roborock S8 MaxV Ultra with Refill & Drainage System Robot Vacuum and Mop, Check Installation Space First, FlexiArm Design, Auto Mop Wash&Dry 10000Pa Suction, Obstacle Avoidance, 20mm Auto Mop Lifting

Excellent Robovac for an even better price, under $500 for a refurbished version feels like a steal. Pros: Cleans great, solid system and performance. Pretty solid app No more dusty floors from infrequently dusted/cleaned floors. Cons: Doesn't do well with charger cords, it will attempt to eat them and get clogged somewhat regularly if you do not make a habit of putting them somewhere it can get a hold of it. The dirty area detector for recleaning/deep cleaning seems to be non-existent. For example, if there is a ketchup stain on the tile floor it will go over it normally and only half the stain is gone and it won't revisit it as the app control suggests. The cleaning solution seems fairly weak but that may be due to the limited time any stain on tile is intact with it. Highly recommended to spray a spot with separate cleaner before it cleans an area. At that point you could just clean it yourself but if you wanna save a washrag or paper towel it's an option. Depending on your expectations the cleaning process can seem slow. Other thoughts: I tried the everyday cleaning method in high traffic areas but it just seems very unnecessary for 3 adults in the same household. I set it up for twice a week for heavy traffic areas aka kitchen, living room and hallways. With a full home cleaning spread out over 2 days once a week.(Home is too large to get it done in one charge so spreading to two days was ideal.) Household will vary but everyday seems like too much. Be sure to clean the sensors regularly as the Robovac can become somewhat stupid in tight areas. Entering areas it fits in but fails to leave the area stating it's stuck when nothing has changed.

I'll just say it right at the gate this was certainly more money than I had planned to spend on a product like this however depending on your wants and needs, I would say this is certainly worth the money spent. This thing vacuums and mops as well as empties and cleans. What my wife used to do daily is now handled by it and we do a deep clean once every week or two depending on schedules.. it's fairly large, so be prepared to have a place to set it up and there's a bit of set up involved in terms of adding water putting in all the pieces together and then obviously syncing it to your phone and Wi-Fi. But once you get the thing set up, it's pretty awesome. I've had very little issues with it getting stuck or knowing where to go and the quality of the work which I have had other model struggle with has been fantastic. We have a dog and two kids were in and out of the house a lot and this thing vacuums almost as good as an upright if not as good follow that up with the mopping option, which is absolutely fantastic and our house is always clean and ready. There's also neat little features that I probably don't take as much advantage of, but I think some people would appreciate you can call it to a particular room that you're in to clean up a mess you can drive it yourself from your smart phone, there's little quality of life things that it handles really well. Me personally I found a profile that worked best for us and just kind of said it and forget it and that's the way that I like it. Again it navigate really well. We tried to do our best to kind of set up the room so it can be efficient but if we leave the house and forgot it still does a wonderful job of navigating around and getting all the dirty spots great suction, and even the mop which I know can be lacking in some models is great.

