Roborock - Q5 Pro

I have a q5 roborock without the self emptying dock because I think that’s a waste of money. I’m going to buy another one for my second level. It was only 150 bucks on Amazon and it has been a game changer for pet hair. I have mostly hardwood floors, a few rooms with carpet and some rugs, cleaned them all with no problems. Highly recommend

This. every manufacturer is making a ton of money on mopping models so not really any reason for them to focus on vacuum only models. If I was too buy something right now and focus was NOT on active mopping I would choose the Roborock Q5 series. You'll still get the gravity mop system but no need to use it. Just be aware that in regards to software development and so on you'll probably be left behind at some point.

I use roborock q5 pro, i belive that should be in your range. I have 3 cats(2sibs) and have this running downstairs where toilets are 2x/daily and im happy. Once budget allows it a dyson handheld vacuum is also life changing xD

We have a roborock q5 I believe and I like it. When talking with a friend about them, her complaint was that it took too long and in the amount of time it took for the robot to vacuum one room, she could have done the whole downstairs. And while that is true, if that’s the complaint then she’s not doing it right. I pick up all the stuff off of the floor and run the vacuum while I do other things like fold and put away laundry, the dishes, organize rooms where the vacuum isn’t running. I find it helps keep the amount of cat hair and litter everywhere down and I like that it keeps crumbs at a minimum. Does it replace actually vacuuming? Most people say no. And if you are actually vacuuming your home currently every few days, then it’s not going to do as good of a job. But I personally was only vacuuming once every couple of weeks (I know, gross) so it’s made a big improvement in our home for sure.

\+1 for Roborock Q5 Max or Q5 Pro. I've got the Q5 Pro, which is basically the Q5 Max with a very basic mop attachment included in the price. I believe you have to buy the basic mop separately for the Q5 Max. You can also opt for the Q5 Pro+. The "+" means you buy the vacuum with the larger self emptying dock. No "+" means you only buy the vacuum with the basic charging dock. My Q5 Pro works great in my apartment with one Shiba. I went for the basic charging dock because the large 770 mL dustbin is larger than other models usually around 300mL so it's adequate for my one dog and apartment (tiles and hardwood floor. no carpets). Also means with a basic small dock, I can hide the vacuum under a cabinet.

My Q5 Pro sometimes could get on it, sometimes not but when it could vacuuming it was no problem.

I have just the Q5 pro with 5500 suction. Paid $179 on Amazon. Got it because I didn't want to have to deal with expensive bags that it self empties into. Super easy to empty..just barely press button, pull out cannister and tap. Take time to brush filter or better yet blow out with compressor if available. The filter is the lifeblood of your roborock suction power. Keep it clean as possible. I don't mind cleaning myself as it literally takes 2 minutes.

Maybe every 3 cleanings and even then filter is much more dirty than cannister is full.

I wholeheartedly agree. I’ve done extensive research and reviewed numerous sources, and I’m thoroughly impressed with my Roborock Q5. There haven’t been any complaints, and the robot is incredibly easy to disassemble, repair, and clean.

That exact Roborock is my first robot vacuum. We have two Pyrenees/Lab mix (one white, one black), and two cats. I generally schedule rooms individually after my docking station started to clog with debris and hair. The Q5 Is amazing, but it'll pickup clothes and socks if they are on the ground. Just have to make sure things are off the floor before the vacuum starts it's schedule and you're golden. I've been running the cheap Amazon special bags and filters and haven't had any issues yet.

I have the Q5 pro. I love it! I bought a Eufy and it worked like a toy, didn’t dock and had to get a refund. I don’t use the mop function since it’s upstairs in the bedroom areas. But I run it everyday multiple times a day if needed. It leaves beautiful lines, I highly recommend the Q5. My ex had sharks and went through them so quickly. Shark had to keep sending him models because they kept breaking or having errors.

