Roborock - S4

I bought a Roborock S4 back in 2020 and it still works great. I maintained it regularly but now Roborock stopped selling the main brush replacements so I need to try 3rd party. If I'd known ahead of time, I could've bought in bulk but I guess 5 years is a long time for a robot vacuum anyway

S4 running daily for 5 years and Max running daily for a year.

Also have an s8 with vibrarise. I’ve read that the super “in” dual rotating mops aren’t proven to be better than vibrarise. What I will say is that I think mops on robot vacuums are still a “maintainer/extender” feature than a true mop up stains type of feature. If you manually mop, the s8 will make it so you have to do it less often. It’s not a replacement for that first initial manual mop. Besides that, I’ve enjoyed the s8 as it was an upgrade from my original s4. Obstacle avoidance is pretty good, although, I’m just used to tidying up before running it now a days.

I need a good one for my mix of hardwood and carpets that won't tangle with husky hair Self empty and mopping capabilities. Good mapping tech to avoid kids toys. Currently have a roborock S4 which does ok but constantly tangles hair, doesn't fill dust bin all the way, leaves clumps on floor. Any recommendations?

I have two Husky s and been reading about the qrevo edge s5a, although the dream l40 is still available, I'm leaning towards the roborock since I already have one and been pretty happy with it.

I also have two S4s. I don't run them too frequently but yeah they're about the same age and I haven't had issues with either.

I’m still running my Roborock s4 and Wyze from way over two years ago

s4 running 3x week for 3-4 years at this point. Good machine.

I have a Roborock S4 and it does a better job than I do. Hardest part is just to remember to start it. Best $700 I've spent in a while. Just remember also to pick up things it'll eat, shoelaces, cords, etc.

Roborock s4. I've had two since covid. They clean weekly. No issues. I've also had a s7 mopping for about 3 years. No issues as well.

Used to have iRobot/Roomba. But after looking at a bunch of videos from the vacuum wars YouTube channel (extensive testing of all the brands), I went with Roborock. I’ve had the S7 for 2 years, and the S4 I gave to my MIL after upgrading (hers still works perfectly). It’s a fantastic machine! Mopping function is decent but not fully replacing manual mopping, just reduces how often I need to do it. Black Friday is coming up, so I’m sure there will be good deals.

My roborock S4 is 8 years old and my S7 is 3 years old with over 3,000 hours of run time and still going fine. So no least not for Roborock brands but that's why you buy the best!

I have had 3 roborocks over the years and they have worked great! My S7 max V ultra travel 180miles before I upgraded to the S8 Max V ultra. Had my S4 since it came out over 8 years ago and still use it for our basement. Also have the Dyad. Roborock makes the best robot vacuums by far.

Heh, fair enough, I bought the D10s plus when it was new, and it was a huge upgrade from the roborock s4 that I had since 2020. The auto empty base and object recognition seemed like magic---and honestly, I'd still be fine with keeping that except for the fact that it seems to be failing on me entirely after only two years of ownership.

I bought my Roborock S4 when it was highly rated by them and was not disappointed. Its exactly as they tested, has a little trouble with corners but does great with pet hair and cat litter on multiple surfaces.

I have a Roborock s4 and it’s been great for years now, with a German shepherd. It doesn’t get everything but keeps the floors looking much better. If I were to do it again I’d probably invest in one with mopping or a self-emptying model as having to dump out the dust bin every morning is kind of annoying (park it near a trash can)

My Roborock S4 just keeps chugging along.

Roborock, we have a tri-level home and a few years ago originally splurged (400) on the vacuum model S4, but this Black Friday we got the newer vacuum/mop combo for about 500. We put the old one upstairs to vacuum all the bedroom carpet and the newer one downstairs to vacuum/mop our floors- we run both daily after we go to work. Now I just have to sweep the stairs and the first floor once a week and occasionally deep clean the floors once a month.

We had a roborock s4 that died was really solid, got a shark and found out how much better its roller was at not becoming a tangled mess. I was surprised at how little it got tangled despite the amount of cat hair it was picking up. The sharks software is unfortunately unusable and the vacuum is so quiet when it complains that I have to guess what's wrong. 

Yea as soon as I got ces ads in the Roborock app I was out. Valetudo from here on out. I rooted a Roborock S4, and then bought a Mova P10 ultra. Rooted that. Put Valetudo on both. Just better now.

I have a long-haired wife, a long-haired cat, and a short-haired cat. The Qrevo Curv's new brush design (the DuoDivide) hasn't been tangled once in the month that I've owned it. For comparison, the Roborock S4, which I had previously needed to have its brush untangled every few days. Mopping is pretty good too. Obstacle avoidance is ok, it seems to be best at identifying my two cats and never runs into them. Overall cleaning is quite good and I'm pleased with it.

Roomba's have pretty subpar mapping & navigation compared to most other brands. We have one (older) Roomba that relies on VSLAM for navigation and one Roborock that uses LiDAR; the difference is night and day. I would avoid iRobot on that alone until they change their tech.