Roomba j7 First Impressions Part 2 - Configuring the Map
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- In this video we take a look at the map created in part 1, go over the new object recognition features and show you how to create and label rooms and set no-go and clean zones.
Pretty darn interesting vid. I have a j7 house is mapped out and labeled. Here’s where I got lost. Told the bot to clean 3 rooms that where labeled by the round name selector. Bot went to those that was selected . Left the other ones alone. But I couldn’t figure out to have those room done later and leave the other rooms that where done previously. Only way I could have those rooms vacuumed is to select everywhere instead of using the saved one. Hope I’m explaining this for understanding by others. Thanx again for a cool vid.
I actually can't understand what you mean. :) Sorry. Maybe a simple explanation?
Besides having good videos, good commentary, and funny pop-up messages... You definitely get the thumbs up for not saying the trigger word for they that shall not be named.
Thank you, but now I have to know what that trigger word is! :) Feel free to delete your comment after making it, I'll get it in my notifications.
Good video. Couple of thoughts: setting a no go zone for areas that will always have cables will help keep those cables from constantly popping up in obstacle results. Also, I've been using those custom boundaries that you used to make an angle, to make an L-shaped entryway to cover my front door and also the walkway between my living room and dining room areas.
Cool! Did you come up with that on your own or did you get it from my fist video on the subject?
@@MrRoombato I did discover this on my own trying to get the map to look more like the one on my roborock s6. I do like the roborock map features and options much more.
@@bdubs85 That's great! Even though I feel less special now. :P
@@MrRoombato I didn't tell anyone though, I'll let you take the credit lol
@@bdubs85 You are very kind! :)
Maybe the uneven wall thing is the robot maps on one side of it. So if it runs in the opposite direction the line changes by the width of the robot.
Just bought one of these and I think it’s great.
Maybe!
Hi, could I get your recommendation between the Dreame z10 pro and the Roomba j7+?
- I have 60% real hardwood floor, 30% tile, and 10% low-pile carpet
- I have 1" thresholds between rooms
- I have cats, so a good amount of fur and litter etc
- I have long hair that sheds/tangles
- We are a very disorganized/messy household with lots of stuff that ends up on the floors, so object avoidance is very important
Well, first, nothing I know of is going to get over a 1" threshold unless it's a ramp, so you may need to build ramps if they aren't. The j7 has some of the best object avoidance in the industry, and cleans had floors a little bit better than the z10. So for you, I'd recommend the j7. However, the z10 is the better robot, so if you were willing to tidy up a bit, it would avoid most things (and you'd quickly learn what it can't avoid) and may be a better bet.
There is a new M6 to match the J7. It looks great.
In your personal opinion, which is the best robot for lots of pet fur (two long haired cats)? My house is mostly carpet (medium pile), with two small areas that is laminate (kitchen) and hardwood (dining room).
At the present time I'm recommending the Z10 pro. It struggles with some debris types on hard floors (pet hair is NOT one of them, it gobbles that up), but it's the only robot I have that doesn't cause me constant problems.
I have 695 and gonna upgrade. Which would u suggest j7 or s9+ having hard time picking. Im sure depends on house layout, kids, foot tracffic etc.
Neither. :) I wouldn't get a Roomba in 2021/2022. VSLAM is terrible technology for navigation and mapping. I have or have owned every robot you mentioned, and they all get lost, take forever to map, often wander around the house looking for either the room they should be cleaning or their charging dock (eventually the find it, usually, but it's painful to watch).
The problem is, in almost all other respects, they are better than the competition (though the s9 will scratch the hell out of your floors unless they are carpet or stone/ceramic). So no matter what else you get, you will compromise in some respects. My current favorite is the Dreametech Z10 Pro. Where you sacrifice there are some app features (e.g. the ability to create and name custom zones), google/alexa integration and a little bit of hard floor cleaning performance (but nothing you'd notice without careful testing).
@Mr. Roombato went 2 site has Alexa now. I'm gonna buy this. I will let ya know how it goes. Thanks I sub!
Hey pal. Got one yesterday. I see obstacles on the map but i don't get any pictures of the obstacles. Is this something that will correct itself over time?
I don't know, I no longer have one to test it. Sorry.
So i made a clean zone around the base of the roombas basing station bc i have plants near a foot from it and i spilled some dirt. I send it to clean that 2’x2’ area and it just undocks.. looks around and then goes back to its base in like 10 seconds. What gives?
It's programmed not to clean near its base station. It's a wider exclusion zone than LIDAR robots because VSLAM navigation is nowhere near as precise.
Is a Plexiglass scratch test on tap?
For the sake of thoroughness, yeah, but there's no real need. It's an i7 on the bottom so it will behave exactly the same way.
