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Published August 2, 2026. Prices and specs checked September 1, 2026.
The eufy Omni C28 takes this robot vacuum comparison at 63.5 out of 100. The Shark Matrix (RV2310AE) is second at 54.0. iRobot’s Roomba Plus 415 Combo finishes last at 36.0, and it finishes last mostly because of something that has nothing to do with how it cleans: iRobot Corporation filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 petition on 14 December 2025, Case No. 25-12197 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and came out of it in early 2026 owned by Shenzhen Picea Robotics Co., the contract manufacturer that had been building its robots. Shareholders got nothing. The stock left Nasdaq. A robot vacuum is a dock, an app, a parts supply and a warranty, and all four of those are promises from a company. That company is not the company it was in August 2025.
The machines changed since this page first ran. eufy’s own store now says “eufy X10 Pro Omni is no longer available,” so the Omni C28, which eufy labels the X10’s “upgrade version,” takes its place, and the Roomba Plus 405 Combo has left iRobot’s Roomba page, replaced here by the Plus 415 Combo. None of the three is under recall. I checked. What none of the three will do is publish suction the same way, which is why the axis that was supposed to settle this settles nothing.
How do the three robot vacuums score on five axes?
Five axes, weighted, with the reason for each weight printed beside it. The machines scored are the ones you can buy from their makers today: iRobot’s Roomba Plus 415 Combo with the AutoWash dock at $499.99 (marked down from $599.99), the eufy Omni C28 at $799.99, and the Shark Matrix RV2310AE at $499.99. All three prices come from each maker’s own store: iRobot’s and eufy’s read on 10 October 2026, Shark’s on 31 August 2026.
How do the ownership and suction axes score?
| Axis and why it carries this weight | Points | iRobot Roomba Plus 415 Combo | eufy Omni C28 | Shark Matrix RV2310AE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuity of the company behind the warranty. Heaviest, because a docked robot is a five-year relationship with a parts and software supply, not a one-day purchase. | 30 | Chapter 11 filed 14 Dec 2025, plan effective 23 Jan 2026, ownership transferred to Shenzhen Picea Robotics, equity cancelled, Nasdaq delisting. 8.0 | Anker Innovations. No insolvency proceeding found. 26.0 | SharkNinja. No insolvency proceeding found. 26.0 |
| A suction figure you can hold against a rival’s. Second heaviest because suction was this page’s own headline axis, and an axis you cannot read off all three pages is not an axis. | 25 | “2.8× the suction power” on iRobot’s own page — a multiplier against iRobot’s own Plus 405 Combo, in no unit. 8.0 | “15,000 Pa Powerful Suction” on eufy’s own product page. 25.0 | Shark’s own robot vacuum page carries no suction figure for any of its eight robots. 0.0 |
How do the price, availability and warranty axes score?
| Axis and why it carries this weight | Points | iRobot Roomba Plus 415 Combo | eufy Omni C28 | Shark Matrix RV2310AE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price on the maker’s own page. Real weight, because it is the one number all three publish without hedging. Scored as the cheapest price divided by this machine’s price. | 20 | $499.99, tied for the cheapest here. 20.0 | $799.99. 499.99 ÷ 799.99 × 20. 12.5 | $499.99, tied for the cheapest here. 20.0 |
| Does the machine this page recommended still exist on the maker’s store. Weighted below price because a replacement usually exists, but weighted at all because a dropped line takes its docks and pads with it. | 15 | The Roomba Combo j9+ is absent from iRobot’s Roomba page; its own product page reads “Available at Select Retailers” and out of stock, and iRobot’s trade-in section names Combo j9 robots as trade-in eligible. 0.0 | The X10 Pro Omni page now reads “eufy X10 Pro Omni is no longer available” and offers only a Notify Me button. 0.0 | The Matrix Plus 2-in-1 (RV2610WA) is still listed but out of stock at $299.99; the plain Matrix RV2310AE is in stock at $499.99. 8.0 |
| A warranty term printed where the machine is sold. Lightest, and it turned out to be worth nothing to anybody. | 10 | iRobot’s product page states no term. Its limited-warranty page returned a 401 to me. 0.0 | “Hassle-Free Warranty” and “Lifetime Customer Support”, no duration. 0.0 | No term on Shark’s robot vacuum page. 0.0 |
| Tally | 100 | 36.0 | 63.5 | 54.0 |
What happens to the robot vacuum ranking if you change a weight?
