Experts recommend Roborock S8 Pro Ultra more than iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus
As of 6 Jan 2025, experts prefer Roborock S8 Pro Ultra over iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus, but both Robotic Vacuums have solid expert endorsements.
As per this month's meta ranking, Roborock S8 Pro Ultra received 2 recommendations: from Consumer Reports (1 Jan 2025) and Rtings.com (9 Oct 2024). iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus was also endorsed 2 times: by Consumer Reports (1 Jan 2025) and The Strategist (9 Dec 2024). However, experts generally ranked iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus lower than Roborock S8 Pro Ultra in their articles, which caused it to rank lower in ReviewFinder ranking.
| Rank | Change | Price | Robotic Vacuum | Consumer Reports
 | Good Housekeeping  | The Strategist  | PCMag  | Rtings.com  | WIRED  | Wirecutter  | HGTV  | Business Insider  | CNET  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | -7 | $900 |  Roborock S8 Pro Ultra The Roborock S8 Pro Ultra is a highly praised robot vacuum that offers excellent cleaning performance, advanced navigation, smart features, and a long battery life, making it suitable for homes with mixed flooring types and complex room layouts. | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | -1 | $600 |  iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Endorsement summary:
- On 1 Jan 2025
Rank Robotic Vacuum ... ... #5 out of 6 iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus #6 out of 6 Roborock S8 Pro Ultra Source: www.consumerreports.org - On 9 Dec 2024 The Strategist ranked iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus as #5
Rank Robotic Vacuum Comment ... ... ... #5 out of 6 iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus Best robot vacuum-mop combo for navigation... ... ... Source: nymag.com - On 9 Oct 2024 Rtings.com ranked Roborock S8 Pro Ultra as #1
Rank Robotic Vacuum Comment #1 out of 4 Roborock S8 Pro Ultra Best Robot Vacuum... ... ... Source: www.rtings.com
After counting and adding up the 63 expert endorsements of the January rankings, Roborock S8 Pro Ultra outranks iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus. This is not to say that iRobot Roomba Combo j9 Plus is a bad option. Like Roborock S8 Pro Ultra, it is recommended by experts, but less.
| Rank | Change | Price | Robotic Vacuum | Consumer Reports | Good Housekeeping
| The Strategist | PCMag | Rtings.com | WIRED | Wirecutter | HGTV | Business Insider | CNET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +5 | Check price |  Dyson 360 Vis Nav | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | - | $250 |  Eufy RoboVac 11S Max | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| 3 | - | $900 |  Roborock Q Revo | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 4 | +1 | $486 |  iRobot Roomba j7 Plus | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | - | 5 | - | - |
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Expert reviews [12]
- with a score: 10
- without a score: 2
| Highest score by reviewed.usatoday.com | 98 |
| Average score based on 12 reviews | 81 |
| Lowest score by Digital Trends | 70 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
Expert reviews [22]
- with a score: 10
- without a score: 12
| Highest score by vacuumwars.com | 93 |
| Average score based on 22 reviews | 85 |
| Lowest score by PCMag | 70 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
- FOR DIRT AND DUST PICKUP. This cutting-edge robot vacuum and mop effortlessly banishes dirt from carpet and hard floors. Three levels of suction power and automatic Carpet Boost ensure thoroughly cleaned floors.
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- Note: The robot vacuum will report "charging" when it's connected with the charging dock correctly. Otherwise, the device might not be in charge mode. The dirty charging contacts will cause two charging contacts at bottom of the robot will not well attached to the ones on the charging dock, please clean the charging contacts regularly. Please kindly double confirm if the charging cable and the slot of the dock are well connected. Push the cable head into the slot at bottom of the dock very hard.
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