Roborock - S8 Pro Ultra
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Based on 1 year's data from Feb 14, 2026 How it works
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"VibraRise works ... especially if you spray some floor cleaning solution on the mop before installing it, it works wonders!"
"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."
"The S8 can mop, and is a huuuuge upgrade compared to the Roomba."
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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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"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 doesn’t bump our pets"
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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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"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."
"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."
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"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."
"not anything fancier because all that hair will just clog any automated dock."
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"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."
"our S8 Pro Ultra has not detected leading to several unfortunate smears."
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"super loud at highest suction"
"It's... not quiet. ... I have it set to clean the house around 5am, because with my bedroom door closed, it won't bother me while I'm asleep."
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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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"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."
007meow 1.0One big issue that I haven't seen covered - dustbin *effectiveness.* A HUGE issue on my Q Revo Curv, in a household with dogs, is that the dustbin opening is small - that means that hair and dust has limited room to enter and all just bunches up near that hole, not spreading out throughout the bin. As a result, it gets clogged quickly and 3/4 of the dustbin's volume is wasted. The S8 Pro Ultra I upgraded from had a much wider opening and I never had these issues with it.
amandainpdx 1.0This 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.
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.
I think the MaxV Ultra (not the Max) is one of the best vacuums Roborock ever made. I Liked the S8 Pro too, but the MaxV was better. But I'll tell you what, I think that J15 is a STEAL at that price and I liked it on carpet.
ThW s8 line from roborock is great.
AussieJeffProbst 1.0I 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.
barefooter1969 1.0Yes it does. It’s the most useful and amazing bit of home tech I’ve ever owned. 150sqm of tiles, rugs, a dog, 5 year old daughter and I only manual mop if there’s been a spillage of something. Had a Roborock S8 pro ultra for a couple years and now a Dreame Matrix 10 - it’s another level.
I have the Matrix 10 (essentially the X50 with a different base station) and my parents have the X50. Both performing really well so far. I upgraded from a Roborock S8 Pro Max which I thought was excellent at the time but the tech has moved on very quickly. The Dreames are at another level vs the older Roborocks (I have no experience of the saros tho). The mopping is fab. I have 90% tiles and 10% carpet. The S8 would maintain things ok between manual mops, but the Dreame mops so effectively I haven’t touched a mop since Xmas. It’s actually replaced manual mopping rather than just supplementing it!! For your setup and that open plan layout, I think you’d be really pleased with the results. Do take a look at the Matrix 10 it’s got bigger water containers and a clever mop switching system for different rooms. In the UK it’s on Amazon at £999.
benny1234765 1.0Have 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.
BuffaloBuffaloBufalo 1.0The mopping ones have an option for how much water it uses. I’ve used a Roborock s8 pro ultra and a matic, and both have been great with linoleum and hardwood floors. If you’re really worried though you could check out the DREAME Matrix10 Ultra. That one has separate mop pads and cleaning solution specifically for wood floors. I go months between changing the dust bag in the auto empty base. The water depends on how often you mop. I can usually do 2-3 full floor mopping runs before changing the water and i have about the same size house as you. To avoid wet hair clogging anything, you can have the vacuum do a vacuum only run and then a mopping only run automatically as part of a routine. If you’re worried about using a lot of bags, the ECOVACS DEEBOT X11 OmniCyclone doesn’t use bags for its base station. Any robovac with lidar and cameras will have no problem with your furniture. Maybe keep an eye on the height of the robot so it can get under things. If you had clutter id point you towards the matic, but anything but the absolute cheapest robots will be able to navigate furniture. Personally, I really hate dealing with the dirty water tank, so I just bought the plumbed version of the narwal flow, but its not coming til next week so i cant give a review. It should also be really good at not getting hair tangles. So in sum Roborock is a good brand, I would strongly recommend something that connects to a water line, and the narwal flow has all the features I think are important (plumbed, no hair tangles, roller mop, can handle thresholds, obstacle avoidance).
ca-morgan 1.0I also have the S8 and so far it has been worth every penny.
CompetitiveSelf2949 1.0Check 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
DaisyAndJacka 1.0Refurbished 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.
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.
devgeniu 1.0Too bad my Roborock S8 Pro Ultra isn’t on the list :(
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