iRobot Roomba S9 vs Samsung Jet Bot+ with Clean Station VR30T85513W

I’m currently trial running several auto-empty vacs for our upstairs which has our 4 bedrooms and all carpet. Currently a few weeks into the Roomba S9+ with empty bin and let me just say… while it does a good job picking up on our low rise carpet, the app and technology feels about 5 years behind the Roborock tech and app. If anyone cares about specifics feel free to ask but I’m constantly surprised how poor the app and tech work. Ghost rooms, connection failures, inaccurate post run results… considering how long iRobot has been in the game I’m just really surprised it’s this far behind

I have little faith it is doing anything other than combing my shag carpets to 'look like the vacuum' has traveled over it...highly unlikely a deep clean us happening

I was worried that the new D shape would make it a little more cumbersome for fitting around chairs and table legs. But if you look at it, the Roomba ...

I am not satisfied with this at all. It looks cool I guess. Oh and it gets stuck ALL THE TIME. Weird shaped corner? It’s going to get stuck there all the time, just ramming into the wall repeatedly

Even though the area was completely clear. The problem is due to the lower clearance from the upgraded suction unit, the edge brush get's deformed and smacks the bumper and screws up the sensors. One could probably modify the brush, but I didn't want to deal with it. iRobot says the s9 has 4x the suction of other Roombas, I don't doubt this

PROS: The suction power on the robot is great. The fact that it uses lasers that keep it from bumping in to things is great. It also makes it work faster than others as it doesn't waste time bumping in to things and having to back up and turn. CONS: It won't go under the couch despite being able to fit

**Roomba S9+:** More powerful but didn’t feel worth it for the price. Didn’t have a lidar. 1099$.

And despite the Samsung going offline, it still continues to use up the battery, so by the time you find it, it has no battery life and has to be charged. They really need to allow you to continue to connect with the vacuum even if it gets stuck. There's also questionable availability for replacement parts. I can find third-party replacement bags, but you can't order replacement brushes or rollers anywhere

If I try to mechanically / physically raise the spring contacts, I risk breaking them and making it all the worse. Those should be able and EASY to replace, without needing to disassemble the whole vacuum.

yes, her name is johnny. i’ve never owned a robot vacuum cleaner, and i’m impressed! i haven’t tried it in the living room yet, but my gosh, johnny found all the hairs on my floors. i’m honestly quite impressed with this little robot. i’m not tech savvy, but it wasn’t that difficult in regards to setting it up

The Roomba 960 does that just fine, as does the RoboRock S6 Pure (which I also got after returning this). So IMO there is no legitimate excuse for this fundamentally flawed mechanical design of the Roomba S9.

The circular design allows it to turn around 360 pretty much in tight situations whereas Samsungs newer design looks like a dustpan was attached making it harder to turn around. You can designate multiple rooms after the robot has surveyed your house. You can designate off limit areas the robot will not enter to clean. The vacuum can move pretty well between different floor types, carpet and hard floor