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iRobot Roomba Combo i5 Robot Vacuum & Mop - Clean by Room with Smart Mapping, Works with Alexa, Personalized Cleaning Powered OS, Ideal for Pet Hair, Roomba i3 Old

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Brand iRobot
Model Name i315
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Color Woven Neutral
Product Dimensions 13.34"L x 13.26"W x 3.63"H
Surface Recommendation
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  • POWERFUL CLEANING—SCHEDULED AROUND YOUR LIFE - Whether you’re relaxing at home or out enjoying life, Roomba i3 EVO takes care of dirt and messes with a Premium 3-Stage Cleaning System and 10x the Power-Lifting Suction*. *Compared to Roomba 600 series.Runtime : 75 minutes
  • CLEAN BY ROOM, YOU’RE IN CONTROL - Roomba i3 EVO learns your home and creates an Imprint Smart Map so you can direct it to clean any room you want, any time you want—either on a set schedule or in the moment.
  • CLEANING IN TIDY ROWS - Cleans intelligently in straight lines back and forth, to thoroughly clean your floors while navigating around furniture. When the i3 EVO needs to recharge, it will resume right where it left off ensuring a complete clean. Charger : 120V and 60 Hz
  • FOCUSED CLEANING - Patented Dirt Detect Technology allows the Roomba i3 EVO to detect dirtier areas of your home and clean them more thoroughly. Integrated sensors tell the robot where it can and can’t fit, so it doesn’t get stuck under furniture.
  • PERFECT FOR HOMES WITH PETS - Instead of using a single bristle brush, Roomba i3 EVO uses Dual Multi-Surface Rubber Brushes that flex to adjust to different floor types and avoid getting tangled with pet hair.
  • STAYS ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE MESS - The i3 EVO learns your cleaning habits and can offer up suggestions—even suggesting extra cleanings during peak pollen or shedding season.
  • CLEAN BY VOICE - Start cleaning one room or every room with Google Assistant and Alexa*. *Works with Google Home and Alexa enabled devices. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com or its affiliates. Google is a trademark of Google LLC

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iRobot Roomba i3 EVO Features

Roomba

Learns Where & When to Clean

Cleans the rooms you want, when you want—guided by Imprint Smart Mapping.

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Powers Through Cleaning

Pulls in stubborn messes with a Premium 3-Stage Cleaning System and 10x the Power-Lifting Suction*.

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Efficient—and Smart

Cleans in straight lines back and forth, navigating around furniture and obstacles.

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Your Voice is Its Command​

Start cleaning one room or every room—through the iRobot Home App or by voice with Google Assistant and Alexa compatibility.

Recharge & resume

How Long Are We Talking Here?

Know how long cleaning jobs will take, whether it’s one room or the whole house—with time estimates in the iRobot Home App.

Personalized Suggestions

Now Taking Suggestions…​

Offers up scheduling suggestions based on your habits and the season.

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With Imprint Link Technology, the Roomba i3+ robot vacuum & Braava jet m6 robot mop team up to vacuum then mop automatically in perfect sequence.

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Brand iRobot
Model Name i315
Special Feature Bag
Color Woven Neutral
Product Dimensions 13.34"L x 13.26"W x 3.63"H
Included Components • 1 Roomba® i3 Robot Vacuum • 1 Home Base® Charging Station • 1 Extra High-Efficiency Filter
Filter Type Cartridge
Battery Life 75 minutes
Voltage 120 Volts
Capacity 0.1 Gallons
Power Source Battery Powered
Are Batteries Included Yes
Control Method Voice
Compatible Devices Smartphones, Amazon Echo, Tablets, Google Home
Form Factor Robotic
UPC 885155015945
Item Weight 11 pounds
Manufacturer iRobot
ASIN B08C4JXBPF
Item model number i315020
Batteries 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
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Specific instructions for use dual action, hard floor, carpet
Assembly required No
Warranty Description 1 year limited.
Batteries required Yes

