iRobot Roomba 505X Robot Vacuum & Mop Combo, 70x More Suction, Multifunction Dock, 75 Day Self-Emptying, Self-Cleaning & Hot Dry, Lifting Spinning Mop Pads, AI Obstacle Avoidance, Ideal for Pet Hair
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Color: Black New
Features
- A DEEPER CLEANEVEN WHERE DIRT LOVES TO HIDE. With advanced DualClean Mop Pads and PerfectEdge technology the Roomba Plus 505X reaches deeper into corners and along walls, covering 18% more floor area* so spills, crumbs, and sticky spots dont get left behind. * Compared to standard vacuum & mop mode on coffee and grime.
- THE DOCK THAT HANDLES THE DIRTY WORK. The AutoWash Dock empties debris for up to 75 days and washes, refreshes, and heatdries mop padsso you enjoy up to 4 weeks of handsfree mopping* with consistently fresh results.
- POWERFUL ENOUGH FOR REALLIFE MESSES. From scattered cereal to muddy pawprints, enjoy confident cleaning with up to 70 stronger suction* paired with dual mop pads, a multisurface rubber brush, and edgesweeping brush. * As compared to Roomba 600 series robots.
- AVOIDS CORDS, SOCKSEVEN PET ACCIDENTS. PrecisionVision AI instantly recognizes common household obstacles and steers around them. It also detects wet and dry messes ahead and automatically makes extra passes for a noticeably cleaner result.
- SMARTER NAVIGATION, FEWER WORRIES. ClearView Pro LiDAR maps your home precisely and cleans efficiently day or night, while builtin cliff sensors help prevent falls near stairs and ledges.
- NO MORE SCRUBBING DRIEDON MESSES. SmartScrub applies extra pressure exactly where messes are stubbornbreaking down dried food, muddy paw prints, and kitchen splatter, so you never have to scrub by hand again.
- THE EXACT CLEAN YOU WANT, ROOM BY ROOM. Vacuum, mop, combo clean, or vacuumthenmop. Mop pads automatically lift over carpet, letting you move seamlessly from hard floors to rugs without interruption.
- CONTROL WHERE IT MATTERS MOST. With the Roomba Home App, target specific rooms, boost suction in hightraffic areas, or add extra scrubbing for kitchens and entrywaysall in just a few taps.
- LEARNS WHAT GETS DIRTYAND CLEANS IT FIRST. By tracking where dirt builds up fastest, the robot prioritizes the rooms that need attention most and automatically selects the right settings for a deeper clean.
- CLEANS ON COMMAND. Schedule cleanings or start one instantly using Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistantwhether its the kitchen after dinner or the living room before guests arrive.
Description
The Roomba Plus 505X Combo Robot with AutoWash Dock is designed for busy households, pet owners, and anyone who wants consistently cleaner floors without the time and effort of daily involvement. It combines powerful vacuuming, effective mopping, and a fully automated dock into one all‑in‑one system built to handle real everyday messes, from muddy paw prints and scattered crumbs to sticky kitchen spills. Spinning DualClean™ Mop Pads with PerfectEdge™ extend along walls and corners to deliver 18% more floor coverage, helping remove dirt that often builds up in high‑traffic homes, while SmartScrub provides 2x deeper scrubbing to loosen dried‑on messes common in kitchens and entryways. With up to 70x more suction, Carpet Boost, a multi‑surface rubber brush, and an edge‑sweeping brush, the robot effectively lifts dust, debris, and pet hair from both carpets and hard floors, giving confidence to families managing shedding pets or mixed flooring. The AutoWash Dock is ideal for people who don’t want to think about maintenance, self‑emptying up to 75 days of debris into a sealed bag that helps trap allergens, rinsing mop pads during cleaning so dirt isn’t spread around the house, and washing and heat‑drying pads when cleaning is complete so they’re always fresh and ready. A built‑in self‑cleaning cycle reduces residue buildup inside the dock with minimal effort, making it well suited for allergy‑sensitive homes. ClearView™ Pro LiDAR maps your home quickly and accurately day or night, while specialized sensors help prevent falls down stairs. PrecisionVision™ AI recognizes cords, socks, and even pet waste, allowing the robot to steer smoothly around obstacles, while Advanced Dirt Detect™ Technology identifies larger wet and dry messes and automatically repeats cleaning passes for a more thorough result. Using the Roomba® Home App or your preferred voice assistant, you can vacuum, mop, combo clean, or vacuum first then mop, set repeat passes in high‑traffic areas, or schedule quiet nighttime cleaning. With a refined, modern design, both the robot and dock blend seamlessly into your home, delivering one powerful, hands‑free solution for effortlessly fresh carpets and gleaming floors. Compared to unextended DualClean™ Mop Pad Compared to standard vacuum & mop mode on coffee & grime Compared to Roomba® 600 series robots Works with Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant-enabled devices. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of or its affiliates. Google and Google Home are trademarks of Google LLC. Siri is a registered trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.
