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Magda E.Greater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
Scratched hardwood floors
We have moved in to a new home and after using our Roomba vacuum cleaner a few times, I have noticed scratches and swirls on every single bit of our hardwood floor. See attached photos. We have spent so much money on getting that floor done before moving in to our home. Very devastating.
Purchased in September 2021 at Harvey Norman for $1,000.00.
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Josh D.Launceston, TAS
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
I got a similar one off Thetechworldcompany.com they have the best pricing for irobot cleaners
Pet friendly. Voice command. Lots of types aswell. Different colors. Io h h j h check h h h h h hoc h h hoc h b v check h h
Purchased in October 2021 for $500.00.
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Susan L.Greater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
- 2 reviews
Short lived
My iRobot Roomba stopped working after 13 months, 1 month out of warranty. Don't waste your money. It worked ok when it was working but what's the point of buying something that dies so quickly?
Purchased in October 2021 at The Good Guys.
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Linda SGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 4 reviews
Great Robot Vacuum
We’ve found the Roomba 980 to do a fantastic job on our carpet and a good job on our wooden floors. With the hard floors it sometimes flicks the dirt around and it doesn’t all get picked up. I love how the app works and how it can be programmed. It does a great job picking up our cats hair which is all over the place.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Morning Linda S
Thank you for taking the time to review the 980 Roomba.
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Slim JimPerth, WA
- 2 reviews
I now have more time for wine!
We bought this to clean wooden floors, carpet and tiles in our new place; Total floor area approx 275 sqm.
We set it running every other day for circa 4 hours, and empty it every time it finishes a run (we have two very furry dogs!).
After the first couple of runs around the house, it had mapped the property and from then on in the quality of cleaning and coverage is insane!!...we come home to spotless floors every night, and the only finger I'm lifting is the one to pick up a glass of red wine!
The box is big enough to cope with dog hair...Read more
, and the only negative is we keep forgetting to raise the bottom of the curtains, so the Roomba likes to chew those. The Roomba has literally transformed our lives - sweeping/ vacuuming floors used to be my least favourite job ...so if we can teach it to clean windows too, then it will become my new best friend. App connects every time via W-Fi, and my wife will often turn the Vacuum on remotely if we've got any last minute visitors - perfect!Purchased in March 2021 at The Good Guys for $1,400.00.
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Tanya C.
- 3 reviews
Excellent concept - but they need further development on quality.
Hi, I purchased and gave been using the Roomba 980 for approx. 2 years now. I can definitely say it’s a game changer in future cleaning, however, it has a little way to go till perfection.
Given the cost of the product (approx. $1499 AUD) you would hope that it lasts a little longer then it has for me without any issues. Mine has recently had the latch that holds the battery in, break. I contacted IRobot as I read many reviews from the USA where the consumers suggested this was a “known” fault by the company and they were replacing them for fre...Read more
Purchased in March 2021 at The Good Guys for $1,499.00.
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Sofia AliGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 3 reviews
Good but could be better
I love that this vacuum works autonomously, & cleans all areas of my house (tiles, floorboards & carpet) while I am at work. It does a great job. Only downfall is it easily gets caught and if this happens it stops in the middle of a job and requires manual intervention.
Purchased in July 2021 at Amazon.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Hi Sofia
Thank you for taking the time to review the Roomba 980. These are a great device for cleaning all types of flooring. We only recommend that if there are area's that your Roomba may get stuck ... Read more
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brett w
- 4 reviews
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It's name is Betsy!!!
Since June our Roomba has cleaned our tiled and carpeted house brilliantly, even gets up the stuff on the mats near the doors. set and forget....program and start from our smart device while at work is fantastic.
Purchased in June 2021 at The Good Guys for $500.00.
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Smarty
- 6 reviews
what a time saver
We have had the 980 for three weeks now and it is awesome. Cleans the whole house while we are out. handles wood floors, rugs and carpets with ease. Works better than our stick vacuum. The remote app is a great addition as well.
Purchased in July 2021 at Harvey Norman Retail Stores - Appliances for $1,250.00.
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Leila shSydney, NSW
Love my Roomba ! Extremely happy
We have laminate flooring, some rugs and tiles. Roomba clean all these surfaces very well . I no longer needed to vacuum clean the house since we bought Roomba 2 months ago. Easy to empty, very user friendly product! I can’t live without it
Purchased in May 2021 at Harvey Norman for $530.00.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Afternoon Leila
Thank you for taking the time to review the Roomba 980.
Thanks iRobot
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Captain SunshineGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 13 reviews
Fantastic...wish I had it 20 years ago!!!
I have had this Roomba 980 for about 6 weeks now, it is a great asset to our house. We named him Jones!!
We have only laminate and tiles in our house and we are retired...just the two of us no pets. I put it to work every other day, our floors have never felt so clean. It does the whole house, even under the beds. I do move some things, like the dining room chairs get put on top of the table to give it a better run. I would have liked it to be able to choose areas to clean on the app but that is a small criticism. I can always close the ...Read more
Purchased in April 2021 at JB Hi-Fi for $1,259.00.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Morning Captain Sunshine
Thank you for taking the time to review the Roomba 980. You have said it best, these are a must have to come home to nice clean house after a hard day at work.
