Roborock - S5

Still have a Roborock S5 I bought in early 2018. Once a year I break it down and get all the fur (cat and dog) out of its guts, it's a pretty wild amount that gets on the inside. Otherwise, keep filters, sensors and brush clean and the thing has been pretty bulletproof. Only issues I have had are software related with random wifi dropouts and refusing to connect to the App. But I've gotten used to just hitting the button (got tired of resetting wifi) on our way to work. We also have a Dreame S20 ultra that I've had for not even 2 years and it's been a less than stellar experience (battery doesn't last for the full clean anymore and needs to be piece-mealed, the hair cutting brush internal gearing mechanism siezed up and I had to open it up clean and lube, poor contact with dock resulting in slow or no charging, dock draining issues). It is significantly more complex than the Roborock S5 but I'm more confident than not that my next robovac purchase will not be a Dreame.

Black friday is coming up and I'm considering upgrading my trusty Roborock S5 after 400 hours and close to 10k cleaning cycles. The mopping technology seems to have evolved quite a lot and I'm torn on that aspect. I'm used to having to tear and cut off pet hair from basically everywhere, main brush, side brush and wheels, after nearly every run. I understand the vacuuming maintenance has improved a lot, but I see a lot of complaints about the roller mops. Mainly with regards to the maintenance. Is it really that bad? I'm trying to get the best robot available in terms of reliability and ease of maintenance without sacrificing vacuuming performance, and ideally without a big sacrifice to mopping performance. Cost is not really a factor. The ones that seem to fit the bill so far are Roborock Saros 10R/Qrevo Edge/Qrevo Curv, and Dreame L40s/L50/X50/Matrix 10/Aqua 10. Input and suggestions by anyone with experience of these would be really appreciated.

The CurvX is almost $1500 from the Roborock website where I live. They're probably not pushing it for the Swedish market... Funny though, I also returned an EcoVacs X11 just a couple of weeks ago. Honestly, anything would be an upgrade from my S5, but I feel like the price to performance is so random at times. I can get a Qrevo Edge 5V1 for $740 and a Saros 10R for $1540 right now. The Dreames are all over the place too.. I guess I'll see what black friday brings :)

I bought the Roborock Q10 S5 during the Amazon Prime sales, 230$ before tax. It’s my first robot vacuum and I’ve be running it for less than a week and I love it. No more pet hairs, litter or pet food on the ground. I’ve used the mop function which is vibrating on this model and it’s good. I can’t speak of its performance against other robots tho. It doesn’t have a self emptying base and you need to manually wet the mop before use if you want to use it (it has a little tank of water but not enough to initially wet the entire mop) but I don’t mind for the price.

Same here my s5 !is 6 years old and still working good. Just replaced filters and brushes.

Then repair it yourself? I had a broken LIDAR sensor in my S5. I was allowed to keep it and still got a full refund.  I bought a new LiDAR unit for 100€ and repaired the broken robot in 30 min. Roborock is so big that you can buy all the parts you need easily.

Sorry - I think I mean obstacle avoidance not navigation\*\*\* We have a Roborock S5. It regularly tries to break our electronics by grabbing cords or sucking up socks etc. As a result, we almost never run them and that defeats the point. We have a mix of carpet and hardwood flooring spread out about 3000sqft. What's the best vacuum for our use case especially knowing that there are frequently things that should be picked up but are not? I want it to automatically run and just not get stuck or try to break the house by grabbing cords etc. Also, is my dream just a dream or can today's vacuums actually achieve this kind of automatic cleaning without regular pickup?

+1 voor Roborock! De S5 rijd hier al een jaar of 6 rond.

We have a RoboRock S5 and S7. They're solid and that S5 just keeps on chugging along. I don't know how BIFL any software dependent electronic machine can ever be, but these are pretty close to as good as you'll get in my opinion.

Same here. We had a wobbly Roborock s5 and a switchbot k10+. Both if those dragged a wipe around and was more hassle then its worth. We upgraded to a Qrevo master and the difference of our hardwood floor and tiles are night and day.

I have got it 3 days ago and have a docking issue. It just turns around in front of dock and never docks. I assume you never had this issue but many people have. Question: did you figure out how to attach the mop? I pull the robot from the docking to attach the mop and robot just starts and tries to dock back. I need it to not start and just let me to attach the mop!

Okay thanks. My old Xiaomi did not react to the disconnect, so I got used to it. How do you lift the robot without disconnecting it?

Haha, does it want to re-dock in the air?

I ordered Q10 S5 for 159 EUR as a replacement for my 6 years old Xiaomi robot. Old sport still works, battery 50% degraded, will give away to the friend with small apartment :) Old Xiaomi was 230 EUR with basic mopping. Funny that after 6 years I am buying a more advanced model for cheaper.