iRobot Roomba 205 DustCompactor Vac Robot Vacuum – Auto-Compacts Debris Within The Robot, No Emptying for 60 Days, Bagless, Intense Power-Lifting Suction, LiDAR Navigation, Multi-Surface Cleaning
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Only from Roomba, the Roomba 205 DustCompactor Vac Robot is fully-loaded with innovation that keeps cleaning simple. The perfect vacuuming robot for homes where space is at a premium, this sleek, action-packed robot has all the benefits of a separate self-emptying dock built right into the robot. With the industry’s first-ever mechanical compactor, debris is lifted into the robot and continuously compacted for up to 2 months at a time so you can keep your hands out of messes. The 3-stage Vacuuming System combines 70X more* power-lifting suction, a rubber brush that grabs all kinds of debris from crumbs in the kitchen to sandy footprints in the entry, and a corner brush that reaches into tight spaces and pulls up dust-bunnies wherever they gather. Feel confident the clean will be completed as the battery lasts for over three hours. But when it gets low, your robot automatically heads for a recharging and then returns to finish the task where it left off. Continuous, hassle-free cleaning is made possible by ClearView LiDAR hidden inside the robot. This high-performance navigation system quickly maps your home, smoothly steers around obstacles, and maximizes floor-cleaning coverage wall-to-wall. To customize your clean, simply tap the Roomba Home App to opt for multiple vacuum passes in high-traffic areas, choose the level of suction, or even schedule a night cleaning.This Roomba® raises the bar with first-of-its-kind onboard compacting. Roomba blends seamlessly into your home decor with sleek, beautiful finishes, leaving behind a brilliant clean. *As compared to Roomba® 600 series robots
DITCH THE DOCK. An industry first, only from Roomba, this robot continuously crushes debris right inside using a mechanical compacting process, so you don’t have to empty it for up to 60 days.
A SLEEK SPACE-SAVER. When space is at a premium, onboard compacting and debris management eliminates the need for a separate bulky self-emptying station.
BAGLESS. Months of hands-free cleaning with the proprietary bagless DustCompactor that stores debris within the robot. No bags to replace, no mess to manage.
DEVOURS DIRT WITH 70X MORE POWER-LIFTING SUCTION. 3-Stage Cleaning includes 70X more power-lifting suction*, a Multi-Surface brush, and Edge-Sweeping brush to devour dirt and dust bunnies and leave floors barefoot clean. *As compared to Roomba 600 series robots
SUPER-SMART MAPPING AND NAVIGATION. ClearView LiDAR sleekly hidden inside the robot quickly maps your home, avoids obstacles and cleans in neat rows, even in the dark.
LEVEL-UP THE SUCTION. Choose from 4 levels of intense, dirt-devouring suction to apply just the right power to the cleaning task at hand for a customizable clean.
FULLY CUSTOM & TARGETED CLEANING. Schedule and target rooms based on your daily routine, skip unused areas, spot clean a mess, or repeat vacuum passes.
EASY-TO-USE ROOMBA HOME APP. Simply tap to set a custom clean, get time estimates, check on the filter life, or create keep-out zones to avoid vacuuming specific areas.
3 EASY WAYS TO CONTROL. Conveniently control your Roomba robot by speaking to your preferred voice assistant-enabled* devices, tapping the app, or pressing buttons on the robot. *Works with Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant-enabled devices.
CLEANS STRONG CLEANS LONG. Feel confident the clean will be completed as the battery lasts for over three hours, But when it gets low, your robot automatically heads for a recharging and then returns to finish the task where it left off.
7 reviews for iRobot Roomba 205 DustCompactor Vac Robot Vacuum – Auto-Compacts Debris Within The Robot, No Emptying for 60 Days, Bagless, Intense Power-Lifting Suction, LiDAR Navigation, Multi-Surface Cleaning
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Original price was: $249.00.$24.99Current price is: $24.99.
Kaitlyn Bochek –
My new favorite robot vacuum
This is not my first robot vacuum, but it is now my favorite!I love that it doesn’t have the sensor sticking out of the top. This allows it to clean under furniture without getting stuck like other models do. I’m also a fan of the compactor style so I don’t have a bulky base in the middle of a room.Mapping was quiet, easy, quick & effective. I just wish iRobot had the option to delete a room or area rather than only no-go zones. I have a split level home and it maps rooms on other floors (great sensors but I don’t want that on my map).I ran it on carpet that had been vacuumed with a competitive robot vacuum 2 days ago and it did a much better job than the competitor. It is a little louder but a lot more powerful.Also a big fan of the app letting me know the health of every component, taking the guess-work out of when it’s time to replace them!The sleek, low-profile design paired with the suction power and effective paths make this a great robot vacuum for anyone in the market for one!