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Now the Roomba i3 EVO robot vacuum is smarter than ever, learning and mapping your home room-by-room so it can clean the room you want, when you want—with 10x the Power-Lifting Suction* and Premium 3-Stage Cleaning System. Powered by iRobot Genius, it stays one step ahead of everyday messes, by learning your life and suggesting cleaning schedules—to clean when you’re out enjoying life. On-demand cleaning is only a command away, with Google Assistant and Alexa compatibility** that let you direct your robot to messes right when they happen. With Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal, Roomba will return itself to the base when the bin is full, automatically empty and resume cleaning, so you don’t have to think about emptying the bin for months at a time. (*Compared to the Roomba 600 series cleaning system) *(compared to the Roomba 600 series cleaning system) *(Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com or its affiliates. Google is a trademark of Google LLC)

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Customers report mixed experiences with the robotic vacuum's functionality, with some saying it works great while others mention it stops working completely. The cleaning ability and suction performance receive mixed feedback - while some say it does a good job on hardwood floors, others find it mediocre, and though the suction works well, it doesn't pick up dirt and dust effectively. The setup process is straightforward, though the initial mapping takes more than three hours, and the mapping technology receives mixed reviews with some praising the navigation around furniture while others report poor results. The noise level is also mixed, with some finding it quieter than expected while others say it's loud, and customers report issues with the device getting stuck under furniture. Value for money receives negative feedback, with customers saying it performs worse than cheaper alternatives.

410 customers mention "Suction"245 positive165 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the robotic vacuum's suction power, with some finding it fantastic while others report it doesn't work well.

"...You fill it up with cleaning solution and it vacuums as it mops...." Read more

"...debris than my Coredy vac does, so although it's difficult to determine a true suction comparison..." Read more

"...It’s more powerful than my old Roomba and vacuums a fluffy throw rug that the other one couldn’t...." Read more

"...it travels from the charging station to the room to vacuum, the vacuum part is off, so its just pushing dirt around your house collecting under the..." Read more

313 customers mention "Ease of setup"148 positive165 negative

Customers have mixed experiences with setting up the robotic vacuum: while some find it easier to use and appreciate it as a labor saver, others report that it takes weeks to configure and that mapping takes hours to complete.

"...* The app is rough. I'm not sure why honestly. It's hard to describe because the issues are so sporadic and intermittent...." Read more

"...Scheduled automatic cleaning is easy to setup in the app. - Unlike the more expensive Roomba models, it works in the dark. Lights off?..." Read more

"...It takes a LOT of time to map my house. I have less than 2000 sq foot one-story and it went for 8-hours with several charging trips the first pass...." Read more

"...I had to call support to get it to connect to our Wifi. Got the app installed easily, but the i3 was not an option on the connection choices...." Read more

442 customers mention "Value for money"97 positive345 negative

Customers find the vacuum cleaner to be poor value for money, describing it as completely worthless and performing worse than cheaper alternatives.

"...working, this "high end" original robo vac actually performs much worse than my much cheaper (yet better featured?)..." Read more

"...Lastly, the mopping feature is nice but not smart at all...." Read more

"...Instructions are lacking and atrocious. I had to actually call twice to receive various instructions...." Read more

"Affordable and works great! Our 2017 Roomba 960 (or something) was $600 and worked near daily until a few weeks ago. It was loud!..." Read more

408 customers mention "Sturdiness"63 positive345 negative

Customers report that the robotic vacuum frequently gets stuck in various places, particularly under furniture and on throw rugs.

"...These items got tangled up, jamming the robot and causing it to shut down, but no damage was done. -..." Read more

"...Basically, the unit will roam around the house not vacuuming. I will assume it's doing it's mapping thing, but it's not doing that either...." Read more

"During mapping, it got hung up on my pedestal based swivel/rocking chair...." Read more

"...The third thing is that the suction value isn't adjustable on the roomba. Both of the other Vac's have three modes of suction adjustment...." Read more

