Forget Mechanical Arms: I've Tested Dozens of Robot Vacuums and These 3 New Features Are Worth Your Money

Forget Mechanical Arms: I've Tested Dozens of Robot Vacuums and These 3 New Features Are Worth Your Money

The Roborock Saros Z70's robot arm grabbed headlines, but if you want to spend less time cleaning your home, look at robot vacuums and mops with these innovative features instead.

AI has hit the wall when it comes to robot vacuums

Think about standing in your living room, cordless vacuum cleaner in hand, ready to go. You look down and scan the floor as you start to clean. How long does it take you to spot something that can’t be vacuumed up, like a sock or a cable tidy? A fraction of second, if that? And, how quickly can you react to that? Pretty much immediately, I guess. Now, give a robot that job, and how successful will it be? Quite a lot less, and the more complicate…

The Qrevo S5V is half the price of Roborock's best robot vacuums, but it's still a top-tier cleaner

I’ve tested the very best robot vacs that Roborock has to offer — from the do-it-all Saros 10R to the all-that-plus-a-robot-arm Saros Z70 — but I’m super pleased that the brand can also produce an efficient and capable cleaning machine for those on a budget. I’ve been running the $899 Roborock Qrevo S5V for over two weeks of automated floor cleaning tasks and found that it competently vacuumed and mopped my floors autonomously and quietly withou…