The mapping system can strangely remember only up to 10 floor plans at a time, which you can name either with set names or custom names. iRobot calls this ‘Imprint Smart Mapping,’ and claims that this new method will save both energy and time. Once your Roomba i7+ has uploaded detailed maps of your room layouts, it will assume a much more efficient cleaning pattern of pacing across each room in as straight of lines as possible. This is at least in our experience, and it's ultimately a minor inconvenience but an inconvenience nevertheless. However, beware that, if you ever change or reset your Wi-Fi network, chances are that you'll have to act out this process all over again. From there, you can tell Roomba to clean specific rooms in your space after you've designated those spaces using the iRobot app. During this process, the cleaning pattern of the Roomba i7+ will look much like that of the Roomba 980, as viewable through the companion app.ĭeveloping the smart maps doesn't take much time, in the grand scheme of things, the better part of a week. It will have to learn them through its first few cleanings. However, your Roomba i7+ won’t come out of box knowing how every room in your home is laid out. Now, rather than just map a single room and forget it after the job is done, the Roomba i7+ uploads maps of every room in your home securely to iRobot’s cloud servers. That’s not too shabby, but you might bristle at how much cash iRobot stands to make on these bag replacements.Īs for how the Roomba i7+ performs, iRobot has vastly improved its leading vacuum’s smart navigation capabilities.
That said, even if you run your Roomba i7+ daily, that adds up to a rather tiny operating cost every two to three months. However, it’s clear that this product introduces a cost of operation that few, if any, other robot vacuums require. This alleviates what is arguably the most annoying part of using a robot vacuum: emptying the bin. These ‘Dirt Disposal’ bags are available via iRobot for $14.99 per pack of three bags in the US. The dust and debris is then stored in disposable bags that can hold up to 30 bins’ – or, generally speaking, days – worth of debris.Īt that point, you’ll be alerted to replace the bag via the connected iRobot app for smartphones.
Also, the dust bin that’s attached to the vacuum has been improved, both for easier emptying manually and automatically.Īutomatic emptying is handled via a new vacuum port that, when the vacuum is docked, attaches to a vacuum port in the dock that immediately sucks up whatever is in the dust bin into the Clean Base. Once you flip the vacuum over, you’ll immediately notice some improvements to the rubber rollers that pull in dirt, as there are now more – and more refined – grooves for better pickup. Before getting into that, one thing about the vacuum’s shell that’s markedly different here is that the LED now blinks and shines different colors depending on its current state. The Roomba i7+ looks an awful lot like its predecessors at first glance, but contains so many more differences once you flip the machine upside-down.
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