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add_more_chiliFriend of mine has kids and came over several times and asked me what I was doing to my floors that made them feel so clean. I had no idea but around 6 months later I gave them my old Roomba 670 (the stupid one that bounces randomly off everything) while I upgraded to a Roborock Q5 Max+. Only after running my Roomba for a week in her apartment did she realize that the feeling she had in my house was from having actually clean floors. Since then she's tossed the Roomba and picked up the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra and *loves* it. Now her floors feel cleaner than mine and I've debated upgrading to a robot that does mopping but probably will give it another year to let the technology mature and come down in cost.
And-he-war-haulTo follow on to this question - what are good vaccums for pet hair? I had a RoboRock Q5 Max+ which was a pretty good unit (until it smeared and flung dog droppings everywhere with its rotating baseboard cleaning brush). The one thing I'm looking for is a vac that actually sucks the detritus successfully into its bag when it parks on its base. The Q5 Max+ was always jammed with what looked like lint/dog hair. It wouldn't get sucked into the base and would just clog the vacuum. Thanks!
asimone00Roborock q5 max+ has been great on wood floors (not sure about carpet), and it self-empties
Bamram91Roborock Q5 Max+. I have zero complaints
BlueDuckHunter12I recently bought the Q5 max plus and have had no issues. Run it everyday with a German shepherd in the house. Didn’t need mopping so this was a perfect solution for me. I’m also coming over from a IRobot and the Roborock has been so much better than the iRobot.
bradatlargeI have been a faithful user of iRobot for over a decade. However. My latest (expensive) Roomba looks like an absolute JOKE compared to the Roborock Q5 Pro & Q5 Max Plus that I now own. I have three stories plus a sunken living room so a plethora of robots.
chestertonfenceI have hardwood and the same model vacuum and do see little bits it left occasionally, but it does roughly as well as my prior eufy. Maybe you didn’t clean the filter often enough? (every 2 weeks is recommended). If you don’t clean that thing airflow can get restricted fast. Anyway since you ran into dog poop, the only models I remember from my research being good at avoiding that were roombas.
DrPoopyPantsJr[Roborock Q5 max+ refurbished.](https://ebay.us/m/RslbTV) This is going to be a bit over a budget, but I promise it is worth the extra $20-$30. Clip the coupon and it will be $216 before taxes. And it comes with a 2 year warranty plus free returns if you hate it. I don’t think you’ll beat that price to performance. Anything new under $200 is gonna be cheap and a poor performer.
Roborock is running sales on their refurbished eBay store rn. You can get the [Q5 max+ for $216](https://ebay.us/m/RslbTV) (before tax) with their clippable coupon rn. Comes with a 2 year warranty as well. Also, Before I went down the rabbit hole that is premium robot vacuums, I tried out the eufy l60 ses and thought it was great for the price. I bought [this one refurbished from their store on eBay for $229.](https://ebay.us/m/ang45E) Picked up my supper shedder dog’s hair pretty well and it self empties.
Ya Q7 can mop but its version of mopping is really just dragging a damp mop across the floor (doesn’t rotate or vibrate like the good ones do.) The Q5 also has better suction power. Out of the 2, I’d just go for the Q5.
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