REASONS TO BUY
Great poo-recognition
Real-time video
Excellent hardwood floor cleaning
Intuitive app
Dirt disposal system
REASONS TO AVOID
Poor carpet cleaning performance
Poor pet hair pickup
Expensive
Samsung Jet Bot AI+ Review
Unless you have all hard surfaces, stay away — this is a pretty pricey product that offers poor carpet cleaning performance
Credit: Samsung
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Our Verdict
The Samsung Jet Bot AI+ is an above-average robot vacuum that does well on hard surfaces, recognizes pet droppings, and avoids them reliably. However, it does a poor job cleaning carpets and is rather expensive. Overall, it failed to impress our test team, mainly due to inconsistent performances across our set of challenges. Unless you only have hard surfaces in your home and really love the intuitive nature of Samsung products, we suggest considering more well-rounded models in our robot vacuum review, which offer better performance at a much lower price.
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| Price | $1,300 List $644.00 at Amazon | $1,400 List $1,400 at Amazon | $550 List $549.99 at Amazon | $190 List | $800 List $760.00 at Amazon |
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| Pros | Great poo-recognition, real-time video, excellent hardwood floor cleaning, intuitive app, dirt disposal system | Incredible intelligence, excellent poo recognition, efficient movement, has a self-cleaning mop | Great all-around performance, technologically advanced, hybrid vacuum and mop | Seamlessly returns to docking station, excellent pet hair pickup, economical | Great poo-avoidance, excellent at vacuuming pet hair, dirt disposal system |
| Cons | Poor carpet cleaning performance, poor pet hair pickup, expensive | Expensive, poor pet hair cleaning, average hard surface cleaning, average edging performance | Mediocre in pet-specific tests, inconsistent corners and edges, no tower | No room mapping, no barrier protection, no disposal system | Average cleaning performance, lacks top-tier intelligent features |
| Bottom Line | Unless you have all hard surfaces, stay away — this is a pretty pricey product that offers poor carpet cleaning performance | If you want an incredible robot that does everything and more, then look no further, but it's spendy | If you're looking for an affordable, high performing robot vacuum, this is an excellent choice | We appreciate this model for its stellar pet hair performance and price | If you want a decent robot with poo-avoidance then this is a great option |
| Rating Categories | Samsung Jet Bot AI+ | Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra | Eufy RoboVac X8 Hybrid | Roborock E4 | iRobot Roomba j7+ |
| Navigation (30%) | |||||
| Home Coverage (20%) | |||||
| Carpet Cleaning (15%) | |||||
| Hard Surface Cleaning (15%) | |||||
| Pet Hair (10%) | |||||
| Convenience (10%) | |||||
| Specs | Samsung Jet Bot AI+ | Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra | Eufy RoboVac X8 Hybrid | Roborock E4 | iRobot Roomba j7+ |
| Bin Capacity | .2 L | .4 L | .4 L | .46 L | .4 L |
| Measured Dimensions | 13.8" diameter 3.9" high |
13.75" diameter 3.25" high |
13.5" diameter 4" high |
13.5" diameter 3.5" high |
13.3" diameter 3.4" high |
| Measured Weight | 9.8 lbs | 10.4 lbs | 8.0 lbs | 6.6 lbs | 7.6 lbs |
| Battery | Lithium Ion | Lithium Ion | Lithium Ion | Lithium Ion | Lithium Ion |
| Warranty | 1 year limited | 1 year limited | 1 year limited | 1 year limited | 3 year limited |
| Recharge & Resume | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Room Navigation (Cleaning) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spot Clean | Square | Square | Square | Spiral | Square |
| App | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Barrier Type | Virtual, Magnetic strip | Virtual | Virtual | None | Virtual |
| Measured Brush Width | 9.25" | 6.5" | 6.5" | 6.5" | 6.75" |
| Tower Capacity | Dirt = 2.44 L | Dirt = 3 L Water = 3 L |
N/A | N/A | Dirt = 2.21 L |
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Our Analysis and Test Results
When it comes to robot vacuums, the Samsung Jet Bot AI+ is an above-average performer that gave the top-rated models a run for their money. Unfortunately, it never outshined the competition in any specific metric. If you are curious about those models, you can see how well the AI+ performed against them in our best robot vacuums review.
This mini stormtrooper has an interesting, futuristic design compared to many of its peers.