Delete the last axis and nothing moves. Ten points sat on whether any of these three companies would print a warranty length next to the machine, and all three declined, so the axis paid out zero across the board and the ranking is the same without it. That is the finding, not a rounding note.
Change the first weight and less moves than you might expect. Drop corporate continuity from 30 points to 10, scaling each score in proportion, and the Roomba climbs to 30.7 but stays last. eufy and Shark score the same 26 on that axis, so their 9.5-point gap does not change at all. Push continuity to 40 and the Roomba falls further behind. The weights are arguable. The entries are not.
What did iRobot’s Chapter 11 change for robot vacuum buyers?
Stretto, the court-appointed claims agent, publishes the case page: iRobot Corporation, Case No. 25-12197, with iRobot US Holdings, LLC (25-12198) and iRobot Holdings LLC (25-12199), in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Petition date 14 December 2025. Confirmation 22 January 2026. Plan effective 23 January 2026. An order and final decree closing the cases was entered on 25 February 2026.
Manufacturing Dive, reporting on the filing, put the numbers around it: revenue of $681.8 million in 2024 against a 2021 peak of $1.6 billion, total debt and assets of $480.3 million as of 28 June, and a $98.9 million unsecured claim held by Shenzhen Picea Robotics, the contract manufacturer that ended up owning the company. Existing shareholders received no equity in the reorganised business and the shares were delisted from Nasdaq. iRobot’s then-CEO Gary Cohen described the transaction as one that “will help deliver continuity for our consumers, customers, and partners”.
Continuity is the right word to argue about. A prepackaged Chapter 11 is the orderly kind: vendors and employees paid, app and service kept running, no liquidation. It is not nothing, either. The entity that wrote the warranty on a 2026 Roomba is not the entity that owns the brand now, and iRobot’s own limited-warranty page returned a 401 error when I tried to read the term, so I cannot tell you what that warranty says. That is the honest state of it.
Which robot vacuum claims hold up?
Do the product and suction claims hold up?
| Claim | What the source says | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| The Roomba Combo j9+ is a current pick. | iRobot’s Roomba page, read on 10 October 2026, lists ten priced machines, from the Max 875 Combo at $1,199.99 down to the 105 Vac at $279.99, plus an unpriced Combo 10 Max, and not one of them is a j9. The j9+ page still resolves at $1,399.99, reads “Available at Select Retailers”, and offers a Notify Me button. | Not supported. |
| iRobot: “2.8× the suction power”. | The comparison is to iRobot’s own Plus 405 Combo. No pascal figure, no air-watt figure, no measurement conditions. | True as written, and useless against a rival. |
| eufy: 15,000 Pa. | Published on eufy’s own Omni C28 page. There is no US standard behind a consumer pascal rating, so it is a number eufy chose how to measure. | Published, but unstandardised. |
| Shark leads on cleaning power. | Shark’s own robot vacuum page publishes no suction figure for any of its eight robots, and five of the eight read out of stock: PowerDetect NeverTouch Pro RV2820ZE, Matrix Plus RV2610WA, Navigator RV2120AE, Stratos RV2720ZE and the Shark IQ RV2303. | Nothing published to check. |
| A pascal (Pa) suction figure lets you compare the Roomba and the Shark head-to-head. | Neither maker publishes a pascal figure for the Roomba Plus 415 Combo or the Shark Matrix RV2310AE anywhere I could find. | Not comparable — no published figure for either machine. |
Do the FCC and recall claims hold up?