⚠️ FRAUD Company⚠️ December 2025 the side arm brush broke which should be expected if anything gets caught on it the. It will 100% kill the motor. I didn’t bother even trying to deal with the warranty claim and addressed the repair myself which was fairly easy and straight forward. I had to order the part from Aliexpress since Roborock does not offer parts to consumers. I have made multiple legal requests for the repair manuals and Information guaranteed under Oregon ORS 1596 CH 69 right to repair law. All requests have been denied. When calling in to the customer support number is pointless because they claim they can’t do anything and there is no way to speak with anyone in the warranty claims department. They refuse to do anything other than make notes. There is no customer advocacy aka legal department contact information or US based address. The warranty language is unethical and illegal with many red flags but that is actually extremely normal with most companies especially based over seas selling in the US market. ⛔️ I have filed a complaint with my State attorney general consumer fraud and affairs division. Per my legal rights under FTC and ORS consumer rights laws, it is illegal for companies like Roborock to imply or state that they will void a warranty if a consumer makes repairs or modifications to a product. I decided to open up the docking station and everything looks clean! I did not see any water spots or corrosion which would indicate water leaking internally. So I ran a descale cycle on the mop cleaning and then bit the bullet and started a room clean and mop cycle while simultaneously watching the internal pumps and hoses for any leaks. As soon as the Roborock vacuum came off the docking station I immediately noticed the all too familiar continuous streaming leaking water coming from the vacuum it’s self and I stopped the cycle from running. I have now 100% determined the issue is with the vacuum it’s self and not the docking station. So I can now begin to open up the vacuum chassis to look for the culprit of this issue. Update: 8 months of use and there is a water leak happening. So I have notified Roborock customer service and supplied pictures. Under Oregon Law SB 1569 CH 69 I am legally requesting any and all repair manuals, diagrams, and materials and or pursuant to FTC consumer rights warranty laws I am requesting a new replacement be sent at no cost due to manufacturer defect. Water is leaking out the top of the unit and getting inside of the dust bin and all over the floor. Water is seen spilling out when the vacuum is inverted. It appears that Roborock offers a limited 1 year warranty that has some illegal unenforceable stipulations that violate US federal consumer rights laws. So be aware that buying from this company will present ethical and legal challenges if needing to utilize the warranty for manufacturing defect. Remember you can always file a claim with your State Attorney General Consumer affairs division if the company violates your protected federal or State code Sumer rights. This is my first robo vacuum! I did a lot of research and I actually wanted the model up from this one but it was sold out! I am so happy with this model low profile it cleans areas that I used to only access on a monthly or yearly basis by moving large pieces of furniture! I bought this when there were zero reviews available! It has been working great for me since day #1. I used the vacuum for the first 3 cleaning without the mop feature as instructed and it was straight forward! There was a small bit of learning curve with the app interface as features are not intuitive and it takes a minute to orient one’s self! My hair is down to my low back and I have 5 cats inside and after this first week of using the vacuum every day I never want to be without one again. I love the mopping feature except that it keeps sending me notifications for an empty water bin 💔. I have kept the water bin on half full to prevent any standing water mold growth (look up pink mildew) you will recognize it from your shower and plant watering cans if you have seen it before. I noticed that it adapts and learns quickly to new objects like laundry baskets but for some strange reason and despite setting the floor layout it keeps pushing my pet bowls out of place 🙈💔. Thankfully the auto pet feeder is not currently programmed to feed otherwise the food would go all over the floor. I a, considering acting some removable and washable dusting pads to the sides of this little guy to hit my baseboards and furniture. - this stopped after a few months once the programming learned it was a feeding station.

This is the best thing I have ever spent money on. Like any robot vacuum in order to set it up for success you have to let it map the house before it can successfully clean. When we ran it, it mapped our entire apartment down to the furniture placement in under 5 mins and was completely accurate! It was slower the first few times we ran it due to the fact it was still learning the space but now it runs like a dream. You have to give it time to learn your environment. It always leave my floors looking absolutely amazing and frees up a lot of my days. Its object reconition is absolutely amazing and i can let it run with peice of mind that it wont get stuck anywhere. I also love the fact that it shows me my pets after its little cleaning mission. The noise leve is average for a vacuum, it isn't insanely loud, but you do notice when it empty the dust bin. The app is also really easy to use and completely customizable; going all the way down to how much water you want to dispense during the cleaning process to how often you want it to wash the mops during its run, to only selecting the room you want cleaned. It also has an amazing feature of a spot clean option. Simply say clean here and the robot finds you and cleans where ever you were standing. When looking for a robot vacuum I wanted it to be almost self sustaining and this hits all the marks. I love the fact it refills itself, washes and drys it's own mops, and empties all the containers. With regular maitence I can see this thing lasting for a while. If you give it time to learn your space it is an amazing product.

Summary: I replaced a ~$400 shark robot vacuum with this one after doing a ton of research. I am more than happy with my purchase. Vacuum works very well on tile and carpet, and the mop does a good enough job (equivalent of a light swiffering). The app works wonderfully, and the vacuum fits under my cabinets. Highly recommend!!! Pros: + Fits under my low entertainment system and kitchen cabinets. Neither of my last 2 robot vacuums could do that. + Did a good job of mapping. Was able to identify correctly different surface types (carpet vs hard floors), furniture, and other objects. It did struggle with a standing mirror on the floor (it thought it was a door to another room), but I can't really hold that against it. + Does a good job vacuuming up most debris and dirt; like all mop/vacuum combinations, it doesn't vacuum up hair quite as well as a vacuum only (I think the hair gets stuck in the mop pads?) + Mops pretty well. Robot mops are generally just "okay" at mopping; it's just water and scrub pad, so it doesn't work much better than a moderate "swiffer". That said, it works well, and it has never tried to mop a carpet. + It gets the edges of walls/furniture/cabinets very well when mopping. + App is extremely good, definitely stronger than many other brands. There are a lot of detailed controls, as well as extremely detailed run maps, information about objects it has identified, and very flexible scheduling features. + It gives VERY GOOD error messages. If there is a specific thing wrong - for example, a sensor is dirty, the error message will say "a sensor is dirty" both via the vacuum speaker AND the app. If you open the message in the app, there will be a diagram and instructions on how to clean the sensor. SO HELPFUL. + It gives the right number of error messages. I am not constantly being bombarded with messages like "obstacle avoided" . It only tells me about things I need to take action on. + It looks sleek (for a robot vacuum). Cons: - Gets hair tangled around the brush roll, but this is a problem for all robot vacuums. It's not much worse than my last vacuum, but it is probably the thing that requires the most maintenance on the vacuum. - Requires a bag. I really liked that Shark is a bagless system, and I really loved that. Having to buy and replace bags sucks, and, honestly, it feels "old". - It does eat thinner cables if you are not careful. It will avoid most "normal" cords (e.g. the cord on a lamp or an surge protector), but it struggles with the narrow (and long) cables used for most phone chargers. It has eaten the 6ft USB-C cable by my bed a couple of times. - This is nitpicking - I hate that I can talk directly to my vacuum. I don't need my vacuum to be constantly listening to me. The vacuum absolutely should be able to connect it to an Amazon Echo/Google Home, but why in the world would I want to speak directly to my vacuum (and only my vacuum)? Who is thinking "gee, my life would be SO MUCH better if only I could give JUST my vacuum verbal commands to do a very limited set of actions? Actions that could be controlled more easily and with more detail via the app, which does not require I be within speaking distance of my vacuum?" The feature is dumb. It's not anywhere near a deal breaker, but I really hate that someone wasted time and money on this feature (which I'm sure contributed to the overall cost of the vacuum).