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No way would I recommend this
As a repairer of appliances, I would not recommend this product. They only supply minimal spare parts. If that part doesn't fix it, you are stuck out of pocket with parts and a product that does not work. They do not supply PCB control board in Australia. Buy a Samsung or LG!!!
Purchased in January 2021.
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Busy Mum03Sydney
- 3 reviews
- 3 likes
Love it. Easily cleans a family house.
I have owned the Roomba 980 for about a year and now can't live without it. When my husband first bought it home, I really thought that we didn't need it and it was only for showpiece places but I love the fact that it allows me to get other things done around the house while it vacuums for me. The time saving is worth it alone but it also is back saving. The floors are clean and it picks up huge amounts of dust. I am finding it very easy to use. After the first few goes around the house, it got faster at knowing where to go and it is gentle on...Read more
my furniture and ornaments (doesn't knock over things, just bumps and backs off). There are only a couple of areas in the house that it would get stuck and now we just throw a pillow in those places when it is cleaning. The sensors are good when you don't want it going into rooms or want it to do just half the house. It vacuums most of the house before it goes back to its dock and auto recharges for an hour and then takes off and finishes the full house (4 bedroom place - carpet and hard floor areas). It has a map app on your phone to let you know where it has already cleaned. I think the real test of a product is would you buy it again and I have to say I would. We have had no problems with it from the day we bought it and it vacuums as well today as it did when we got it out of the box.Purchased in May 2021.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Morning Busy Mum03
Thank you for taking the time the Roomba 980 has saved you to review it. These are a fantastic maintenance cleaner. Perfect for whilst you are at home doing other things or whilst you are out.
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Worked well, for a week....
Started off working well and picked up an impressive amount of dust. Now works for 2 or 3 minutes then gets "stuck on a cliff" - even in the middle of a light coloured carpet that is free of shadows or any other dark colours. Very disappointed. Will be taking it back for a refund.
Purchased in April 2021.
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Awesome robot cleaner
Better than expected, the amount of dust that was picked up in our carpet was phenomenal. We recently moved into a new home and had the carpets professionally cleaned, Roomba picked up a lot more than they did! The app is great, handy when you are in a different room and you can turn it on and off it goes.
We have tiles and carpet and it does both. Well worth the $$.
Purchased in February 2021.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Morning Teagan
Thank you for taking the time to review the Roomba 980. These are fantastic. Wait until you try using the app from work. Just make sure you give anyone at home a heads up.
Kind regards iRobot
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AlyceFranklinSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 9 reviews
- 1 like
Love my lil roomba!
I have a dog who sheds a lot and the roomba works wonders! I set it when I go out and it does the job with ease. I was concerned about how it would cope with the dog hair however a friend had one also too and she praises hers as well. Strongly recommend! Now it just needs a steaming option!
Purchased in February 2021 at The Good Guys for $489.00.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Morning AlyceFranklin
Thank you for taking the time to review the iRobot Roomba. You mentioned a steam version, sadly iRobot don't do steam but we do have the Braava 380T and Braava Jet 240 avail... Read more
Great. Thanks for letting me know!
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maria.fassoulakisGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
Much more effective than I expected
I live alone, work full time and no pets, so I really only run this once per week on carperted areas which get light useage. It is much more effective than I imagined, it picks up much dust and lifts the pile in a way that takes me several slow passes with my conventional corded Dyson. I even let it run it in the tiled bathroom upstairs, it does well enough that I just need to mop.
Battery life on the carpet is shorter due to carpet boost and it is noisy but i mostly turn it on when I am out.
I have a smaller cheaper model that I use more ...Read more
regularly on the more heavily used downstairs floorboard area that is as effective on the floor. In saying that the Roomba 980 is more effectively able to negotiate its way onto some of the slightly higher pile rugs I have. My Roomba 980 does vacuum around some of my other higher pile rugs it hasn’t learned to climb. The bin size for me is not an issue as my home stays pretty clean so i only empty when it completes a job. The only negative comments I’d make and reason for 4 rather than 5 starts is I’ve had mine less than a year and it has had pretty light useage compared to those with pets, and I have already noted that the filter cover clip is pretty poorly made. Mine isn’t broken yet but must be on its way as it now needs a little help to close. For the price range I would expect these parts to be better designed.Purchased in March 2021 for $1,250.00.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Morning Maria
Thank you for taking the time to review the Roomba 980. These are fantastic maintenance device for those that do or do not have pets. You literally just set and forget.
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Thank you.
