I found the video very useful! I did wash the bin filter, instead of brushing it, and let it dry for a couple days. I see a huge improvement but still a lower performance than when I bought the roomba 5 months ago: it used to finish cleaning in 1hr 15min without having to empty the bin. Now it takes nearly an hour and a half and it has to pause to recharge. I’d very much appreciate any comments.
Thankyou! This cleared my bin full error and I cleaned out all the hair the was clogging up my Roomba wheels. It's back to cleaning my house now while I write this!
New Roomba user. Thank you for the concise video. Saves me another round using tweezers to free the wheel of debris. All cleaning tips will be integrated in Roomba maintenance schedule!
Very helpful video. I hadn't taken out the dust bin yet, since I own the i7+ with automatic dust disposal, so I never knew about the air filter in there. I hadn't had any errors yet, but I like doing regular maintenances properly. Now my 1-year-old best household helper of all time is sitting there, almost as good as new again. :)
If the caster wheel is not freely spinning and has friction, you can actually remove that metal rod in the caster wheel. To remove the rod, push it with your finger and pull it out. That happened to my i7 and s9 and then put the rod back in. It will click into place.
Thank you! I was so pissed that I got that bin full error message literally the second day I had the thing. Given that it needed this level of maintenance so soon, my place certainly needed it lol
This was helpful. I cleaned nooks and crannies I had not before, but still had “bin full” errors on my i7+. IRobot support had me do three reboots in a row which seems to have finally fixed the problem.
Thanks for the help! Worked for my 980. It seemed to be the white dust filter looking clean, but needing “CLEANED”. I even beat the dirt out, but it needed a full washing, before the trash bin error went away.
Thanks cleaned my Roomba out and hopefully once the bin is dry I will stop getting those false bin full messages. I knew most of the cleaning but not that the end of the rollars come off!
Very Helpful, Thank you! I like the "vacuum with another vacuum" for the filter, when the tapping out didn't work that well. I then used an air compressor to blow out the filter, to remove even more dust particles.
Thanks! I never realized there was a filter. Never had an error but WOW wait filthy. I wet to the parts box that came with it as what to you know, there was a filter. Maybe I should have read the instructions. Nahhh, I am a guy...we don't do that sort of thing. 😂 thanks again!
The app should just directly link to this video. It’s baffling how a device this expensive will leave the user hanging with cryptic errors and give no direct solution leaving the user searching the internet for intelligible information (like this video).
Hey there, hoping you can help. My i7+ doesn’t look to have those bin full sensors either side of the intake that you point out. Can only see small 2-3mm rectangular holes in the plastic where you point out??
sadly I’ve done everything in this video multiple times after viewing my it on multiple occasions, we have the i3 plus and it just goes back on the base, charges but won’t always empty itself it eventually will if you spam home or clean to try to force it, but not always on its own, I’ve cleaned all the sensors on the roomba and the home base sensors, it’s a weekly thing here with this thing, why? Why isn’t the bin more sealed so dust doesn’t get on the bin sensors? We unplugged the home base for a bit as roomba support suggests that as well still doesn’t like to self empty every time like it should, I hit roomba support up about this issue and a battery life issue and they replied “To prevent your roomba from getting stuck and draining the battery we advise you to get these no zone block off sensors you can find them here”. They were helpful, not.
Just got the full bin error on my S9+ yesterday. Cleaned everything. Did not work. Tried again few hours later. Got it working again. 1 small job later, got the same error message. Its Best Buy problem now. Service plan for the win.
I use compressed air to clean all over my robot and filters it’s great, however the empty the bin full error keeps occurring, even replaced with new filter, ended up getting new cleaning head module (4th one now…) I think the copper/brass round circular sensor is the problem when it gets coroded and won’t clean to be shined anymore that is the problem. Any ideas?
Dumb question: when the bin actually full, does it go back to base to empty it into the bag in the base before continuing cleaning or would human have to empty it?
I did every single thing you suggested and my i7 worked fine for a week. For whatever reason it still continues to say the bin is full no matter what I do. I tried factory resetting the robot as a last resort and it still says the bin is full. Frustrating as hell! Do you have any other suggestions?