Summary A very solid robot vacuum/mop combo with a smart base system that's packed with features. However, isn't amazing, especially for the high price. 8.75 out of 10 Vacuuming This robot does great job here. I rarely, if ever, notice any debris left behind on both carpet and hardwood/tile when it does its runs. There are multiple power settings as to how strong the suction power can be, I usually run it at High (there are two further settings: Max & Max+). 10/10 Mopping Good, but not as good as I'd have expected it to be. It most certainly gets the floors cleaned and does a nice job without leaving trails of water behind. Where I think it falls short is "deep cleaning" and use that term very loosely. For smudges or stains that require a slight amount of elbow grease, the robot doesn't effectively clean those well. I'll continue to try and mess around with the settings to see if this area gets better. 7/10 Obstacle Avoidance Another area that's good in general but not as great as I'd hoped. It navigates around/through chairs, clothes, and shoes with ease. However, on two occasions the robot attempted to run over the foot of a guitar stand we have, got confused, and then got stuck. From my research, Roborock and Dreame are the two brands with the best obstacle avoidance, so I will admit I had high expectations. 8/10 Traversal The robot transitions from hardwood to carpet seamlessly and navigates edges very well. The one issue I had here was it got stuck going from tile floor to a memory foam bath mat. While I sort of understand there's probably about and inch of difference between the floor and the mat, my old Roomba could handle that easily, so I'd expect a much more advanced robot to handle with ease. 8/10 The Base Absolutely incredible. It washes and dries all of the mopping components, it self empties, it will direct the robot to go back and clean again if detects a lot of dirt after a run, it speaks to you, it's straightforward to use, and it's not an eyesore. 10/10 General Usage (9.5/10) Noise level - Very good when in use, much quieter than my old Roomba and usually I can't hear it if I'm upstairs while it's running. Battery life - No issue here, I only have it run downstairs which is about 1,000sq ft. and it can complete a full vacuum and mop run on one charge and still have some power left over. However, if the floor plan is larger than 1,200 sq ft. I'd imagine it would need to charge partway through it's run. App - Functionality is great and you can do just about everything you can think of (schedules, routines, map editing, etc.) The one thing I wish was better was it's connection with Siri/Google. While it does connect to Apple Home, etc. I'll run into some issue using a voice command to start the robot or it won't run the routine I asked it to run. However, not sure if that's a Roborock problem or an Apple/Google problem.

