Roborock - S8
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Last updated: Jul 19, 2025 Scoring
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"I notice my floors are much cleaner than any of my friends. I don't own a mop or an indoor Broom."
"Compared to our $350 S8s, our 10R sucks at vacuuming. It is so bad that I do all of our vacuuming with the S8s and only use the 10R as a mop. ... When the S8 goes through right afterwards, it's dustbin is completely full. The S8 that recleaned an already cleaned (by the 10R) room picks up five times as much stuff. I have tried this over and over again with the same results. ... For excellent vacuuming on rugs and carpets, any model of S8 will do great. ... I absolutely love my two S8s! They are cleaning monsters!"
"It vacuums very, very well! ... because of the S8s excellent vacuuming ability, I find it hard to do so. ... No super fancy, super expensive model currently available from any manufacturer can vacuum clean nearly as well as my cheap S8s."
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"A good robovac is a life changer. Even a $350 basic S8. It is a great place to start. ... I promise you that you will not be disappointed by a basic S8. It will change your life even if it can't fit under every piece of furniture you own. ... My two S8s just finished vacuuming our entire house in about 46 minutes. ... While my floors were being cleaned, I sat comfortably on our patio in the cool shade with a slight breeze and composed my far too long response to you while sipping a diet soda and relaxing. ... I will have to spend about four minutes maintaining my two S8s. This will be my entire contribution to my home floor cleaning effort for today. Four minutes!"
"I notice my floors are much cleaner than any of my friends. I don't own a mop or an indoor Broom."
"The most important thing for me is that I do not have to revacuum my house with an upright after the robovac is done."
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"A good robovac is a life changer. Even a $350 basic S8. It is a great place to start. ... I promise you that you will not be disappointed by a basic S8. It will change your life even if it can't fit under every piece of furniture you own. ... My two S8s just finished vacuuming our entire house in about 46 minutes. ... While my floors were being cleaned, I sat comfortably on our patio in the cool shade with a slight breeze and composed my far too long response to you while sipping a diet soda and relaxing. ... I will have to spend about four minutes maintaining my two S8s. This will be my entire contribution to my home floor cleaning effort for today. Four minutes!"
"saving nearly $1k ... it's a no brainer for me"
"I have Roborock S7/S8, it's very reliable and worth the price. I've had it for 4 years now."
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"VibraRise works ... especially if you spray some floor cleaning solution on the mop before installing it, it works wonders!"
"Serious multi-mode cleaning with active mop and lift for combined hard floor / carpet rooms starts with S8 or Q10 S5."
"When it mops, it skips the rugs. ... Haven’t noticed wet edges."
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"it doesn't just run in to crap like the Roomba, it'll avoid shoes, toys, and whatever else is left on the floor."
"it doesn’t bump our pets"
"S8 is detecting every cable in my house"
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"But I dislike the mopping system. It does a great job mopping, but the mechanism in the dock used to clean the mops it too complicated and needs far too much maintenance."
"However, I do not like the mopping system on the S8s although they do mop very well. ... Rollers need maintenance at least weekly or they will clog with hair, debris and gunk. This is not always easy depending on the model."
"I think mops on robot vacuums are still a “maintainer/extender” feature than a true mop up stains type of feature. ... It’s not a replacement for that first initial manual mop."
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"they mentioned that its out of 12 month warranty and I have to bear the cost of repairs estimated to whopping 500-600 dollars. ... Whats the point of buying such an expensive product which barely works its warranty period."
"In the first 11 months its front wheel broke ... then after 14 months its suddenly erroring out "Error 4 cliff sensors not clean" and goes in circles. ... Finally it stopped working."
"roborock gets way more critiques for overhyping their products and reducing the quality of new releases while having zero after-sales support."
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"the S8+ is absolutely awful for dog hair on carpets. ... it really cannot handle carpets. ... hate it every day."
"below average mopping ... The mop itself just doesn’t do well with only vibrating plus it dragged on the carpets."
"it has worse vacuuming performance than the previous model"
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"or a Station"
"I clean the mop with detergent every time I scrub, empty the chicken and refill the tank, it's a bit tedious"
"I do have to spend about two minutes on each of them with maintainenance each time I use them."
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"In the first 11 months its front wheel broke ... then after 14 months its suddenly erroring out "Error 4 cliff sensors not clean" and goes in circles. ... Finally it stopped working."
"things like cords might be a bit too small for it to see."
"Many other robovacs outperform the S8 in other areas like mopping and navigation."
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