r/Roborock

Recently purchased a QRevo Edge 2 to replace my S8+ after a mishap with some dog poop…

Spent countless hours, Claude sessions and YouTube videos figuring out what unit to get and landed on the newly released Edge 2! First unit arrived defective and refused to charge or dock properly. Returned to Amazon and Roborock gave me a $40 discount and two free bags (lol); their customer service is such a negative.

The new unit has been working flawlessly! What sold me on a new release with little reviews was the fact this model has 90% of the Saros 20 features in a much cheaper unit and more tried and true lidar based navigation instead of time of flight.

So far, the cleaning, navigation, dock and all else has been incredibly good. Things like the ability for the robot to leave the mop pads, lower its lidar when needed and identify wet messes when vacuuming via the camera have worked great in my real world use cases. I’ve had 0 issues both in navigation with two dogs and a messy fiancée. Mopping has been incredibly effective and vacuuming while not a data driven test, does seem better with the higher alleged 25,000 pa of suction. I don’t need threshold climbing which the Saros 20 has although this does have a higher threshold climbing ability. The only feature the Saros 20 has as well as the Edge 2 Pro (not currently sold in the U.S.) is the adapt lift chasis is used to lower or raise the robot on carpet for a better suction seal, versus this having a powered, raised or lowered brush head. How well does one work over the other? Who’s to say. But that was the main feature I felt I was giving up on.

All in all, given the speed these models change and the ever growing list of models. The Edge series has always has strong reviews from online reviewers and the Edge 2 was a great choice to get alot go the flagship features without flagship pricing or headaches I’ve seen of people with Saros 20!

Hope this helps some sad soul in the rabbit hole of purchase fatigue.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue? I have the option checked off that during certain hours (at night), my Roborock is not supposed to make announcements but it still does.

When I take out the water tank/dust bin combo from the unit to refill it, I typically find water laying underneath the dust bin. It seems to come out of the rubber cap when the water moves around.

i know some people re use them, but have anyone tried washing it before?

I know this is a very domestic robot problem, but it’s weirdly one of the better examples of “autonomy meets reality” in my house. The robot can map fine. It can avoid the big furniture. It can find the dock. Great. Then real life enters the arena. Dog water bowl moved 18 inches. Kid drops a hoodie in the hallway. Work call starts early. Cat decides the charging dock is suspicious. Suddenly the clean run that was supposed to take 42 minutes is now 68 minutes with three pauses and me acting like pit crew because the side brush ate a bread tie. What I’m trying now is less “clean the whole house” and more tiny missions. Kitchen after breakfast. Entryway after school pickup. Living room only after pets are fed. Bedroom never during nap time because I enjoy being alive. The interesting part is that scheduling around pets, kids, and work feels less like a software feature and more like human robot traffic control.

I’m curious if anyone here has treated home cleaning robots this way, almost like task planning with messy dynamic obstacles, not just consumer convenience. What signals would actually help? Motion sensors? Calendar hooks? Pet feeding times? Or are we still mostly relying on humans to know when the robot should not be brave?

All of a sudden my S8 is dying when getting low battery.
So it gets to 19-20% and returns automatically for mop wash and recharging (as it should) but when it gets to the dock to wash the mop pad and drops from 19% battery to 5% and immediately turns itself off and goes offline.

It’s then unusable until I manually turn it around on the dock so it starts getting charge back into it. I thought it was a battery issues (bad cells) or something so I bought a replacement battery and it’s doing the exact same thing even with a new battery installed.

Any ideas please? Anyone else experiencing this? Has an update stuffed something up?

I have the S8 MaxV Ultra and I have been using it for 18 months. Suddenly it seems to have to return to the dock to recharge after 1.5 hours. Is this still a good amount of time for the age of the battery? I was told they can last 3 years or longer. I have the same settings since I bought it. Balanced vacuum but I do have Carpet. Boost on. Also it does a two pass in the master bedroom and the kitchen. Should I leave Carpet Boost on all the time if I have pets that shed a little?

Hi gang. I have a refurbed Qrevo (base model) and it's failing badly. Don't buy a refurbed unit.

I need to replace it with something that's going to be reliable and just work.

The space I'm cleaning is a yoga studio, about 170sqm (~1,800 sqft). It's pretty neat and tidy, and we do have a cleaning team do a full vacuum and mop once a week also.

Requirements:

• There are big open spaces with no obstacles. It needs to be able to handle this. (My old beloved S6 managed this fine, the Qrevo handles it occasionally but usually just hallucinates extra rooms).
• I don't need mopping at all; I'll disable it if the unit I buy has it.
• The floor is 90% timber, with a couple of low-pile rugs.
• Decent battery life is important. It's a pretty big space and the unit will be run twice daily.
• A dust bag in the dock, so I don't have to empty the bin in the unit after every clean.

I'm torn between buying a cheap little unit (which is the mistake I made with the Qrevo) and a fancy, more expensive unit.

At the end of the day I want a unit that will run happily for at least a week without navigation failing or needing sensors cleaned, which doesn't seem like too much to ask right?

Thanks all for your help. Appreciate it.

(edited to add flooring details)

Hello,

I've had my Saros 10R for around 10 months and just did a full maintenance on it, this is the first time I've replaced the main 2 brushes. I noticed there was some locktight on the screws when I removed them. After replacing them I'm noticing some new noises. At first I tightened them super tight and it sounded like the brushes were contacting the underside plate. When I loosened them a bit that seemed to fix it for a little bit but then I got a constant rattling. When I looked again one of the screws had almost unscrewed itself.

Are there any official torque specs I am missing or tips for the main brush replacement? I want to keep enjoying this vacuum for a long time!

Thanks

What would you consider the cheapest GOOD vacuum for a very small area?
I need only vacuum, my floor can not get wet, it is oiled hardwood that needs special oily soap. It is 100% all hardwood. I want a dock that charges the robot and empties the dust bin.
The total area the vacuum would need to cover is less than 20m2 (ca 200 sq feet), I am just too lazy to carry my Saros 10 upstairs :P

I do not need a perfect robot, if I wanted to, then I would get another Saros 10, which I really love and performed flawlessly so far.

Finding a cheaper model is so much harder then just buying the top of the line :/

I’m new to the robot vacuum world, but really intrigued. Don’t necessarily want to spend $300+ right now on something I’m not totally sure I’ll like. Someone is selling a used Roborock S5 for 50 on marketplace with extra parts and still totally functioning. Do you think that’s a good deal for me to test the waters with vacuum and mop combo? From what I’ve read, S5 is solid just a little outdated.