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Roomba i5+
Robot vacuum with self-emptying dustbin
Should you buy it??
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Quick take
In short: what each side says
Reviewers · Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Reviewers agree the Roomba i5+ is a reliable, easy-to-use robot vacuum and mop that maps homes well and handles daily maintenance cleaning, though its suction and mopping depth are modest.
Owners love the convenience and pet hair handling, but are divided by reliability issues, brush jamming problems, and slow navigation that frustrate regular users.
All sides but one land high — Trust it — with one check: owners score reliability & durability weakest.
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Act one
What the machines think.
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Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
Video reviews?
What reviewers actually say.
AI summary of 5 reviews · as of Jul 2026
Reviewers agree the Roomba i5+ is a reliable, easy-to-use robot vacuum and mop that maps homes well and handles daily maintenance cleaning, though its suction and mopping depth are modest.
What they praise
- Accurate room mapping and easy room-by-room scheduling via app or voice assistant
- Systematic, methodical cleaning pattern rather than random bumping
- Dual rubber brushes resist hair tangling well
- Simple setup and easy-to-empty dust bin
- Self-emptying base reduces manual maintenance
What they knock
- Suction power is below average compared to other robot vacuums tested
- Mopping function is basic, offering surface refresh rather than deep cleaning
- Lacks camera-based navigation, so it bumps into furniture and can be loud doing so
- No advanced obstacle avoidance or no-go zone precision found in higher-end models
Who reviewers think this product is — and isn’t — for
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What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 174 buyer ratings of the Roomba i5+ from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
174 ratings · 5 written
across 3 retailers
What owners single out
Buyers' weakest aspects—brush jamming and navigation issues—align with video reviewers' concerns about lack of camera-based navigation causing collisions and the brush mechanism's reliability problems.
In their words
“I have been dealing with a lot of health issues lately and with a demanding 9-5 job, I am not left with energy to come back home and sweep and wet mop the floor. With a dog in the house, I am very particular with cleaning, but it is a struggle to keep up with it after work. Thanks to BzzAgent for sending iRobot Roomba i5 my way. With iRobot Roomba i5, I do not have to worry about cleaning anymore.”
Swdw23 · verified purchase · demandware.net
“the brush gets stuck every time it’s used. it never does a vacuum job with out getting stranded, jammed up or stuck.”
Jeffrey · verified purchase · walmart.com
as of July 13 · 174 buyer ratings?
The recap
Where it stands today.
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