| Claim | What the source says | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Robot vacuums have been banned in the US. | The FCC adopted an order on 29 July 2026 adding foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to its Covered List, reported by Fox Business on 30 July and covered in early-August client alerts from Sidley Austin, K&L Gates, Crowell & Moring, Skadden and Baker McKenzie. The criteria as reported cover “mechanical mobile devices capable of locomotion, navigation and obstacle avoidance” weighing more than about 4.4 pounds. The FCC is quoted as saying the action “does not impact a consumer’s continued use of devices they previously acquired”. The FCC’s public Covered List page, as I could retrieve it on 31 August 2026, still ended at Kaspersky Lab, Inc. on 23 July 2024 with no robotics entry, and the agency’s own frequently-asked-questions page on the robotics addition returned a 403 to me. | Real, prospective, and overstated in the headlines. I could not read it on the FCC’s own list. |
| None of these three is under recall. | The CPSC’s vacuum cleaner recall listing names no iRobot, eufy, Anker, Shark or SharkNinja robot vacuum. The vacuum recall it does carry is Rowenta’s, dated 2 July 2026, covering the X-Force Flex 14.60 Animal (RH99A2U1) and 15.60 Animal (RH99F2U1) cordless sticks for lithium-ion fire and burn hazards. | Supported. |
Is the Roomba Combo j9+ still sold?
It is not there. Ten priced machines are, and the closest thing to the j9+ in what it does is now the Roomba Plus 415 Combo with an AutoWash dock at $499.99, marked down from $599.99. The j9+ page has not been taken down. It prices the machine at $1,399.99, tells you it is available at select retailers, and offers to notify you. The Combo 10 Max listing shows no price at all.
A product URL that still resolves is not evidence a product is still sold. Read the maker’s collection page. iRobot’s trade-in section does not settle it either way. It lists j9 robots as trade-in eligible, but the same line also lists the 575 and the 678, which iRobot still sells.
Is the eufy X10 Pro Omni the robot vacuum to buy?
Not any more: eufy’s own store lists the X10 Pro Omni as no longer available and points to the Omni C28 as its “upgrade version.” The C28 scores 63.5. It ties Shark for the top score on the heaviest axis and wins the suction axis outright by being the only one of the three whose maker prints a figure with a unit on it, 15,000 Pa. The dock empties, washes, dries and refills, and eufy says so on the page where it takes your money. At $799.99 it is the most expensive machine here.
Skip this if the $300 gap to the Shark matters more to you than published specifications. eufy dropped the X10 Pro Omni between 31 August and 10 October 2026, so ask how long it will support the C28 before you decide.
Is the Shark Matrix the robot vacuum to buy on price?
54.0, and $300 of that gap to eufy is money in your pocket. The Matrix RV2310AE is $499.99 and in stock on Shark’s own store. It loses the suction axis by forfeit, because Shark publishes no figure for it or for any of its seven siblings, and it gives up points because Shark’s own shelf is thin right now: five of eight robots out of stock, including the Matrix Plus 2-in-1 (RV2610WA).
Skip this if mopping automation is the reason you are buying a robot at all. Shark does not describe a wash-and-dry cycle for the Matrix on that page, and a mop pad you rinse yourself is a chore you were trying to delete. Skip it too if a thin, discounted lineup reads to you the way it reads to me.
Should you wait on the Roomba robot vacuum?
36.0, last, and it is the named loser here. Not because the Plus 415 Combo cleans badly — iRobot’s navigation has been the reference for years and nothing in the docket changes the hardware. It is last because the company behind it went through Chapter 11, changed owners, cancelled its equity and left the Nasdaq inside ten weeks, and because iRobot will not print a suction figure or a warranty term where you can read them. Two of those things are recoverable. The warranty question is the one to press a retailer on.
Skip this if you want a machine you can still get parts and pads for in 2030 without checking the news first. Buy it if the navigation is the whole reason you want a robot and you are comfortable that a prepackaged reorganisation kept the service running, which by every account it did.
Prices are approximate, current as of publication, and change frequently — confirm the latest price with the retailer before buying.
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