Roborock - S7 MaxV

It does okay. It's still short of my old neato and way short of my Dyson but it does a significantly better job than my S7 MaxV with rubber brush. Notably with hair pickup - where it does as good if not better than the S7 MaxV with bristle brush but with zero tangles. As far as actual cleanup of fine dirt and hair, my ole neato still wins. 

I’m really impressed with our Roborock S7 Max V. My concerns with a mower are: how would it do with rocks or sticks (would it avoid them?) and how would it handle dog poop (would it avoid it?).

We have a Roborock S7 MaxV. In addition to it's other duties it makes a daily sweep around the cage. It can handle everything except the nut shells and occasional toys that get thrown out of the cage. Have had numerous Roomba's and Neato's in the past. Roborock beats them hands down. Part of that is just the expected advancement of the technology.

So personally, I've moved my S1 Pros from home to the office, and they cover over 300m² daily (they run in the evenings after the office closes). for the moment I only have 2 in daily service. Before, they were Roborock S7 MaxVs with an (unofficial) water connection kit. With the S7 MaxV (vibrating mop), the cleaning wasn't perfect (a lot of traffic) and it often got caught in computer cables, leaves on the floor, etc. With the S1 Pros, the recognition is really good (I've had the robot get caught in a cable a few times, but it's rare) and the cleaning quality is really good compared to daily cleaning. However, the water connection kit is mandatory for commercial spaces like this, especially outside of business hours. On the other hand, for the S1 Pro it is 1x per week a blast of water on the plate of the station, in the filter of the water connection kit of the dirty water tank of the station, on the filter and the dirty water tank of the robot. After that it depends on the daily passage I think but it releases quite a bit of mud On the other hand, I use a lot of Eufy cleaning products. I order them in packs of 6 or 8 when there are discounts... For my part, I have a mix of solid wood flooring, laminate flooring, and tiles. A little carpeting, but very little.

So personally, I've moved my S1 Pros from home to the office, and they cover over 300m² daily (they run in the evenings after the office closes). for the moment I only have 2 in daily service. Before, they were Roborock S7 MaxVs with an (unofficial) water connection kit. With the S7 MaxV (vibrating mop), the cleaning wasn't perfect (a lot of traffic) and it often got caught in computer cables, leaves on the floor, etc. With the S1 Pros, the recognition is really good (I've had the robot get caught in a cable a few times, but it's rare) and the cleaning quality is really good compared to daily cleaning. However, the water connection kit is mandatory for commercial spaces like this, especially outside of business hours. On the other hand, for the S1 Pro it is 1x per week a blast of water on the plate of the station, in the filter of the water connection kit of the dirty water tank of the station, on the filter and the dirty water tank of the robot. After that it depends on the daily passage I think but it releases quite a bit of mud On the other hand, I use a lot of Eufy cleaning products. I order them in packs of 6 or 8 when there are discounts... For my part, I have a mix of solid wood flooring, laminate flooring, and tiles. A little carpeting, but very little.

Have you ever looked at the CurvX ? I'm coming from a s7 MaxV with similiar situation with the dock being the #1 upgrade factor. Vacuumwars is suggesting that the CurvX is the #1 robot vacuum and the 10R is pretty low on the list.

Hey op, I'm two years into your future timeline. My s7 maxV kicks ass!

I have the Roborock S7 MaxV currently, and the biggest issue I have is pet hair tangle/clogging leading to the robots dust bin not emptying properly (and having no alert when it doesn't) so it'll clog up and stop vacuuming anything. Does the narwhal have that issue at all?

I would suggest going to Vacuum Wars and looking at the latest video reviews. That YouTuber has the best and most objective reviews. Also Jamie Andrew’s is good if still doing them. Personally, I have a Roborock S7 Max V and think RR does a good product. But I don’t think $1600 is necessary to get a great robotic vacuum cleaner and wouldn’t spend that. I am also considering the E28 and the T50, but having spent $1200 when the Roborock S7 was top of the line, I think I can wait and get a great deal for $6xx between now and Christmas. If I needed one now, I’d consider the T50, but would scrutinize the reviews. For hard floors, I agree with another poster that the e28and roller mop might be the best choice, if money isn’t an issue. I think we’ll hear that the bin is small on the T50, but most other functions are solid and it’s at the top of Vacuum Wars list right now. But they have yet to review the E28.

I had a Deebot before (their first self empty doc). It kept falling off WiFi and wouldn’t clean. I dropped it and went to a Roborock S7 and that’s been fine. Back in the market to upgrade and I worry about X11 for this reason. But the spec list looks pretty solid. Torn…

My first vacuum was an ecovacs, I forgot the model though. It was working fine and I unfortunately replaced it with the Roborock s7maxv for the auto mop washing features, and have had tons of issues with it right around the 1 year mark. Now I’m back with the ecovacs t50 and couldn’t be happier

Yeah my previous one from 2 years ago was straight trash too, I’ve gone through quite a few brands at this point but randomly got the t50 pro recently to give them another shot. I’d say their app is on par with Roborock now, and the cleaning performance I’m getting from this one is miles above my old s7 maxv. Obstacle avoidance is still not the best but I’ve noticed if you run the intelligent cleaning cycles a few times, it gets better

Just replaced my S7 Max V with the Ecovacs t50 Omni and I’m loving it so much more than the Roborock

I purchased a Roborock S7 and the family liked it so much that I bought a S7 MaxV the following Black Friday. I have both running on different floors of the house. We’ve owned them for a few years now, and if they died tomorrow, I’d go out and buy whatever their top-of-the-line model is. As others have suggested, get the dock. It makes things so simple. I had a Roborock HA widget at some point, but I found it unnecessary so uninstalled it. I just use the Roborock iOS app. Once you map your house and setup a schedule, there’s not much else to do. FWIW I wasn’t familiar with the Roborock brand prior to all this. I watched this YouTube channel (Vacuum Wars?) that put a bunch of vacuums head-to-head through various challenges to see which ones performed best, and this seemed like a strong performer at that time. Best of luck. Hope this helps!

I purchased a Roborock S7 and the family liked it so much that I bought a S7 MaxV the following Black Friday. I have both running on different floors of the house. We’ve owned them for a few years now, and if they died tomorrow, I’d go out and buy whatever their top-of-the-line model is. As others have suggested, get the dock. It makes things so simple. I had a Roborock HA widget at some point, but I found it unnecessary so uninstalled it. I just use the Roborock iOS app. Once you map your house and setup a schedule, there’s not much else to do. FWIW I wasn’t familiar with the Roborock brand prior to all this. I watched this YouTube channel (Vacuum Wars?) that put a bunch of vacuums head-to-head through various challenges to see which ones performed best, and this seemed like a strong performer at that time. Best of luck. Hope this helps!