My ex had sharks that kept breaking. He hates them but they keep replacing them in the mail with another broken vacuum robot. I highly recommend the Q5. I have the pro without the self emptying, it’s perfect for 1,300 sq ft and two cats. I can go a week without emptying but I empty it every few days. Highly recommend the Q5

>A deep clean should be done before using and they should be vacuuming every day or so and mopping every few days. A tiny robot cannot do what a large upright or stick vac can do. This is true, but I am always amazed how much my Roborock q5 can vacuum up

Just the Roborock Q5, nothing more to it's name

Just vacuum, the Q5 pro does both though I believe

I just got the Roborock Q5 Pro on Prime day. It ran for the first time, and it was literally packed to the gills with dust and dirt. We aren't a dirty house mind you. Ran it again and now its more normal. It integrate into home assistant super easily, and I setup and automation that anytime my wife and I are not home it vacuums. It's been great so far.

I had a roborock Q5 in my apartment. Myself and my cat. Loved it, it was fantastic. Easy to use, easy to set up custom cleans if I made a mess, and easy to set up no go zones with the app on my phone. Never had any issues with it. I have a shark now in my house, and will absolutely be replacing it with the one I used to have because I hate my shark.

I second the roborock Q5 pro recommendation. I started off trying a Eufy L50 because I was able to pick it up from Walmart, it did great at everything besides getting dog hair out of my rugs. The Q5 pro does everything just a little bit better than the L50 in my opinion and I paid $50 less for it. I was somewhat shocked at how much better it was at getting hair out of my cheap door mat type rugs. I'd get the Q5 pro + (the + comes with SES) if I was you, you have over double the space as me.

I did some research digging and found the roborock Q5 pro was best for my 3 dogs and mostly hard floors. So far it has been a dream for setup and the app is amazing too for mapping and scheduling.

Thanks! That’s more than one vote for the roborock Q5

Thanks so much! I’m comparing the Q5 models right now! What is SES?

That’s what I decided on! Thanks!

Roborock Q5. I believe the Q5 “Pro” is the only model available now and does have mopping but it’s a simple mopping feature and you don’t have to use it at all if you remove the mop. Maybe it’s not MSRP under $200 but pretty sure it’s been on sale for near $100 a few times in the last couple months. My Q5 has been going strong for about a year and a half handling everything my corgi puts out. I can hear it running on its scheduled morning clean as we speak. I have to empty it daily since I didn’t get the version with a dock.

Agree!!! We have an older roborock Q5 and it is still a powerhouse!!! Won’t be without one ever again

I just got the Roborock Q5 and it is the second best thing I've ever bought for my house! Litter robot was the first lol. It saves soooo much time and soreness and my floors are clean even when I'm exhausted! No complaints so far, it mops and vacuums and hasn't had any issues yet. We have 2 dogs and a long haired cat, and one of the dogs is a Newfoundland with an insane amount of fur!

I went with the Roborock Q5 for our upstairs, it’s all carpet(except for the bathrooms). Was also looking at the eufy x8, which is only $200 right now

Maybe try a roborock q5? I have an old model roborock e4 or something like that has been going for years and does a good job for my corgi.

I have a shepherd mix and this time of year he's shedding like crazy. I have a Roborock S7 on my first floor (hardwood and I like having the mop) and a Roborock Q5 Pro for the second floor (medium pile carpet and I don't need the mopping). I didn't opt for self-empty bases for either and I'm actually happy I didn't because I would be filling up the bags every week. I simply empty the bins into the trash once a week (more so now because of shedding) and I'm good to go. A few notes: * the Q5 Pro has a much larger dust bin than the older Q5 and an updated roller design. I'm seeing good results with dog hair pick up and the larger bin is welcome. * The Q5 Pro dust bin design is WAY better than the S7...so make sure to look at dust bin design whatever you buy because some are annoying to empty. * I also like Roborock's software, mainly the ability to schedule cleaning of different rooms at different times. * you can absolutely get a good vacuum under $500, I think I got the Q5 Pro for $299. w/Self Empty it might be $499.

