iRobot Roomba J7+ Robot Vacuum COMBO Mop - A DISAPPOINTING First Impression

[@MrBlueCreeper]

Roomba Combo J7 Faults: Fault #1-Fault #8: The lifting mechanism has trouble extending the mop out, 5:03 - 6:07 Fault #9: Forgot to clean half the floor plan (Kitchen and dining), 14:30 Fault #10: Robot is going diagonally, 18:09 - 19:00 Fault #11: Water not dispensing fully, mop pad not saturated enough: 19:01 Fault #12: Robot is slipping on ketchup, 21:00 - 24:14 Additional Misses on paper: Miss #1: No self-washing Miss #2: No self refilling Miss #3: No vibration Miss #4: Overpriced Let's compare the number of faults this iRobot has to the competition: Deebot X1 Omni: 3 Faults + 2 Misses, Cannot dock, Connot go on the carpet with mops (miss), overpriced (miss), doesn't mop well, buggy app Roborock S7 MaxV: ZERO faults and misses! Works flawlessly and does everything Now compare the faults and misses to some of the worst robots you've ever reviewed: Bissell ICONpet: zero faults + 4 misses, Bad navigation, bad edge cleaning, bad spot cleaning, and big dock boundary Shark IQ: 2 faults + 1 miss, Buggy app and bad navigation qualities, small dustbin (miss, self-empty only) This Roomba Combo J7 is the buggiest, overlooked robot you've probably ever reviewed! Shame on iRobot

[@Spheterix]

Yeah that's why there's barely any other review videos on the Combo I would 100% avoid this product and I would get the regular J7 vacuum besides I have a Braava M6 so it's basically the same thing

[@MrBlueCreeper]

@@Spheterix or get an s7 maxv. Roborock products are awesome

[@Spheterix]

@@MrBlueCreeper maybe

[@matt07497]

I have the J7+ and also the S7maxv ultra with auto dryer. Just vacuuming. Not mopping. The J7+ is a joke compared to the S7maxv. J7 gets lost. Does not vacuum great. Hits things hard. So hard in fact I had a weak leg on a small table and it completely broke the leg. And the list goes on. After 3 new vacuums and 2 new auto dust bins iRobot basically told me they couldn’t help me. And said it my fault through my environment. Roborock much better responses in the past and just leagues ahead of iRobot.

[@MrBlueCreeper]

@@matt07497 yeah. I have a big love hate relationship with iRobot. I think I more hate them the love them. Even I used to love them but realized just how bad they actually are.

[@GoofyOldGuyPlays]

I hated my iRobot mop. Bought the Bissell based on your review and gave my brand new iRobot to my neighbor lady. The Bissell had some serious issues with dropping the pads around and getting lost all the time on my first one. And after getting a free replacement and lots of testing on my end to help the support agent, I now have a great mop. I really like it, especially changing the mop pads between each room as needed. It's not very good at knowing carpet so I have to mark those as no-go zones, but avoids them appropriately when marked. As for the ketchup here, I almost believe that is intentional and not accidental. Maybe add a second spot in the same run and see if it does it consistently. Having an "all-in-one" is my ultimate goal, but still not convinced yet. Yes, it seems Very loud. But if it means better suction, it would be worth it. Seems like a nice step up considering it is an all-in-one unit. Hopefully your full review will get some details on various objects and how well it does then, as well as more details on object avoidance; and if the new pad may have been causing issues with the streaking or if that is just bad design.

[@wicker1234]

IRobot has a Smart Scrub feature that makes the mop go back and forth over bad spots according to their website. It also has a detector on the bottom for dirt detection.

[@mdmehranrahman3058]

I feel like iRobot relies on their good reputation too much and they use that as an excuse to innovate/introduce new things so late. They are a very big and successful company though so I can 100% see them making a 180 in the possible future

[@meenaganesan6754]

Price?

