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Robot Vacuum Cleaners Buying Guide

Our buying guide will explain which type of robot vacuum cleaner would suit you most, how much you can expect to pay for one, and which features are worth looking out for.

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20 reviews
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  • Build Quality
    4.0 (1)
  • Value for Money
    3.0 (1)
  • Ease of Use
    5.0 (1)
  • Cleaning & Maintenance
    3.0 (1)
  • Product is used
    • Daily (1)
  • Noise Level
    2.0 (1)
  • Pet OwnerYes (1) · No (0)
  • System Errors Occasionally (1)
  • Ease of Programming / Scheduling
    3.0 (1)
  • Battery Life
    3.0 (1)
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Mrs K

Mrs KSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 10 reviews

Good robot

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Purchased in October 2021 at Harvey Norman.

Build Quality
Ease of Use
Cleaning & Maintenance
Noise Level
Battery Life
Value for Money
Ease of Programming / Scheduling
Product is used Daily
Pet OwnerYes
Floor Type Carpet, Tiles and Wood
System Errors Occasionally
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1 comment
iRobot
Teghan R.iRobot

Good Afternoon Mrs K
Thank you for taking the time to review the Roomba. These are a great maintenance cleaner, so you don't have to bring your hand held vacuum out as often.
Kind regards iRobot



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Rensefx

RensefxMelbourne

  • 11 reviews

Just keeps going

published
Date PurchasedJan 2014
1 comment
iRobot
Teghan R.iRobot
Clare

ClareMERBEIN WEST

  • 4 reviews

Excellent performance

published
Date PurchasedApr 2016
1 comment
iRobot
Teghan R.iRobot

Good Morning Clare
Thank you for reviewing the Roomba 880 in relation to the Neato unit.
Kind regards iRobot

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Susannah

SusannahSouth Australia

  • 6 reviews

Love my Roomba

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I really love my Roomba. I don't know how floors get so much dust on them, but I'd be hauling my vacuum around every day without Roomba. It gets in nooks and crannies, and goes home when it's finished. He's one of the family. I've now purchased his brother from another mother, Braava.

Date PurchasedAug 2016
1 comment
iRobot
Malcolm R.iRobot

Hi Susannah
Your reviews are awesome. These are fantastic for everyday use. I think it has been almost a year since I have pulled out my vacuum. Hopefully the boys will get alone as brothers should.
Kind regards iRobot

Alip

Alip

  • 5 reviews

Battery Dead After A Year

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It's a pretty smart vac, but after a year of using and regular cleaning, its run time started getting shorter and shorter until one day it finally stopped working. Very sad as I like how much dust storage it has compared to other robot vacs. It is also easy to empty.

Date PurchasedJan 2015
1 comment
iRobot
Malcolm R.iRobot
peter atherton

peter athertonSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 15 reviews
  • 15 likes

Hassle free

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I won this in a golf tournament, I didn't think much of it but decided to give it a go, my wife loves the idea of it. It tends to get stuck down our hallway but after a quick kick it starts back up, it's very quiet.
A great little investment if your looking to save time!

Date PurchasedFeb 2017
1 comment
iRobot
Teghan R.iRobot

Nice to have.

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This product was nice and it cleans/picks up minute particles as well. This product is really helpful and is light. Can be easily moved about room to room or you can let it loose in the whole house and it will return to base for recharging. Hope it works fine for couple of years.

Date PurchasedMar 2017
1 comment
iRobot
Teghan R.iRobot
csd

csdBrisbane

  • 4 reviews
  • 1 like

Truly, I wouldn't have to live without it!!!!!!!

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I have had this Roomba now for almost 3 years, it is being used a lot and even with dogs and cats it is doing a brilliant job. I am certainly very happy with the suction, it is easy to maneuver and in my opinion, quiet enough. It performs as well on timber floors as on tiled areas, carpets and rugs. I have just bought an i-Robot floor mop...

Date PurchasedOct 2014
1 comment
iRobot
Teghan R.iRobot
Christian A.

Christian A.Davidson

Its Ok

published
Date PurchasedOct 2014
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My greatest help!

published
Date PurchasedJan 2017
1 comment
iRobot
Sampford IXL A.iRobot
Lyn

LynHobart

  • 3 reviews

I love this robot vacuum cleaner

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It is light, it saves your back, it can be easily moved about room to room or you can let it loose in the whole house and it will return to base for recharging. It is used in my home on carpet and wooden floors and works well for both. From time to time a deeper clean may be needed on the carpet, but for regular use it is excellent.

Date PurchasedJul 2016
1 comment
iRobot
Sampford IXL A.iRobot
Geoff

GeoffNewcastle

Works well, but watch out for the hidden running costs!

published
Date PurchasedOct 2015
2 comments
iRobot
Sampford IXL A.iRobot
Geoff
Geoff

Great product, pity about service and consumer law compliance.

