Q7B

I have the Q7B. Despite good enough specs IMO it just feels cheaper. In real world it gets stuck a lot more frequently than my 3 other robot vacuums (combination of Roborock and Dreame) Mopping setup is more annoying than the others also but functionally is as good (bad) Would say that the firmware has updated a couple of times and it seems to function better, get stuck less, so maybe long term it’ll be ok but not ready to call it yet.

Love vac on my roborock q7b+ Self empty station, can run with a mop pad also. It seems to get all edges and corners which suprised me at first. 8000pa and i dont ever vacuum now

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.

To clarify my opinion at least, the 360 visnav is the best robot I've used vacuuming wise. Where it manages to vacuum, it does it extremely well. But the actual navigation efficiency and software parts are some of the worst, meaning it often wastes a ton of time or misses huge areas of the space. The vacuum part is amazing, the robot part is amazingly bad. Making a new robot to drive around the vacuuming parts would have been incredible. Roborock's current Q7 (the newest one, older Q7 versions were not. Gotta love roborock's confusing naming) is definitely made by Picea (I don't know about the q10). And it's mediocre at best. Vacuuming performance is poor, build quality is meh, navigation is adequate, bin design and filtration are absolutely awful IMO. I don't get the praise for the current Q7. Every Picea made robot I've tried has been mediocre at best.

Getting a robot vac as a suplement to perform a daily sweep and help keep on top of the floors can be helpful ideal. Replacing a normal upright entirely with a robot is not such a good idea. No robot can match the rug cleaning performance and power of a normal vac, they can't reach a lot of spots or vacuum furniture and corners either. I would always recommend having a normal vac around for deeper cleaning. Robot vacs do require maintenance themselves especially if long hair is involved. The rollers, even "anti tangle" ones accumulate hair in the brush roller ends which need to be cleared out regularly, on top of the regular filter cleaning and emptying. Plus they can struggle if cords, sock, and pet toys are laying around. All that said and if you think the maintainence won't be a burden, I'd look at the roborock q7 and q10 series of models. I've had relatively good luck with robotock machines, and they should help keep up with the floors. I wouldn't pay much attention to mopping functions either. Usually they're more work than help.

Honestly if mop functionality isn't something you'd use, I'd look for vacuum only models or models without the mop washing docking station at least. Even if they include a basic mop, usually it's removable and you can just stash it away. Roborock Q7 or Q10 for example. You'll get equally good vacuuming for a lower price and smaller footprint. Personally I find carrying a robot between floors to be annoying, I prefer to just have separate ones on each floor. You might be able to get two vac only robots for close to the price of the QV35A and save yourself having to move them between floors.

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