[@Ragui4175]

I've had the Combo for about a month now. My results are identical to what this video shows. Erratic navigation, room skipping; and in many cases it gets lost - in fact I think it has gotten stuck on every single run to date. I'm mostly hardwood floors, with a few low/mid profile rugs. Even more disheartening, I live in a condo with floor to ceiling windows all around - seems that sun light completely blinds the vacuum, and even worse, the reflection on the windows seems to confuse. I have many robot vacuums, this might be the most disappointing. One upside - I'm betting it did actually find your ketchup and clean it (albeit sticky), that is way too much of a coincidence (the slipping wheels may actually be what signaled to the robot that there is a mess there - i.e. keep scrubbing till the wheels stop slipping).

[@lyrfagelman_5646]

My Braava m6 works in the same way. Can’t be a coincidence as it works every time.

[@Jezijo]

We love you're long in depth videos!!! I just watch them at ×1.5 speed XD

[@MrZhilvinas]

The ketchup spin is interesting. My combo did a similar dance the other day on a particularly sticky stain, though it was more spiral-y. Maybe it is a feature they never got to work correctly? In principle it could easily sense that it just dragged the mop over something sticky from sudden change in required motor torque/floor tracking drift. You can see the robot deflect as its making passes over the stain at 19:47 and 20:53. The first time it ignores it but immediately after it has crossed the stain from both sides (i.e. 'felt' its edges and location) it starts doing the spin. Suspiciously directed towards the stain. But irobot would definitely brag about such feature to no end if it actually existed. Perhaps it felt the extra drag and thought it got tangled, doing the usual dance to try and get unstuck? But it usually tries to drive backwards first, not into the object. Overall this is super weird. Given my unit has done a similar thing seemingly intentionally I am getting curious. Have you done further testing with the unit?

[@AfricanLionBat]

It didn't feel anything he said the tires were spinning. If it was a feature the tire wouldn't be spinning because the feature would make it go really fast if it wasn't slipping. It's slipped and was dropping too much water that's why it kept spinning duh

[@MrZhilvinas]

​@@AfricanLionBat Yes, that is what the bot ends up doing. However my point is that this is still strange behaviour and different motions to what the bot usually does if it starts spinning tires when stuck or on a slippery surface. I have seen my bot do this at home quite a few times now, even if it regains traction it tends to go back to the 'sticky' spot and continue spinning. That's why it feels almost intentional and makes one wonder if this is a remnant of some broken 'stain detect' they could never get to work properly. They later rolled out an equally useless 'smart scrub' mode in an update and it does not do this spin...

[@KetoZdrowie]

What a GREAT review, I almost bought one. Thank you for you objectivity

[@ajbudda1038]

After watching this, glad I spent only $450 on the Shark 2 in 1 self empty. Yes the app sucks, but the robot cleans and mops incredibly well

[@flyingflynn87]

Exactly! Once its setup thats all you really want from a vacuum and mop anyway, a great clean!

[@dillmon1]

So I watched this video and everything I see shows a good hi quality functioning robot. As far as I’m concerned as long as you maintain it and replace water and cleaning fluid consistently it will do what it is supposed to do.

[@xloweric]

Thanks. This just confirms my decision to buy Roborock s7 Max V on Black Friday! Can’t wait.

[@ianoperator]

The developers logged-in mid test and desperately worked on that ketchup sounds better than it getting stuck spinning in circles until it accidentally cleaned it enough to get free. Not sure why the motor was so loud either.

[@rickgrimezz3942]

Yeah you have a poorly molded body... its blocking the arm from extending. I have seen this on a few of them. Its a manufacturer defect. Engineering thought they had that "Catch" solved (Update: So your mopping arm is free... which means the small plastic "Bur" as they called it... must have been small and the arm was able to push past the bur and release the mechanism) Guess not all units were caught before they were shipped. Return the item... set up a cross ship RMA. They had a batch of bad ones get out of the warehouse 2 months ago... I assume you got one fo the bad units. I would RMA it and retest. This is not what the robot is capable of doing. Its just a defective bot. It also appears you have some software and battery issues as well. Your video shows you started the job at 8:51... your battery should be less than half after 1 hour if you used suction maxed + the added power required for the mopper. I think you got a defective bot... I really do... Also, it returned because it didn't have enough power to possibly finish the job... the first time?

