iRobot Roomba 600 Series

Makes life easier – Originally purchased from Target during a sale this robot vacuum is a great mid range offering. It cleans the general living areas (carpet & lino) more than adequately. I recommend emptying the bin & cleaning the device with a damp cloth after each job. Easy to manage through the app with notifications given for replacing parts, length of cleaning… Read more

jobs, etc. I have purchased replacement parts on Ebay for a fraction of the cost compared to the Roomba website. Owning this product has reduced my housework load - a win!

Sit back and relax! – Our house is fully tiled with a couple of rugs and our iRobot does a fantastic job making sure our house is spotless! I love the diversity of this beauty. Out for the day? Start vacuuming via the iRobot app on your phone. Want a scheduled time to vacuum? No worries, this can be arranged on your phone. The house needs a quick vacuum? Just press the… Read more

button on the vacuum. Kids asleep and the vacuum gets too close to their room? Pause it via your phone!

Young helper's robovac – This vac works perfectly on short carpets and hard floors. I have a dodgy back and it helps me avoid pain. Sir Reginald Von Bartlesby, as it has been Christened by its young owner, needs only be charged and set loose onto work. One button and its off. Works best when supervised so that its not too long upset by lost strings and socks. It… Read more

makes a noise and stops and you just empty the vac tray or unwind the sock and set it going again.

I love that it is so so much quieter than a regular vacuum (which I can't stand).

Easy to use and well worth the money if you can get one.

Worth the money – I generally vacuum my house every 4-5 days. I bought my Roomba 2 weeks ago (on sale, $399)and haven’t needed to vacuum since. I actually doubt I’ll ever have to vacuum again. I schedule it to clean every day and it will run for an hour 40 min before putting itself back on charge. We have 3 carpets and it has trouble with one. This carpet has a… Read more

small section of floor space between the carpet and the lounge and the Roomba struggles with this section. It generally gets stuck and needs rescuing. I have to remember to push the carpet over before I leave of a morning. I also need to make sure no one has left anything on the floor such as laces hanging out of shoes or small toys etc as Roomba will suck them up and then as a safety feature, won’t continue cleaning. It is also quite loud. But for us, not a problem as I schedule it to clean when we aren’t home. The only problem with that is I can’t rescue it if it gets stuck and then the cleaning isn’t done. But not a big deal because it cleans daily so the floor isn’t that dirty. I can also use my app when I’m not home to tell it to do an extra clean. I wasn’t sure if this would actually work so was pleasantly surprised. The cleaning compartment looks small but I’ve only had to empty it 3 times. I did expect I’d have to do it more often. It doesn’t map your home and seems very erratic with its cleaning. It will seem to do the same sections over and over for a few minutes before suddenly turning around and leaving the room but at the end of the hour and 40 min, every area seems to be clean so there’s some type of method to its madness! I’m really very happy with my purchase and highly recommend IF you don’t have a lot of thick carpets and you wanted it to clean when you weren’t home as this could be frustrating when it gets stuck.

Mediocre product and terrible customer service – Product has issues with mapping and finding home base. I didn’t purchase the top model so I was fine with that, but parts of the vaccum broke very early on with no clear reason why. The spinning brush that sweeps the dust toward the suction snapped. There’s nothing in my house that would necessarily cause this to happen unless the product was… Read more

faulty. I’ve contacted iRobot multiple times through support function, phone call and email and have heard nothing back. Absolutely disgusting service and mediocre product.

Exciting to start with but now getting frustrated – I bought the 670 model as it it was in my price range and had relatively good reviews on Choice. I set it to vacuum 3 days a week while I am at work. I have hybrid flooring throughout. I learnt very quickly to move certain items to avoid the Roomba from become stuck or tangled. Some cleaning days it has stopped because battery has run out. Some… Read more

areas are not cleaned and some rooms are over cleaned. I am unable to set it up so that I can specify areas to clean. I am unable to find anything on line that can help me. Starting to think I should have spent a bit more money on a more reliable robo vac.

