P50 Pro Ultra

I bought a mova p50 pro ultra. I like it alot. Its a $799 robot mop vacuum and was able to buy it on Amazon Prime 2 day sale $599. So far very satisfied

Same i got mine for $450. Its great!

Mova p50 pro ultra, for under 500eur I thought I give a robot a try.

Good, I mostly have hard wood floors and some tiles, on those it works better than I would have expected a robot to work. On carpets however it gets confused, I have a white shaggy carpet in the living room which I didn’t expect it to work on from the beginning and it doesn’t as it will not move on it. The other small carpet I have it handles much better but still not perfectly. I can recommend it if you mostly have hard floors, a friend of mine has bought the same one after seeing how clean the floors are.

I had the Mova P50 Pro Ultra for a bit, but ended up returning it, because my girlfriend didn't like the fact that it was a second hand appliance :D Other than that, it was brilliant, and we had no issues with it whatsoever. \~650 EUR for it is a good deal.

Yes, the front wheel seems to be unreliable on the USA models (from what I could tell). Ours was fine, but we’re in Europe.

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It weighs like 50lbs, and there is nothing notable about the robot itself. it looks like a generic robovac. I was so blown away by the performance, I haven't shut up about it since. In the history of my testing, i have kept 3 robovacs, and this is one of them. I just place new robots I'm testing in front of it, because I'm not moving that Gdamn tower for anything, it lives there now. Theres the design: these 2 forward sweeps rotate inward, and have constant downward pressure on the floor. They're huge, and very effective. The roller doesn't get clogged. Let me repeat. I let it vacuum up dog toy floof. Mulch. Receipts. NOTHING deterred this robot. And the mop was very effective, too. Was it the best mop I've tested? No. But it ranks up there. And the water cleaning actually works, I know because for a week, we had it mop up anything we could think of. Vinegar. Black dye water. Maple syrup. Tomato juice. And not only was the resulting clean water tank crystal clear, I used PH strips to test it, and it remained stable. It just metabolized anything we ran it over. It's been a few months and I've never had to refill the water, not once. It's finally an autonomous robot, and for that, it'd be worth it at $1899. But for $1139, I don't need to think about whether its better to spend less on a high end Roborock, the 3i is cheaper. |3i S10 Ultra|$1899.99|$1139.99 w code: S10USAVE5|40%|[https://amzn.to/3GsRZlm](https://amzn.to/3GsRZlm)| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| # Best vacuum if you have no budget Embargo'd til 7/7 # Best vacuum if you have thresholds The good news, since many of you are trying to decide between the Saros 10/10r and the Dreame X50 Ultra, is that I can make it easy. Get the Dreame X50. You won't like the reason I recommend it, though. It's simple: the Roborock Saros 10 is not, for reasons I don't get, on Prime Day special, only the 10R is. While the 10 and 10r are [supposed](https://lifehacker.com/tech/roborock-saros-10-vs-saros-10r-robot-vacuum-comparison) to have very similar builds with a lifting chassis, they don't act like it. The 10 is a better robot than the X50, so if you can afford it, buy it. If not, the X50 is a fine robot. Genuinely. And I never got tired of watching it yeet itself over thresholds and steps. The AI onboard helped the robot get better over time at navigation, and if anything, my only complaint is that it had to return to dock all the time to top up or recharge, so cleaning a whole house took a long time to get done. 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But, if you absolutely, totally insist, (and the Switchbot K10+ tower isn't small enough for you, because that sucker will fit anywhere), I very reluctantly offer the Roborock Q10 S5. I hated the Dyson 360Visnav, and the iRobot Roomba 205 was a total flop. Roborock's budget line may not have the greatest quality build but atleast they work most of the time. |Roborock Q10 S5+|$549.99|351.99|36%|[https://amzn.to/44cLbS9](https://amzn.to/44cLbS9)| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| # Best vacuum if you have small kids Embargo'd til 7/7 # Best all around vacuum Embargo'd til 7/7

That's good information. You know in a lot of my reviews I break down the stuff that I wasn't thrilled with into what can be improved and what can't. For instance, hardware can't be improved but software like behavior definitely could be through future updates. Overall the build of the mova really concerned me. It wasn't just that everyone has the same exact problem with the broken wheel and mova pretends like it's a new problem every single time... Like they've just never had anybody else complain about the broken wheel before. It was also that the machine wasn't putting enough downward pressure on the mop or the roller. And I think that's cuz it's just a cheap build. I extended those arms. As far as the software allowed, there were two different places where you could set that up. And yet it just still didn't get in there as much as I wanted it to. But I'm thrilled you're having a better experience and I love that you have a 3-year warranty.

