Roborock S6 Pure Robot Vacuum and Mop

Overall, I am incredibly impressed with this robot's abillity to navigate in my house. I have it run every night at 2:30 in the morning, and it's quiet enough that it doesn't disturb anyone, and then I empty it in the morning. The fact that it can run every night makes up for the fact that it is not a supremely powerful vacuum. It is not going to replace a Dyson in the suction department.Its ability to navigate and get around obstacles and make its way back to the base is really, really impressive. Its movement path tends to be very effective and efficient, and it vacuums the entire downstairs of my house in just about an hour.The robot makes its own maps of the house, which I can then divide into areas and annotate with room names, and it will update these maps as objects move around. It handles change very impressively.The maintenance stuff is pretty simple. It seems to have a pretty well-designed brush and roller system so that even if it did get caught up with animal hair or string or something, it hasn't included tool for cutting that stuff out, and the beater bar is easily accessible and removable. Also, the robot has very specific error messages that are very accurate, so it will say that it's thinks something is caught up in a brush, or that it can't move because of wheel is off the ground, or some sensor is dirty. It's not at all like those messages that seem to be everywhere now in technology that just announce that something went wrong, with no further information.However, if you're looking at this for its mopping function, know these things ahead of time. One, the mop function is no more sophisticated than the robot dragging what is essentially a wet washcloth behind it while it goes over a given surface. And that you must manually add and remove the mop cartridge for the given area you want to mop. That is, it cannot turn mopping on and off, and in fact is not aware at all that it even has the mop attached. The mop cartridge itself is a water tank that has something like a washcloth velcroed to the bottom. It dribbles water from the tank onto the washcloth, but in reality, this washcloth is barely damp in the locations where the water is supposed to be coming out, and you can see that when the robot is supposedly mopping, it's not even wet on the floor behind it. This is with the tank set to the high water flow setting. There is also no action involved with the mop, like it doing any scrubbing, and you are forbidden from putting any kind of cleaning product into the tank, so it really is just plain water being dragged on a maybe damp washcloth. At best, this will pick up dust, and some dirt, but not much else. Also, while the weaker vacuuming is made up for by the fact that I can run it automatically every night, since the mop is a manual intervention operation, I can't use frequent repetition to make up for the crummy mopping. As it is now, when I want to mop, I spray pretreatment on to anything I see on the floor that looks like it's not going to budge, then I have to make the robot go into the kitchen, then I wet the washcloth part of the water tank in the sink, attach the water tank, tell the robot to clean that one room, and then catch the robot before it goes back to the base which is on carpet, so I can remove the water tank, not like it actually makes the carpet wet at all. The most evidence I have usually that the floor was mopped is the fact that the washcloth on the water tank looks somewhat dirty.

Before this robot I had one with a dirty water tank, that mopped but did not vacuum first. Hair and grime would get stuck inside the tank and would not come out.This one is really the next level of tech. It builds a map, that later can be divided into rooms and given names. The map and the current progress can be seen on the app, with the portion of room that was done showing as highlighted in real time.The cleaning pad just slides out from underneath without lifting the robot. Very easy to clean. Same for the bin having holding the dust and cleaning water.It takes 5-10 minutes to do a room, which is very efficient.If the floor is very dirty, a single pass won't be enough, but if used regularly, the floor are left very clean. The pad better be cleaned after each room, but that is as easy as running one's fingers over the pad under running water.The app can be used to tell it where to go. The app also shows the battery level, and allows customizing of amount of water that is dispensed (the default left too much water behind).Lovely product that is fun to use.