It does not work properly thus it will be going back to the store – We bought it for ourselves for Xmas 2022 on Boxing day. It is very loud. It crashes into furniture. It moved the side table! It violently slammed into a large glass lantern. Randomly navigates in a diagonal bump hit n miss random way and goes over same spot many times but misses other spots in the next pass. It moved our kitchen chairs!. It… Read more

does not finish one room before it randomly finds its way to another part of the house. Then it runs out of battery before it can finish the house and it cannot dock. We had an Xiaomi Roborock S5 for years and loved it so much and I have written a review and many updates until it finally died. It mapped the room and systematically cleaned each area before it moved onto the next. We should have bought another Xiaomi but didn't because they have gone up so much in price! We saw the Roomba in the store and it looked like a solid build and it was on special so we bought one home. On the basis that the Roomba does not do it's job properly, we are taking the Roomba back to the store. No Robot vac could be that out of control. It must be faulty. I should have consulted product review first, I see here that the model we bought yesterday is labeled discontinued!

Nice idea but misses the mark – I bought the Roomba a couple of weeks ago and have now used it 3 times. I am pretty disappointed and a little scared to keep using it because it bashes really hard into my brand new skirtings. - I don’t want to damage my walls and skirtings to save time cleaning. It also gets caught up in my dining chairs and bashes around my furniture. I am… Read more

worried it will damage my house with all the constant banging. It seems to be missing spots also. For the price I expected a much smoother effective product.

Has completely failed just outside warranty, was moderately satisfied with it prior – After great reviews from a number of family members regarding their Robot vacuum cleaners (both Roomba and other brands), we decided to give one a go. We have a large open plan living / dining area that is tiled, along a tiled hallway, to the bathroom and laundry (also tiles). I was already aware from family members' experience that these… Read more

vacuums are not effective on carpeted surfaces.

At first, we were reasonably happy with this product. We would run it two or three days a week while everyone was at work / school, in order to pick up the loose dust, food crumbs and pet hair through the common areas and just assist us with the weekly floor cleaning. We shut all the bedroom doors so that it couldn't travel into the carpeted areas, and lifted the dining chairs to give it a clear run around the dining table.

Most days, we would return to find it docked and re-charging, and full as expected. Occasionally, we would find it stopped in the hallway, presumably because it had insufficient charge to return to the charging dock (which was located in the dining area, approximately central to the general area for cleaning. More often than I would have liked we would find it wedged under the back of one of the recliners, having only cleaned about 1/3 to 1/2 of the area. In the end, I started moving the recliner hard against the wall so it would go behind there.

When it got the whole floor cleaned, we were very happy with the outcome. It did make a big difference to the general cleanliness of the house, and because it was operating when we were all away from home, it didn't disturb us.

I did notice that it was fairly noisy. If you were operating it while you were home, I'm sure it would be pretty annoying. It also needed some frequent cleaning above emptying the dust catcher and washing the filter (it came with two filters, so we would wash and place one out to dry after each use, and reload with the second one, ready to go). As a family with long-haired ladies, we found that we often had to remove the roller and detangle the hairs that were wrapped around it. We also used the screwdriver to regularly unscrew the little triple brush and pull out the hairs trapped under there, as they inhibited it from spinning freely. We found doing this every fifth or sixth use ensured the best operation. It wasn't particularly time-consuming, but did require a little effort.

One of the things I was initially concerned about was damage to the furniture from bumping into it. That was an unfounded concern. It would bump the furniture only very softly and we never had an issue with damage.

The biggest disappointment came after we had owned the unit about 18 months (the standard warranty is 12 months, and we didn't purchase extra). In the middle of the night, it started beeping and carrying on, and from that point, it wouldn't seem to charge properly and it won't clean the floors. We've tried all the standard troubleshooting, and nothing has worked. Considering the price (and the fact that it wasn't the bottom of the line model), this makes it a very disappointing product.

I will try another Robot vacuum cleaner, but not a Roomba iRobot.

Pros: Ideal for cleaning hard floors, especially while you're away from house, battery capable of managing standard sized four bedroom lowset home. Cons: Can get stuck on some furniture; noisy; needs regular maintenance; product didn't last sufficient time to justify the initial outlay price.

Quite disappointed – We only had our robot vacuum for about a year and have had multiple issues with charging. The only way we can actually charge it is to lift it on a book so that the connectors actually work. We cannot get anybody on the phone and have sent a warranty request through months ago to no response. It is actually very frustrating that there is no… Read more

help with such a defect.

After writing the above review, I was given an option for mediation instead of posting. I accepted. After multiple promises that somebody would contact me, it took weeks of me following up. Finally somebody got in contact and suggested I clean the contacts. They were already clean. They then asked for my receipt and when I provided it, they said that it was out of warranty despite the months of trying to get this sorted which began while it was in warranty. Buyer beware.

