Roborock - S8 Series
Models:
S8+
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Based on 1 year's data from Mar 27, 2026 How it works
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"A good robovac is a life changer. Even a $350 basic S8. It is a great place to start. ... I promise you that you will not be disappointed by a basic S8. It will change your life even if it can't fit under every piece of furniture you own. ... My two S8s just finished vacuuming our entire house in about 46 minutes. ... While my floors were being cleaned, I sat comfortably on our patio in the cool shade with a slight breeze and composed my far too long response to you while sipping a diet soda and relaxing. ... I will have to spend about four minutes maintaining my two S8s. This will be my entire contribution to my home floor cleaning effort for today. Four minutes!"
"After walking them in rainy or muddy weather, having a robo mop take care of the mess is a real help. ... Without the robot we would need to spend a ton more time mopping. ... the convenienve of not needing to mop the house after you worked for a full day is worth it to us. ... So, 30 minutes for 7 days a week comes down to 3.5 hours of mopping saved. ... if it is rainy/muddy outside, they carry a lot of dirt into the house. ... the mopping robot makes a lot of sense and is a real help."
"I have ours set up through Home Assistant with our Litter Robot. 30 minutes after the Litter Robot signals that it has been used, our robovac automatically vacuums our laundry room where the Litter Robot is kept. It works great!"
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"An S8 would be great for vacuuming your rugs and carpets ... For $350, my two S8s are very hard to beat! ... Almost all of the ones I thought vacuumed, very, very well have been discontinued except for the S8. ... If a Mova V50 can do 80% as well as our cheap S8s I would be pleased!"
"saving nearly $1k ... it's a no brainer for me"
"I would say the vacuum paid itself back within 1-2 months of using it, in time saved."
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"Compared to our $350 S8s, our 10R sucks at vacuuming. It is so bad that I do all of our vacuuming with the S8s and only use the 10R as a mop. ... When the S8 goes through right afterwards, it's dustbin is completely full. The S8 that recleaned an already cleaned (by the 10R) room picks up five times as much stuff. I have tried this over and over again with the same results. ... For excellent vacuuming on rugs and carpets, any model of S8 will do great. ... I absolutely love my two S8s! They are cleaning monsters!"
"The roborock cleans the carpet so well I haven't seen or felt any litter anymore."
"Coming from an S7, which vacuums very well, you will be disappointed with the vacuuming performance of any newer robovac from any manufacturer with auto detangling rollers. This includes that Saros 10R. ... I was so unimpressed with the Saros 10R's vacuuming ability after our S8 that I bought a second $350 S8."
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"The roborock cleans the carpet so well I haven't seen or felt any litter anymore."
"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."
"We have people with long hair, cats, a litter box and a lot of heavy, dirty foot traffic. There two S8s get a workout every week and just keep performing very, very well."
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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."
"My roborock s8+ has a feature to protect against this and it worked last time something happened. ... It will constantly flag random stuff as poop but I'm ok with it not cleaning around a sock instead of risking to spread poop all over my floors."
"it doesn't just run in to crap like the Roomba, it'll avoid shoes, toys, and whatever else is left on the floor."
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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."
"The side mops kept failing which meant it’d just stop and refuse to do anything else."
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"always leave some traces behind and don’t vacuum thoroughly as I expected. ... The S8+ have the same duoroller as the S8 MaxV Ultra but do lowsy job ... The reality is that my S8+ won’t pick up pieces like popcorn kernels to the full extent and will leave some behind."
"the vacuum itself isnt enough to really suck stuff out of the carpet, more just pick up things on top. I treat it more like a broom than anything else"
"the little spinning duster that tends to launch big crumbs out of the path all the way back to the last area it just vacuumed."
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"below average mopping ... The mop itself just doesn’t do well with only vibrating plus it dragged on the carpets."
"Carpet not so much."
"the vacuum itself isnt enough to really suck stuff out of the carpet, more just pick up things on top. I treat it more like a broom than anything else"
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"I would always have to make sure there’s no socks on the floor with the S8 otherwise it’d get stuck in it most of the times."
"obstacle avoidance also seems to be lacking, which is another issue. ... I frequently find it running on cables and socks."
"Saros has far better navigation - and especially obstacle avoidance - than S8 or Qrevo series. ... As in "do I need to do *anything* so that the robot doesn't get stuck while cleaning". ... With the best ones, you can run a kindergarten *and* a pet shelter in your house and you still absolutely don't need to pre-clean, collect toys, etc from the floors before the robot starts its work."
AdChemical1663 0.1Thirding roborock. Love mine. I splurged on the self emptying model….totally worth it.
AdhesivenessWeary377 1.0Having had a few finally settled on a Roborock S8 it seems to work better than the other we’ve had.
affo_ 1.0I've had my S8+ (basestation with just dustbin, no water tank) for almost 2 years. And I'm very happy. It cleans twice a week and still going strong. I paid about €1000. I bet the MaxV is even better! Only thing I can complain about is the battery have deteriorated a bit tho, so it struggles with 2h cleaning sessions at max power. Edit: I do regular maintenance and exchange parts as needed. And I regularly clean the robo and filter as well.
Afraid-Maximum6337 1.0Can anyone share their experience with the obstacle avoidance of the Q10 S5+? How does it handle cables and small items like socks? I previously had the S8 and it did a pretty good job with avoiding obstacles and generally was a great robot, I decided to upgrade to a model with an empty station and wondering if I should I go with the Q10 S5+ which is more budget friendly (and has the smallest station I saw) or maybe invest in the pricier s8+
AfterismQueen 1.0I love mine. I still need to do a proper mop every month or so just for my brain to be happy but waking up to no crumbs is fantastic. It also forces me to keep things picked up so they don't get eaten by the vacuum in the night. I also just hate doing my floors so it's extra helpful for me. Something about vacuuming and then immediately needing to also mop the exact same floor I just cleaned annoys the hell out of me.
It starts at midnight so we're usually asleep and I really only hear it if I'm awake and it comes down the hallway to the bedroom door.
Aggravating_Mall_570 0.3Lmao these numbers i bought an s8 refurbished with 20 hrs usage for 200 and it changed my life
Alarmed_House23 1.0It's definitely an upgrade to the standard dragging a wet cloth. Flagship Saros 10 is using vibrarise too but its a bit more updated and has more vibration and downward pressure. Not sure how big of a difference in terms of performance it is compared to the S8. If you can find S8 for a good price then I think you wont be disappointed I also think when choosing between rotating and Vibration mops its about preference and what type of floor you have. The rotating mops are using more water I believe and could have a tendency to leave wet streaks on floors
amandainpdx 0.3ThW s8 line from roborock is great.
animany 1.0I have 2, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor. Both Roborock, S8 for downstairs (self cleaning mop) and a Q7 for upstairs. It has helped so so much with cleaning. It's great turning it on, going to the store for some stuff and coming back to a clean house. We have 2 cats so there is some litter on the floor sometimes, and just general dust and hair. It makes a map of your house, so if you only need a specific room to be clean you can select that. Usually I try to keep the floors free of stuff when I turn it on (I throw stuff on the sofa). But the Roborock is great with dodging clutter because of the sensors it has. Smaller stuff should be picked up since it can suck those up and get stuck. Also, careful with cords. Once the roborock pulled our playstation across the house hahaha.
ashlynnegrace 1.0Get a Roborock, I recommended mine (S7 or S8) to my friend with 3 dogs and 1 cat and it keeps their floors so nice. It (no exaggeration) saved her sanity. It’s pricey, but it actually works and works well. You have to keep the base station maintained but it’s so simple to clean.