I'm very very rarely pull that Card out of my pocket. It feels gross when I do like unprofessional and even mildly abusive. I will tell you though that last summer I tested smart grills. There were like six of them on my back patio for a few months and then at the end of that. I end up giving most of them away. One of the grills went to some friends and I find out a month later that the entire front interface burned out. And keep in mind it's only a few months old and even though I didn't pay for it, it's a very expensive and large grill. And I don't want it to go into a landfill and it's completely inoperable. So I call the company and they tell me they're going to send the part out. Over the next 7 months, I would have to call back four or five times and each time somebody there insisted they had no idea why this had happened and they were putting it in the mail immediat by the fourth phone call, I pulled the card. By then the review was out and it was really very simple. Don't send me a new grill, which is what they wanted to do, I'm just trying to keep this grill out of the landfill. The part exists, just ship me the damn part. Eventually, no less than the vice president of the company calls me and promises to ship it out and it still took 3 weeks. I did a similar thing with a pool bot for which there was no support, that had stopped communicating with me... And I think I also pulled that on a Ecovacs lawnmower. All similar circumstances. Last week I gave away two different robovacs that I had to give a disclosure. Likely would never work. The mova with the broken wheel, and my eufy e25 That had a completely effed battery and the company didn't want back. It was 2 weeks old. Mostly I just get really annoyed when I have gone to the trouble of unboxing something and then setting it up and making a million phone calls and having to diagnose the problem and end up with a product that I can never get to work and have to box the thing back up and ship it back to the company.

The J15 Ultra, with the razor cutters on the roller, is still the right vacuum. Buy it off the Eureka site, where its $550, if you can comfortably stretch. Don't get the Mova. The Dreame L40 Ultra is very good and would be a GREAT buy-remember reviewers bought it at 3x the price and like me, were reviewing it as a premium robot against other premium robots. For under $500? No brainer, its fantastic. Does that make sense? I think you have 2 great options. the L40 ultra or the J15 Ultra (through the Eureka website).

no. I didn't like it much, even beyond the wheel issue. But also, I don't think they've resolved the wheel issue:) Do you NEED a new robot?

Just a quick note, that wheel issue is DEF not resolved in the P50. I had 2 break within a few weeks of one another just last month.

I think everyone has a different experience with robots they test, and they're always valid, but I guess I have a few questions about the top picks that are worth discussion. The P50 has a known hardware problem that people still experience all the time (broken wheel) that can only be fixed by a robot swap. Is that not a concern? I didn't think it was a fantastic robot aside from that, but the hardware problem is a big enough deal not to recommend it. Your choice for pets and hair doesn't have a razor to cut the hair. I liked the Curv a lot, its one of my favs, but not for this application, because hair got caught around the roller and the sweep. I have long hair, but my dog has short hair, and it was good at getting up short hair, but there are better. Did you not experience any leaking from the Aqua? I did and I know a few others did as well.

some thoughts. first, buy it next week since most are on [sale.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RobotVacuums/comments/1nvsulx/comment/nhmjcxj/?context=1) Some thoughts on the models above: the p50 has a known hardware problem that they never seem to solve. Skip it. The S70 is a gimmick and separately, not a great vacuum. Trying to be too much. The Aqua 10 is fine, but leaks for a lot of people. I like the x9 or the 10R as options.... the Dreame models you noted aren't my favs.

I am glad you are happy with yours. Your review was one of the reasons I bought the P50. Sadly, it hasn’t been as great for me. It looses WiFi, the app needs me to interrupt cleaning for any minor change to my map, and it doesn’t resume after charging. It has a lot of pros but these are enough of deal breakers for me.