I was able to pick up this vacuum on prime day for $399, or $200 off the normal list price. So far, I've run 4 full cycles in my multi-level home with great results. I'm going to break down my review into, what I think, are the most important things people look for in a robotic vacuum.Suction:As a dog owner, we wanted something that worked well picking up hair on both carpeted and wood floor surfaces. So far, it's done just as well as our stand-up vacuum at removing pet hair from these surfaces. The vacuum has a setting to automatically detect when it's on carpet and go into "carpet mode", which is essentially the highest power mode. After its first and 2nd cleanings, I was pleasantly surprised to see a mostly full dust cup and little to no traces of dog hair anywhere.Navigation:Since this vacuum has LIDAR, it will map out the area it is cleaning continually. The first time you run the vacuum, it does take extra long because it kind of splits your area into different zones while scanning. Don't worry, after it's mapped the entire area, the next time it vacuums it will be much more efficient. It will clean in a "Z" pattern instead of randomly bouncing around the room like some dumber robotic vacuums. My basement for example took 79 minutes to map and vacuum the first run, but only 50 the 2nd run because its pathing was much more efficient. If you have a multi-level home, you'll have to specify that in the app settings. Then when you have one floor completely mapped, you can "add a map" from the "edit map" menu and then your vacuum will map out the other area. It does a nice job avoiding obstacles as it also has a cliff sensor, a bump sensor, along with the LIDAR. It will dock automatically when done cleaning or if it needs to fill up on battery before finishing the cleaning routine.Battery:Since most of my house is carpeted, it's in carpet mode most of the time, which is essentially the "max suction" setting. The vacuum just this morning cleaned about 800sq feet and had 60% battery left when finished. If you have wood floors and run a lower power setting, you could easily stretch the battery to over 2000sq feet.Noise:Even at the max setting, the vacuum does not get very loud. I could have a normal volume conversation with someone with it running in the same room. If you want to have it run while you're sleeping, it does have a quiet mode, which I have to say, is pretty darn quiet. In the app you can also set a DND time where it will automatically pause any cleaning, turn off the AI voice, and dim the lights on the vacuum itself.App:The Roborock app has worked well for me so far. There are a plethora of settings to look at and personalize to your liking. You can do things like set schedules, edit the maps, remote control the vacuum, and much more. The map editor is pretty intuitive. You can set virtual invisible walls, split your areas into zones, customize how many times you want the vacuum to cover each zone, etc. The app tries its best to automatically create zones (rooms) by itself after mapping, but there is a manual way to merge and split areas if it doesn't do it correctly.Mopping:While I haven't tried the mopping yet, I will give a tip. When you have the mop attached with water, there is no way to toggle it on or off. If it's attached, it will attempt to mop. If you have a home like mine, my kitchen and dining area is wood floors, while the rest of my main floor is carpeted. I don't want water all over my carpet. So what you can do is create a "zone" in the map editor just for the wooded areas. When you set your vacuum to clean, you can tell it just to clean certain zones (they are color coded). That way, you don't have to worry about it trying to mop your carpet.Overall, a very solid vacuum so far. I will update my review if anything changes. Roborock has a strong track record with their vacuums all the way back to the S3. If you have a multi-level home and are looking to break into the robotic vacuum market, the Roborock S6 Pure is my recommendation to make that happen.

I’ve had it for a few weeks. I’ll add updates below as I have them.The suction is excellent. I have 2 pets that shed a lot and it gets all the hair. I empty the container daily so I don’t know how long it takes to fill. I have 2 programs that run 5 days per week and I’m amazed in the difference it’s made in the cleanliness of my floors and the dust level in the house.Editing the map can be frustrating if your rooms have a lot of angles.It’s loud. I have a smaller single story house with hard surface floors and I can hear it when it runs. I got a great deal so I can live with that. However when I replace it I will definitely look harder into the noise level.I don’t yet use the mop function so I don’t have an opinion.

We have been using our Roborock Pure 6 for about 3 months and have been extremely happy with it. It cleans our whole house without needing to recharge or have the dustbin emptied. We have two cats, and there is always cat hair to be picked up. It does a great job on tile and wood floors as well as the area rug in the living room that the cats like to lie on. I like the mopping feature and use it often on my white ceramic tile kitchen floor that is so difficult to keep looking nice. Usually, I send the vacuum through first, then do the mopping, but that is not required. Since I do it often, it keeps the floor clean, but I've found that sticky spots and really dirty spots need a little extra attention. Since we got the Roborock, we have mopped the kitchen by hand one time when we had been doing a lot of cooking and baking and there was extra mess to clean up.When shopping for a robot vacuum, we looked for one that had a low profile and would get under beds and furniture. This one does that well, though we did have to put 1/2" blocks under legs of one bed. Before cleaning, I lift up bed skirts so that the vacuum doesn't read them as an obstacle. We also lift up a few electrical cords that are long and might get tangled. I like that it vacuums around and between all the dining room chairs and even under the couch! Corners are done pretty well. It moves from hard floor over rugs easily, even the shaggy throw rug in the bathroom doesn't faze it.Noise level is less than expected, though it does get louder if we use the turbo feature (we seldom use it).I always control it from the app on my phone and it works well. You can control it with Alexa, but so far, I've only used Alexa to start it when I'm doing a whole house cleaning. I'm not sure you can do any of the fancier stuff through Alexa, but I'm happy using the app on my phone. I like the features of the app and often use the single room cleaning and the zone cleaning. The "go to a spot" is nice when you want to add water for the mop and don't want to carry from sink to the dock. The only thing that seems to be a problem sometimes is that the map for the second level isn't always there. It's only one room, our lanai, that's a step down from the rest of the house, so it's not a huge problem.The sensors do need to be cleaned off once in a while. The app will notify you when. You also need to clean the filters in the dustbin occasionally. We have not had any mechanical issues with it since purchase.Over all, I am very happy with my purchase. It does make cleaning so much easier!

