Roborock - S8 Pro Ultra
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Last updated: Dec 10, 2025 Scoring
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"This is my 2nd roborock in 7 years and honestly the price is justified. ... It lasts forever if cleaned out and change it's parts (app tells you when to)"
"This is my 2nd roborock in 7 years and honestly the price is justified. It lasts forever if cleaned out and change it's parts (app tells you when to)"
"This is my 2nd roborock in 7 years and honestly the price is justified. It lasts forever if cleaned out and change it's parts (app tells you when to)"
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"On top of that, you get a great app, excellent navigation and good obstacle avoidance. ... It also has a really fantastic navigation and obstacle avoidance system that is far superior to any vacuum only robovac that I have experience with."
"Pretty damn good at obstacle avoidance ... Has a camera, AI and Lidar."
"It rarely gets stuck, maybe 6 times per year."
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"My cat has very bad mite allergies, and this vacuum is a must have for us for keeping the floors clean of all dust, dander, and dirt."
"It is an excellent vacuum cleaner because it has excellent airflow. ... The S8s are vacuuming beasts! ... I have not found anything that can come close to competing with their vacuuming ability. ... it is still my favorite vacuum cleaner. When someone is looking for excellent vacuuming ability, it is still the best recommendation I can make by far. ... it is extremely difficult to find a robovac that vacuums better. ... if one doesn't care about mopping, but one still wants an excellent vacuum cleaner the S8 is really, really hard to beat for many reasons. ... After trying many, many robovacs, it still remains the choice I would make today for specifically this reason. ... You will love its vacuuming ability!"
"I am always disappointed with the vacuuming ability on carpets. ... I need the vacuuming ability of these two little beasts! ... The S8 that went second almost always has four to five times as much hair and debris in it's dustbin than the test robovac. ... I have never tested a robovac that came back with more debris than my S8s. ... The only robovacs that come anywhere near the performance of our S8s are the S7s and robovacs that are essentially similar in design with solid, single, rubber rollers."
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"This is my 2nd roborock in 7 years and honestly the price is justified. ... It lasts forever if cleaned out and change it's parts (app tells you when to)"
"The most important thing for me is that I do not have to revacuum my house with an upright after the robovac is done."
"I imagine not having an auto empty dock would be a nuisance. ... I spend a few minutes per week taking care of the robot, and it saves significantly more time than that, so very worth it to me. ... Newer models require much less attention. ... Docks with clean/dirty water reservoirs and dust filter bags so the vac auto empties itself. ... I spend a few minutes per week taking care of the robot - clean the onboard dust filter, empty the dock dust bin, empty the dirty water/refill clean water."
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"my mopping roborock really did a number of gross floors. ... It has a vibrating mop pad instead of spinning things and it really did a good job."
"VibraRise works ... especially if you spray some floor cleaning solution on the mop before installing it, it works wonders!"
"The S8 can mop, and is a huuuuge upgrade compared to the Roomba."
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"karvat takertuivat pääharjakseen ... laite meinaan sorvaa pääharjasta ajavan "square driven" "circle driveksi" jos karvaa on liikaa ja harjas ei pääse pyörimään"
"Since long hair is top prio then S8 is out. ... I have my S8 pro for 2 years, same rollers as every other S8, one woman in the house if I leave the roller for “a few months” it would be so clogged that it won’t be able to spin anymore. ... I’m removing quite a lot of hair out of it every 2 weeks maintenance."
"hair tangles ... I had to touch the S8 way too often to remove tangles which meant I ran it less and less."
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"Oh I had it, it’s even worse. Try testing out its avoidance with almost anything, especially on carpets. ... It didn’t know the poo it saw a week ago was real thou ): ... Never had me roomba j series run into poop. ... My Roomba J9+ avoided diarrhea ... Because both my Dreame L series and Roomba J series did the same test flawlessly"
"it has alleged pet accident avoidance. Well silly me, trusted that, dog had an accident and the vacuum smeared it all over the floor and the docking station. ... I had to manually clean it and have turned off the schedule clean functionality. Will do a manual start after checking the room for pet accidents."
"The Roborock s8 pro ultra does not have a camera based obstacle avoidance system and is frankly old tech at this point, would not recommend it."
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"The biggest downside to an S8 with an automated dock is the mechanism the dock uses to clean the mops. It is complicated and requires enough maintenance to keep it from filling up with gunk and debris until it clogs. Cleaning this mechanism is more difficult and time consuming than with models that use spinning mops."
"I will not recommend a fancier S8 because of the mechanism required by the docks to clean the mop. It is too complicated and requires too much maintenance. ... If good vacuuming ability sold robovacs, we would all be buying S7s and S8s. But their mop cleaning system is terrible and requires too much maintenance."
"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."
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"Roborock refused to cooperate or properly fix the issue while still under warranty! ... Their customer support is all through email after you call the 1800 number, and their response was basically we replaced the board in the unit and base station what do you want us to do? ... well they never emailed back. Calling the 1800 number you get the "were so sorrycwell escalate this and you'll recieve an email soon." No email just silence."
