Q7

I recently bought the cheapest Roborock Q7 BF or something and to be honest I am very happily surprised. But I have 2 cats and an apartment, so for me, it was purely against the cat hairs and I expected nothing more. Having worked at an online retailer, I know how many times people called, (a lot) because their robot had some sort of issue no matter which brand or version. So I bought the cheapest with the least amount of functions, no dock where it empties itself and I don't use it to mop either. It's a round robot on your floor, keep that in mind. Your house won't be cleaned by it and there are still parts you have to vacuum yourself. Paying 800-1000 eu/dollar for one of these is just insane marketing with gimmicky stuff and a big box. DON'T DO IT. The robot will still get sometimes stuck or tries to vacuum something that won't fit to then start calling for help. I don't want China to have access to my phone, let alone a LIDAR scan of my house, so I just press start and it does the rest. I don't use any app, neither should anyone tbh.

I think you should buy cheap Roborocks. I just don't think this is a device that's going to last 5 or more years. Buy a cheap one, if you get 18 months out of it, get excited about getting one that has some new features. If I was paying $2,000, and my robot broke in 18 months, I would cry. We have the original Q7, and it will be 2 years old in April. We have no pets or children, and run it almost everyday at least in some rooms. It is starting to die. To me this seems like planned obsolescence. It's just starting to get lost and stop and get stuck all the time. It didn't do that at all for the first year and some months. I'd like to replace it with one of the new vacuums that has a roller mop.

I just checked it this weekend, and you can (at least the Q7) send room commands. Zones not (yet). [https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/roborock/#how-can-i-clean-a-specific-room](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/roborock/#how-can-i-clean-a-specific-room)

I have 2, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor. Both Roborock, S8 for downstairs (self cleaning mop) and a Q7 for upstairs. It has helped so so much with cleaning. It's great turning it on, going to the store for some stuff and coming back to a clean house. We have 2 cats so there is some litter on the floor sometimes, and just general dust and hair. It makes a map of your house, so if you only need a specific room to be clean you can select that. Usually I try to keep the floors free of stuff when I turn it on (I throw stuff on the sofa). But the Roborock is great with dodging clutter because of the sensors it has. Smaller stuff should be picked up since it can suck those up and get stuck. Also, careful with cords. Once the roborock pulled our playstation across the house hahaha.

My roborock q7 runs every time we leave the house and comes back home when we do if its not already there