My first impression of this after a couple days was very positive. Then I watched it roll over a piece of carpet fuzz, and the fuzz was still there when the robot moved on. I re-positioned the fuzz in front of the Roborock and watched it again roll right over it. So I next put the piece of fuzz directly in the center of the path and this time it picked it up. I looked around and found a few other small pieces of stuff on the carpet and repeated the experiment: the only time it picked-up anything larger than dust was when it was in the middle of the robot's cleaning path. The same was true on tile floors but with a little wider center-path tolerance.If you look at the first picture the problems become obvious: First, the suction hole over the cleaning brush is very small. So small it can be covered by three George Washington quarters! Second, the suction hole is located *above* the roller brush, so dirt has to be lifted vertically an inch or two. For a small battery powered vacuum, this is a big deal. To illustrate, compare the work required to push a friend's car, versus lifting the car an inch or two.I purchased a second robot vacuum, a Shark Vacmop Pro RV2001WD, with similar features to the Roborock S6 Pure. Look at the second photo showing the Shark suction hole. It was so large that quarters would fall through it, and it extended the entire width of the roller brush. (I have a separate review of the Shark unit and please read that if you are considering buying it.)I ran a performance test comparing the Roborock S6 Pure and the Shark Vacmop Pro RV2001WD. Both units were set to Maximum for the test. I had been using both units alternating days for a week before I started this test. In a single day I ran four cleaning cycles, Roborock-Shark-Roborock-Shark, one after the other, letting the batteries recharge before starting the second cleaning run. The results were shocking. I weighed the dirt in each vacuum's dust chamber using a bullion scale, weighing the chamber before and after vacuuming (they were both cleaned before each test).See the photos showing the dirt collected in each cleaning pass.Pass #1 Roborock: 2.6 gramsPass #2 Shark: 6.0 gPass #3 Roborock: 1.3 gPass #4 Shark: 3.0 gEven though the Shark cleaned immediately *after* the Roborock, in both cases the Shark pulled up over twice as much dirt as the Roborock did just beforehand!! I ran a third pair of passes the next morning and the pattern repeated (there was so little dirt in the Roborock that I couldn't weigh it).The difference is mostly due to the Shark suction hole being so much larger, and only having to sweep the dirt horizontally into the vacuum air stream (no vertical lifting of dirt).This is a design flaw with the Roborock that can't be overcome with a battery powered vacuum. Wall-powered vacuum cleaners generate huge amounts of vacuum compared to these robot-vacs, and the cleaning brushes are larger and driven by much stronger motors.On the positive side, the mapping function in the Roborock app is excellent (the Shark's is not). It is accurate, easy to use, and was good at detecting/avoiding objects/obstacles. Setting up no-go areas and invisible walls was straight-forward and worked well. The large battery size is a plus and could clean my home using about half the battery capacity. The dirt chamber is easy to clean (even though there wasn't much in it). The air filter is supposed to be washable but I won't have the unit long enough to find out.I summary, the Roborock S6 Pure has excellent software but with fatal flaws in the hardware design.

