iRobot Roomba Plus 505 vs Roborock Saros 20 Sonic

What owners say

Owners of the iRobot Roomba Plus 505 consistently praise how fast and accurate its LiDAR mapping is, often finishing a full floor in well under an hour on the first run, and call out strong pet hair pickup on both carpet and hard floors along with an AutoWash dock that rinses the mop pads mid-cycle before emptying and drying everything at the end. Their most common complaint is noise, particularly while the dock runs its self-cleaning cycle, which several compare to a washing machine running nearby, and a smaller group reports navigation or bumper-stuck errors emerging a few months after purchase. Buyers are also advised to purchase only from iRobot or an authorized retailer, since warranty support was harder to obtain for some who bought through third-party sellers.