Robot Vacuum 5

I’m in the same 'boat', and it’s tough to decide. These brands have so many similar models (Roborock has 50!!), and YouTube is packed with sponsored videos and questionable “honest” reviews or tests that don’t really reflect long-term real-world use. On Amazon, reviews are lumped together and may not even apply to the specific model, and many websites are full of AI-generated filler lists and affiliate links. This whole product category is still evolving, with a focus on flashy new features rather than worry-free operation. In reality, buying one often means acting as a beta tester for a marketed prototype. For example, rolling mops might look sleeker than spinning ones, but they usually need more maintenance, have more parts that can break, cost more to replace, and don’t necessarily deliver better results. But if you are okay with that, that's fine. I’ve narrowed it down to three options (in no particular order): **Mova P50 Pro Ultra, Roborock Qrevo Edge S5A and Xiaomi Robot Vacuum 5 (non-Pro)** All are priced similarly (€500–€550) here. Mova is a Dreame sub-brand, while Roborock—though partly owned by Xiaomi—is a separate company. All three are Chinese, with consumable parts like dust bags and filters readily available. They each have a similar balance of positive and negative reviews, though Roborock, Ecovacs, and Dreame tend to be more heavily promoted. Older, reputable brands like Dyson, Miele, Rowenta, and Philips make similar products, but finding solid information on them is difficult. All three shortlisted models feature spinning mops, hot water cleaning, and extendable side brushes. Of these, the **Mova** offers the most extras—like a camera, detergent dispenser, and mops that can stay docked—but it also appears to be the least sturdy, despite having an anti-hair tangle brush of the cut/chop type. The **Roborock** features a dual divided brush designed to prevent hair tangling, though I haven’t found any real-world comparisons to confirm if it’s actually the best solution. It’s also available in black and seems to be the most popular of the three, with plenty of information available online. The **Xiaomi** comes with a retractable lidar, which could theoretically allow it to get under lower furniture, though it’s unclear how well this works in practice. It has a cut/chop brush and, from what I’ve seen in pictures and videos, appears to be the best-built product with the highest quality materials. It lacks a camera, meaning no AI object identification—or spying on the cat—but that also means fewer privacy concerns, which I value more. All I need is for it to vacuum and mop. Right now, I’m leaning toward the Xiaomi, with the Roborock as my second choice.

Although it doesn’t have dustbin and dustbag drying, I’d check out the Xiaomi Vacuum Mop 5 or the Vacuum Mop 5 Pro which looks like a very solid cost effective option if priced at about half of its flagship peers from other brands.

Gen 2 or gen 3? Vacuum 5 is better than gen 2.

I have xiaomi vacuum 5, it's great in every aspects, except when crossing the threshold, it cannot if the height is slightly higher.

i have this thing as well. Well, it works like a charm, though i haven't had any other robots before, i was sceptic about how it works. But it is doing really great job , in my opinion, it mopping even better than me xD. Mapping is a bit sketchy tho. It created map from first run, i did some adjustments, like no-go zones, and splitted some big rooms, but it could be better. Also there is no way right now to use this robot's map in homeassistant which i'm really waiting for. Integration into homeassistant is done via [https://github.com/al-one/hass-xiaomi-miot](https://github.com/al-one/hass-xiaomi-miot) and it shows many info, and allows for basic controls, like start\\stop and start full clean. Area/Room cleaning is not possible at the moment, so waiting for some updates.