Brand: iRobot
Model Name: 505X Combo Robot
Surface Recommendation: Carpet & Hard Floor
Special Feature: Anti-Fall, Auto Mop Washing, Dirt Detection Sensor, Eco Mode, LiDAR Navigation
Color: Black New
Surface Recommendation: Carpet & Hard Floor
Other Special Features of the Product: Anti-Fall, Auto Mop Washing, Dirt Detection Sensor, Eco Mode, LiDAR Navigation
Controller Type: App Control, Button Control, Voice Control
Filter Type: Cartridge
Battery Life: 120 minutes
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Power Source: Battery Powered
Control Method: App, Voice
Form Factor: round
Color: Black New
Indoor Outdoor Usage: Indoor
Recommended Uses For Product: Home cleaning, especially for carpets and hard floors
Brand Name: iRobot
Model Name: 505X Combo Robot
Included Components: Dirt Disposal Bag, Docking Station, Mop Pad
Model Number: N184020
UPC: 885155059789
Unit Count: 1 Count
Item Type Name: Robotic Vacuum Cleaner
Manufacturer: iRobot
Number of Items: 1
Manufacturer Part Number: N184020
Item Dimensions L x W x H: 14.1"L x 13.8"W x 4.2"H
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Top Amazon Reviews
Color: Black New
This is my first floor-cleaning robot, and I purchased it in early June. We live in an 1,800-square-foot rental house with laminate floors. My wife and I don’t create a lot of mess, but we live in Arizona, where dirt and sand are constantly blowing around and getting tracked inside. Before buying the 505X, I watched a lot of YouTube comparison reviews, many of which trashed this robot. My reaction was simple: our real-world use case just isn’t as dramatic as the torture tests shown in many of those reviews. More importantly, I think they often overlook one huge factor: longevity. Plenty of newer companies make impressive robots that perform great when they’re new, but how well will they work two or three years from now? iRobot has been around longer than most competitors and has built a solid reputation. That mattered more to me than which robot won a controlled YouTube test by a few percentage points. In everyday use, the 505X has been excellent for us. We cook a lot, and by the end of a weekend day, the kitchen floor can get surprisingly dirty with crumbs, spills, and tracked spots. The 505X usually takes about 10 minutes to clean it, and I run it there two or three times a week. I also regularly clean our laundry room and dining room. Both are high-traffic areas connected to outside entrances, and since using the Roomba routinely, we’ve noticed a lot less dirt being tracked throughout the house. When we first moved into this rental, the floors were pretty dirty. I ran Smart Clean, and the first whole-house cleaning took roughly twice as long as our current cleaning every 10 days. The dirty-water tank afterward was impressively disgusting—which was exactly what I wanted to see. It’s also great for cleaning under beds, those classic “out of sight, out of mind” areas that normally get neglected. The 505X did an excellent job mapping our house around numerous obstacles and handles changes well when objects are added, moved, or removed. Would I use it as my primary vacuum on wall-to-wall carpet? Probably not. I don’t expect a small battery-powered robot to compete with the deep cleaning of my high-powered Shark upright. But for a mostly or entirely hard-floor home, the 505X has been a terrific fit. It keeps the dirtiest areas consistently clean, reduces tracked-in dirt, reaches places we normally neglect, and does it with very little effort from us. For our use case, that’s exactly what I wanted.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2026 by stock4166
Color: Black New
I’ve been using the iRobot Roomba 505X for about a month now, and I can honestly say it’s one of the best purchases I’ve made. I have two Labs that shed constantly, and keeping up with the dog hair used to feel like a never-ending job. This vacuum has made a huge difference. It picks up the hair really well, and my floors stay clean because it’s vacuuming and mopping on a regular schedule. The mapping was quick and accurate, and I found the app easy to use. It lets me know when the water tank needs to be filled or when something needs attention, so I don’t have to guess. I usually run it on the Deep Clean setting because of my dogs, and I only have to refill the water tank a couple of times a week. I’ve only had to replace the dust bag once in the month I’ve been using it. The only issue I’ve had is that it’ll occasionally get tangled in the cord for my mini blinds if I forget to pull it up first. Other than that, it does a great job avoiding dog toys and furniture, and I haven’t had any problems with it getting stuck under anything. The mopping feature has been better than I expected. I add a little bit of cleaning solution to the water tank, and my floors come out clean with no streaks or puddles. It even seems to notice messier areas and spends extra time cleaning them. Overall, I’m really happy with it. If you have pets, especially dogs that shed a lot, this robot vacuum is definitely worth considering.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2026 by Eric
