iRobot after the bankruptcy: is a Roomba still a safe buy?

What happened to iRobot

On 14 December 2025, iRobot filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware. That is not a bankruptcy in which a company closes, but a US procedure in which it keeps trading while its debts are restructured. The plan was agreed in advance with Picea, the Chinese company that manufactured Roombas and had lent iRobot money.

On 23 January 2026, Picea took over all of iRobot’s shares, iRobot announced, which ended the procedure. iRobot stays a US company, with its headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts. The data of its US customers sits in a separate company, iRobot Safe, with an independent board of US citizens.

What it means if you own a Roomba

• The app keeps working. iRobot says there are no planned changes to the app or to data security.
• Customer service and updates continue. Support stays in place, and models that get software updates keep getting them.
• Warranties are honoured. Chief executive Gary Cohen told TechRadar it is business as usual: the app works and warranties will be honoured.
• Parts and accessories stay on sale, and so do the robots themselves.

In the Netherlands you also have the legal guarantee on a faulty robot, and it is owed by the shop that sold it to you, not by iRobot. For an expensive appliance it can last longer than two years, ACM ConsuWijzer explains.

Should you buy a Roomba now?

The takeover is no reason to hesitate. The tests are: 4 of the 19 iRobot models on sale today are in our consensus of 5 independent test sources, and the best-placed of them, the iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max, is number 57 of 66. The ranking’s number one today is the Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete, at € 1,199 at Coolblue.

A Roomba can still be the right robot. The cheapest costs € 182 today. Put it beside what the tests rank for the same money before you buy. These are the iRobot models on sale today, the cheapest first, with prices of 28 September 2026:

* Foreign shop: delivery cost and VAT to the Netherlands estimated.

And these are the best-placed robots in our ranking today, to compare with:

Roborock vs Roomba sets the two brands side by side, and the advisor narrows the ranking to your home in seven questions.

What comes next

iRobot says new robots will arrive in 2026. New models join our catalogue as soon as a shop that delivers here sells them, and get their place in the ranking once the tests review them.