every day, the house stays amazingly free of cat hair and (tracked) kitty litter. Very effective on hardwood and thin carpets. Not so effective on heavier carpets so a standard vacuum is still needed there. It is a bit noisy so program cleaning when noise will not be an issue. Keep the filters clean as suction drops off rapidly if you don't. You don't need to "pick up" as it is very good a avoiding obstacles. It will, however, take a picture of said object (found a couple lost socks that way) and will ask you later if the placement is temporary or permanent. Took one star off for cost and noise.