Xiaomi - S20

My S20 will just ignore barriers like this.

I’d actually recommend OP get the S20. It’s just a little bit more but can be had for $400 and has dual brushes + mopping

I ran my old combo Xiaomi on the vacuum + mop mode as it couldn’t just mop by itself and with regular use, the motor became much louder.

Obstacle avoidance and navigation will basically be the same. Both use lidar and structured light. I’d go for the S20 for a vacuum focused robot. Y shaped cleaning patterns are pretty good at removing dust from floor crevices which is something the S40C cannot do.

Ich hab einen Xiaomi S20, der hat ca. 160€ gekostet. Ich hab viel Parkett und ein paar kleinere Teppiche und war von der Arbeit des Roboters positiv überrascht. Die Karte ist super präzise und die Sperrzonen funktionieren perfekt. Die Wischfunktion hab ich noch nicht ausprobiert. Ist aber vermutlich nervig, weil man den ‚Lappen‘ von Hand drunter klemmen muss.

I just bought a Xiaomi s20 for £98. It’s been awesome!

Seems to work fine!

I just bought the Xiaomi s20+ without self emptying and after three days the bin was quite full even though my 1C vacuumed daily. I suspect it could be the higher vacuum power on the s20+. Makes think the self emptying might have been a good idea but it would have gotten clogged due to our amount of hair. In Malaysia, the S40C launched and I'm upset since I bought the s20+ last week. 🫤

I think the Xiaomi s20 without the + is sufficient if you don't need to mop. I got the s20+ with the rotary mops that I haven't used yet and the maps on 1c was good enough so the s20 will be sufficient. Plus it is compact sized. My s20+ battery only uses 1 bar to cover a large amount of space. So I think the s20 is sufficient. Get the s20.

This is why I am hesitating on the roborock q10 pf in my country. It is the q10 x5 in US. Will the spare parts be found in 3 years? Only if sales are good enough. The spare parts if too different may not be found so easily. Like the Dreame D20 (only with charging dock) in my country that is not the Dreame D20 Ultra in any way. And so far I have been unable to find the spare parts or know its equivalent elsewhere. For my Xiaomi 1C, I have managed to find parts to it. I have sent it in to get the wheels switched out under warranty, I have changed the filters and brushes at economical prices and I have switched out the batteries twice so far. The new ones are larger capacity but cause the robot vac to be a bit haywire. Perhaps I need to service the front wheel and clean the sensors? Either way, I am undecided between the roborock q10 PF and Xiaomi S20 or S20+. The S20 seems to fit my needs as a basic vacuum and is more compact allowing it to get into slightly tight areas but feels like just a little upgrade over my 1C that still works albeit haywire sometimes. It gets fixated on areas some times. I have put furniture risers ro accommodate the LiDar puck as that was the only hindrance on the new vacuums.

Hi everyone, i bought the same robot because i have a little kid that started crawling around recently and we had to mop and vacuum everyday so the robot was great addition and help for my wife while im at work. My only problem was that the robot couldn’t climb the 3cm lever between rooms, so I made little ramps to help it pass thru rooms and it works perfect. You can use wooden board as well, I hope this will resolve the matter for you as well.

My living room is 3cm higher than my kitchen and could not climb over…

My 2 cents: - Brush needs to "click", requieres some pressure. Made the same mistake but it never got detached after that. - Cannot go over a 2cm bump to get into my kitchen, but can go over flip flops or similar... Who knows how that works. - Bumps into things, usually not hard, but sometimes yes (again, go figure). - Area that goes over in my aparentement is around 60m2 according to the app, which consumes around half the battery (half in turbo, half in standard, only mopping a small area)

I have this vacuum for 6 months now. So the little brush has to “click” on the vacuum. I never had it be removed by itself before. I have 2 cats and two huge carpets, and this vacuum does amazing job vacuuming them (on turbo). I would disagree regarding the noise, it’s okay, not like an actual vacuum, slightly less noisy, but you can hear it. Regarding bumping, vacuum itself is made with an extra movement allowing the robot to clean in very tiny spaces, corners and similar. It won’t break anything. Mine does a great job scanning stuff and it never goes over flip flops and stuff. The only time I had something stuck in it was a napkin. It seems I don’t have a control thingy, this depends on the area that is originally selected. Mainland china is great for app updated, however this robot can’t be find on the list for that region. Also, keep in mind that you won’t get notifications unless region is actual as the Wi-Fi. It won’t climb higher than 2cm, but it is interesting looking at its wheels work up and down to climb things. I would recommend having the water department empty if you needed to climb anything. Also remove mop pad when you want to vacuum, especially carpets. I don’t find it as a minus that it does not recognize the carpet, as there’s an option to select areas that you don’t want to be mopped, or vacuumed. Additional plus for this model is that it has option for professional mopping, and it does wonders. It actually cleans very well. For the price, I think it worth every penny.