They were once the pioneers of robotic vacuum cleaning, but iRobot — the company behind the iconic Roomba — is now out of cash and on the brink of bankruptcy. Once a prized acquisition target for Amazon, the deal collapsed after U.S. and EU regulators blocked the takeover. Since then, iRobot’s technology has fallen behind,... Read More
Honestly their products are trash. I spent a fortune on a Roomba and Braava jet and while their actual cleaning is marvelous the tracking drives me batshit insane — if it weren’t for me working from home they’d never get anything done.
I’ve regretted not buying from Roborock so much. iRobot’s customer service is outsourced with lots of “fuck you” energy too. So yeah, they’re basically like any other American brand that either sells out and/or enshittifies everything.
Honestly their products are trash. I spent a fortune on a Roomba and Braava jet and while their actual cleaning is marvelous the tracking drives me batshit insane — if it weren’t for me working from home they’d never get anything done.
I’ve regretted not buying from Roborock so much. iRobot’s customer service is outsourced with lots of “fuck you” energy too. So yeah, they’re basically like any other American brand that either sells out and/or enshittifies everything.
Roborock are also supported by Valetudo