The strongest Roomba is at record-low pricing this Prime Day — get it for $400 off
SAVE $400: As of July 11 (the first day of Prime Day), the iRobot Roomba s9+ is $599.99 for Prime members. That's 40% off its usual cost of $999.99 and its lowest price to date.
Several excellent robot vacuums are at record-low pricing this Prime Day. Between almost all of Roborock's newest and second-newest collections on sale and a Roomba under $150, it's hard to pick a favorite.
But fine, twist our arm: We have to hype Amazon's unprecedented deal on the Roomba s9+, which puts the strongest Roomba and the best robot vacuum for carpet at $599.99 — that's $400, or 40%, off its usual price of $999.99. This isn't to say that the s9+ never goes on sale, but $799.99 is typically its best sale price. $599.99, on the other hand, is the lowest it's ever been.
Though the s9+ (the plus signifies the inclusion of an automatic emptying dock) isn't iRobot's newest release, it holds its own against the newest j7+ for several reasons. First and foremost, the s9+ is much more of a beast when it comes to suction power. According to iRobot's website, it produces 40 times the suction power of the Roomba 600 series, whereas the j7+ has 10 times that suction power. That, plus a dual rubber brush that's 30% wider than other Roombas, allows it to dig into plush carpeting and grab more debris and pet hair.
As the only D-shaped robot vacuum, the s9's flat edge can fit into corners where a circular vac and its brushes may miss.
Like the j7+, the s9+ maps out your home and internalizes the layout for the cleaning of specific rooms or specific areas, like under the kitchen table. (Unlike the j7+, it can't recognize small obstacles like phone chargers or pet waste.) The self-empty dock holds at least 60 days' worth of debris before you need to think about emptying.
Leah Stodart is a Philadelphia-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable where she covers and tests essential home tech like vacuums and TVs, plus eco-friendly hacks. Her ever-evolving experience in these categories comes in clutch when making recommendations on how to spend your money during shopping holidays like Black Friday, which Leah has been covering for Mashable since 2017.