iRobot Roomba 960 vs Roborock S7

The 960 uses what iRobot calls iadapt 2.0, which utilizes a camera and an advanced algorithm to navigate around your house and clean in straight effic...

Roborock recommends cleaning this every two weeks, so that's something I'll look to do more often. The sensors need to be wiped clean after approximat...

One issue with methodical cleaners like the 960 is they often only pass over an area once. But you can set it to make two passes in a room, which I found picked up any stray debris it may have missed the first time. So while the 960 doesn't have quite the same suction power as the 980, it still does an excellent, thorough job of cleaning your floors. The 980's biggest cleaning draw is its Carpet Boost feature, which lets you turn up the suction on rugs and carpeting

We’ve had the Roborock S7 for 7 weeks on our main floor which is all hardwood and a few area rugs. 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

- Flic buttons (or some other 3rd party) to allow people in the house to control things without needing to remember obscure routine names.

This thing vacuums so much faster and better than the irobot and the mopping feature is amazing compared to the braava m6. It mops and scrubs stains the m6 couldn't in a faster time.

Not only is it a Roomba, but it might be the cheapest option overall. Not on sale it's $850, which is right inline with everything, and even cheaper than several. Specifically, cheaper than Samsung's new AI robot, and even cheaper than the Roborock with self emptying.

Theyre just better, for less money

The self emptying is key. I only have to replace the bag every 3 months instead of dumping the vacuumed junk into the garbage.

The Roborock S7 has exceeded my expectations plus some! I went from sweeping everyday to about once a week. The mopping function leaves a bit to be desired but thats expected. Overall, this vacuum does what it’s meant to do which is make my life easier. I select which rooms I want cleaned and it does the rest

I google the issue, and all over various websites and reddit are other people commenting that have the exact same problem. Surely iRomba must must be aware of the issue, so why can't they work on improving the design?

This is not true. If you want your Roborock S7 to perform multiple passes in some or all rooms, YOU will have to do so manually in the app. This is not something that can be done via the Schedule-Menu as of 2022-03-22. Bin design is SMALL: if you have the auto-empty base it will not matter, but if you buy this as a stand-alone unit you will notice the need to empty it