Credit: Abriah Wofford
Performance Comparison
After a considerable amount of research, our team purchased the most highly rated robots, then rated and scored their performances in a set of head-to-head challenges to assess their qualities. The performance of the Samsung Jet Bot AI+ across those challenges is broken down below, split into six rating metrics, each weighted based on their overall significance.
The straight-edge design allows the AI+ to tackle corners effectively.
Credit: Abriah Wofford
Navigation
In our first and most heavily weighted metric, navigation, the Samsung Jet Bot AI+ was near the top of the test group. Firstly, the AI+ tackled furniture better than most robots we tested.
A cleaning history and notifications are part of what make this model a little smarter than others.
Credit: Abriah Wofford
We found the ability to navigate around the furniture to be generally good. While the AI+ did have some occasional bumps into obstacles, it didn't have to collide with objects to sense them; instead, it more often utilized recognition in sensing and software.
The Jet Bot AI+ did an excellent job at poo-avoidance and docking efficiently. For our simulated pet poop challenge, the AI+ recognized both the small and large simulated poops and avoided them entirely. In addition to excellent poo-avoidance, the AI+ navigates to its docking station efficiently, avoiding all obstacles along the way.
The AI did a great job of avoiding our simulated pet waste.
Credit: Jessica Riconscente
Home Coverage
The Samsung Jet Bot AI+ does a good but not great job of thoroughly covering an entire room, missing a few spots during testing, including a corner. While it got close to edges in our home coverage and edging tests, the AI+ did a marginal job cleaning.
The AI+ works edges and corners with its advantageous design.
Credit: Jessica Riconscente
Carpet Cleaning
On our fourth test metric, carpet cleaning, the Samsung Jet Bot AI+ did a surprisingly mediocre job for an otherwise impressive machine. It pushed rice grains around on the low-pile carpet. Instead of picking up the rice grains, it worked them deeper into the high-pile carpet. Instead of cleaning oatmeal, it displaced and sprayed them all around. It repeated the same behavior on high-pile carpet, sometimes grinding the debris instead of picking it up.
The Samsung left rice grains behind on the carpet.
Credit: Jessica Riconscente
Fortunately, the Jet Bot AI+ managed to do a great job picking up flour from carpet, only leaving a fine residue behind. Its great performance cleaning flour helped its average score on the carpet cleaning test metric from being absolutely dismal, but the AI+ proved it is not the strongest carpet cleaner of the bunch.
A poor job of cleaning oatmeal on carpet.
Credit: Jessica Riconscente
Hard Surface Cleaning
In stark contrast to its carpet cleaning performance, the Samsung Jet Bot AI+ did an exceptional job cleaning hard surfaces. No other robots matched a perfect performance picking up rice, and only one other model we tested matched its near-perfect performance cleaning oatmeal. The Jet Bot also consistently picks up flour on all kinds of surfaces.
The Samsung AI+ did an excellent job on hard surfaces.
Credit: Jessica Riconscente
While the AI+ did great in three of our four hard surface cleaning tests, it did not do as well on our cereal cleaning test, and like many models, was unable to clean cereal from a hard surface.
The Samsung storming hard surfaces.
Credit: Jessica Riconscente
Pet Hair
Unfortunately for pet owners who love Samsung products, the Jet Bot AI+ is not going to be your go-to tool for cleaning pet hair. Or if it is, prepare to be disappointed, because the AI+ picked up less than 10% of the pet hair used in our controlled tests. This earned it one of the lowest performances in our test lineup.
Convenience
Samsung does not include a physical remote with the Jet Bot AI+. Everything is run through the app, which has mostly excellent software but lacks specific spot cleaning, favoring zone designation instead. The app also lacks accessory life tracking, AKA maintenance tracking, although it does provide some notifications for when it needs its disposal system emptied.
A dirt collection system adds to the overall convenience.
Credit: Abriah Wofford
The docking station is also exceptional, improving its convenience performance due to its large dust capacity at 2.4L. The dust removal system is one of the few bagged systems available today.
The Jet Bot has a larger charging station.
Credit: Abriah Wofford
Should You Buy the Samsung Jet Bot AI+?
While the Samsung Jet Bot AI+ is a good if not great robot vacuum, especially on hard surfaces, it is also a little pricey. Other models perform better at a lower price. However, this model is still worth considering if you are primarily interested in a bagged system and great poo-avoidance.
What Other Robot Vacuums Should You Consider?
If an overall balance of great performance and price is what you are looking for, then consider the incredible Eufy RoboVac X8 Hybrid. Or, for the most intelligent robot on the market today, consider the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra.
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Jessica Riconscente and Benjamin Hickok
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