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The roomba itself is awesome. I used to tell everyone to buy one, they won't regret it.
Now I hesitate.
11 months old, still under warranty, the spinning brush broke. 3x Harvey Norman staff and one call to the company all telling me it's not covered under warranty, it's 'a consumable'. Despite me referring to Australuan Consumer Law that a reasonable person would not expect any part to break within a year, they would not budge.
I am now in the process of referring the issue to my Territory (NT) Fair Trading office, to see what happens.
So buyer beware.

Date PurchasedNov 2015
4 comments
iRobot
Sampford IXL A.iRobot
ConsumerK
ConsumerK
iRobot
Sampford IXL A.iRobot
Wen

WenAU

  • 4 reviews
  • 2 likes

Better than expected!

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Bough it from Myer. Suction is so much better than a robot I bought in China . And it is really intelligent and will pause while finish cleaning a room, thus saving the battery in case I forgot to turn it off.

Hair won't tangle around the brushes, great design. It's virtual wall unit hat helps it limit the robot's movement area is also a very good feature.

Cannot turn back to my dyson vacuum any more. This saves me so much time. Great product.

1 comment
iRobot
Sampford IXL A.iRobot
a79

a79Greater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 25 reviews

So much better than I imagined

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Have just purchased 880 and loving it - with a toddler and newborn I haven't much time for vacuuming anymore and while I was initially worried about how much the robot would pick up off the floor I have found it to do a brilliant job. We have wooden floorboards with a couple of large rugs. So far have been using the robot daily. I find the spot clean feature is also quite handy for cleaning up small messes.

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Rach

RachPerth

Excellent for pet hair.

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Buying the rather expensive Roomba 880 was a huge financial commitment, but I have to say that think that it was worth every dollar.
I am astounded at how well it performs on our carpets, and it continued to find cat hair and dust after the carpet appeared to be clean. We have foster cats, so the Roomba certainly has it's work cut out. The 'lighthouses' are great for ensuring that Roomba avoids pet water bowls too.
It works equally well on the tiled floors, and I love that it cleans under the beds, sofas and cupboards.

It incredibly useful

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This vacuum does everything as described. It incredibly useful to the point of being indispensable. I'm only upset that I didn't buy this thing sooner. Pros of the Roomba are easy - it is a robot that does your vacuuming for you! Amazing. Worth it. The house is waaaay cleaner than it would be if we didn't have one. Plus, we keep things picked up to be out of its way, so it has made us neater, too. Okay, onto some nit-picking now! may be learn more in h[link removed] it just more information for product .

Lola 2015

Lola 2015Brisbane

  • 7 reviews
  • 15 likes

Be careful of Roombas

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Diane

DianeTownsville

  • 4 reviews

More than earns its keep

published
Date PurchasedJul 2015
2 comments
iRobot
Sampford IXL A.iRobot
Diane
Diane

Thank you.

James R

James R

  • 2 reviews
  • 4 likes

Great, except if you have black lines on your carpet

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We love our roomba. Our black wooden floors are shiny after roomba does it's thing. However recently we bought a rug with black carpet. The cliff sensors seem to trigger on it. Had to put masking tape over them, which would not be good if we had stairs.
Cleans all the cat fur off the rug that our old manual vacuum could not remove. Has not got stuck on anything. Seems to do the whole room, although I have no idea how the logic it uses works. Quite noisy. Don't expect it to run in the room next to your bedroom and get any sleep.

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Update 4 years in

Had to buy a new battery and rollers for the first time. Now living in a house with carpet and it’s much more quiet than on hard floors.

Still going strong.

Date PurchasedJun 2015
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Questions & Answers

Bill D

Bill Dasked

Roomba 880

What is error message 10. I can't understand the voice. Also, how can I get service on Roomba 880 in United States?

1 answer
iRobot
Malcolm R.iRobot

Good Morning Bill D
Thank you for your email. Error 10 is advising either your Right or Left wheel is clogged and requires cleaning.

I recommend contact our USA counter parts in relation to servicing, via the below link:

https://homesupport.irobot.com/app/ask?_ga=2.189877282.806228514.1524518550-95746767.1450741720

Kind regards iRobot

Jessi

Jessiasked

Roomba 880

I've watched a review video and it indicated that Roomba is quite noisy. Is this true? I am tending to use it clean around while I take a nap

1 answer
iRobot
Teghan R.iRobot

Good Morning Jessi
Thank you for your question. It's hard to say, the Roombas are a vacuum, so there is noise when in operation. I find that I can watch TV whilst my Roomba is working, but if I wanted to take a nap, I would go into the room and close the door as I wouldn't want it coming in whilst I am sleeping. However I have spoken with a lot of customers that only operate their Roombas at night. So I guess it is personal preference.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at [email protected].
Kind regards iRobot

patrick

patrickasked

Roomba 880

On eBay some are selling for around $500 for the 880 model, appreciate your comments.

1 answer
Duane Walker
Duane Walker

That doesn't seem right. New ones sell for more than that in the US so they couldn't sell for $500 here. New ones wouldn't be sold at that price.

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