[@AdamsReviews]

Insane for a $1100 robot.

[@AntonioDal.]

Had a similar experience with the i8 combo which released recently in my country. IMO mopping features on vacuum robots are a gimmick. Did you manage to fix the mopping lines or is the pad still unsaturated?

[@michaeldisalvo]

13:10 You have that Booker T J7. Nice!

[@Starbeoghtuser3475]

I’m going to hold off on all of the vacuums with the mopping feature. Can we talk about what the best robot vacuum on hardwood floors is? I’m gonna do my mopping myself.

[@ImranMughal-s5f]

get an 805 off craigslist

[@cubinn149]

Looks like for the most part works well at the cleaning but maybe bug in the software

[@toddmiller7541]

What happen Roomba. You sent Alpha version out. Not even a beta version. Lol. This is why I have a Deebot. How does their Brava jet do on floors?

[@Yusudiiidhd]

This is better than my Roomba I1+

[@grindTIME1985]

it was doing a deep clean on the ketchup. kind of stupid of you to automatically assume something before it finishes

[@truckerjay4754]

So, I haven't finished the video yet would I be better off buying the I7 for 549.00 or the J7+ for 899? I'm getting rid of my EcoVacs 10+. I have mostly LVP with a few area rugs

[@sargemonday4801]

Thanks Adam for saving me $1,100! :^)

[@smartlifestyleeveryday3336]

Good job 👏 is good to see a KZbinr HONEST in his reviews

[@WalkingDrivingFlyingLasVegas]

A thorough review, to say the least. Well done… thank you.

[@mrjeffry25]

the vacuum first clean carpet and leave hard floor for the end and instructions said you need to soak the mopping pad also you can use any solution and competition will wet your carpet I think this robot is the only one that move away the pad I think

[@dirolatina-hitch4425]

in j7 combo, if I'm not confusing anything, it has a more powerful suction motor. I don't know if the motor is the same as in s9/s9+ or something in between all irobots with aeroforc technology and s9 series. But the sound of motor is Ok, cause if I’m not confusing, it has more suction power. And such a question, is it possible to change the suction power in j7 combo

[@MrBlueCreeper]

Suction is the same as J7

[@TristynRusselo]

The start sequence where the mop "tries" to come out, is the vacuum going around snapping photos, the mop movement is just to be fancy. it goes around and looks for carpet to clean first. then mops. where do you fill the water? thats my question

[@raywilson8999]

Ade you going toreview the Narwal Freo? Thanks

[@AdamsReviews]

Yes, I have it hopefully by the weekend.

[@JasonStJohn-my1cs]

That doesn’t sound right it’s very noisy. Those ones are usually extremely quiet.

[@noah_will]

Hey Adam, what battery did you get for your j7? I’m thinking about getting a j7 to replace my i7.

[@AdamsReviews]

Check my previous videos about the j7+ it would be in there.

[@thetechguy5427]

My i3 is loud to its because the vacuum blade is off balance and it is loud oh and my i3 can get up to 85 DB on carpet 90+ DB on hard floor

[@cubinn149]

Id say its defective with the mop part could be firmware

[@RileySlaya]

may be a defective model, i just started watching. maybe let iRobot know about this. the mechanism may be stuck, and that motor does NOT sound normal.

[@Spheterix]

It could be after all the product is still practically new because it was just released over a month ago so it has plenty of bugs and defects they still need to work out overall is not really a good product at the moment but hopefully it'll get better over time with bug fixes and software updates.

[@RileySlaya]

yup.

[@lmrjr]

Will you be reviewing narwhal freo?

[@AdamsReviews]

Yes very soon

[@eric131313]

irobot needs new engineers, and switch to lidar mapping. Camera navigation is horrible doesn't matter how good software is

[@adamhahler4205]

Been a big Roomba fan, but this is a huge miss. Why would you pay 1100 dollars for this hunk of junk when you can get a S7 Ultra for not much more money? Makes no sense.

[@transammatt]

So true!!