I was seriously about to donate my i3+ to the sidewalk so it could disappear into the ether for me to never think about again. I loved mine for the first few months then error after error. Not really thinking this thing would need maintenance like duh. Ima try this video out and im almost certain it will resolve my full bin error
@@HipIOReviews worked great. Got a "rebuild" kit and have cleaned it about 3 times now. Dog shedding that winter coat. Thanks great video appreciate the content.
The maintenance of these things make it even less worth buying. I own one and am not happy that after only a few uses the bin sensor is wonky. I can manually vacuum my home two times over in the amount of time it would take to do all of this maintenance.
I do not get how iRobot has not fixed any of the problems since their first Roomba. Why does hair get in all the nooks of the vacuum? For a self emptying vacuum, I sure have to do a lot of cleaning weekly of the Roomba to keep it running.
I replaced the filter with a new one. And replaced the motor as well and cleaned everything. Replaced brushes too. Performed reset and still getting bin full error. If anyone knows something pls help. Had the thing working for three months and it's just been sitting there for a year now doing nothing.
Ugh. I did all this...replaced the filter as well. Still getting "empty the bin". I hate this thing. I can vacuum with my powerful Dyson Animal in the same time is takes me to mess around with a Roomba every time I use it. When it "does" work, I have gone behind it with my real vacuum and gotten twice as much dirt and hair out of the carpet immediately after the Roomba runs.
Hi I have a Roomba i7 and I was wondering if purchasing the dust bin for the Roomba i7+ would be able to use the automatic self empty base. I friend of mine has an unused self cleaning base that I could use. Thanks!
The rubber brushes only good for flat floor. Ruins carpet. Model I have only has rubber brushes. Currently it’s playing up - keeps repeating cleaning brushes that have been cleaned!
No wonder why they made the side brush fixed with a screw and not with a magnet as neato does, is the one that needs most maintenance.. I’m afraid I’m going to return the robot :/
We have a dog, so I clean ours once a week, and every place it can fit is full of dog hair. I didn't know about removing the plastic pieces off the ends of the rollers. Yep - that area was full of dog hair too. We're getting error 30 over and over and it won't clean any more, and despite all my cleaning and new filter, it still gets error 30. They are sending me a new part, the cleaning head module.
I am on my second replacement part for error 30 in less than a year. I have 4 short hair dogs and it runs twice a week at night. I clean it bi weekly. I even got the base with the emptying the bin function
@@nrhutch That's what worries me, if this breaks often, then out of warranty, I have to start paying for it. This first one is covered. I'll up my cleaning, and now make sure I pull off that plastic piece off the end of the rollers and clean behind that too. I do run the vacuum daily, as the amount of hair from the dog is high.
@@HipIOReviews Thanks! Yes, I got the part, and that fixed the issue. I am a bit worried about the same part going bad again in a few months. The reviews for that part people said it breaks over and over and doesn't last long. Hopefully that won't be the case.
@@joelmeyer6568 I guess the i7 doesn't come with that? Only the i7+? I have an i7, and I'm wondering how I would get that if/when I wanted to add the automatic garbage bin.
This would depend on the house, square ft, usage, people and pets. 3 people in my house have long hair, so about every week/week and half I'm removing rollers to remove tangled hair.
According to the website: Error forty three (43) means Roomba i Series is stuck in the infrared (IR) beam of a Virtual Wall® or Home Base®. Move Roomba to a new location, then press CLEAN to restart. If you have multiple Virtual Walls facing one another, Roomba may experience issues with navigation.
These things are junk. I've had an s9+ for 3 months now and I think it's only completed a job successfully a couple times. It's like I need a second robot to perform all the maintenance on the first one. The thing constantly has connection issues, gives code 36 after it doesn't even attempt to evacuate the bin, loses the map, loses the cleanbase, and the app is horrible. I can't even access the map on my phone, have to use the wife's. If anyone's afraid of AI taking over, they should get a Roomba and realize the apocalypse is a long ways off.
Not so hot. You spend an extraneous amount of time on my new detail and you skip over some of the other items that are tricky like pulling the bin out where the tabs are etc how about re looking at this it's really not helpful at all
You just saved me a call to tech support with the tip on cleaning the air filter to solve the Bin Full errors. Thank you.
Glad it helped.
This guy likes cleaning so much that I wonder why he owns a Roomba in the first place 😄
I clean the Roomba , so we can bond 🤣
This worked!! I had SO much hair and a rubber band stuck in the little tube ends....I love my roomba, thank you for saving it.
