S7 Max

I'll have to look more in depth there, good notes. While I've used my Max 705 for a day or two (app is buggy, over it), I am used to an i7+ which has no obstacle avoidance so it seems like S8+ should be a huge upgrade for me, plus solid mopping capability. I try to pick up obstacles anyways, but it is a nice feature (main thing I would have is some cords dangling behind coach, Max 705 seemed to find those fine, socks would be nice too though..) Q10 X5+ seems like another contender, more power perhaps but less advanced obstacle avoidance and mopping (I kind of want to test the mopping before buying 2nd unit and maybe getting auto-clean version).

I have s7 ultra max. The brush is different so prevent hair wrapping around though it still does at the edges sometimes. The only time I had issues with emptying was when I tried to use generic bags. They were supposed to work but didn’t seal right so dust was escaping and clogging the vacuum part.

I personally can heavily recommend Xiaomi. Idk how exactly the circumstances are, but Xiaomi and Roborock make the same vacuumrobots with Roborock just doing the "premium line". But you will get 90% of what the Roborock does, but mutliple times cheaper. Just compare the Xiaomi X20+ with the Roborock S7 Max Ultra and their prices when they released... idk was like 500€ vs 1800€. Our old Ecovacs constantly rotated its map and thus was completely useless.

I’ve got a roborock S7 Max Ultra, we run it pretty much every day.

I have a roborock S7 max ultra. It's like have a invisible cleaner at home, everyday at 4 AM it vacuums all the common areas in the house (hall/passageways) and we wake up to a clean house daily. And every Sunday night it also does a deep clean by mopping the floors....dumps the water cleans it's mop and drys the mob also with a heater! We love it!