[@Spheterix]

I mean he still has time to return it and get a refund because he bought it off of Amazon and has 30 days to get his money back

[@Spheterix]

And also I really think they should discontinue this product because it doesn't seem good at the moment

[@TheEvilUmpire]

I bought the S7 Max V Ultra and it died after two light uses. The company refuses to replace it because the warranty expires one month after purchase. Instead they’re asking me to mail the whole thing to their repair center. They’re not providing packaging and won’t guarantee to repair my machine free and f charge. I’m not a fan of roomba but I don’t recommend dropping 1400 on a product the company refuses to stand by its flagship product. Worst customer service I’ve ever experienced at this price point. Apparently the sold a bunch units with faulty motherboards and have yet to own up to this.

[@redited144]

The J7+ doesent work good with clean all. But solong you made a good map it does that to. The problem is that it is at room 1 where the base is and it wants to start as far away as posible to be able to recharge. We had problems on the 2 flor but we made more maps actualy a map for each room and it works good. But for me its better than to move the cleaner and the base anyway. You put it in close the dor and he does the work. Than you put him to the other. But ob the first flor he works great. So when you have multiple dors that are on both sides he can be confused. When the rooms are diferent it isent a problem. And there are some stupid things in the video like that he has problems viping he doesent. That some how he doesent have the suction. Are you seriuse ? Dirt that isent already together when you dont clean for 2 weeks is presed against the first filter and has its inprint but aperently this isent good enought. The only problem is that he moves debre with the spining corner brush that is a problem. But thats why he has a second pass abilety. They should realy add a abilety to add new brushes for the leatest model to the J7 so you replace tham and chuse a section that you changed it so the speed it turn down, because the new one doesent spin fast. When that is posible they should do it as a update. And it aperently dosent have the abilety to put up his mob so it isent wet. Who cares the buton is wet to so what. We dident need to clean somting intense so in 3 monts no one tuched the mob jet. Now it will be changed and the one thrown in to the Washingmachine. Seriusly it takes atleast a month when you need to wish your flor becauae there is somting on it. I do it now once a week becouse of Astma. Btw some how the suction is so bad that my Astma is better than before we had the J7 much better because now evry 2 days he is cleaning and evry week wishing the flor. Its realy good to pick up dust. I would even say that normal cleaning did rease alot of the dust in to the air and the robot sucks up more of it without muving it in to the air !

[@FishyCookies]

Sorry J7+ combo, I'll still pick Ecovacs X1 omni or Roborock S7maxv Ultra over irobot at this point

[@Spheterix]

Yea it is pretty loud probably as loud as a 980 or S9

[@MrBlueCreeper]

without the 980 or s9 suction!

[@Spheterix]

@@MrBlueCreeper yes

[@directionlessvelocity]

The J7 combo is about as loud as the 960 or the 980 on hard floors

[@roomba_ruler_127]

22:54 It's doing donuts!

[@coltonsvacuumcollection]

Which is better the Roomba combo j7+ or the shark ai ultra 2-in-1 self empty?

[@angrygaragemechanic]

Your not very good at shopping for a robot vacuum it seems 😂

[@angrygaragemechanic]

Your not very good at shopping for a robot vacuum it seems 😂

[@coltonsvacuumcollection]

@@angrygaragemechanic shut up how am I bad at shopping for a robot vacuum

[@MrBlueCreeper]

@@angrygaragemechanic he has a whole collection like Adam he can’t be bad at shopping he’s just curious! He knows what robots are good and what robots are bad he just wants to know adam’s opinion. I kinda had the same question too I feel he like the Shark more.

[@AdamsReviews]

Not sure yet...but based off price I would say the shark

[@Rebel_at_Heart]

iRobot inevitable pursue Neato in their "no innovation" road to being obsolete just in the begining. It's just my opinion and time will tell but today Roborock s7 maxV Ultra or DreameBot L10s Ultra are lightyears in front of those two autovacuums pioneers. BTW excellent review.

