Roborock Q Revo MaxV review

The variations between an costly and a less expensive robotic vacuum cleaner are many. The so-called flagship fashions from extra established producers can shortly establish obstacles and easily keep away from them. They’ll empty themselves of each mud and soiled water, and the mopping operate is now actually spectacular – each by way of efficiency and the power to wash in hard-to-reach areas resembling corners and edges.

If you happen to select an entry-level mannequin, you’ll get a machine that may deal with the identical duties with some effort. The suction energy is significantly weaker, and you may count on it to often gobble up a sock or two, typically leading to downtime. If it has a mop operate in any respect, it’s a less complicated model – normally only a mop pad that trails alongside behind, exerting solely the gentlest strain.

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Good fashions at an affordable worth

In between these extremes, we discover fashions that provide most of the options and know-how of the highest fashions, albeit in less complicated variations, however at a lower cost level. Dreame has its L sequence in numerous configurations (together with the L40 Extremely, which we’ve reviewed), and Roborock presents its Q Revo, additionally in a number of variants, with the MaxV a brand new, extra superior mannequin.

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We just lately examined its sibling, the Roborock Q Revo Slim – a very nice machine that performs nicely total, however was notably spectacular when it got here to the mopping operate. It has two rotating pads as a substitute of the vibrating “scrubbing pad” that was commonplace only a yr or so in the past, even on top-of-the-range fashions.

Dreame was an early adopter of this, which I take into account to be a way more environment friendly resolution, and it’s solely optimistic that Roborock is now implementing the identical know-how in an increasing number of fashions.

Extra superior than its sibling

Nonetheless, when reviewing the Q Revo Slim, we did discover that its impediment detection and avoidance was hit or miss, regardless of 3D scanning with structured mild that’s imagined to be tailored for that objective.

MaxV, alternatively, has a extra superior system that mixes structured mild with an RGB digital camera to extra shortly and effectively detect objects – in keeping with Roborock, objects as small as 5cm vast and 3cm excessive. That sounds promising.

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The bottom station, measuring 34 x 48.7 x 52.1 cm, holds a vacuum cleaner bag, a clear water tank and one for soiled water. Nonetheless, there’s no container for detergent, which the Roborock S8 MaxV Extremely has, for instance. The bottom station additionally robotically cleans the robotic’s mops at totally different intervals (relying on the settings you select) and dries them after every cleansing session.

The set up and mapping of your property is finished very quickly, and you may simply divide the rooms and add totally different zones in order for you. What’s extra, the app is basically user-friendly and presents a wealth of customisation choices, relying on the structure of your property and the way intensive you need the cleansing to be.

Customised cleansing

For instance, you possibly can select whether or not to keep away from carpets altogether or embody them within the cleansing – it can robotically elevate its mops when the robotic detects carpet. The temperature of the scrubbing water may be adjusted, from room temperature to scorching (as much as 60 levels), and the robotic can return to a selected location for one more cross with the mop if it judges the floor to be notably soiled.

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A cool, add-on characteristic is which you could remotely activate the robotic’s digital camera to test its standing. Through the built-in microphone and speaker, you possibly can even have two-way communication with individuals at residence if you’re out, or test in your pets.

The suction energy is a whopping 7,000 Pa. Mixed with the spiral-patterned rubber brush, it does a wonderful job of taking good care of mud bunnies, breadcrumbs and different particles. The mop system, with its two rotating pulleys, additionally performs very well.

The MaxV can also be outfitted with Roborock’s FlexiArm know-how, the place the right-hand mop is angled out at edges, round furnishings and in corners. It is a resolution we’ve seen on a number of Dreame machines previously, and it’s actually an enormous enchancment relating to accessing hard-to-reach areas. Had the MaxV additionally inherited the facet brush from the Roborock S8 MaxV Extremely, which has comparable know-how, it will have been an entire success.

Impediment detection – nonetheless the Achilles’ heel

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After which there was the problem with object identification and avoidance. Certain, it really works higher than on earlier fashions, however we’re nonetheless removed from perfection. A sock thrown on the ground was recognized in a flash, and the robotic rounded it properly like a ballet dancer. My bunch of keys, nonetheless? Utterly ignored and run over with out mercy. Throughout the identical cleansing session, it additionally managed to tug alongside an audio cable that for some unfathomable motive had ended up below the TV bench.

So sure, it’s undoubtedly an enchancment, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a way off the extent of the Roborock S8 MaxV Extremely or Dreame L40 Extremely.