Color: Black
We have a very large house, 60/40 tile and carpet. Needed something for routine cleaning. Didn’t think the Roomba 505 would even be able to map the house. To our surprise it did it very quickly. Be sure to open all doors and clear as much of the floor of obstacles as possible for the best mapping. The mopping system works really well (I know lots of Chinese models have had similar features for awhile), but I didn’t want to deal with those companies and waited for iRobot to create a model with these features. The 505 does a great job on tile; with first use it filled the out-water tank with blacken water after double pass mopping over what looked like a generally clean tile floor. Couldn’t have been happier. I have returned to update this review to express how happy we are with its tile mopping. Its impressive how much dirt it picks up on a routine basis. I also have deep cleaned the mop pads in my Samsung drawer washer with great results. The dirty tank gets some grime built up in it, but its easy to clean. The vacuum works pretty well, I understand the double brush vacuums do better, but for general use it picks up the stuff I see typically around the house. I use a Mikita duster to blow out the Roomba's dust bin and filter after a couple of weeks, quick and easy. Keep your station maintained and the whole product should perform well. Its easy to do. The iRobot Home app on my iPhone/iPad still needs improvements. It just got its first update today. My house layout is larger than the software developers probably anticipated. It hard to pick rooms by label, without having to zoom in, as the labels overlap on screen during the room selection process. Note: the map can be zoomed in when doing this once you touch some part of the floor plan first. Sadly, there is no simple list view. Setting up different zones, or correcting missed mapping areas is challenging and cumbersome. iRobot needs to continue focusing on UI and usability improvements to this app. It may frustrate some, and lessen the enthusiasm for Roomba and the dock. NOTE: A great feature would be to direct the Roomba to a mis-mapped area, or changed environment and just have it scan and update that part of the map. Especially so for large houses like mine. We have patterned tile floors and Roomba overcleans some areas "thinking" its some stain or mess. Would be nice to be able to mark these questionable areas as "normal". If you interrupt the cleaning with the app or the battery is low on the Roomba, sometimes the Roomba is left in an odd state. For instance, it won't clean the mop when you expect it should. You can manually force the cleaning routines, but only when a minimum level of battery power is available. Just a few things the app has overlooked and hopefully will eventually be addressed. The user experience and quality robotic system is what will make a "premium" product for iRobot. The mechanical units (Roomba and waste dock work well). The water tanks could be twice the size for my house… but most likely designed for a typically sized house. I am surely planning to keep the Roomba 505, as I expect improvements to the app as iRobot gets more feedback on this newly designed combo vac/mop. There are already articles describing and even better (yet more expensive) 705 combo model on the way. If its better than the 505... it most likely will be worth the extra money. Very happy with this purchase after a few weeks of serious use. Will update if that feeling changes. Summary, I recommend this product at its new price point. A few more weeks have passed, the iPhone app as been updated twice. The app could have a few more nice features added, but it works. We have tile floors that have random patterns, there are a few spots the Roomba mistakes as spills and works very hard to clean them up. This is understandable, and wastes time with extra unnecessary trips back to the dock to clean pads. The app needs a feature to mark and ignore these situations. The Roomba itself has been doing a great job. Its been awhile now and the Roomba is used every day for general cleaning. I works very well, with proper care and feeding. I am impressed the tile floors that typically look clean still manage to brown the empty tank with dirt, kudos Roomba. Do pay attention to the removal and cleaning of the water filter in the bottom to the docking station. I didn't realize it was a plastic removal filter that needed periodic cleaning. Be sure to watch some online videos for the care and cleaning of the robot and docking station. There weren't any real instructions for doing most of this sorta stuff in the box. I do machine was the mop pads (in a Samsung drawer washer) and rinse out the dust filters to extend their use. Don't use any fabric softener with the microfiber pads. Try not to over dry the pads in the dryer, best to exchange pads and let them dry normally. Be careful of the slim clear plastic door in Roomba's dust bin, easy to wash out without noticing. I still