Glad the video helped 👍🏻
Thanks for the pro tip about the air filter! I used an air duster to clean the filter. The full bin error is now gone.
Glad it helped!
I found the video very useful! I did wash the bin filter, instead of brushing it, and let it dry for a couple days. I see a huge improvement but still a lower performance than when I bought the roomba 5 months ago: it used to finish cleaning in 1hr 15min without having to empty the bin. Now it takes nearly an hour and a half and it has to pause to recharge. I’d very much appreciate any comments.
Thanks 👍🏻
I thought it says your not supposed to wash the filters.
Thankyou! This cleared my bin full error and I cleaned out all the hair the was clogging up my Roomba wheels. It's back to cleaning my house now while I write this!
Glad it helped!
Thanks, didnt realise how dirty my Roomba i7 was until I saw this video - thanks for your help!
No problem 👍
New Roomba user. Thank you for the concise video. Saves me another round using tweezers to free the wheel of debris. All cleaning tips will be integrated in Roomba maintenance schedule!
Thanks for the feedback, glad it helps!
Very helpful video. I hadn't taken out the dust bin yet, since I own the i7+ with automatic dust disposal, so I never knew about the air filter in there. I hadn't had any errors yet, but I like doing regular maintenances properly. Now my 1-year-old best household helper of all time is sitting there, almost as good as new again. :)
Glad it helped 👍🏻
if I want to thoroughly clean my Roomba I use external vacuum cleaner hose with crevice tool and compressed air at the other side
If the caster wheel is not freely spinning and has friction, you can actually remove that metal rod in the caster wheel. To remove the rod, push it with your finger and pull it out. That happened to my i7 and s9 and then put the rod back in. It will click into place.
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Thank you!
I was so pissed that I got that bin full error message literally the second day I had the thing.
Given that it needed this level of maintenance so soon, my place certainly needed it lol
I have not been able to fix that error for 2 years
This was helpful. I cleaned nooks and crannies I had not before, but still had “bin full” errors on my i7+. IRobot support had me do three reboots in a row which seems to have finally fixed the problem.
Interesting, that rebooting 3 times got rid of it
@@HipIOReviews kinda like saying BeetleJuice x3
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Thanks for the help! Worked for my 980. It seemed to be the white dust filter looking clean, but needing “CLEANED”. I even beat the dirt out, but it needed a full washing, before the trash bin error went away.
Glad it helped👍🏻
Thanks cleaned my Roomba out and hopefully once the bin is dry I will stop getting those false bin full messages. I knew most of the cleaning but not that the end of the rollars come off!
Best video! Tysm! I have 4 huskies My robots take a beating! They had a great spa day thanks to you 😆 🤣
Thank you SO MUCH! This video was so helpful. I thought I had cleaned everywhere until I saw this video.
Glad it helped
Very Helpful, Thank you! I like the "vacuum with another vacuum" for the filter, when the tapping out didn't work that well. I then used an air compressor to blow out the filter, to remove even more dust particles.
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thank you for sharing the process. I cleaned up all four I have following your video step by step. Thanks
Glad it helped
I didn’t realize that their were sensors in the roller area. Thanks will try your tips.
Glad to help
Thanks! I never realized there was a filter. Never had an error but WOW wait filthy. I wet to the parts box that came with it as what to you know, there was a filter. Maybe I should have read the instructions. Nahhh, I am a guy...we don't do that sort of thing. 😂 thanks again!
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The app should just directly link to this video. It’s baffling how a device this expensive will leave the user hanging with cryptic errors and give no direct solution leaving the user searching the internet for intelligible information (like this video).
Glad it helped.. you should message irobot with that suggestion 😁.
Hey there, hoping you can help. My i7+ doesn’t look to have those bin full sensors either side of the intake that you point out. Can only see small 2-3mm rectangular holes in the plastic where you point out??
sadly I’ve done everything in this video multiple times after viewing my it on multiple occasions, we have the i3 plus and it just goes back on the base, charges but won’t always empty itself it eventually will if you spam home or clean to try to force it, but not always on its own, I’ve cleaned all the sensors on the roomba and the home base sensors, it’s a weekly thing here with this thing, why? Why isn’t the bin more sealed so dust doesn’t get on the bin sensors? We unplugged the home base for a bit as roomba support suggests that as well still doesn’t like to self empty every time like it should, I hit roomba support up about this issue and a battery life issue and they replied “To prevent your roomba from getting stuck and draining the battery we advise you to get these no zone block off sensors you can find them here”. They were helpful, not.
