What keeps coming up
Cleaning performance is praised: most owners who raised it were positive. Owners also describe the i8 as durable, and everyone who raised durability was positive.
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Robot vacuums · Roomba
Roomba i8
Owners keep the i8 to clean a whole floor on its own, and most who rate its cleaning and build speak well of it, though the app and obstacle handling frustrate some.
What keeps coming up against it
The app is a clear complaint: most owners who raised app usability were negative, and only a few were positive.
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What it is
The Roomba i8+ is a robot vacuum from iRobot that comes with a base that empties the robot's bin for you. It maps your home and you control it from the iRobot Home app or by voice. It suits people who want floors vacuumed on a schedule without emptying a bin after every run.
Specs
| Suction | 10x power-lifting suction (compared with Roomba 600 Series) |
|---|---|
| Battery run time | |
| Mopping | None built in; works with the Braava jet m6 mop, sold separately |
| Self-empty dock | Yes, Clean Base with sealed bag, holds up to 60 days of dirt |
| Navigation | Learns and maps your home (Smart Maps) |
| Dust bin | |
| Weight | 7.44 lbs |
| Warranty | 1 year |
From the maker's spec page, checked October 4, 2026. A blank row means the maker does not state it.
What the specs mean
iRobot rates suction against its own older Roomba 600 robots, not in a standard unit like pascals, so you can't compare that figure with other brands. The base's bag holds about two months of dirt, so you only need to swap a bag every few weeks or so. The robot can't mop, so for hard floors you would need to buy the separate Braava mop. The one-year warranty is short for a product at this price.
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Life with it
What keeps people happy is that the i8 covers a lot of floor without help. One owner says a run lasts about 70 to 80 minutes, which is enough for their whole one-floor home with several rooms. In a larger home it goes back to recharge, then picks up where it left off. Owners are divided on battery life overall, so this will not match everyone's house.
The adjustments come in the details. Owners are mostly unhappy with the app and with how the i8 handles obstacles, so expect to tidy the floor first and be patient with the software. Carpet and mopping results split owners, with both good and bad accounts. On price, owners are also divided. One buyer waited for a sale that brought the i8+ down to the same price as the i7+.
Reliability & repairs
Durability gets good marks. Everyone who raised it was positive, and most owners who talked about reliability said the i8 has held up, though a few reported problems.
The long-term accounts are thin. The comments do not describe specific parts that fail, repair experiences, or what owners do when something breaks. One owner wondered whether an i7 battery would fit the i8 but had not confirmed it, so we cannot say how battery replacement works. Treat the durability praise as a good sign, not a full picture of years of ownership.
More detail
What owners praise, where they are split, and the
follow-up timeline
What owners praise
- sound quality83 of 131who raised it
- comfort15 of 16who raised it
- durability10 of 10who raised it
- cleaning performance7 of 11who raised it
- build quality7 of 8who raised it
Where owners have concerns
- navigation9 of 13who raised it
- app usability8 of 12who raised it
- obstacle avoidance7 of 10who raised it
- customer support4 of 6who raised it
- connection stability4 of 4who raised it
Where owners are split
- battery life14 for · 12 against · 0 mixedof 26 who raised it
- value for money13 for · 10 against · 3 mixedof 26 who raised it
- reliability8 for · 5 against · 1 mixedof 14 who raised it
- carpet performance5 for · 6 against · 1 mixedof 12 who raised it
- software updates5 for · 6 against · 0 mixedof 11 who raised it
- mopping quality4 for · 5 against · 0 mixedof 9 who raised it
- call quality4 for · 5 against · 0 mixedof 9 who raised it
- hair tangling1 for · 2 against · 1 mixedof 4 who raised it
Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
84 more subjects came up from fewer than 4 owners each, which is not enough for a fair reading. To see how it stacks up, compare it with another machine.
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Still good used?
What a used buyer should know, from owners a year or more in
Among the 4 owner accounts here that gave a duration, 1 described a failure. Parts named most: navigation.
Before you buy one used, ask the seller: how old it is, whether it was ever repaired and by whom, and whether any of the parts above have been replaced. Ask to see it run. A receipt tells you the warranty start date; most makers honour the term only for the first owner.
Where this came from
Where this came from
Public discussions we read and summarised in our own words. Nothing here was submitted to Still Kicks.
- Forum threads 176 accounts
- Video owner reports 219 accounts
- Owner accounts collected here 0
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