Perfect replacement for my 2017 model!!
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Perfect replacement for my 2017 model!!
Affordable and works great! Our 2017 Roomba 960 (or something) was $600 and worked near daily until a few weeks ago. It was loud! I trust the brand and was super excited that the new version is so much cheaper. It works very well. I have had a few issues that are concerning but have not put the time into solving them: -Trouble connecting it to the app and WiFi. Kept loading over and over and not recognizing/finding the device after it had showed up on the phone as being found. Operating it without the app currently. -Tricky to empty, awkward to pop it out and then unlatch it to empty. Major plus is that the bin is huge, holds a ton more dog hair/sand than the older version. Maybe they made it annoying so I decide to upgrade to the self emptying one! -Gets stuck numerous times on one leg of the coffee table. Always the same leg and it keeps returning to the same site three or more times per cycle after I move it away Pros: -Quieter than the original but still loud -Lower profile, goes under most of the furniture -Hardwood floors get really clean - picks up dog hair and sand/dirt very well! -Finds the way to the dock no problem -Long battery and bin life Haven’t tried the dust/wet mop component yet but I’m very happy with our new Roomba!!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2025
    Style: Roomba Combo i5Verified Purchase
    Affordable and works great! Our 2017 Roomba 960 (or something) was $600 and worked near daily until a few weeks ago. It was loud! I trust the brand and was super excited that the new version is so much cheaper. It works very well. I have had a few issues that are concerning but have not put the time into solving them:
    -Trouble connecting it to the app and WiFi. Kept loading over and over and not recognizing/finding the device after it had showed up on the phone as being found. Operating it without the app currently.
    -Tricky to empty, awkward to pop it out and then unlatch it to empty. Major plus is that the bin is huge, holds a ton more dog hair/sand than the older version. Maybe they made it annoying so I decide to upgrade to the self emptying one!
    -Gets stuck numerous times on one leg of the coffee table. Always the same leg and it keeps returning to the same site three or more times per cycle after I move it away
    Pros:
    -Quieter than the original but still loud
    -Lower profile, goes under most of the furniture
    -Hardwood floors get really clean - picks up dog hair and sand/dirt very well!
    -Finds the way to the dock no problem
    -Long battery and bin life

    Haven’t tried the dust/wet mop component yet but I’m very happy with our new Roomba!!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Perfect replacement for my 2017 model!!

    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2025
    Affordable and works great! Our 2017 Roomba 960 (or something) was $600 and worked near daily until a few weeks ago. It was loud! I trust the brand and was super excited that the new version is so much cheaper. It works very well. I have had a few issues that are concerning but have not put the time into solving them:
    -Trouble connecting it to the app and WiFi. Kept loading over and over and not recognizing/finding the device after it had showed up on the phone as being found. Operating it without the app currently.
    -Tricky to empty, awkward to pop it out and then unlatch it to empty. Major plus is that the bin is huge, holds a ton more dog hair/sand than the older version. Maybe they made it annoying so I decide to upgrade to the self emptying one!
    -Gets stuck numerous times on one leg of the coffee table. Always the same leg and it keeps returning to the same site three or more times per cycle after I move it away
    Pros:
    -Quieter than the original but still loud
    -Lower profile, goes under most of the furniture
    -Hardwood floors get really clean - picks up dog hair and sand/dirt very well!
    -Finds the way to the dock no problem
    -Long battery and bin life

    Haven’t tried the dust/wet mop component yet but I’m very happy with our new Roomba!!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2022
    Style: Roomba i3 OldVerified Purchase
    For the first week of ownership, we were disappointed in the robots random movements, but we had read in other reviews that it needs some time to explore and update itself, so we gave it a chance. The more it explored, the more software updates were downloaded, and the more efficiently it performed. Here are the pros and cons of owning this model:
    PROS:
    - Software updates that have greatly improved the i3's capabilities.
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    - Scheduled automatic cleaning is easy to setup in the app.
    - Unlike the more expensive Roomba models, it works in the dark. Lights off? curtains closed? No problem.
    - Sucks up a lot of dirt, lint, and hair from our floors. Long hair (we have a lot) collects at the ends of his rollers and is easily removed.
    - We have 2 steps down from the main level to our family room. It vacuums to the edge, but has never jumped.
    - The app isn't needed for a cleaning. For our family room, we don't use the app. We just set it in the room, press the button and away it goes, cleaning in an efficient manner.
    - Durable. Sucked up a USB cord and a sun hat string that had been left out on the floor. These items got tangled up, jamming the robot and causing it to shut down, but no damage was done.
    - Widely available replacement parts... for a day may a come when his little mustache stops whisking dirt into his big suck face.
    CONS
    - It took 5 days of assigning it to "clean everywhere" before it accurately mapped our single-story 1500sf home, then allowed me to divide up and label rooms/areas, and the ability to assign it to clean specific rooms.
    - It can't clean our whole house in one charge. It goes back to the station recharges itself and then finishes the job.
    - The main con is having patience with the robot exploring and the software updates (my experience below). It will take some time for all of the features to become available. Make sure you have strong Wi-Fi signal throughout your house and send the robot out on cleaning runs and the updates will happen.