"when it got back from repair, it was in worse shape ... Oh and the boards they replaced weren't even for the same model, unit is very clearly black, but it identifies as white after the repair 🤣"
"Sent our unit in S8 pro ultra, when it got back from repair, it was in worse shape, cleaned the house once, and immidately threw the error 13 when going to dock after it was done."
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"when the roborock would empty its dustbin it would always wake her up as I run it overnight"
"I hated that my Roborock would try to send data to Chinese servers. Luckily I saw the traffic on my firewall and was able to block it."
"super loud at highest suction"
I agree! I’ve owned older vacuum robots and our Roborock S8 Pro Ultra is so much better. I think it’s because it actually maps. Our floors are so much cleaner even with a gravel driveway and pets. We have 2 robots: 1 for each floor. I do a similar schedule as you: Upstairs (runs during the day while we work downstairs): 1. Deep clean on Monday 2. Vacuum on turbo with 2 passes on T/W 3. Vacuum then mop on Thursday 4. Ad-hoc vacuum then mop on Saturday or Sunday depending on if we leave the house for an extended period of time. (Every other Friday our cleaning lady comes so I don’t want the robot getting in her way) Downstairs (runs at night while we sleep): 1. Deep clean on Sunday 2. Vacuum on turbo with 2 passes on M/W/F 3. Vacuum then mop on T/Th/Sat
r/Roborock • Saros 10R - What a time to be alive! ->We just got a Roborock S8 Pro Ultra and it is the bomb. Vacuums and mops at night. We have three dogs and I wake up to clean floors. Best present I’ve ever bought myself. Previously had a roomba and was not so impressed, but it was a much cheaper model.
r/RobotVacuums • Are robo vacuums worth it? ->This absolutely clocks with my Outlook, which is actually quite reassuring. The S8 Pro was the best that I had ever tested until I tested the S8 maxv ultra and it replaced that.
r/RobotVacuums • Vacuum Wars - Please explain to me ->ThW s8 line from roborock is great.
r/RobotVacuums • Every Prime Day Robovac and Recommendations ->S8 pro. I know that this is an incredibly overwhelming and confusing decision, and in an ideal world, I would now give you 800 reasons to support why I said that. But it would be super duper double rainbow awesome if you just trusted me.
r/RobotVacuums • Roborock S8 pro or Eufy S1 pro or ecovacs x9 pro Omni? ->I have a roborock s8 pro ultra and its great. The integration works well and the vacuum does its job well. You do have to use the roborock app to set it up initially though which can be a dealbreaker for some people though. For me I dont really care as long as I can ditch the app after setup, which you can. >must be silent when it goes/comes back to clean a single room starting from the base I think you would be hard pressed to find that. Its a machine it isnt going to be silent. Its definitely quiet but not silent.
r/homeassistant • Which robot vacuum is best with HA right now? ->Have an eco vac and a Roborock s8 pro ultra. The eco is fricken useless. Worst purchase ever. The robo rock is amazing, the house always feels clean, device is super easy to use and maintain. Highly highly recommended.
r/perth • Robot Mop & Vac - what to buy and what to avoid? ->I also have the S8 and so far it has been worth every penny.
r/CleaningTips • What's the best robot vacuum for pet hair widely loved and highly recommended by Homeowners today? ->2nd this, love mine and it works great. App works very well. No issues after 2 years, it’s much better than my Roomba.
r/BuyItForLife • Robot vacuum recommendation? ->In my experience, when you by parts from Aliexpress that are labeled "original", they are indeed original parts. Have ordered them several times for my S8 Pro Ultra and Qrevo Slim.
r/Roborock • Qrevo slim first impressions - coming from someone who has never owned a robot vacuum ->Check out vacuum wars on YouTube. They have a great selection of robot vacuums that they’ve reviewed. I just picked up a Roborock s8 Pro Ultra for under $700 refurbished by Roborock on eBay
r/RobotVacuums • What’s Your Top Priority When Choosing a Robot Vacuum? ->Refurbished Roborock on eBay has been amazing for me. — I like their app too. Makes it easy to set specifications for flooring and no go zones. I have a lot of cats and dogs. A mix of flooring. I set the option so it vacuums carpet first before it mops any room, so it doesn’t go on carpet with a wet mop.
r/RobotVacuums • What's the best Robot Vacuum + Mop combo on a budget for pet hair that works well on hardwood, tile, and carpet? ->Oh and to add more details. I specifically got the S8 Pro Ultra (in white) for around $450. Normally I think they are $700ish but sometimes they go lower and eBay has like additional coupons / discounts . So it was on sale for $600 and then eBay had a discount for $150. But some other options don’t look that bad: Dreamy L10s Pro Ultra is $350 right now on eBay refurbished.
r/RobotVacuums • What's the best Robot Vacuum + Mop combo on a budget for pet hair that works well on hardwood, tile, and carpet? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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