iRobot Roomba 670

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!

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.

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

Not that smart. Not worth the price – We've had the vacuum now for a year. We live in a double storey house with timber floor. We bought a spare charger for upstairs and will alternate vac days. It's an okay vacuum, but, not worth the price. There are more and more robot vacs hitting the market less expensive and performs as good, if not better. It has no navigation system and cleans… Read more

in a crazy all different direction kind of way. Because of this it misses a lot of areas. For example under our bed I can see where it missed due to dust. I've also made sure I notice where dirt is and it hasn't picked it up. You definitely still need to vacuum after using this robo vac which defeats the purpose. It's sensor prevents it from toppling down the stairs. To be honest, I wish we never got it and got something else. It's a waste of money certainly not worth the price. I wouldn't recommend this vac at all.

Waste of money – The vacuuming part itself is fine, we have a golden retriever and it saves me a huge amount of time vacuuming so much when this goes 3 mornings a week on the floor boards. Far too often it won’t dock though, it will just keep spinning around on the dock banging and crashing trying to charge. Even when it does finally get in the right spot,… Read more

sometimes it doesn’t charge at all. Also wouldn’t recommend if you plan on using this on carpet as it only gets very light surface dust. Wishing I went a different brand.

Good Overall, But Temperamental – The iRobot Roomba 670 is the bottom of the range, but at $619 it's still quite an investment. It does a good job I guess, but it's such a hassle. We have to pre-clean before the scheduled start times because if there is anything on the ground it will definitely get stuck in the Roomba. We have scheduled it to start at 10am on weekdays to give the… Read more

floors a clean while everybody is out of the house for the day, but generally in the afternoon we will have to go looking for it to un-tangle it from whatever it was stuck in this time and get it back on the dock. If it is not tangled in something, then it has a wheel stuck, or the battery has gone flat before it could find the base station. I would say that 1 out of 10 days ends with a successful clean without human intervention.

Obviously, these things are less of a hassle than having to vacuum yourself, but I do hate that I have spent all of this money to create more problems for myself.

Overall, it's not so bad that it deserves 3 stars, but it is certainly not worthy of 5.

Its OK .... Meh – Hard flooring, throughout single storey villa. I have 2 cats, and it picks up the hair pretty well, but as it's the "basic" version (which still cost $700+ mind you!) it goes over the same spot alot, and eventually makes a sad little noise and dies somewhere after about 45 mins - usually somewhere annoying like the middle of under the bed or… Read more

similar - never tries to go back to it's dock at the end of the process. I run it every day, and clean it out every week, it does an OK job I guess but I'd never bother getting another one once Rolly is at end of life once and for all.

Pretty good - while it lasted. Poor after-sales Service!!! Dont buy – irobit worked pretty well for about 10 months. However, after that time i noticed it wouldn't dock, had trouble staying on charge and would only vacuum for about 20-30 mins before needing to be charged again! The whole purpose was that it would clean the house while i was out - now it only does 1/5 as it need to be charged. It clearly faulty. … Read more

I have called the service department - they wanted videos of my irobot - which i provided. That was 3 weeks ago! No reply! no follow up !! very very disappointing for a vacuum costing over $500!!

I would think twice about purchasing due to this.

Surprised how effective – Work really well on the hardwood floors. Manoeuvres of matts quite well. Fits under chairs cabinets and beds. Also does carpet OK. Good job really. I'm guessing this is where you pay for the larger models with more suction power. However it comes back with copious amounts of dust and dog hair. Overall leaves the place nice and clean and freshly vaccumed. Works on wifi with a Phone App and schedule Show details

Great for Small Homes and Hard Floors – Works great on hard floors runs for 1.75-2hours (hard floors only) covers pretty much everything in my 4x2’s main living areas and walk ways, all in all I’m happy with it it would only be good for smaller homes or good to Focus on a particular hard floor area, picks up dog hair! Battery Life isn’t great on Carpets. Should be clearer that it… Read more

doesn’t have Navigation so it just runs around aimlessly until it goes flat this is why it’s only good for smaller homes with hard floors!

iRobot Roomba – Used the vacuum for 1 hour, one room partly completed 5x4 m. Followed all the directions on use, irobot will not go back to charging station unless place within 1.5m, stopped a number times during vacuum?, front bumper dirty cleaned. Decided to ask for a refund, rang company told me no returns only warranty, ask who i purchase from Harvey… Read more

Norman (online), Company asked why I purchased it online, i was told that I should have seen in operation first. (handy if you live close to store which sells it).

Harvey Norman said can not give a refund item as the vacuum has been used, suggested to ask the courier?.

The vacuum is nicely stored away.

It vacuums alright – We purchased the Roomba 670 at Good Guys. I’ve used it twice. I find it noisy and loud. I scheduled to clean in the middle of the night and we can hear it from upstairs and had to cancel clean. Never again. I’ve been observing it clean and it does kind of go erratic and everywhere but it hardly vacuumed my rug and then second use it died in the… Read more

middle of our entrance. Maybe because it didn’t dock properly or charge as my husband fiddle with the dock/charger. It’s just I can’t tell if it’s charging. It seems to not have an obvious charge/battery light to say it’s charging or if it’s full. It’s hard to tell why it will go back to same areas maybe because it senses it has more dirt compared with others. It does get under some furniture but not all. It can’t fit under our tv unit because of the sensor knob on top. Overall, I think it’s okay. It’s just hard to tell if it cleans properly because it doesn’t have a mapping system like it’s more expensive brothers. I do like the app which is handy.

Roomba 670 disappointing – I found the roomba not as effective as i thought. In one bedroom it missed down one side of the bed due to hitting cornices. It also pulled my phone charger out and got tangled. Even when i line it up to go over bits it has not picked it up. It struggles from floorboards to rugs. There is nothingon the website showing info about needing to move cords from blinds, powercords etc. Now i regret not buying a dyson stick for slightly more money Show details