really find this Roomba extremely useful and continue to recommend it to those that will take time to use and maintain it properly. The iOS apps gets updates, it still needs a few features to make it of "high quality", but for now its useable enough. Lastly, cleaning the "beater brush" would be far easier if the ends slide out and would allow the tangled hair on the ends to be just easily pulled out. Seems like such a simple and obvious solution, it is a pain to have to pull apart and remove the bound hairs when doing general maintenance. This is something iRobot could fix and improve the user experience a great deal since this is a user serviceable part that needs replacing periodically. I suppose this is my biggest complaint. But, far from a deal breaker. More of a WTF, why didn't you just let the ends of the roller brush pull out just make plucking the hair out super easy? For now my wife just makes me do it, actually I do all of it. :-)
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Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2025 by STEVEN
Color: Black New
UPDATE: It's loud - the vacuum. However, my bedroom carpets look like I ran a traditional vacuum cleaner over them. I'm impressed. I have figured out a work around for avoiding the noise, but quite honestly, when I have my 4am cleaning set, it never wakes me up, so I guess it's not all that loud. It has automation features, meaning I set up cleaning schedules. I set my deep cleaning for Monday's after I leave for work. So, I'm upgrading it to 4 stars but leaving the title and standing by my "too loud" statement. Occasionally 'Paul' gets caught on a rug, but typically he climbs up over the lip of the rug with no issue. I love the large water reservoir and that I'm not constantly refilling it. I also love that I don't have to detach the water reservoir from the robot to refill. Also, it cleans itself - like the mop pads are self-cleaning... and drying. The dirty water is seriously dirty even though I clean the floors daily. That's pretty amazing. How about that! Once they figure out how to get this thing to vacuum quietly, it will be 5-star worthy. ORIGINAL REVIEW: I've only tried this on Deep, Vac & Mop. It does an amazing job, but IT! IS! LOUD! I'm hoping that's because I have it on DEEP. I'll update when I try the other modes. I'm only doing deep because it's been a week since cleaning the floors since my old Shark kept breaking down (threw THAT in the trash). Normally, (with my old Shark) I would clean nightly while sleeping. I like the results of this machine better - just hope it's not always so loud. For now, I'm giving it three stars. We'll see how it goes.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2026 by T. Green
Update: Reduced review from 5 to 2 stars. I've now had it nearly a year. I wish I had bought a different brand. It lost all maps and wouldn't create any for a couple of months. If it misses half the room you have to have it remap so it has to map a room like 10 times before it actually has it anywhere near correct. It also IGNORES keep out zones. We had sticky ant bait everywhere as no matter how large I made the keep out zone it ignored it. I discovered when I wanted to remove the keep out zone it has no option...so I would have to remap the entire room to get the keep out zone to disappear. It CONSTANTLY gets stuck on my furniture, a cord, or sometimes nothign at all. It will call out for help until it flattens itself so you'll have to go searching under the bed and in every nook and cranny until you find it if you weren't running it while babysitting it. Cleaning it's a pain as it constantly gets blocked with the simplest of things. Gum wrapper - blocked, small piece of food - blocked, a penny - blocked. You basically have to go around the room sweeping before the roomba sweeps or inevitably it will find something somewhere to get jammed in it's tiny suction area or when it tries to empty. I thought I wouldn't have to babysit this one, but I do. It's a HUGE disappointment as I have been laid up for the last month. I can't run it because every time I do it gets stuck or gets something stuck in it and calls out for help. The whole point was so that I wouldn't have to help it. Now it's decided that even though it's under the couch in the living room, it thinks it's gone back to it's charging base and stopped running. There's no way I can get under there to fish it out so it's just going to have to collect dust bunnies. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY on this. Buy one of the other ones. I had an early model Roomba which had the bristle-style rollers on it. I finally gave up on it because I spent more time babysitting it than it spent cleaning my floors. This is a dream in comparison. With this model, it's hands off except for a weekly sprucing up & the occasional twist or two of hair wrapped around the spinning corner brush. With it's rugged big wheels it trundles over my thresholds with ease. There's no need to turn on and off those little laser things to keep it from going into places you don't want it - just block them off in the app. The rubber brushes clean hard floors well but are easy to clean themselves. The only drawback I can see is that it sounds like a plane taking off when it's vacuuming the dirt from the Roomba into the tower. I just make sure to use it during the day instead of at night. However, if you have small children or nervous pets, the random extremely loud vacuum could startle them as it let's you know it's done AFTER it empties itself - no warning beforehand. I adore the tie-in to Alexa. I can tell Roomba to clean whenever I want and whatever room I want cleaned without even needing to be in the same room. I also have keep out zones set up so it doesn't wander into the bathroom or get stuck under my office chair (the only spot in the house that it can't seem to navigate). The Roomba I love, but the software still needs some work. Even with the beta functions turned on, it still cannot do a discovery run which includes under my kitchen table. Somehow it keeps 'missing' most of it because it will bump against a couple of things and then appear to give up. I wish there was a way to 'train' it in discovery mode for JUST ONE ROOM as that would be so much quicker. I've basically given up on getting it to clean under the kitchen table and resorted to doing it myself with a broom and dustpan. One additional comment - After I bought this I thought, "I'll get the Brava M6 like it suggests to do my mopping then I won't ever have to clean my floors by myself ever again." Boy, was I wrong. The software that runs the Brava M6 is a dinosaur in comparison. It's clunky, is designed to stop at thresholds - even when you tell it not to- so you have to carry it from room to room, sometimes turns off for no apparent reason so you have to tell it to 'clean' the same room 10x or more before it actually does the floor in one room most of the way, can't finish a run in even a tiny room when in discovery mode so never actually maps a room, and doesn't clean worth a darn. Save your money. GET the Roomba but SKIP the Brava M6.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2020 by rachiti
The robot vacuum post that you didn't know you needed! TL;DR Roborock E4 {$179-$269} Roomba i6+ {$549-$799} If you're looking to get a robot vacuum, I would like to say DO IT. As to which brand to pick, it's a toss up, and completely depends on your budget. I bought our Roborock on sale for $179 last year and have been very pleased with it. My heart was originally set on the more pricey Roomba self-emptying units, but since I am frugal and wanted to see if it would even work here, I went with the lesser expensive bot. We have a house full of old furniture and rooms so I didn't know if a robot would even jive here. I have been VERY pleased with our Roborock. It has done a great job over the last few months while we are not home. I would say, realistically, 8 out of 10 times it went off without a hitch. It went down our foyer stairs one time and had also gotten itself lodged under my sewing machine and other furniture a handful of times. Every day that it did its cycle (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9am) I would come home and empty the trap. It has a washable filter and I cut the hair from the brushes and cleaned the sensors. It has been well worth the $179 to not have to see cat hair, hay, gravel, stove dust, and leaves everywhere. A week ago I bought the unit I had had my heart set on. Well, the unit a tier above the one I had had my heart set on. The lowest priced Roomba unit with the self emptying dock has been at about $500 for the last year, the i3+. The next level up, the i6+, has run about $799. Last week, and even now, Amazon has had the i6+ for the same price as the i3+. My assumption is that a new i6+ is probably coming out soon so they're blowing them out. WHICH IS FINE, I want one. I don't spend a lot of money on goofy things, except 1978 El Caminos, so I decided to spoil myself with this i6+. To be honest they were similar in price LOL. I'm an adult with adult money, no kids, and a farmy kind of property with a dusty wood stove so I did it. After purging, donating, selling, and burning almost everything I owned in the fall, having a clean house feels absolutely amazing. Having a clean floor 24/7 is almost euphoric. I enjoy being home and no longer have those nagging feelings of dread about things I need to be cleaning. I also very much enjoy the kitty cats and Chris and I have raging allergies so I need something to clean up the hair. My feelings so far on the two: Quality of the clean: Roomba and Roborock seem to clean the same. I was very pleased with both. The Roborock generally took a little more than an hour and would get down to about 30% battery life. It was also slower than the Roomba. The Roomba is a faster unit, almost a bit more violent, and takes about 3 hours to complete the first floor. It does seem to be more thorough and charges itself halfway through a first floor cycle. Apps: I didn't want to get another brand so I'd have a second app, but