Best early Roomba Black Friday deals: Worthwhile iRobot deals are scarce

The best early Black Friday deals on Roombas at a glance

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Best Mopping Roomba Deals with Self-Washing Mop Pads

iRobot Roomba Plus 405

$399.99 on Amazon
(Save $100 on Amazon)

So you’re wondering if you should buy a Roomba on Black Friday. The good news is that most of the 2025 Roombas will be hitting new record-low sale prices this month (in fact, some Black Friday Roomba deals have gone live early). The bad news is that those 2025 Roombas aren’t selling well this year, and iRobot may not stay in business much longer.

That’s why I wrote a whole story urging anyone tracking Roomba sales this year to tune in — I go into more detail about the bleak details of iRobot’s struggles there. Here’s the TL;DR version: If bankruptcy looms for iRobot, I’m worried whether customer service, firmware updates, and bug fixes will cease for current Roomba owners. And while I’ve generally had good experiences when testing Roombas, the latest iRobot vacuums aren’t as powerful as other top robot vacuums (which cost the same or better).

At any rate, I have no doubt that there are still active members of the Roomba Hive who are still looking to upgrade Roombas this Black Friday. I mean, Mashable readers named iRobot their favorite robot vacuum brand of 2025 in Mashable’s Readers’ Choice survey. So below, I’m collecting some early Black Friday Roomba deals – not only considering the discount, but also considering whether that vacuum is a good value compared to the Roborox, Shark, and Eufys in my more general list of Black Friday robot vacuum deals.

Best Black Friday Roomba Deals

why I like it

At $399.99, the Roomba Plus 405 is quite competitively priced for a mid-range robot vacuum mop combo that can wash and dry its mopping pad. The 405 was one of four new Roombas I tested in 2025, and the edge cleaning of its dual-spinning mopping pad was light years better than the retractable flat mopping pads on the Combo J7+ and Combo 10 Max. The 405 also never got lost or went to the wrong room in my apartment, but iRobot’s smart mapping has been consistent for me even before the switch to the LiDAR tower design in 2025.

My main complaint with the Roomba Plus 405 is its lack of small obstacle avoidance technology, which iRobot reserved for the Roomba Plus 505. It’s hard to ignore that the $359.99 Narwhal FreeO Pro and $349.99 Roborock Curaevo have technology that can avoid cords, laundry, and pet waste, especially when their mopping and suction power is on par with this Roomba.

More Roombas are on sale ahead of Black Friday

Note: While the Roomba 105 series Did Despite offering satisfactory cleaning performance in my home, I would still recommend more powerful cheaper Roborock options like the Roborock Q7 M5+ for $219.99 or the Roborock Q10 X5+ for $299.99.

Roomba deals to survive this year

Let me try to influence you into buying some Roombas on sale this year. I found some that are still very expensive compared to other robot vacuums with similar (or better) features. Instead of picking up the Roomba Max 705, Roomba Max 705 Combo, or Roomba Combo 10 Max, consider the Dream Aqua10 Ultra Roller for $999.99, the Narwhal Freo Z10 Ultra for $799.99, or the Roborock Qrevo CurveX for $849.99.