$399 after $200 off PLus 10% off with Amazon Card. iRobot Roomba i3+ (3550) Robot Vacuum with Automatic Dirt Disposal Disposal - Empties Itself,

how is this compare to i4 and costo986? i have 986 from costco for downstair and thinking to get 1 for upstairs but can't decide it. i have wood, tile and carpet upstairs. i also have dog .

i4 is the same robot as the regular i3. the i3+ has the automatic dirt disposal.

its the same robot except the i4 at costco has a 20% larger battery and comes with two extra filters plus a virtual wall barrier. But for me the automatic clean base is mor important and worth the extra price so went with i3+

Also available at Home Depot and Bed Bath and Beyond and iRobot. Which leads me to ask, whose price matching who?

I'm thinking everyone is price matching Home Depot.

Bed Bath and Beyond [bedbathandbeyond.com]

Home Depot [homedepot.com]

iRobot [irobot.com]

This or the roborock s6 pure for $360?

Ah didn't know that. Not a bad deal over the regular i3 and I agree.





its an "irobot" holiday deal. Not really a price match. I assume theyre giving all these resellers kickbacks and credits for purchased units.





That's hard. The Roborock looks interesting and has some really cool features like mopping, LIDAR mapping/No go zones, smart SW features over the Roomba

Cons would be:

-Chinese owned (no clue about spying and data rights). Xiaomi is parent company and funded early development.
-Battery recharge time (All Roomba tend to fully recharge within 90 mins from dead, robo s6 pure seems to take 4-5 hrs, but has longer run time and can finish homes faster due to Lidar and better sensing capability)
-Single Bristle roller. (worse for pet hair than higher end Roombas with double rubber rollers)
-App has been hit or miss and forcing people to use the MI HOME app over the Roborock version.

Its a tough choice all around because the roborock seems like a valid smart robot over the Roomba, but roomba's have a good rep for lasting and having replacement parts ready to go.

I don't see the 10% Amazon card deal. Is it somewhere hidden?

I own a Rooma i3+. This is likely the greatest invention since the fork. It does it's job every day and requires NO regular maintenance whatsoever until the bag in the hopper needs changing which is about once a month. And it sends me a message everyday with a map showing me where it has cleaned. Twice it got stuck. Once was under the edge of the kitchen counter and the other was when it sucked up a dryer sheet. Both times I got a message that it needed help. When I got home from work, I cleared the robot and it went right back to work.

The only substantial difference in the i3+ and the i7 is that the your can program the i7 where to clean. The i3+ is going to clear everywhere it can get to. And it's smart enough to not try to go down stairs or climb over anything very big. It does clean the doormat at our back patio door, but that is about as high as it climbs. Also, you can connect this to Alexa but you don't have to. Ours is just paired to the iRobot app on my cell phone.

Also, this thing is smarter than the old robots. It maps while it cleans so it knows if it misses a spot and will try to go back and clean it. It can also figure out how to get beneath dining room chairs if it can. So it cleans everywhere possible. If the battery gets low, it will just go back home, recharge and then pick up cleaning right where it left off.

I cannot talk highly enough about this little i3+ robot. We like it so much, we named it "Henry". As long as your floors don't stay too cluttered, you need one of these.

its the same robot except the i4 at costco has a 20% larger battery and comes with two extra filters plus a virtual wall barrier. But for me the automatic clean base is mor important and worth the extra price so went with i3+