roborock S8 MaxV Ultra Robot Vacuum Cleaner with Mop, 10000Pa, Reactive AI 2.0 Obstacle, 60°C Auto Mop Washing & Drying, FlexiArm Design, Corner to Edge Deep Cleaning and Lift Mop, All-in-One-Dock

Just moved to a new house and have a lot more floor to clean. This has been a great purchase - it has a really powerful suction on the vacuum and cleans carpets and hard floors really well.Really easy to setup, the app is great - tons of different functions and a handy map that the robot creates automatically.The unit looks great, it’s a lot less intrusive than I expected but it feels really sturdy and well made.Self cleaning is a bit plus, you really have very little to do.Only downside I’ve found is that the cable detection is pretty terrible - you really can’t just leave them lying around or it’ll eat them.

Its a very impressive machine, so easy to set up! Only 2 minutes to join the home WiFi, add water and it was off mapping and cleaning the whole house.The mop wash function is a definite bonus, as previous cleaners did not have this so we rarely used the mop. Amazing how dirty the waste water is after a mop. Also good how it lifts the mop up when going over carpets. All very clever.Being able to speak to control the device very useful, saves having to use the app all the time.Its not too noisy when cleaning, even the dog has accepted it into the house.Very happy with the thorough cleaning ability on hard floors, rugs and carpets, it's a great addition to the household.

So far this vacuum has worked very well indeed. I like the way it switches between mopping and vacuuming, and raises the mop well away from carpet. Its identification of obstacles works well - we don't have to be as obsessive about tidying up before vacuuming as we were with our previous Neato. There are lots of options to control it. It prompts for necessary maintenance and tracks when tasks are needed.By giving obstacles and skirting boards a wide margin, the Roborock avoided the black scrapes on the skirting that were so common with our Neato. However the downside is that the edges of the room do not get very clean. They will require "proper" vacuuming regularly..There are of course a few software deficiencies or frustrations. When operating on a different floor it runs out of water and the process to carry it back and reload is rather clumsy. If it needs to add a room that you missed on the first pass, that can be difficult to do reliably. If the canister fills with dust there is no warning, it just carries on with the cleaning even though there is no room to colllect dust. It gets confused by floor-height mirrors (need to programme a no-go red line manually). When recharging it will spend literally hours, even if only another 5% is needed to finish the job. But all these things are relatively minor.

The vacuuming and obstacle avoidance seemed brilliant, and it was very efficient. The mopping felt lacking, with no ability to adjust wetness, it seemed like the equivalent of wiping a semi-damp cloth over the floor. The base station was, in my opinion, one of the best looking ones available, with a nice glow to show when it needed attention, the water tanks are solid and easy to access, and the profile is possibly one of the better ones - not too tall.I also love the gimmicky little features like the remote control, camera and speaker. It meant I could watch my dogs whilst I wasn't at home and even talk to them.The app was fairly comprehensive, and the mapping with LIDAR is brilliant.Sadly mine experienced a fault with the mop after just a couple of weeks. I'm not sure if it ever worked based on the mop performance, but after 2 weeks it refused to work if I ever included mopping on the function. I contacted Roborock and after sending them evidence they then refused to answer, their customer support seems to be non-existent. I have found out that this fault is very common with this product, but Roborock don't want to acknowledge it. The error code the robot actually plays out loud isn't even listed on their website. So in the end I had to return to Amazon.I cannot recommend this product as I feel it'll be a lottery whether you'll encounter the issue and if you do there is no support for it. I have now bought a different brand.

I had a nightmare with my entry level robot vac, so I returned it decided to bite the bullet and buy the best model. After doing a ton of research, this was the right model for me.Compared to my previous experience, the S8 Max V Ultra is superb. The app is really easy to use, the object avoidance is superb - it even avoids cat toys, including vacuum sized soft play balls and the vacuuum is strong enough to fully clean the pet hair from my 2 cat home. The navigation is way ahead of the previous brand I had - I don’t have to babysit this one at all, it just gets it done while I get on with my day.The main function I was wary of was the mop and whether it would be as good as a spinning mop setup, but it does a really good job, especially with the side mop, which gets right up to the edge.Also, as I learned with my previous purchase, good customer support is important and all my research shows Roborock is probably the best you’ll find in the U.K., although I haven’t had to use it yet.I couldn’t be happier and now I’ve experienced how a quality brand name like Roborock performs, I won’t go back. Don’t make the same mistake I did - buy a good brand and you’ll be amazed what robot vacuum technology can do. It’s such a timesaver and a great investment.

We have had a previous early model of Roborock but this 2024 S8 Max Ultra version is simply the best with unbelievable performance. We had considered the S8 Pro ultra but this model surpasses that model by a mile. It is has the most powerful suction of any robot cleaners, washes floors and even detects if they need another wash, uses hot water to clean pads. Plus we have a high pile Chinese rug that this model easily moves across having the highest lift of any other cleaner.It detects objects so well and can even go and find our dog on camera when given structions. 😂. Best purchase we have made in years