    Software Updates:
    - The app and the robot started with limited functionality. After doing a few whole house cleanings over 3 days, it started getting updates and more features were added to the app. It took another few days before it was fully updated and had an accurate floor plan. While it was cleaning it was also doing a lot of exploring, going back over the same areas, pausing to ponder the universe, etc. I think this was part of preparation for the next software update regarding the mapping. After cleaning all accessible areas of my house a few times, a map appeared on the app and asked me if it was accurate or if the robot should remap my house. Some parts of rooms were cut off or shaped weird, but I clicked "accept" anyway. It then prompted me to add/delete partition lines to divide the house up into rooms. The lines can be moved any direction and rotated 360° so you have good control over creating different areas. After doing a few more whole house cleanings the map updated itself and accurately represented our floor plan.
    In the end I'm glad we had patience with it. It cleans great now and it's efficient.
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    Roomba i3 Pros and Cons

    Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2022
    For the first week of ownership, we were disappointed in the robots random movements, but we had read in other reviews that it needs some time to explore and update itself, so we gave it a chance. The more it explored, the more software updates were downloaded, and the more efficiently it performed. Here are the pros and cons of owning this model:
    PROS:
    - Software updates that have greatly improved the i3's capabilities.
    -
    - Scheduled automatic cleaning is easy to setup in the app.
    - Unlike the more expensive Roomba models, it works in the dark. Lights off? curtains closed? No problem.
    - Sucks up a lot of dirt, lint, and hair from our floors. Long hair (we have a lot) collects at the ends of his rollers and is easily removed.
    - We have 2 steps down from the main level to our family room. It vacuums to the edge, but has never jumped.
    - The app isn't needed for a cleaning. For our family room, we don't use the app. We just set it in the room, press the button and away it goes, cleaning in an efficient manner.
    - Durable. Sucked up a USB cord and a sun hat string that had been left out on the floor. These items got tangled up, jamming the robot and causing it to shut down, but no damage was done.
    - Widely available replacement parts... for a day may a come when his little mustache stops whisking dirt into his big suck face.
    CONS
    - It took 5 days of assigning it to "clean everywhere" before it accurately mapped our single-story 1500sf home, then allowed me to divide up and label rooms/areas, and the ability to assign it to clean specific rooms.
    - It can't clean our whole house in one charge. It goes back to the station recharges itself and then finishes the job.
    - The main con is having patience with the robot exploring and the software updates (my experience below). It will take some time for all of the features to become available. Make sure you have strong Wi-Fi signal throughout your house and send the robot out on cleaning runs and the updates will happen.

    Software Updates:
    - The app and the robot started with limited functionality. After doing a few whole house cleanings over 3 days, it started getting updates and more features were added to the app. It took another few days before it was fully updated and had an accurate floor plan. While it was cleaning it was also doing a lot of exploring, going back over the same areas, pausing to ponder the universe, etc. I think this was part of preparation for the next software update regarding the mapping. After cleaning all accessible areas of my house a few times, a map appeared on the app and asked me if it was accurate or if the robot should remap my house. Some parts of rooms were cut off or shaped weird, but I clicked "accept" anyway. It then prompted me to add/delete partition lines to divide the house up into rooms. The lines can be moved any direction and rotated 360° so you have good control over creating different areas. After doing a few more whole house cleanings the map updated itself and accurately represented our floor plan.
    In the end I'm glad we had patience with it. It cleans great now and it's efficient.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023
    Style: Roomba i3 OldVerified Purchase
    I've had this vacuum for a little over a year and it's really just been an annoyance. My review is summarized below, but I would also suggest a quick Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo search with the terms "roomba terrible reddit". Confirmation bias is a thing, but so is astroturfing and premature reviewing, both of which are prevalent on this site.

