iRobot Roomba j9+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum – Powerful Suction, Identifies and Avoids Obstacles Like pet Waste, Sel-Empties for 60 Days, Best for Homes with Pets, Smart Mapping, Works with Alexa​

My Little R2D2
I bought the j9+ based on all the reviews I was able to find and also that the previous s9 model was no longer available. The setup was super easy as long as one is comfortable using your phone’s app to handle all the tasks. The initial mapping was very cool to watch. If you’re a tech nerd, you’ll love trying to figure out how the algorithms are working to navigate the furniture, walls, entry ways, etc. In about 40 minutes R2D2 mapped out my first floor very accurately and was able to work it’s way around the jungle of chair legs at the dining room table. It took a while, but it managed!After the initial mapping run, it went right back to it’s base and started charging automatically. Next was the actual vacuum run, but before that we decided to put a “no fly zone” around the Christmas tree and blanket around it. The app easily let me set up a 5×4 square which I placed in the map of the house – which was very cool, and pressed the “Vacuum Everything” button on my app. It was remarkable how R2D2 started in the room with the most dog hair and then proceeded to follow it’s map throughout the house. The suction on the wood floors was excellent, and I was impressed when it rolled over the few throw rungs we have, I could hear it kick into a higher gear because it recognized the carpet. Our black lab leaves plenty of hair around on our light colored floors which made it easier to see that R2D2 was doing a great job.During the first mapping, I kept all the bedroom doors closed off the main hall. While it did the first vacuum I forgot the master bedroom door was open. It noticed the new opening, but did not enter the room. I took this as a new mapping run I would need to perform, but I was amazed when it completed the entire house, paused in the living room for about 10 seconds, and then proceeded back to the new opening it discovered previously. It recalled it found a new opening but did not disrupts it’s current task – it finished and then returned back.We’ve only run it two times, but already we discovered that it remembered the master badroom, added it to the routine and completed the room before returning back to base. It also updated the map in the app and asked me about the new room and what to name it. I was also able to place the new boundaries for the entrance to the bedroom and master bath (which it also found while exploring).The app also shows pictures of obstacles R2D2 came in contact with during it’s journey. A wire under the curio cabinet was captured in a crystal clear picture taken by R2D2 and sent to the app for me to decide whether this should be considered a permanent obstacle, or something which I could remove and it could continue working in this space next time. I simply moved the wire closer to the wall, let the app know it was taken care of, and we’ll see how R2 does with it next time.I love this robot… I am super impressed by the effectiveness of the vacuum, the ease of the app, and how simple it was to set up. I have seen other reviews about noise, and speed, but it’s no where near as loud as our Shark standup (which is a beast) and regarding the time, I set and forget. So far I have not had to come to it’s rescue, but we also don’t have a lot of things laying around on the floor which I guess would complicate things. For about 500 sq feet, the app tells me it’s taking 90 minutes. No where close to fast, but I am writing this review while R2 is taking care of the floors!Very happy and I’ll come back in a few months with an update….

Robot is dead as a hammer!!!!
Just went through the flood of Helene and now my Robot is refusing to operate!!!!

This j9+ is my second Roomba vacuum after my j5+ and was a really easy addition to the family and the Roomba app. I let the j5+ handle the main floor with its mainly hard surfaces and the j9+ is handling the 2nd floor which is almost all carpeted.The j9+ has noticeably more suck power than j5+ and works really well on the medium and low pile carpet. It climbs room transitions with ease, eg from the carpeted rooms to the tiled bathrooms.The Roomba neatly works around chair legs and kitty water dishes without bumping anything. No spilled water.Regular maintenance is simple and fast. After a few vacuum runs I had to remove the side brush to untangle a cat toy with a long yarn tail. I also checked for trapped carpet fibers in the spinning brushes and found almost none.I really love the app. I have been able to create daily cleaning schedules with times set to avoid our activity (upstairs gets vacuumed while we’re making breakfast). I have it set to vacuum rooms in an order that is least likely to interfere with us even if we return upstairs sooner than usual. I added Clean Zones and a couple of Stay Away zones and now I can just let it do its thing.No regrets on this purchase.

I’ve been owning this robot vacuum for 9 months and this is by far the worst iRobot product I’ve ever owned.I will compare this product to the last one I bought, which was the iRobot i7+.The J9+ has worst navigation.- It invents obstacles in the grain pattern of my floor and will go around it.- It has difficulty navigating to the right room and will get stuck and abort the job.- It stuggles at finding its base and docking on it.The J9+ has worst performance.- It stuggles at vacuuming dry kitchen debrit.- The side brush is unable to clean corners or close to walls.- It will not pickup pet hairs from my carpetsThe J9+ is louder than the i7 even on low power mode.The J9+ has a small form factor which lets it get under my furnitures. This is a positive feature.The J9+ struggles at emptying its bin automatically and regularly needs to do it more than once.The J9+ keeps losing connectivity with it’s base station and the iRobot cloud.I wish I could return the product.

I must let you know right off the bat, I have two large dogs. So hair, dirt, grass and dander are a normal occurrence in our house hold. On carpets, vinyl flooring and door mats. Being able to select functions that work with the type of flooring has been a life savour. Increase the suction on carpet to pull up the dander and dog hair (and my long hair) has cut down the allergens in the house. Recieving updates of objects in the way is also handy (many times it’s just a dog toy). But also being able to schedule what rooms are to be done on certain days along with what time it is to go out. Cuts down on the cleaning time on weekends.If you have pets, kids or just the outdoors coming indoors. I suggest this vacuum!