Your last sentence made me wonder... if I "interrupt" cleaning, mine doesn't remember what it has already cleaned so it doesn't "resume" for me. Mine doesn't resume after itself going to charge. Mostly appearing offline despite wifi map showing strong... All sound like firmware issues. I will try a reset or something and might have it working too (fingers crossed). Thanks for writing back.

I did get the P50. I am not very sure how I feel still. I am not super happy with the app; not comparing with any other but just not what I want it to be. Making any change like trying to ignore an obstacle or adding a no go zone or furniture, requires “terminating” the ongoing cleaning. This results in it forgetting the cleaning that it has already done. I have mixed feelings about its smartness. I like that it detects cables and “fabric” on the floor and avoids them. However, I am not happy that it detects “bases” and “obstacles” like a trash can which it then avoids; I would like those places cleaned. It allows you to ignore the obstacles but then it won’t detect other things in that vicinity which I cannot afford to let. Additionally, the kids store their toys in semi-transparent bins. It detects them and avoids the bins; I am not happy about this but I can understand the complication. Another aspect I am not a fan of is that despite configuring an order for the rooms to be cleaned, it is not honored. The older less-smart robovacs were braver. I feel the P50 (or maybe all smarter ones) are too cautious with their approach. On the plus side, I love how close it gets to the walls and furniture feet. I like being able to use it as a security device. I like that in Turbo it is quieter than my previous robovacs. I haven’t formed an opinion yet about the carpet cleaning. The air the blows from it is substantially stronger than my previous devices which I think tells me it has more airflow. Not sure how that translates to cleaning yet. There have been some bad hiccups over the 4 runs it has had. Once, it left a mop pad on the ramp and then tried to push itself forcefully in. Another time the front wheel started making weird sounds. I know the wheel is known to break on the US models but after some rest, the sound vanished. I will post a review after a few weeks of use.

Btw, sorry for the bad formatting. Somehow it looses line breaks on the phone. Another problem i have is that despite having excellent WiFi coverage all over the house, it often shows up offline. That alone is a reason to return for me.

I typically hate JustADad's reviews because he never seems to know what he's doing and never keeps things a 1:1 comparison, but his review of the E28 shows it being terrible on carpets. Other reviews mention it's not great at vacuuming either. After my X10 with AI avoidance ran over poop, I wouldn't trust it on that front either. I went with the Mova P50 Ultra Pro and it'll be here today since I need something that vacuums better first, mops better second. My X10 was sufficient mopping for me, so I'm sure this will be even better in that regard.

I had my X10 for a little over a year and overall I was alright with it, but I did notice the issues you mentioned. The software, specifically, is trash and remained trash up until it died. From firmware breaking mopping usage to maps "magically" expanding zones on its own, while failing to go to a previously occupied spot after the obstacle was removed (ex. left a laundry basket on the floor when it mapped, moved the basket and it would "see" that it was no longer there, but never actually vacuum that space.) The room dividing was equally useless and it never let me actually divide what I needed to. The amount of times I had to re-create my whole schedule because I had to merge and try dividing a room is impossible to keep track of. The mopping was ok when the firmware didn't completely cripple the water output. I went to the Mova P50 Pro Ultra and it's a night and day difference. Vacuuming leaves my floors spotless (while running on standard suction bs constant turbo on the X10) and mopping actually applies an even coating of water while settings allow the robot to not only slow down but perform even tighter lines than the X10 did on deep. The app is fantastic, and it mapped my house almost perfectly the very first time and even called rooms by their proper names and added furniture. The room it did combine incorrectly, I was able to divide without issue, unlike the X10. Basically, at the time the X10 was good. Seeing how good the P50 is though, for about the same price, there's zero reason to go with the X10.

I got the P50 Pro Ultra, which they said doesn't do a good job vacuuming and I don't understand how. House is spotless every morning I wake up, even in corners. Carpet has nothing on it either. I've thrown coffee grounds and cereal down and had it so one pass even over some grout lines and there isn't a single piece left, so that's proof enough for me that their "test results" don't translate.