    Let me go ahead and get the one positive out of the way: The vacuum is pretty strong. It pulls more crud from between hardwood boards than my Dyson vacuum. Yay.

    -----After owning an i3 since July 2022 here are my takeaways:-----
    * Automation should make life easier and this fails so hard it's almost impressive. I spend less time manually vacuuming and maintaining my Dyson than I do futzing around with the Roomba unit and app. It does get stuck occasionally. I knew that going in, but all the hand-holding the unit requires really adds up.

    * The Smart Map feature has yet to work for me and I've tried it several times. I think it was only recently added as a feature for the i3 when I purchased it, so I assume it's a feature that's been shoehorned in and that I should be grateful for their generosity. Basically, the unit will roam around the house not vacuuming. I will assume it's doing it's mapping thing, but it's not doing that either. By the time it's done not creating a map, there's not enough battery power left to really do any vacuuming. I mainly purchased this vacuum for the vacuuming feature so the Smart Map feature seems at odds with that.

    * The unit gets so close to cleaning the corners of rooms. So close in fact, that it's easy to forget that the robot didn't clean the corners at all, ever. This one's not a secret, but what else can't this thing do! Keep reading to find out!

    * The iRobot app says I have to replace the filters in 5 months. I've barely used this vacuum, and haven't had it running on a schedule in months. However, the app (as of today 8/13/23) suggests I spend $65 on new filters. It even sends me push notifications telling me that iRobot needs me to buy their filters asap. Why? Is it simply on a timer? I do have an option to "Reset" the "High Efficiency Filter" on the Product Health screen. Is that option there because it's unreliable? Is it being misdiagnosed by the app or faulty sensors within the unit? No way to know!

    * The app is rough. I'm not sure why honestly. It's hard to describe because the issues are so sporadic and intermittent. Maybe it's because iRobot has to support dozens of different models with marginally different feature sets in a single app. I get secondhand embarrassment even opening the app and this is coming from a person who has used the HBO Go, HBO Now, and HBO Max apps. I'm curious if the makers of my cheap, automated catfood dispenser are also MIT roboticists and engineers, because that app has more features and has been completely hands-off since the 15 minutes I spent setting it up 3 months ago.

    * The unit draws more power than it needs. I'm probably a stickler for this, but I'm surprised my cheap, Amazon-purchased cat toys don't draw nearly as much power continually once they're fully charged. I'd love to test it more and get some insight as to what's going on but then I wonder: to what end? So that I can get my terrible vacuum back up and running or something? Maybe it's because it's communicating to the cloud that new filters are desperately needed in 5 months!

    -----A couple of side notes for anyone still reading this 🤷:-----
    * I'm not surprised the Automatic Dirt Disposal unit is no longer for sale. I remember nearly purchasing it a year ago until I briefly skimmed all the negative review. Just now I checked the iRobot website and they indicate that there's an entirely different slew of issues there. Their business model with accessories seems to be: create the disease to sell snake oil.

    * iRobot, the manufacturer, uses green for its primary brand color but the design is not environmentally conscious, in my opinion. Unless my unit is very specifically defective, I think this is misleading. But at least they can say the logo was colored green back in the 90s before green = environmentally conscious. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and believe that they're just not good at branding or robots. Keep up the g̶o̶o̶d̶ work!

    Lastly, iRobot support, please don't respond to this review. If you do respond, please acknowledge that you decided to ignore this part of the review.
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    Ben
    1.0 out of 5 stars
    iRobot should just sell brooms at this point

    Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023
    I've had this vacuum for a little over a year and it's really just been an annoyance. My review is summarized below, but I would also suggest a quick Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo search with the terms "roomba terrible reddit". Confirmation bias is a thing, but so is astroturfing and premature reviewing, both of which are prevalent on this site.