I will do
And I agree the set and forget is brilliant. Makes household maintenance so much easier
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julliamsAustralia
- 2 reviews
This product has made a big difference to our home
Anyone who has a Golden Retriever will understand the hopelessness felt when trying to deal with the hair. We finally brought the Roomba 980 into our home and with daily running it is doing a wonderful job of picking up the hair to the point where if I see any now, I am surprised. We have hardwood floors and several floor rugs in both wool and jute and it works on all these surfaces without issue. I haven't had to take out my vacuum cleaner out at all since we started using the Roomba. I would recommend watching the first couple of runs to ...Read more
check for any hazards, but once you get this sorted, it really does do it all on it's own which you can schedule via an app. One of the absolute game changers for me was watching it disappear under our King sized bed. That in itself was worth the purchase. I thought I would have to buy a second charging station for upstairs but I find that I just take it upstairs, start it in one particular spot and when it is done it just goes back to that spot and then I can take it downstairs to charge up again. Initially my unit was not charging to 100% and I was only getting about a 50 minute clean before it had to recharge. I did some research and learned that I needed to reset the unit. I trust I am remembering correctly but I think holding all 3 buttons down will do this and after I reconnecting it back to Wifi, it right away went on to charge to 100%. I now consistently get about 105 minutes of cleaning before it has to recharge. I do have to tip out the bin after about 70 minutes but it is easy to do (much easier than my Dyson). I personally give the unit a look over every day just to remove anything that might have gotten caught up in the rollers, brush or wheels. It takes a couple of minutes and I'd rather do that than vacuum any day. I am amazed at the performance of this product. The only reason I am giving it 4 stars and not 5 is that I have owned it for a month now and so far one of the arms of the side brush has broken as well as a tear to the rubber roller which made an awful noise but I have fixed with sticky tape and it runs fine. These are replaceable parts which means I can deal with it but they did break fairly early on. The app is also now not allowing me to see maps and says they are unavailable. So a few hiccups but to be honest, I should have done this years ago as it really has made a huge difference to our daily lives.Purchased in January 2021 for $1,249.00.
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HandeSydney, NSW
- 7 reviews
The best in the market!
I’ve used another vacuum robot and it did a terrible job which was the same price as Roomba 980. Roomba 980 is a very clever robot, you can guess what it’s trying you to do and it’s fun to watch him go everywhere. App is great, once job is done, mapping of the area is perfect. Once it’s finished with the room, it starts to swipe the corners. Only downside would be that they could I’ve added a better side brush and bigger dustbin.
I highly recommend this machine to any other in the market.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Afternoon Hande
Thank you for your taking the time to review the Roomba 980. These are a fantastic device and the mapping on the app allows you to see where the Roomba has been and how many times it has cleaned a single area.
Kind regards iRobot
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GrunkyOcean Grove
Wonderful for elderly cat owner
After thinking about this purchase for years I finally got my robot vacuum. I’m sorry it took so long! I’m a retired person with two cats. After a stroke my mobility isn’t to good and using the big vacuum became difficult.
My iRobot is the answer. It’s amazing how much dust and cat hair is collected. My iRobot seamlessly moves between tile and carpet, you can hear the motor change speed over each surface. And cleaning under beds is a real bonus. I’m sure that I’m sleeping better because I’m no longer surrounded by nasty dusty stuff.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Afternoon Grunky
Thank you for taking the time to review the Roomba 980. I am happy to hear the Roomba is making your life that bit easier after your health issues.
This is the best thing for som... Read more
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Questions & Answers
Kristina H.asked
I have rugs with Fringes. Will that work?
2 answers
Hi kristina. yes most of them do an so does this one. I sell these if you want a better deal. My website is thetechworldcompany.com my email is on the website so if you want a discount shout an email there to reference this message and I'll give you a good deal. The prices are in American so if you want I can give the Aus prices. Thanks
IXL H.iRobot
Hi Kristina,
The Roomba 980 handles a range of surfaces with ease, including most fringe carpets. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further queries.
Kind regards,
iRobot
Hangah L.asked
Hi,
I have roomba over a year old and I have few problems that I notice is happening.
1. Roomba sometimes its not starting the schedule clean up and only making the sound when its time to clean I have manually press the clean button on the roomba or through the app
2. Keep getting Error 2 (Clean Roomba debris extractor), in which I always make sure to clean the everything after each use.
3. Is it normal that the roomba making a rattling noise while cleaning in hard surface floor?
Thank and Hope to get an answer soon.
3 answers
Only question I can help with is 3. No it shouldn't be rattling.
Thx Susan so I guess something wrong with my roomba?
Hi hangha. I sell Roomba vacuums. I can offer you good price if you like. Just come to my store and email me which product and I'll give you a discount code. My email is located on the thetechworldcompany.com. I have many different types. Thanks
Nancy1asked
Will the room a get stuck if I have a fringe rug?
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Teghan R.iRobot
Hi Nancy
It is possible, I have a couple of rugs that i have to fold or pick up so my Roomba doesn't get stuck on them. The alternative is to have the fringe under the rung when the Roomba is on.
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Teghan R.iRobot
Good Morning Susan
ould be something we can do to help. Kind regards iRobotI am sorry to hear the above. Please contact our office directly on 1300 727 421 with reference C0167443 to discuss, as I am sure with you being only 1 month out of warranty there w... Read more