Thank You 😊 my roomba is working perfectly now!
Great, it helped !
In the app settings you can force it to keep cleaning even if it thinks the bin is full
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Excellent video, I am getting bin full errors thanx
Great 👍
Just got the full bin error on my S9+ yesterday.
Cleaned everything.
Did not work.
Tried again few hours later.
Got it working again.
1 small job later, got the same error message.
Its Best Buy problem now.
Service plan for the win.
The filter part solved my issue! Thank you!
Great, glad it helped!
Thanks a lot! You helps me a lot to solve and understand you to put back some things that I removed to clean!!!
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I use compressed air to clean all over my robot and filters it’s great, however the empty the bin full error keeps occurring, even replaced with new filter, ended up getting new cleaning head module (4th one now…) I think the copper/brass round circular sensor is the problem when it gets coroded and won’t clean to be shined anymore that is the problem. Any ideas?
This has been really helpful. Thanks.
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Spot on about the air filter pro tip. Thank you
Glad it helped.
Dumb question: when the bin actually full, does it go back to base to empty it into the bag in the base before continuing cleaning or would human have to empty it?
This model would need to be manually emptied
Well done video. Thank you for making this.
Thanks!
I did every single thing you suggested and my i7 worked fine for a week. For whatever reason it still continues to say the bin is full no matter what I do. I tried factory resetting the robot as a last resort and it still says the bin is full. Frustrating as hell! Do you have any other suggestions?
I would contact support. You could be receiving additional alerts in the background that support can see.
I was seriously about to donate my i3+ to the sidewalk so it could disappear into the ether for me to never think about again. I loved mine for the first few months then error after error. Not really thinking this thing would need maintenance like duh. Ima try this video out and im almost certain it will resolve my full bin error
Let us know if it worked 👍🏻
@@HipIOReviews worked great. Got a "rebuild" kit and have cleaned it about 3 times now. Dog shedding that winter coat. Thanks great video appreciate the content.
The maintenance of these things make it even less worth buying. I own one and am not happy that after only a few uses the bin sensor is wonky. I can manually vacuum my home two times over in the amount of time it would take to do all of this maintenance.
Thanks for this video, it helped me solve a persistent bin full error.
I do not get how iRobot has not fixed any of the problems since their first Roomba. Why does hair get in all the nooks of the vacuum? For a self emptying vacuum, I sure have to do a lot of cleaning weekly of the Roomba to keep it running.
this was very helpful thank you!
Glad it helped
why doesnt this have more upvotes
Hi I don’t have extra vacuum can I put warm water to air filter too or not ? I can wait till get dry
I replaced the filter with a new one. And replaced the motor as well and cleaned everything. Replaced brushes too. Performed reset and still getting bin full error. If anyone knows something pls help. Had the thing working for three months and it's just been sitting there for a year now doing nothing.
Ugh. I did all this...replaced the filter as well. Still getting "empty the bin". I hate this thing. I can vacuum with my powerful Dyson Animal in the same time is takes me to mess around with a Roomba every time I use it. When it "does" work, I have gone behind it with my real vacuum and gotten twice as much dirt and hair out of the carpet immediately after the Roomba runs.
Will it harm the air filters if they are washed with a soapy solution then rinsed with clear water, then allowed to dry completely before using again?
I would consult the manual to be sure.
Makes sense, thought it meant that bag in the base was full, not the rommba itself
Thank you so much!! you are a life saver!
Glad it helped!
Hi I have a Roomba i7 and I was wondering if purchasing the dust bin for the Roomba i7+ would be able to use the automatic self empty base. I friend of mine has an unused self cleaning base that I could use. Thanks!
Very useful video for maintaining my i7, thanks.
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The rubber brushes only good for flat floor. Ruins carpet. Model I have only has rubber brushes. Currently it’s playing up - keeps repeating cleaning brushes that have been cleaned!
A toothpick is the perfect tool for cleaning out the dirt in the filter.
It sure is!
Outstanding video. Solved my problem.
If you buy the filters in bulk they are only about $1 apiece. Cheap enough to throw out every month.
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Where did you buy the filters in bulk?