I am extremely impressed with this automatic vacuum. For the last few years, I've been using a Roomba j6+, and it wasn't working well for me. It felt like it struggled on the carpet, it could never clean corners so dirt/hair would build up, and worst of all it would get stuck on just about anything. After doing some research and arriving at this being one of the best robot vacuums out there, I pulled the trigger despite the hefty price- and I have NOT regretted it at all. This vacuum does an amazing job cleaning. After my roomba j6+, I went out and got an even deeper carpet, and this Roborock has had no issues cleaning it. And I wasn't even aware of what I was missing out on without having a mopping robot cleaner before now. It really makes my floors feel and look clean. It's a noticeable difference from the last few years. Whenever I go to remove the dirty water, I'm surprised by just how much and how dirty it is. But by far the greatest thing about this vacuum over my last is its obstacle avoidance and mapping. My old roomba would get stuck on the carpet, stuck on chords or cat toys, and if it avoided those it would NEVER get past my barstools. Id wake up to have to find where the vacuum ended up, it be out of battery, and I need to carry it to the docking station. The camera and LiDAR system for this Roborock vacuum completely alleviates this pain point. I never find it having trouble getting back, and the map will even show me the obstacles it had avoided. A few other neat things I appreciate: - the app is very clean, and well organized-- but voice commands and schedules make it so that you dont even need to worry about that either - You can remote control it! Not sure how useful this is, but if you ever are on vacation or away from home and want to find your pet, you can do so. There's even a button to "Find Your Pet", and it will find your animal and let you know it found it. - the cleaning sound (removing dirty and cleaning mop) when it goes back to dock isnt quiet by any means, but is noticeably quieter than my previous vacuum. - it's not much larger than my previous vacuum - Replacing water/soap/cleaning out dirty water is simple. I keep it near the kitchen so I can easily do these things - connecting to wifi was a breeze and i haven't had any issues from a smart-home perspective at all Overall I can easily recommend this vacuum. If you're willing to pay the expensive price, I can vouch that I haven't been disappointed by it's performance. Not sure what else you could ask for from a Robot vacuum.

UPDATE: After almost 2 months I feel compelled to come back and update about one nagging glitch with this vacuum. Because it is a slim model, its dustbin is smaller than the taller models which means it obviously fills up quicker. The dumbest thing is that on most of their other models they have the ability to either recognize when the Dustbin is full and send the robot back to the dock to empty it or you can set a timer in which the vacuum returns to the dock after a certain amount of time vacuuming. But on the slim model with the smaller Dustbin they do not have either option which is a minor oversight at best or just downright ignorant. So now I am forced to section our first floor into zones and then program it to systematically clean each Zone separately. Bigger problem is when I take the robot to our second floor, now I have to stop the vacuum halfway through and manually empty the Dustbin. Had I known any of this I would possibly have chosen a different model or a different manufacturer altogether. I bought the slim because I have a lot of beds and furniture that need cleaning underneath, but with kids and pets you can imagine the Dustbin fills up quickly. At this price point I would have expected roborock to have some sort of feature that doesn't involve me having to look over its shoulder while it goes to work. (Original review) I to bother with lengthy review since the internet is flush with them. I will however base this off my experience with a 5 year old refurbished Roborock S5 that I bought from Amazon for our beach house. That was my first robotic vacuum cleaner so I don't have any other models or makes to compare to. Anyway, the Slim came out of the box, was set up and put to work in a house with a dog and 2 kids bedrooms on the first floor. I decluttered before use, adjusted furniture and kept close watch on the doggo for signs of a potential attack. Understandably the robot took a good deal of time to map the first floor on its maiden voyage and the cleaning detail was not set for a solid scrubbing. Fast forward to its 5th full cleaning, I'm not entirely thrilled and am wondering if it will get it's act together and really knock it out of the park. First off, it still seems to not be working in the most efficient manner. My old gal the S5 is very methodical in its map. If you watch it long enough, it seems to hit every square inch twice and in a very boring back and forth path. The Slim will start in the corner of the living room and zig zag, missing a small area before going off part way down the hall for a bit then coming back and finishing up the small area it missed. I know that the slim does not have the lidar tower the S5 has. Fine, but 5 years newer and now a dozen full cleanings, I hoped it would learn the area better and efficiently navigate. That aside, it does clean well enough. Is it going to knock your socks off? Nope. It should be obvious that a real vacuum cleaner is going to outperform by a mile. But for weekly touch ups, it will do the job. It will leave dog hair in the carpet and heavier dirt behind however. The mopping... well, before you put it to work, I'd do a manual old fashioned mopping first so you have a good clean floor to start, then this robot will usually keep up with typical day to day dirt, unless your kids are the true outdoor types. Then back to grandma's mop again. Here are a few set-up observances to consider: If you are cleaning a large area, set the dust bin empty frequency to as often as possible. The robot has a really small dust bin and it will fill quickly. Otherwise the robot will just soldier on with a packed bin and will actually start to lose its load along the way, requiring another whole cleaning cycle. Second, use the second highest suction cycle at minimum, unless the only thing you are picking up is dust. Anything less seems to miss a few specs of dirt. The downside is it will consume the battery quicker, to the point where it may need to recharge and head back out to finish the job. Otherwise, I'd buy it again, I think. I'm pretty sure the lack of lidar makes it a bit silly on its travels, but the reason I bought the slim and not other model is that we have 4 beds that are no easily movable and pretty much impossible to clean under. This is a very low profile machine and easily gets under our couch as well. As a matter of fact, the poor thing choked on its first cleaning after only 2 beds, due to all the crud and dust. After the next cleaning, it was no more dirty under them then the rest of the carpet.