The Roomba j7+ hits the $599 middle ground without the flagship tax

$599. That’s the number. It’s not cheap, but it’s also not the $800+ you’d pay for a flagship Roomba with the same self-emptying base.

The value is in the bin: you don’t empty it for weeks. I went from emptying the dust bin every other day (golden retriever in a small house) to maybe once a month. The base auto-sucks the debris into a sealed bag. You pull the bag when it’s full, toss it, done.

If you’re comparing — the i7+ is older and sometimes cheaper, the j9+ is newer and more expensive. The j7+ hits the middle ground: self-emptying, smart mapping, pet stain detection, no flagship tax. That’s where I land.