@@hillasadri I think it was a 10 pack on amazon.
Why is my roomba clean button not working it wont turn on and on the app it says it is connecting please help thank you 🙏
Not sure, best to contact support.
Great Video 👍⚡️
Thank you
No wonder why they made the side brush fixed with a screw and not with a magnet as neato does, is the one that needs most maintenance.. I’m afraid I’m going to return the robot :/
Personally I find the roller brushes collect way more hair on the sides. The side brush I don't pull off very often.
Very helpful. Thanks
Glad it helped
We have a dog, so I clean ours once a week, and every place it can fit is full of dog hair. I didn't know about removing the plastic pieces off the ends of the rollers. Yep - that area was full of dog hair too. We're getting error 30 over and over and it won't clean any more, and despite all my cleaning and new filter, it still gets error 30. They are sending me a new part, the cleaning head module.
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I am on my second replacement part for error 30 in less than a year. I have 4 short hair dogs and it runs twice a week at night. I clean it bi weekly. I even got the base with the emptying the bin function
@@nrhutch That's what worries me, if this breaks often, then out of warranty, I have to start paying for it. This first one is covered. I'll up my cleaning, and now make sure I pull off that plastic piece off the end of the rollers and clean behind that too. I do run the vacuum daily, as the amount of hair from the dog is high.
Hope you got the part, and that your up and running now. 👍🏻
@@HipIOReviews Thanks! Yes, I got the part, and that fixed the issue. I am a bit worried about the same part going bad again in a few months. The reviews for that part people said it breaks over and over and doesn't last long. Hopefully that won't be the case.
Thanks for the help, worked great!
have done these thousand times and still comes with the error any other tips
very helpful thank you!
Glad it helped
Very helpful vdo👍
Thank you 😊
Thank you so much!
Glad it helped!
Where is the green tab that is often seen on the i7's dust bins?
The green tab is the port for the clean base station. The automatic bin empty system.
@@joelmeyer6568 I guess the i7 doesn't come with that? Only the i7+? I have an i7, and I'm wondering how I would get that if/when I wanted to add the automatic garbage bin.
This is very helpful thank you so much
Glad it helped!
Thanks
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Thanks alot 🙏🙏🙏
Glad it helped!
what if it says bag in bin is missing?
Sounds like you got a i7+, could be your clean base is malfunctioning. You may want to contact support.
Thank you.
Glad it helped
How long time do you have your robot?
Almost a year.
Thank you!!!!
No problem 👍🏼
I’m getting a error 6 message do you know I can get rid of it
Your cliff sensors maybe dirty.
Thanx...
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How frequently is this cleaning needed?
This would depend on the house, square ft, usage, people and pets.
3 people in my house have long hair, so about every week/week and half I'm removing rollers to remove tangled hair.
Thank u,as we also have 3 long hair ppl at home 😊
WHAT DOES ERROR 43 MEAN
According to the website:
Error forty three (43) means Roomba i Series is stuck in the infrared (IR) beam of a Virtual Wall® or Home Base®. Move Roomba to a new location, then press CLEAN to restart. If you have multiple Virtual Walls facing one another, Roomba may experience issues with navigation.
Too often to make this product not worth owning. Not to mention how loud it is.
i do it everthing in this video and now i received error 30.... Vacum problem.... :-( very sad
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These things are junk. I've had an s9+ for 3 months now and I think it's only completed a job successfully a couple times. It's like I need a second robot to perform all the maintenance on the first one. The thing constantly has connection issues, gives code 36 after it doesn't even attempt to evacuate the bin, loses the map, loses the cleanbase, and the app is horrible. I can't even access the map on my phone, have to use the wife's. If anyone's afraid of AI taking over, they should get a Roomba and realize the apocalypse is a long ways off.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Absolute junkkkkk! Every problem every time! Never… ever again!
Error 34
Get a poodle 😩😱
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Not sure how many women you live with buy my bot was chalked full of my fiancee and step daughters hair
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Roombas suck they are just an expensive paper weight nothing more. I am regretting buying i7.
Not so hot. You spend an extraneous amount of time on my new detail and you skip over some of the other items that are tricky like pulling the bin out where the tabs are etc how about re looking at this it's really not helpful at all
Thank you 🙏🏻
Glad it helped 👍🏻
So helpful thanks !
Glad it helped!