First: is it still covered?
Despite the December 2025 bankruptcy, iRobot under Picea ownership has publicly committed that warranties are honored, support continues, and parts are still sold — including for retired models. If your robot is under a year old, start with iRobot support before paying anyone.
The national mail-in shops
- iFixRobot (Nashua, NH — ships nationwide): free consumer diagnostics, repairs from $49.99, 200-day warranty on repair and parts. Reputation check: praised for communication, but multiple reviews cite 5–6-week turnarounds — budget time accordingly.
- SoCalRobotRepair (Los Angeles — free local pickup in LA/OC/San Bernardino/Riverside, mail-in otherwise): free diagnostics and estimates, repairs from $49.99, 30-day warranty, covers Roomba from the 400 series through s9+ plus Shark, Ecovacs, and Roborock.
Local and DIY
Independent vacuum shops increasingly take robots (e.g., dedicated Roomba repair at Centennial Vacuum in the Denver metro). And Roombas are genuinely DIY-friendly: iFixit hosts device hubs for the 600, 800, 900, and i Series with step-by-step guides — a battery swap is a screwdriver job, with genuine packs at $99.99–$169.99 from iRobot directly.
The decision math
A battery-only fix (~$99–129 in parts, or ~$99 as a service) is nearly always worth it. For anything else, weigh the from-$49.99 repair quote against the 2026 reality that new Roombas start around the low hundreds — get the free diagnostic first, then decide. And if your machine is an orphaned older series, check our iRobot support-status tracker before investing: parts remain available today, and we watch that monthly.