MathChick –
Stuck in Mapping loop. Or Update loop. Totally Dead
Well I hate to write a bad review for a product but unfortunately this is getting one. Unboxing was piece of cake: open box, take out roomba, charge cord and base. Plug in the charger base, pop on the spin brush, place robot on charger base. It talks to you and tells you to set up robot. Downloaded NEW roomba app as the older app only works for the older robots (I have two other Roombas, an S9+ and J6). Anyways, set up is easy, connect to network and it’s now ready to map my house. Gets to mapping and does my large space pretty quickly. Yay! Seems to be great. So let’s do cleaning now – nope. Wants to map again. Okay, so now let’s do cleaning, nope, again it wants to do a map. Stuck in a loop of making a map. Never cleaned a dang thing. This is day one, Over it. Packing it up and returning. The vacuum might be great but who would know if the software that runs it is poor?July 2025 UPDATEChanged from one star to 3 stars. Why???Okay so I never got around to packing this thing up and shipping it out. Tried many hours later after I wrote the original review to get roomba to clean something and lo and behold it did eventually clean and did a passable job. Mind you my old S9+ was fantastic at cleaning (when she wasn’t on vacay as I like to put it). The old girl really handled the dog hair from two German shepherds. The old S9+ is pretty much on permanent vacay now though she will still clean (and do a stunning job) once in a blue moon. So back onto this newer one. I have found that she has 3 clean modes : light clean, normal clean, and deep clean. She runs pretty quiet on the lowest level however the loudness increases with each increased level. Light clean might work for someone but I need at least normal clean and if there’s any dog hair shedding going on – only the deep clean gets the hair up. Deeper cleaning = noisier and more battery use. This thing has no separate vaccum bag, the debris collects in the roomba itself which is a nice improvement over the older models with the suction with bag base. I empty it every few runs, not because it’s full but because well, it’s dirt and dog hair and I don’t want mold or bacteria growing in there. Pretty easy to dump out, just make sure to not breathe in what you’re dumping. In the two months I’ve had this, it’s needed software updates twice and both times were not smooth. I had to hit the on/off button, hit the home button, unplug the device and replug it in. Take it off the base and replace it on the base – essentially anything to attempt to get it get out of being stuck in update mode for days at a time. To be fair the old Roomba had that same annoying problem. Many times iRoomba S9+ said there was no internet – but internet is high speed and worked fine on all other devices. The app still sucks but I’m getting used to it. I guess for around $200, at least I’m not doing the vacuuming myself. But having to cajole it into working is a pain. I hate that my house is dirty, guests are coming and dang roomba is on vacay. It works however reliability is just not there. At least not for the bot unit that was shipped to me. Maybe yours will function better? Would I buy it again…. Hmmm…. Jury is still out on that.Maybe if the app gets better and the stuck in update issue is resolved. I’ll stop by again and update this later.August 2025 updateWell there was some kind of update that was supposed to happen at the end of August. So my robot has been stuck in update mode which means it won’t vacuum. I’ve rebooted from the app and from the bot several times. The help support pages recommends removing battery – did that. Pain in the … to unplug then replug was challenging unless you have child like fingers. Still no joy. Tried reset again from app and not. Next day, Sept 1st 2025 doesn’t even show power is on. Seems to be a brick. Now it should be zero stars. Cajoling it to work for what nearly 3 months and now totally dead. That’s 270 div 3 is $90 a month and even then I ran her maybe 3-4 times in a given month. Like I said she’s dead. Total waste of $270. Look elsewhere.
Ben –
A Great Upgrade for My Parents — Low Maintenance and Reliable
This is the second Roomba I’ve purchased, this time for my parents, and it’s been totally worth it. They’re elderly and appreciate that the Roomba doesn’t need to be emptied often — that’s a huge plus for them. The dust compactor feature really makes a difference compared to their older model; it can go several cleanings before needing attention.It’s quiet, navigates well around furniture, and doesn’t get stuck as much as the older versions did. The setup was straightforward, and I love that I can check in or schedule cleanings for them through the app when I visit. It even does a surprisingly good job picking up pet hair and crumbs on both hardwood floors and carpets.If you’re buying for someone who values ease of use and minimal maintenance, this is a fantastic choice. It’s made my parents’ daily routine a little easier.
Fernanda –
Ya había usado una barredora china pero daba muchos problemas y terminaba haciéndome trabajar más, esta roomba realmente me ha facilitado la vida, hace muuuy bien su trabajo, me aligera la carga, me encanta.
FoolMeOnce –
So far so good. Seems more advanced than our 9 year old model 980s. Quieter and the LIDAR is much more accurate than the camera on the 980 is. It even navigates in the dark. The 980s get lost a lot if the room is not well lit.The setup takes a bit longer as you have to map the room a few times to get it to move to the next step. It found the wifi and connected better than the 980s did when they were new but not as good as the 980 in maintaining the wifi connection. I have a whole house mesh system and the robot is rarely more than 9 meters away from an access point. Hopefully they improve the wifi sensitivity.The App is promising but still quite buggy because it thinks the robot is docked and ready when it loses wifi for a minute or two under some dense furniture. I like how it paints the map showing where it has cleaned. It also added added a room that didn’t exist and the map editor doesn’t let me remove it so I just split it from the adjoining room. It would be nice to be able to delete a room as I ran down the battery trying to get it to remap over and over again but stopped when I had a workable map and just split off the virtual room.I haven’t had to empty the bin yet as I’ve only had it for a week so I can’t say how effective the compactor is but the 980 would have needed to be emptied at least once by now. So it’s definitely an improvement of the 980s and I’m glad we held off buying the ones with the ugly dust collecting dock with bags you have to keep buying. I hope it lives as long as the 980s do because they are tanks and easy to repair. In a few weeks we’ll order another one for the main floor is all continues to go well. I just hope they stay on getting the bugs out of the app.
Nicolás Barrón –
No funcionó y lo regresé
ee –
Returned. It wouldn’t even ‘wake up’ to begin even after 38 minutes with help of Roomba rep.