I went with the Roomba anyway. The Roomba has a far superior app. And by far I mean, from here to Australia. The Roborock app is great and easy to use, but very primitive. You also cannot choose certain areas to clean with the E4. It cleans everything or nothing. The Roomba i6 created a map of our house and will just do certain areas that I tell it to. It can do certain rooms on different days of the week or on command. Both tell you when to perform regular maintenance on the machines, when they are stuck, or if software updates are needed. Parts: I like that the Roborock company and Roomba BOTH offer replacement parts at affordable prices. I have been able to take apart and clean out the Roborock really easily. I won't have to do anything to the Roomba for a while, but I will have new brushes, filters, etc. on hand for when it is due. Clumsiness: The Roomba is definitely a superior machine, but it should be, at 3x the price of the Roborock. The Roborock is very primitive but very gentle. Like I said, only 1 time out of dozens of cleanings did it go down some stairs. And it was probably my fault for not cleaning the sensors. The Roomba is much, much faster and almost more violent, sometimes bashing pretty hard into my furniture and woodwork. I think after a few cleanings, it will figure itself out and no longer hit so hard. The Roborock is definitely a more simple, slower, and more methodical machine. Roomba goes in curvier lines and seems to have a method to the madness. Roborock says eff this madness, I need to go in a straight line or I'll die. Convenience: Both are great in that they are vacuums that I don't have to push around. We have so much wood floor, furniture, and trim - it is super cool to not have sheh just pushed up against it. I also cook a lot so the crumb thing was driving me bonkers. I do have to manually empty the trap on the Roborock, but it's not bad at all. A few seconds and I'm done. The filter is also washable, so it lasts a long time. The Roomba has the base that sucks the dirt out of the machine and into a disposable bag. 1. The base sounds like a god dang jet taking off when it gets the dirt out of the vacuum. 2. I haven't quite gauged how long it will take to fill the bag. Now I'll have to purchase bags from time to time. I'm not sure how I feel about it. But having to not have to remember to empty the little bastard is convenient since I have it running 3 days per week. Sounds: Both are god dang vacuums. They sound like vacuums. Run it while you aren't home. I hate seeing people complaining about the noise in online reviews. IT'S A effING ROBOT VACUUM, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? Physical differences: They are approximately the same size and weight. Both are black and have cameras and sensors in approximately the same areas. Major differences are that the brush on the Roborock is 1 actual bristled brush, while the Roomba has 2 rubber "brushes" that work simultaneously to pull dirt between them, instead of sweeping dirt up into a bin like the Roborock. Both seem to function very similarly, but I'd have to give the blue ribbon to the Roomba. I want to point out that the other reason I went with the Roomba was that the higher quality Roborocks [$500-$800] only come with vacuum AND mop features, and I did NOT want a mop feature. They also do not come with a self-emptying dock. I personally don't see how you can jam a mop system and a vacuum system in a bot the same size and not compromise the vacuum capabilities. I also read a lot of reviews that the mop part is just a glorified restaurant pre-packaged moist toilette and having it drag that around my entire first floor seemed kind of gross. It's just us and the cats, I will mop when I need to.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2021 by Just Beth
This vacuum in amazing. Simply amazing. I've had a Roomba 650 for several years and was mostly satisfied with it but this iRobot Roomba i6+ is, well, miles ahead of the 650. Once you've got it set up and ready to rock, vacuuming your house is, for the most part, an afterthought. First of all, be assured that the i6+ is nearly identical to the i7+ with the exception of the silver top, no included virtual wall, and the lack of extra bags and filters included along with it. But more on that later. Set up is easy. Simply find a nice space for your Roomba to reside and you're on your way. iRobot says you need about one foot of space in the front and on the sides of the base station. Once you've established that, it's time to charge it and set it in motion. My i6+ came partially charged so I went ahead and charged it fully before beginning a vacuuming session. While it's charging, download the iRobot app from the Apple Store or Google Play Store. You can also link your Roomba to your home network at this time. It took me a few tries to get this right and I had to end up using a different router than I had first attempted to connect with. My "parking place" isn't too far from the router but for some reason, I could never get it to connect to