Should I get the J7 or J7+ or new shark with lidar.
No experience with Shark. But lidar is far superior to vslam. That doesn’t mean the rest of the robot is.
I just bought the i7+ for 400€ during a lightning deal. Do you think I should have gone for the j7+ for 999€ or should I keep the i7+? Thank you very much for your videos.
Keep the i7+ unless you want the obstacle avoidance feature. That is the biggest difference.
Absolutely keep the i7. There really isn't much of a difference. Object avoidance is mostly a gimmick unless you have pets that poop on the floor. The j7 and the i7 are almost identical.
@@MrRoombato So as it turned out the i7+ lightning deal was a scam lol, so I think I'll just pull the trigger and go for the J7+. Thank you very much for your thorough reply
I wouldn’t be so hard to it after only one mapping run and cleaning run of such a big environment. If you still have it or used it for quite some time, how did the mapping improved ?
Nope. It's still an i7 with a camera in the front. The object avoidance though is stellar.
@@MrRoombato Ok that doesn’t sound too bad. The Vslam technique is doing ok in my eyes. I have a Vorwerk VR200 ( the German brand that bought Neato) with LiDAR. And I would say LiDAR is definitely over camera navigation, but at the end camera navigation isn’t sorting that I don’t like.
The keep out zone is a button. It works for my J7+. Maybe uninstall and reinstall the app? It sets a really small zone around the area instantly after submitting the review.
Did it work on your first run?
@@MrRoombato , please 🙏 learn about the products before reviewing
@@ricke95126 I would love to know what I should have done to push that button correctly on a freshly installed up to date app and the latest robot firmware.
@@MrRoombato yes it did, fresh out of the box.
@@brandonwatson6702 Actually as it turned out, it worked for me too. Rather, it didn't work in the app...I pushed it and nothing happened (it did not change color, etc.). But later when I checked the map, the no go zone was there. The next time I did a cleaning run, the button worked as it is supposed to. So it's definitely an app bug (I have a fresh install of the latest app and latest firmware).
A link to the video that explains how to do this would be great. I don't know how to remove room dividers, change locations of walls, etc. Where's that vidoe located?
iRobot has tutorial videos, either on their website, on youtube or both.
@@MrRoombato They are the worst. But thank you.
Is the s9+ worth buying?
Yes, if your floors are all carpet. Still yes if some are stone or ceramic tiles. If you have any other kind of floor, no.
I don't get the 'report card' and the layout of the rooms so I can set it up and label them.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Keep out zone button works for me as well. Maybe an app glitch.
Did it work on the first cleaning run?
That I’m not sure. Close to it if not the first tho. I don’t really use that button much anyways because I’d rather just have to robot avoid it itself then set a keep out zone that is most likely bigger than it needs to be.
With mine, it missed a bedroom when mapping on first run. Second run, with the missing room at the other end of the house , I let it get out of the dock, picked it up, carried it to the door of the room. Then I herded it through the door and shut the door behind it until it mapped the room. Then let it out and it found its way back to the dock. Lol
I'm amazed it knew where it was when you carried it to the door.
I just got this yesterday. I did mapping and ran it for all rooms. But it didn’t take any images of obstacles. I was expecting some images. Does anyone knows am I missing anything (Setting)? I was wondering where do I go to find that image? If anyone let me know, I would really appreciate it.
It will do it later, once it has a map.
Yup. It took a images now. Thank you.
Do you have a second RUclips channel?
Your voice sounds very familiar
I do not. Which one do I sound like though, I'm curious!
What is your daily driver robot vacuum? The I7?
Right now it's the Dreametech Z10 Pro.
This mapping is quite frustrating. I wish they would just give us a way to modify the walls and physical barriers, because the robot kinda sucks at it.
Yeah, I agree. Unfortunately it's just a limitation of the VSLAM technology.
Seems like Roomba is sticking with suction is not that important. This should have had the carpet boost of tne 980.
Well they aren’t wrong. I have robots with 4000 pa of suction that don’t clean as well on hard floors. Dog hair on carpet though, that’s where you need suction. Some other things too.
@@MrRoombato Interesting. I thought the opposite. Roomba's dual brush cleans well on carpet, but the low suction struggled with sand on tile
@@richardsmith1161 Both of those things might be true. Considering how little suction it has, the i7/j7 does a great job on carpet. But in my experience they struggle with dog hair. If you watch my "should you buy an i7 in 2021" video you will see how it spits out tufts of hair that the brushes pick up because it doesn't have the suction to lift them from the brushes and into its dust bin. I've never tested sand, but not being able to lift it from the gaps in tiles makes sense.
@@MrRoombato I guess it could be the type of dog hair. Mine have short to short-medium stiff hair. With longer soft hair it could be different.