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I'm a giant fan of robot vacuums. My Eufy Robovac died last year and decided to upgrade to a Roomba i3.

We've got a dog and my girlfriend has very long hair that we would have to cut strands out of the rollers every couple of runs. The new Roomba models have these rubber rollers doesn't catch hair. I'm not entirely what about the design prevents that, but it is fantastic!

The i3 is probably $100 more than you'd spend on a Robovac though. For us it has been worth every penny.



I was super skeptical about getting a Roomba, but there was a great deal during around the holiday's last year, and we pulled the trigger.

I'm still 100% happy with the purchase. Does it vacuum as well as a person? No, absolutely not, but what it does do is remove 90%+ of the work.

My only suggestion is that you get one that has a self-emptying container. We have two kids and a cat, and we still only have to change the bag every few WEEKS.

I'm not going to tell you it's perfect. It will occasionally get stuck, or you have to clean it out, but boy has it removed a lot of work for my wife and I.


I was also skeptical, but my sister in law talked my wife into it. I was expecting it to be one more thing around the house that I was always having to repair...

They've really dialed that design in. It does require a deep cleaning about once a month, but it's quite easy. Takes maybe a minute. And whenever we don't pick everything up, the Roomba will choke on things like bubble wrap, socks, towels (we often keep one on the floor by the door for the dog).

It's been a real workhorse.


I’ve never seen a roller not wrap hair around itself. You sure it’s picking up the hair? Seems like this would be a big feature in and of itself that would be advertised if they managed to accomplish what you’re saying.


It picks up a ton of hair. I wrote a review about the vacuum earlier in the year if you want to see some pictures of the brush rollers.

https://productnotes.com/t/irobot-roomba-i3-review/722

Also, it does have a self-emptying dock if you want to spend an additional $100. It didn't make sense for my condo though.

EDIT: I ran the Roomba this morning and posted some additional pics with what it picked up and how the brush rollers look post-vacuum.


Amazing. Thanks for the update.


> The new Roomba models have these rubber rollers doesn't catch hair. I'm not entirely what about the design prevents that, but it is fantastic!

Ha, I wish that was universally true. My girlfriend's hair is long and insanely strong. It wraps around the rollers and cuts right through them.

Still love the Roomba, but often need to replace rollers. :)


We all have the same problems! Roomba 765 (a bit old and noisy, there are quieter models) since two years here: cat and SO's long hairs so I regularly need to use scissors to "free" the rollers.

Thing with the robovacs here: when you empty their bin and see how much dust they catched, you know they're very useful. We buy (and I build) furnitures and arrange our home so that the Roomba can go underneath them. I wouldn't for example buy a sofa under which the Roomba couldn't vaccuum.


What model do you have?

Perhaps I should have clarified that only the newer i3, i7 and s9 are the models that use the new brushroller design. Otherwise you'll still be cutting hair out of the rollers.


I have the Amazon special i6+ (which is the same as the i7+, but sold by Amazon, similar to Costco's i8+).

Also, one of my favorite things about it is hearing the base spinning up like a jet engine to suck all the crap out of it, and hearing it go FOOMP.


Do any robot vacuums work if you have rugs? The rug edge presents a 2 cm tall cliff; I don't see how the robot would even get onto it.


Just bought the Roomba i7 and that thing is seriously ambitious about the things it will climb over. Even the thickest rug would not be a problem


I've owned a couple of Roomba models and the Eufy Robovac I mentioned. None had issues climbing onto my rugs—granted I'm not sure if they are 2cm tall. I'm sure they won't work on any rug that has tassels though.




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