[@Alex-su4kv]

I recently got a brand new Dreame L10s Ultra. Navigation was absolutely fantastic, but the unit was defective, mops stayed dry after multiple cleaning tasks, fresh water tank stayed full... had to return it, this seems to be a known problem according to the Amazon reviews. Poor quality checks seem to be an industry-wide problem in the robot vacuum market, but if I pay nearly 1000€ for a premium robot, I expect it to not be defective, there are no excuses for this.

[@Rebel_at_Heart]

@@Alex-su4kv true. Good robots are so much expensive nowadays. I've bought in june s7 maxv ultra and in my opinion it work flawlessly since then...

[@BubbaBubbaphant-s2y]

I want this cool bad boy for Christmas

[@Chanettes_Unique]

I have the roomba 6+ and 7+, and I don't think I would want one that mops, I feel it would rub on the edge of my rug and make it wet and dirty.

[@TheEvilUmpire]

For the life of me I cant understand why roomba wont sell its scooba line.

[@ExpertNailsSpa]

I thought u have to just fill the tank.

[@DaveQV]

Weird movements and robot being stuck or slipping on wet surfaces is 100% Ecovacs design.

[@janicestephens4239]

Roborock Q5 pro

[@nickloss]

This video is exactly why I'll never buy another Roomba. They are quite dumb compared to Roborock or Ecovacs, the only perk of irobot is the full bin sensor and availability of parts/ease of repair

[@transammatt]

So funny when it got stuck in the ketchup and by the luck of God it cleans it up. Lmao 😂

[@RileySlaya]

i can hear your voice just going 21:13 going into full RAGE mode. i'm so sorry you wasted your money on this. iRobot has lost a big amount of my trust.

[@Spheterix]

I love iRobot alot but this product is the only thing I dislike it doesn't mean I hate the company

[@RileySlaya]

@@Spheterix true, but also my i7 has its flops. low suction, annoying navigation, and a few errors here and there.

[@Spheterix]

@@RileySlaya yea I also have an I7 too and doesn't do too bad at cleaning not saying it's perfect saying it's a little bit below average so I'm going to agree with you on this

[@RileySlaya]

@@Spheterix yeah, i can agree

[@amdintelxsniperx]

its overpriced over engineered and another issue is the back isnt completely sealed the gaps will allow water to penatrate the body of the bot and potentially kill it

[@laurenciogodinez6203]

Roomba😮

[@Jezijo]

Very disappointed in Irobot with this one

[@Jezijo]

I really think it's programed to do that XD

[@ianoyama9665]

Wow this is actually so disappointing… the wheel spinning on the ketchup stain was just the cherry on top.

[@Spheterix]

Who else agrees they should discontinue this product?

[@AdamsReviews]

They wont but they will have to lower the price significantly if they want to sell a lot.

[@Spheterix]

@@AdamsReviews yea that's true

[@DavidJenkins-du8jb]

The Roomba J7+ does have Dirt Detect™Technology. Per their website: "Roomba® uses Dirt Detect™ Technology, which allows it to focus its cleaning effort in dirtier areas. When your robot finds more dirt than usual concentrated in one (1) area, it will activate Dirt Detect™ and work harder to clean the same area until the sensors detect fewer particles in that particular area." It could've been just a coincidence, but it may have been the Dirt Detect that sensed the ketchup stain. The obvious thing is to simply test it again.

[@MrBlueCreeper]

It wasn't. There would be a blue light on the button if that was the case, but there wasn't. The movement should go back and forth, but it was spinning, slipping.

[@AdamsReviews]

That is only for the vacuuming. it would of acted very different if that activated.

[@DavidJenkins-du8jb]

I believe you both are correct; as the web site states a blue light would've been blinking. What a very perfectly executed coincidence then, as it accomplished what has never been done with all of the robot mops reviewed.

[@lyrfagelman_5646]

@@DavidJenkins-du8jb And it is even more of a coincidence that Braava m6 mop does it too. Every time. The other robot mops are just worse at removing stains. That seems hard to accept in this thread. Then there is the problem when Braave the mop drives away with all that sticky stuff and leaves it around the floors. It can be solved, but not in a very good way... the other mops don't have that problem as much as they just leave the dirt without picking it up :D