that one. When you've connected, your i6+ will upload the latest firmware version. Once your Roomba is fully charged (you can follow the progress on the app), it's time for it to take a tour of your house. The instructions you receive with your vacuum isn't real clear on this next step so let me try and fill in that gap for you... The i6+ needs to learn your house before you'll be able to schedule regular cleaning runs. I watched several videos that told me to send it on mapping runs first. Your mileage may vary but the app didn't allow me to do this. For the first 2 times I vacuumed, I had to simply send it out to vacuum the entire main level of my house. Finally, after those initial couple of sessions, the Map icon lit up and I was able to send the i6+ out on scouting runs to more efficiently map the house. It's really amazing how you can see the map start filling in and how accurate it is. Once you've got your house mapped, you can start naming rooms and setting up schedules for cleaning. By far, the coolest thing about the map is the ability to set up "keep out" zones, such as areas where cords or cables are on the floor or, in my case, where the water dish is for the cat. This may take a bit of experimentation but it really works well once you set them up. I've had it bump the water bowl once but it was because the i6 got trapped by a chair someone moved while it was in a corner and the only way out was to take a path that the bowl was blocking. My old 650, like the i7, has a black top which, over time, became very scratched and unsightly. The silver top of my i6+ looks brand new, even after 30 or so sessions. Aside from the aforementioned water bowl bump, this i6+ has performed nearly flawlessly. There has only been, so far, one incident where it stopped during a session and that was due to it sucking up a cat toy on the floor. I simply pulled the toy from the rollers and off it went! I have yet to change the bag in the main unit and when I inspected the dirt bin on the vacuum itself for the first time today, it's amazingly clean and free of dust. I was constantly having to clean the bin of the 650 and change filters. Not so with this guy. If you're on the fence about buying this vacuum, have no fear. It is, as I stated above, amazing. Your house will stay much cleaner without investing your valuable time doing so. It's pricey, yes, but it's well worth the investment if you're looking for a vacuum that you can "set and forget".
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Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2021 by Richard Sullivan
Color: Black New
Incredible little machine! I bought this unit to replace my very old, yet effective, Roomba. My old Roomba didn’t have mapping technology or a wet mop so I upgraded to the 505X vacuum & mop combo and I am extremely happy with it. It didn’t take long to get my house mapped and once it was completed my little “Cleaner” went to work cleaning. It took a little bit to figure out how to alter the maps to split rooms apart and adjust the individual perimeters, but once I figured it out I would send the unit to each area and adjust the perimeters as needed to ensure all area boundaries were included in the area map. Once completed I was able to set up a regular weekly schedule. I also simply send the Roomba to a specific room/area to vacuum or vacuum & mop when needed, which is a fantastic feature. I opted with using only distilled water in the wash basin to keep it chemical free for warranty purposes as well as to ensure the unit doesn’t acquire residual buildup within the unit from a cleaner or regular tap water. I have my roomba scheduled to vacuum every day and to mop my hardwood floor areas twice a week. I love coming home to neat uniform vacuum lines in the carpet! We have one Labrador Retriever and so far everything looks great regarding dog hair. The auto waste bin “dump” is fabulous! I haven’t reached 30 days yet but I’m sure the home-port waste bin bag will fill a little quicker having a 75 pound lab but that’s perfectly fine with me. My old unit’s battery would die mid-cycle leaving it stranded in random places within the house but not this 505! My upstairs is 2,000 sf and one charge is more than enough to vacuum and mop the entire upstairs. The unit’s technology sends it back to the home base to empty its bin (dry and wet) when needed and resumes its work once empty. I will still use my big vacuum and mop once a week or so while this unit keeps everything tidy and clean between regular carpet & floor upkeep. Is it necessary? Maybe not, but I’m a retired U.S. Marine and some cleaning habits are really hard to kick! What did I do with my old roomba? It found a new home with my oldest son who is a senior in college living in a house with 3 other roommates. I’m sure they’ll be happy not having to vacuum so often! If you are on this fence about buying this unit, go for it, especially if it’s on sale. I bought mine on during the Prime Day sales event. Enjoy!!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2026 by Tamara Fode