I wouldn't buy a shark from complaints I've seen on reddit, I have owned the l60 and the Q5 Pro which is pretty much the same as the Q5 Max but has the water tank. The L60 only has a 2600 mah battery compared to 5200 mah battery for the Q5 Max and the L60 seemed to bounce along low pile carpet for me and I've seen other people complain the same thing. I'm very happy with the Q5 Pro. Good Luck

I'm on my 4th Roborock The S4 Max. Q5 Pro, Q8 Max and Qrevo Pro which all have lidar navigation and none has ever failed. I watch these forums closely and have notg seen anybody complaining about lidar failure. The top cover of the lidar navigation is actually a button that gets pressed down if a vacuum tries going under someplace where it won't fit such as a couch. Narwal is fairly new to the scene and I have not used their vacuums. I know one thing that I don't like about them is the vacuums don't have on board water tank so if you want to take it to a different floor to mop all you have is the moisture that is on the mop, no tank to replenish the water.

Ya it’s crazy. Yesterday I vacuumed and mopped with the Dyson and a few hours later the cats and dogs had hair everywhere. It’s nice waking up and coming home to a fully vacuumed and mopped house. These newer robots are so much better than the roombas my parents had 20 odd years ago.

I like my roborock q5 I bought it 2 years ago for our main floor. I would take it upstairs and let it do up there also weekly. I liked it so much that I bought a qrevo(has a mop) and moved the q5 down to the basement. My basement floor is cleaned every night now. I could not be happier.

We just bought a Roborock Q5 pro as it was very highly recommended everywhere, and is currently on sale at Amazon for Cad$283

I had a Samsung Jetbot that broke after a year and a half, and would have cost me $150 to fix. I went back and forth on fixing it, but ultimately realized that I could buy a brand new robot for that price. The Roborock Q5 happened to be on sale for exactly that price, so I ended up buying it, and have been using it obsessively to clean up the buildup from the past several months. I didn’t realize how much dust and hair had accumulated on my carpets in that time (I live in an apartment, and don’t own another vacuum), and looking at what a difference it’s made to have a freshly-vacuumed carpet has just given me so much tranquility. I have a cat, but really the buildup had come from me, because I have long hair that tends to shed. There was literally a mouse-sized amount of hair tangled up in the side brush after running the vacuum four times, with the main rollers covered in hair. The advice that was given to me by folks in this subreddit is to make sure you get a robot with Lidar. Lidar is the mapping technology that actually allows the robovac to clean every inch of the floor. The robovacs without Lidar just kind of bounce around, and aren’t nearly as effective at cleaning because they don’t keep track of where they’ve been. They go in zig-zag patterns, and Lidar robots go back and forth. It’s more expensive, but to me the difference is worth it. I’ll also say that what convinced me to get a robovac in the first place is that someone told me it forces them to keep their floors clean. You can’t have your floors cluttered because it will block the robot and stop it from doing its job, or even get it tangled up. So that’s just one more reason to get one.

The comment about robot vacuums only being for small places is probably based on the old random pattern robots. Most robots now map and do well in large houses. It sounds like most mapping robots would work for you, since you don't want mopping, have hardfloors, and no pets. So anything with lidar (prefered) or vslam navigation. Obstacle avoidance might be a useful feature for cords, shoes, toys etc. left on the ground. It might be worth looking into a Eufy L60, iRobot Roomba j series, Roborock Q series, or shark. I'm biased because I have three robot vacs (Roborock S6, Ecovacs x1 omni, and iRobot Roomba j5+ combo) and my roomba j5+ is the only one that is reliable and working at the moment

I agree with this option for those only concerned about vacuuming. Robot vacuums have *evolved* far past being a bumbling hunk of plastic that constantly bumps into things and gets stuck (though you could still buy this sort of robot if you'd like).

Absolutely love my Omni S1 Pro and Q5 Pro.

The omni is excellent at mopping and cleaning, good edge clean and obstacle detection. It’s very quiet too. The Q5 is good on carpet, much cheaper but needed it for upstairs where there’s mostly carpet. The apps good on both too. I came from a 7 year old Neato D7 that had gone senile so a bit of a jump!

Roborock. I have a q5 and an S8 Max v ultra. Both awesome machines.

The [Roborock Q5 Pro](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Roborock+Q5+Pro&crid=238S673WWZ5OG&sprefix=roborock+q5+pro%2Caps%2C307&linkCode=ll2&tag=sedx3d0d-20&linkId=565fcfddcf209b6758b5f878207cba93&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl) is a great value-for-money robot vacuum. It offers strong suction, good navigation, and a reasonable price.