I've got the switchbot S10. I'm impressed with it. In fact, impressed enough that I just bought another one for the second floor while they have their sale on. 319 quid at the moment.
I had some issues with the first one. Their quality control is maybe a bit off and it didn't work. But they immediately replaced it. Took a few weeks because they messed up the shipping and tried to ship from Germany and for some reason couldn't sort the import duties. I refused to pay the duties, even though the said they'd pay me back (I'm sure they would have) so they sent it from Hong Kong instead.
So basically, they seem like a decent and honest company that will fix their mistakes. Maybe a little disorganised. I suspect they may be growing quickly so some of their processes are a bit screwy. But even with a faulty device delivered and a wait for a new one I bought a second one so that says something I guess. Their support is good. The devices are excellent. Their processes maybe are a bit disorganised.
I don't quite think that's accurate. A number of people got the K10+ pro when I recommended it for Prime Day and bothered to post on here how happy they were. As a brand, I really like Switchbot and I don't think it ever gets enough attention. The K10+ Pro and K11 are WAY better than they ought to be w their stats. I've tested both. I don't love the S10 or S20, but those minibots? Magic.
Those are quite different machines to be honest.
The switchbot S10 wash station I'm pretty sure requires plumbing into a drain and clean water line. Is that even allowed in your apartment? It has a roller style mop which continuously self cleans and puts the dirty water into a separate tank, and also lifts up for going over rugs. But as a result the robot is quite big. The wash station and self empty/charge stations are separate so theres a lot more to store.
The roborock is much smaller, both the robot and the station. It's mopping system is completely basic, just a cloth it wets and wipes across the floor. You then have to remove the mop and manually clean it. The mop also can't lift, so to vacuum rugs you must remove the mop attachment. It's a lot less complicated though so theres less to go wrong, but it's also a very new model so nobody is going to be able to speak about reliability.
If you care about simplicity and mainly vacuuming the roborock is probably the best choice. The switchbot is a really big machine and requires plumbing.
Reliability is a complete toss up pretty much no matter what you choose unfortunately. Robot vacuums are complicated with lots of tiny moving parts which increases the chance of something breaking.
Curv, Saros 10 & 10R, SwitchBot S10 & K11+, and Dreame X40 owner. I like the detergent dispenser. I don’t have to add detergent to the water tank each time and it’s much more convenient since I mop and vacuum 2x a day so I change the tanks every 3-4 days. If you use a disinfecting floor detergent like I do, there won’t be a nasty smell on the dirty water tanks. Most of the reviews are going to be in Chinese because the Curv 2 Pro isn’t in most of the western part of the world yet. Not having a detergent dispenser isn’t a deal breaker; I just want larger water tanks so I don’t have to change it so often. 4L is too small, I’d be fine with a much larger dock if it means larger water tanks
I got a Switchbot. It has a little base that hooks up to the plumbing, so it fills and empties itself from there. I add cleaning solution once every few months. Also an actually good mop, no pads.
One day I’m going to figure out how to make it water my plants for me.
I got a Switchbot because it seems to do the best job actually mopping, and that was my primary use case.
Hard to explain but it does more than drag a dirty mat across the floor, like it has a proper roller that it cleans while itgoes. Plus it has a little base you can hook up to the plumbing in the bathroom, kitchen, etc. that it can fill and empty from, so no need to manually manage any of that.
Was really annoyed that it doesn’t have all the features accessible in home assistant that it does in its own app or HomeKit, but I think I can rig something together with the latter. Still mad tho. It’s also pretty big.
It also doesn’t need internet to work, and is significantly cheaperthan other options. The plumbing thing is really cool, and opens up a lot of possibilities. Like I bet I could rig it together to water my plants.
I got a switchbot. Runs over matter so after the initial setup I can yoink its internet access no problem. Was stoked that there’s a way to hook it up to your plumbing so it emptied and refills from there, without me having to do that.
Was annoyed to find that the room map and being able to tell it to clean a specific area doesn’t exist on the HA integration, you can basically just tell it to run or not. It is possible to set that up in homekit tho, and I’ve seen some people use workarounds for it that way. I think that’s also just through matter, so am hoping to see that functionality built into HA.
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