    Let me go ahead and get the one positive out of the way: The vacuum is pretty strong. It pulls more crud from between hardwood boards than my Dyson vacuum. Yay.

    -----After owning an i3 since July 2022 here are my takeaways:-----
    * Automation should make life easier and this fails so hard it's almost impressive. I spend less time manually vacuuming and maintaining my Dyson than I do futzing around with the Roomba unit and app. It does get stuck occasionally. I knew that going in, but all the hand-holding the unit requires really adds up.

    * The Smart Map feature has yet to work for me and I've tried it several times. I think it was only recently added as a feature for the i3 when I purchased it, so I assume it's a feature that's been shoehorned in and that I should be grateful for their generosity. Basically, the unit will roam around the house not vacuuming. I will assume it's doing it's mapping thing, but it's not doing that either. By the time it's done not creating a map, there's not enough battery power left to really do any vacuuming. I mainly purchased this vacuum for the vacuuming feature so the Smart Map feature seems at odds with that.

    * The unit gets so close to cleaning the corners of rooms. So close in fact, that it's easy to forget that the robot didn't clean the corners at all, ever. This one's not a secret, but what else can't this thing do! Keep reading to find out!

    * The iRobot app says I have to replace the filters in 5 months. I've barely used this vacuum, and haven't had it running on a schedule in months. However, the app (as of today 8/13/23) suggests I spend $65 on new filters. It even sends me push notifications telling me that iRobot needs me to buy their filters asap. Why? Is it simply on a timer? I do have an option to "Reset" the "High Efficiency Filter" on the Product Health screen. Is that option there because it's unreliable? Is it being misdiagnosed by the app or faulty sensors within the unit? No way to know!

    * The app is rough. I'm not sure why honestly. It's hard to describe because the issues are so sporadic and intermittent. Maybe it's because iRobot has to support dozens of different models with marginally different feature sets in a single app. I get secondhand embarrassment even opening the app and this is coming from a person who has used the HBO Go, HBO Now, and HBO Max apps. I'm curious if the makers of my cheap, automated catfood dispenser are also MIT roboticists and engineers, because that app has more features and has been completely hands-off since the 15 minutes I spent setting it up 3 months ago.

    * The unit draws more power than it needs. I'm probably a stickler for this, but I'm surprised my cheap, Amazon-purchased cat toys don't draw nearly as much power continually once they're fully charged. I'd love to test it more and get some insight as to what's going on but then I wonder: to what end? So that I can get my terrible vacuum back up and running or something? Maybe it's because it's communicating to the cloud that new filters are desperately needed in 5 months!

    -----A couple of side notes for anyone still reading this 🤷:-----
    * I'm not surprised the Automatic Dirt Disposal unit is no longer for sale. I remember nearly purchasing it a year ago until I briefly skimmed all the negative review. Just now I checked the iRobot website and they indicate that there's an entirely different slew of issues there. Their business model with accessories seems to be: create the disease to sell snake oil.

    * iRobot, the manufacturer, uses green for its primary brand color but the design is not environmentally conscious, in my opinion. Unless my unit is very specifically defective, I think this is misleading. But at least they can say the logo was colored green back in the 90s before green = environmentally conscious. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and believe that they're just not good at branding or robots. Keep up the g̶o̶o̶d̶ work!

    Lastly, iRobot support, please don't respond to this review. If you do respond, please acknowledge that you decided to ignore this part of the review.
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    Cependant, j'ai remarqué que les roues sont particulièrement bruyantes sur les joints de céramique et sur les planchers de bois franc. Le bruit est assez perceptible, surtout si vous avez un sol avec beaucoup de transitions. Une amélioration à ce niveau, pour réduire le bruit des roues, serait un vrai plus pour les futures versions.

    Malgré ce petit désagrément, je suis très satisfait de l'efficacité générale du Roomba i3 Evo. Il est fiable, pratique, et il fait gagner un temps précieux pour les tâches de nettoyage. Je le recommande à ceux qui recherchent un robot aspirateur performant.
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