Copyright Gizmodo
Keeping floors clean in a busy household means either spending hours each week vacuuming and mopping yourself or finally admitting you need help. Roborock launched its latest robot vacuum and mop lineup in June, and these machines have few real competitors at this performance level. The Qrevo S5V sits near the top of the entire market and combines serious suction power (12,000Pa) with intelligent mopping in one device. Amazon just dropped it to $549 from its usual $899 price in a flash sale, which marks an all-time low for a robot that launched just months ago. See at Amazon Why the S5V Outperforms Most Robot Vacuums on the Market The 12,000Pa HyperForce suction represents a massive leap from the 2,000-4,000Pa you’ll find in budget robots. This brushless motor generates enough pull to extract embedded pet hair from carpet fibers and lift ground-in dirt that weaker vacuums just push around. For context, most mid-range robots struggle with anything beyond surface debris but 12,000Pa means this machine tackles the deep stuff that normally requires a full-size vacuum. The SGS-certified zero-tangle system solves one of the most annoying problems with robot vacuums: hair wrap. The rubberized floating main brush flexes to match your floor surface while its design prevents hair from winding around the roller. Paired with an arc-shaped side brush that achieved a 0% hair tangling rate in certified testing, this setup means you’re not spending 20 minutes every week cutting tangled hair off the brushes with scissors. FlexiArm design overcomes the ultimate limitation of round robots: that they can never reach corners or around feet or furniture very well. The extender mop arm extends to reach those hard-to-find areas that rounded shapes inherently miss. The two spinning mops turn at 200 RPM, producing the hand-mopping-like scrubbing action that is not simply dragging a wet pad around the floor. The 10mm mop lift is more than it seems. Carpet edges and low-pile area rugs are an obstacle to robots that clean floors: they skip the whole area when they sense carpet, or wet your rugs up unintentionally. The Roborock S5V raises its mops the full 10 millimeters when it goes from hard floors to carpet and keeps your rugs dry and saving the mopping feature for the rest. You’re able to dial water flow through 30 levels with the app and gives you the option to go gentle on sealed hardwood and go all-out with tile or vinyl that can stand up to more water. The all-in-one smart dock handles the maintenance tasks that make most robot vacuums annoying to own. It automatically empties the dustbin into a bag that holds seven weeks of debris, so you’re not emptying it after every cleaning session. The dock washes the mop pads after each job and uses warm air drying to prevent the mildew smell that plagues robots with wet mops sitting in a dock. It also refills the water tank automatically, and gives the Roborock S5V enough capacity to mop up to 3,552 square feet in one session. Reactive obstacle avoidance uses structured light sensors to recognize and move around typical household hazards in real time: Charging cables, pets’ toys, furniture feet and miscellaneous shoes are detected and avoided instead of being pushed around or causing the robot to become trapped. The system familiarizes itself with your home’s hotspot areas and recommends No-Go Zones around areas such as under dining chairs where the robot is likely to struggle. At $549, you’re receiving the technology that was exclusive to $1,000+ robots last year at this time, now for nearly half that price for this flash sale.
