TheRoomba Combo j9+finally puts iRobot in that category of cleaners with most of the features of Roborock and DreameTech.
This cutting-edge robot vacuum & mop effortlessly banishes dirt from carpet and hard floors.
Three levels of suction power and automatic Carpet Boost ensure thoroughly cleaned floors.
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Thats the big deal with the Combo j9+.
If you were waiting for an all-in-one Roomba unit that required less attention, this is it.
A quick run-through of what this product is offering.
This cutting-edge robot vacuum & mop effortlessly banishes dirt from carpet and hard floors. Three levels of suction power and automatic Carpet Boost ensure thoroughly cleaned floors.
The company doesnt get into specifics regarding suction level or decibel level.
But there are multiple degrees of performance, each coming with an average amount of noise.
When I ran some tests to examine its performance closer, I was a little less impressed.
This cutting-edge robot vacuum & mop effortlessly banishes dirt from carpet and hard floors. Three levels of suction power and automatic Carpet Boost ensure thoroughly cleaned floors.
A few remains lingered, however.
The specific results were not great, but this vacuum does have some bright spots.
It seems to be especially careful around wires and common things left on the floor.
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I liked its process for reviewing images of objects in its way, once it finished with a room.
Whether they actually cleaned the mess is anyones guess.
This time, however, the Roomba j9+ surprised me a bit by mostly avoiding the mess on purpose.
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So after it maneuvered around itquite delicatelyand finished its job, I wiped up most of the sauce.
I purposefully smeared it around and let it sit for a while to dry and harden a bit.
The Combo j9+ was able to remove the remaining hot sauce residue and left the area clean.
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This brings me to an oddity of the Combo j9+s rotating mop arm: it doesnt get cleaned.
For the record, I dont think this is the wrong way to do it.
More so, I think the best way depends on where the robot is being used.
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Its the largest and most cumbersome piece of the puzzle with these multi-purpose cleaning products.
The Combo j9+ changed things up and features a Clean Base with a pleasant-looking exterior and useful interior.
I have a coat closet full of random dust bags and parts from robot vacuums.
The wood-looking top was fine from a distance, but up close its plastic material was more obvious.
Still, it is currently one of the better-looking and unintrusive docking stations around.
iRobots Roomba App
Hands down, apps for robot vacuums are not good.
The biggest reason is because theres so much utility crammed onto a few screens.
Usability goes out the window.
Its one of my biggest concerns when recommending this category of products to people.
I worry theyll get frustrated by the app experience.
Thankfully, the Roomba app, available oniPhoneandAndroid, is very different than the rest of the field.
In the context of being friendly and accessible, the app succeeds.
Should You Buy The Roomba Combo j9+?
The vacuuming performance was also a little more hit-and-miss than I would have liked.
But overall, it was intelligent, for a vacuum, and was simple to use.