So much better than Roomba!!I have had Roomba vacuums for years and have been fairly happy. When my primary Roomba gave up, I did the research on Amazon and found that Roborock had much better reviews.I ordered a Roborock Max Q8 and can’t believe the difference! Roborock docks itself after every job (Roomba never did), it has fewer complications than Roomba, the app works flawlessly……….and look at the piles of dust that Roborock picked up AFTER Roomba finished.Lastly, Roborock converts dirt into felt-like pucks, so it’s capacity dirt storage capacity is much larger than Roomba which turned dirt into cloudy dust bunnies.Final score: Roborock 10, Roomba 3

When the pandemic and stay at home orders hit, my wife wanted me to vacuum the house. I immediately started looking for Robo Cleaners. Over the past six weeks, I have tried four different models. It was something I did not like about each of the first three.I have a two story house with an elevated entry level that Robot cleaners cannot climb up to. That means I have in effect three floors on the house. In spite of promises, none of the other three could map and retain the maps for more than one floor at a time. The S6 pure can.Also, the S6 maps using a laser guidance system, not a camera. I think it may be more accurate in navigating and finding things, and of course could do the job in total darkness since lasers don’t need the lights on to work. This mapping function actually divides the floor into multiple rooms, this is a function I had to perform manually on other models I tested. If one wants to of course one can of further combine or divide the rooms or set the boundaries anywhere you want manually. One thing I miss on this model that other models that is that other models allowed you to label the names of the room, where is this as he does not. This may be improved on a future software update. However, I can still figure out which is the living room and which is the dining room on the map it draws.We have oriental rugs in some of the rooms. One of the other cleaners I tried promptly chewed up the fringes on the rug and curled it off. It sucked it into its apparatus and stopped and I had to freeze it. No matter what I tried to do or how low I placed the strings, , it constantly choked and had to be rescued every time it crossed the border of the oriental rug. (That one was returned in about two days.) The S6 nibbles the fringes a bit, but passes all of them OK. My wife did not like even that. On previous models, some allowed exclusion zones or no cross lines. This did not work. The no cross line did not work, because I want the vacuum to work on both sides of the line rather than just walling off a corner of the room. One of the other cleaners allowed you to map off a non-entry area. When I tried, the minimum width was something like 6 feet, which was way too large to use just on a fringe of an oriental carpet.Finally I tried the S-6 Pure. This is a brand new model from this company. I usually don’t like to buy things just as they are released, but the clock was ticking and I had no choice. However, I am extremely pleased with the product. As I said, it is brand new so I assume that everything is as up-to-date and improved as possible. It does indeed map more than one floor, and it has map three floors in my house. It has also made a pretty good guess as to how to divide all the rooms on the floor. These are modifiable if you wish. As I said, so far you cannot label the rooms, but that is not really necessary. I tried the no-go zone on this one. Unlike the other cleaner I try it, this cleaner allows a no go zone of perhaps 1 foot in width. This is perfect for the fringes on the carpet. I selected a no go zone around the fringes of the oriental rug and let the cleaner loose. One was pretty much perfect and one just nipple devoid of a little bit. I adjusted the border of the no go zone to include completely the fringes. Now the robot zooms around the living room but avoids the fringes of the oriental rug. I also set little no go zones around the vents which are on the floor in this room, so that the Robot cleaner does not go over the metal grating.This cleaner also has an option, which I have not tried yet, where it will vacuum at a lower strength on hard floors, but will sense when it is on a carpet or rug and increase the vacuum strength to vacuum these areas more heavily. This unit will also mop floors, obviously just smooth non-carpeted floors, but I really did not care about this function(though it is nice to have!). I am glad it is there because it might be of some use in the future, especially for kitchen and bathrooms.This unit has the largest battery size of the various sizes that are available in different manufacturers machines, so they charge more to list out as long as anybody else’s. It also has a vacuum setting which is among the strongest of the ones available in different models you might find.One additional thing I should say is that their customer service appears to be excellent. I have emailed them multiple times with various dumb questions, and I usually get a response within a day. Another nice thing is that they actually appear to read my question and do not give a boilerplate response.This is not the cheapest Robo vacuum cleaner on the market (not the most expensive), but if these features sound interesting to you, I have not found another cleaner even at a higher price that is it’s equal.

