iRobot Roomba 985 1 Year Later - Robot Vacuum Long Term Review and Demo 

Great example of why I have two Roomba 980's and two Kirby vacuums.

Costco makes it easy. Lifetime guarantee on most products they have including vacuums! I’ve took a deebot robot vacuum back 14 months after I bought it

It works pretty well🌼 It wanders around the house like a drunk toddler. I got it because I was cat sitting. The cat left and I didn’t want to vacuum. The bin fills up if I’m particularly slobbish, but for most cleaning it does my 900sf main level. Mostly hardwood and rugs. 200sf carpet. Takes about 3 hours and a charge stop. I don’t care cuz I’m not at home. It has made my bachelor pad much more lady friendly. I’d buy another.

Such a thorough review. Thanks Vac Tech. I just got the i4 from Costco and I love it. So far I only wish it would go back to home base on its own when it’s running low on battery.

Finally a dog hair review on carpet. I have a 960 and it ran right on over it. Plus it left the hair in balls all over my upstairs. I had to run it about 7 times to completely pick it up. Very agitating. So returning and getting the 980. It did do a great job for picking up dust bunnies but dog hair is why i bought it. From my experience with the 960, the 980 may be a heck of a lot noisier, but from its performance its worth it. I will just just stay downstairs while it does its duty upstairs.

Big correction!! The self empty roomba right now is $699! i7+ Also, heads up, irobot sells all the parts in case they go bad, and they are made in modules so you can work on it. They still sell parts for the original from 2002!

Awesome experience

22:47 I love that Hoover rug mat! Can I know where you get your? :)

*I run the m6 daily, and my floors look awesome🌼 **allabout.wiki/Vacuum** I wet mop 2 days and dry sweep the rest of the days. When I first got it, I used the included disposable pads. I didn't like them--the dry pad has no depth so if it picks up a chunk of something, like dry cat food, then it pushes it around or drags it around the floor. The wet pad wasn't very absorbent so left streaks and wheel marks.*

I like your review. Quick question. After using Roomba a few times can you tell it to do a specific room or must you transport it to that room? Thanks

Roombas are surprisingly user-serviceable, so I'm not all that worried about parts going bad. I vaguely remember seeing a video from someone who had the same problem with the top sensor, and they fixed it by dismantling the robot and repairing a broken wire hidden behind the bumper. The ticking sound from the side brush may be a broken tooth on a gear in the drive system, but in the event that it fails completely, I know that iRobot sells the drive modules (among other parts like batteries, wheel modules and bin modules) on their site, and they have replacement guides for those parts available too. I've just passed the 1-year mark on my Roomba, and in that time it did have the wheel modules crap out, (i.e. the Roomba thought it was stuck on something all the time,) but I called in for warranty service and asked if they could just send me the wheel replacements to save time, and got everything swapped and fixed within a few days.

7:13 what do you put on the carpet to pick up? 21:32 what it exactly is?

Oooh I want a little vacuum pet now!

Will the sensor's have trouble on dark carpet?

it's from Costco, no need for warranty just return it. Oh, another tip, blow out the filter with compressed air rather than vacuuming it. It will look like new afterwards.

i encountered this right after purchase and the bumper sensing going out also with error 9 and the clicking i thought that was normal lol

Does it go over carpet to ceramic floor sills/ thresholds or do you lift it? Can you move it to different floors in your home?

If you have a two story house, can you move the Roomba upstairs to clean?

I have the same model from Costco but I don't feel like mine picks up crumbs so well and doesn't seem to go in such a nice pattern. Any suggestions?

Can this be used in total darkness "basement" or will the camera have an issue

Cmon man., smarten up. simple fix. 1. Go to Costco 2. Buy a new one 3. Put old one in box 4. Return.