Battery runs flat, doesn't return to charge, poor service – We have all tile floors and initially the Roomba did a fantastic job of cleaning. However after only a few months the battery did not last as long and the roomba started to fail to return to the charging station. When returned for warranty they wanted to charge a $100 service fee. System was returned after the service centre could not replicate the issue to have the same issues happen from day one. Show details

So far so good – I have a tiled floor and carpet. So far it does a good job. The first 2 times it works out where to go and is all over the place but once it knows the layout of the house it's good. It's a little loud but you can schedule it to work while you're out so it fixes that issue. It's great to vac on a daily bases but I still vac once a week. I think its a good product.  Show details

So good, I don't know how i used to live without it ! – Originally thought the whole robot vacuum thing was a load of malarkey... after I ran the roomba on my floors - I just couldn't wait for it to finish to check how much dirt it had picked up - and I'm meticulous with my floors.. but this just seems to find dirt.. You need to keep on top of the maintenance if you have people / pets with long hair -… Read more

take the triple brush out with a small philips screwdriver and remove any hair that's twined around the spool... then replace - same as the brush and the roller in the cage... you need to keep those clean for this unit to sweep properly. Replace the filter regularly, I've never needed to replace the battery in mine and it's been 4 years ( probably a bit longer ). If the unit can't connect to the charger, make sure that you check the silver contacts on the vacuum and also on the base as they can become covered in dirt which makes the unit think it's got a faulty connection... I just use a cotton bud soaked in metho spirits.. to stop the base unit moving when the machine docks, I've used a small piece of double sided tape and that keeps it firm while the roomba tries to dock.

A champion of a machine – Update Feb 2024... This Roomba must be about 7 years old now ! It has had 2 replacement batteries over the time (About $40 each) BUT it is still going along fine it has well and truly proved tough and ultra reliable Have had this machine for about 4 years. It's looking fairly used now but it just keeps on going. It won't forever replace your… Read more

vacuum cleaner but does an excellent Job in between the weekly proper vacuum and does a far better job with dog hair. Were talking Belgum Shepards ! Yes you do have to give the brush a good clean after a few runs to get the best results. But even when the floors dont look to bad... when it finishs with always a full canister. Your amazed there was that much dust and dirt on the floors.... only issue we have is it likes socks and power cables.... Our problem...not Dusty's (That's his name)

Meh.. Good for small apartments and people who are time-poor? – Got it for $399 at Big W back in April. I got it on a whim while shopping with my wife. It's tech (randomly bumping around) is old consider there are others (ie XiaoMi) that have wifi, app control, mapping, and other features for a similar or slightly higher price. After having it for 2 months, here's my honest review: I have a large, open, hard… Read more

floor area (wide entrance hallway connects with living, kitchen, dining and activity area). We turn it on when everyone leaves for work and school (1-2 times a week). It does it job, vacuum the area by bumping around at random direction. It's able to go up the rug. By the time we get home, the area seems mostly clear of dust. Visible dust can still be spotted at corners or areas it can't reach. I'd say it manage to vacuum 80-90% of the entire open area.

Is it worth $399? To my wife, yes in the beginning cause she doesn't have to do the work, but later disappointed that it does not have an app that maps out where it vacuum. To me, not really. Get a dyson V7 (i use it for the office) for same/similar price and manually vacuum. It's a lot more efficient and effective. It takes this model 40-50 mins to cover most of the area which takes 10 mins or less to manually vacuum. At the end of the day, we going to keep using it. However, If I did more research, I would've saved the money for a more advance one or something else.

Nonetheless, easy to use and maintain, does its job, well built (external feels more sturdy than my friend's Xiaomi), and available at most department stores.

Had 2 for Years – I own a 600 and 900 series. I stopped using them 2 years ago when they would get stuck then burn the carpet because the wheels kept turning. A few weeks ago I came across really cheap replacement tyres from China on Ebay! Amazing, easy to fit and the renewed grip cured the problem. The original worn tyres were obviously slipping too much for… Read more

the Roomba to recognise it had to stop the drive wheels turning if it got jammed under furniture. I now have two fully functioning Roombas again and no carpet damage. The newer 900 with rubber brushes is far better at dirt collection than the original brush system on the 600. These reviews on the i7+ have put me off upgrading because I already know the Roomba can be unreliable. I did replace the PC board on my 600 plus numerous new batteries for both. Too complicated (and expensive) not to have access to a decent service dept. Roomba US needs a new agent in Australia. Would love a new i7+ but just too risky given the reviews.