This is my 3rd robot vacuum. My first was a Ecovacs bought on sale for under $200 about 3 years ago. I loved it but after 7 months, it stopped connecting to internet. Company sent replacement (after 10 calls to company). Second one did the exact same thing - 7 months in it stopped connecting to internet. Company sent a 3rd replacement (another 10 calls and a very unpleasant company person telling me that even if the 3rd replacement stops working they will not replace again). Again, it stopped at about 7 months. While the thing worked, it was great - enough power to get over kitchen/dinning room transition bump, good app that let me know how long it ran for each cleaning, easy to schedule cleanings (I usually have it set for twice a week while I'm at work), an a long enough battery that even though it was ping ponging around space, it would really clean everything.Decided to change brands. I researched for about a month and decided on an Eufy for about $220. I picked this one because it was thinner than the Ecovacs and had good reviews. One of the things I didn't like about the ecovacs (aside from the 7 month lifespan) was that 1 out of every 3 runs through house, it would get wedged under cabinets in kitchen because the very thin carpet runner was just a mm too high and if front wheel was on tile and back wheel was still on carpet near the cabinets, wedge city. The Eufy never got wedged but a huge problem was that it did not have the power to get over the divider bump between kitchen tile and hardwood floor in dinning room (bathroom was same issue). I pushed it into kitchen and bathroom for a year. I also did not like the app because it did not tell you how long it ran for each time. Battery life was good and house felt "vacuumed" when I got home from work (I blocked off kitchen/bath so it would not get stuck but that is not really the point of having a robot vacuum - I don't want to have to vacuum kitchen/bath when I get home).This time I really did my research and also decided to splurge. I bought the Roboroc Pure about 2 weeks ago. This one is not the random ping pong, but the mapping kind. Easy to set up and connect to internet. I really like that the app give lots of info such as how much battery is used, how long cleaning lasted for each run, and it was easy to schedule run times. It has gone through my house 4 times. Has enough power to get over kitchen/bath transition, is thin enough so it won't get wedged under cabinets (I even checked if one wheel is on carpet and one on tile and no wedge city). Really great suction so my all hardwood floor, 1000 sq ft house really, really feels vacuumed (except for 1 small area - see below). No dust balls in corners that got left behind. It runs around the perimeter first and then runs on lines through rest of space. It makes one pass through house and returns to dock.Here is the one thing I wish was different about this vacuum. With the ping pong robots, they need long battery life because they just go random around the space until the battery needs recharging and then it goes back to dock. They ran over same space multiple times in my house (not that big) so everything was really picked up. This robot runs through house once and then goes back to base even if battery still has life. The run time is about 45 minutes and it still has 70% battery left. I close doors to office and spare room because they are very small rooms with not much floor space to vacuum (too much furniture to make it worth it). I wish it would go back over house a second time or just keep going until battery is done. The four times it has run, I have noticed that it did not pick up everything on carpet runner in kitchen (thin carpet tiles from Flor). If the robot made a second pass through kitchen, I'm sure it would get everything. I was not expecting this feature in the mapping type of vacuum and not a single reviewer mentioned this feature (I watched a lot of reviews). I guess the solution is to just schedule more days to run but I do have to "vacuum proof" the house a bit before each run (pick up dog food/water bowls, pick up small rug in bathroom, put folding chair in kitchen up on counter and put small cube ottoman on couch). Or schedule multiple run times on same day which is what I will probably do.Other small issues to consider - 1 rotating brush up front on vacuum which does not pop off like other two vacs This makes it harder to clean out hair that gets tangled around that brush. Dust bin is a bit smaller than other two vacs. The first "map" of my house was very accurate but the second and third time it ran, the map did not represent all the spaces. I wanted to set it to run in just the kitchen but I did not turn on the map saving feature, so I'm not sure if I can schedule just one room. Have to experiment with that.So far, I really do like this vacuum. I won't ever use the mop feature so I can't say anything about that. It has good suction, it has enough power to go everywhere, does not get wedged anywhere, and my floors feel very clean when its done. I was worried about only one rotating brush on front of vacuum but so far, it seems like it really does it's job. Minus the one thing of not doing a second pass through house, I would recommend this vacuum. I know that it takes a few weeks to really get used to each vacuum and understand the quirks (which is why I know how to "vacuum proof" the house before leaving for work on days it will run). The four stars is for one pass through house, smaller dust bin, and no pop off rotating brush.

So far I love this bot. The suction is powerful and after running it on carpeting, it collected so much dirt I was embarrassed (not really but impressed). This is my second Roborock and I was familiar with setting it up but I did find this Q8 was a tad more complicated. I really like that I can identify, by name, individual rooms and I like that I can have the bot do the whole house or just the room(s) I select. The mop is kinda so-so. It puts a very light coat of water onto the floor as it vacuums and doesn't get up stains like dried tomato sauce but I didn't buy this for the mop. All in all, I'm glad I bought this and I recommend it without reservation.