Roborock Saros 10R review

Roborock Saros 10R: Introduction

• Sort: Robotic vacuum cleaner with mopping
• Docking: Self-empty, self-cleaning station 
• Navigation system: 3D ToF, StarSight Autonomous System

When you thought that Roborock’s naming conference for its ever-growing arsenal of robo cleaners was already complicated, then we’ve received some unhealthy information for you.

Again in January at CES 2025, Roborock introduced within the Saros title for its high-end robotic vacuum cleaners. That new vary consists of the forthcoming Roborock Saros Z70, with its robotic arm, and each the Roborock Saros 10R, that I’ve on overview right here, and the Roborock Saros 10. 

As you’ll be able to see, the latter two merchandise have very comparable names, and are very comparable merchandise. The principle variations are that the 10R takes the StarSight navigation system, that we noticed launched on the Roborock Qrevo Slim, as much as model 2.0, so it doesn’t want a LiDAR tower as a result of it makes use of next-gen, dual-light, 3D Time-of-Flight sensors as an alternative.

The ten has a retractable LiDAR dome, just like that on the Dreame X50 Extremely Full.

The 10R additionally has barely decrease suction energy than the ten – 20,000Pa in comparison with 22,000Pa – and makes use of spinning microfibre pads for mopping; the ten makes use of a vibrating mop pad.  

We’ll have a Saros 10 in for testing quickly, however within the meantime, we will see how the Roborock Saros 10R stacks up in opposition to the primary competitors on the very top-end of the autonomous cleansing market. 

Design and elements

• StarSight Autonomous System 2.0 
• Mop pads might be eliminated or raised 
• AdaptiLIft chassis 

The Roborock Qrevo Slim, regardless of being within the firm’s extra budget-friendly vary, was the primary robotic from the corporate to modify navigation system, dropping the LiDAR dome for a the StartSight Autonomous System. 

With the Roborock Saros 10R we get StarSight Autonomous System 2.0, which makes use of 3D ToF sensing to construct a 3D view of its environment, all with out the necessity for a LiDAR dome. 

At simply 7.98cm tall, the Saros 10R is without doubt one of the shortest robotic vacuum cleaners that I’ve ever seen, and is ready to match beneath many sofas and different bits of low furnishings, similar to sideboards. 

I ought to word that each the Dreame X50 Extremely Full and the Roborock Saros 10 each have sensors that may be retracted into the robotic’s physique, permitting them to squeeze beneath low furnishings. 

The benefit of a top-mounted sensor is that it may possibly get a 360-degree subject of view; with StartSight, the robotic scans from the entrance. In observe, I’ve not seen a lot distinction in navigation means between the 2 techniques. 

Additionally on the entrance of the robotic is a standard digital camera, which makes use of AI to identify and keep away from frequent obstacles, similar to cables, footwear and pet mess.  

On the highest, the robotic has a well-known structure, with one button to start out and cease cleansing, and one to ship the robotic residence. 

There’s a panel that lifts off for entry to the robotic’s bin. Given there’s a dock that self-empties, you gained’t have to take away the bin for emptying, however you’ll to scrub the filter and to offer it a wash out. 

Beneath, the Roborock Saros 10R appears fairly totally different to different robotic vacuum cleaners I’ve examined, with a DuoDivide flooring brush, which has a cut up within the center. The thought is that hair is pulled in the direction of the centre of the comb, and sucked up into the bin. 

A FlexiArm facet brush is on one facet, and might lengthen to scrub proper into corners, as much as edges and even beneath low bits of furnishings, similar to a fridge freezer. 

The FlexiArm can be out there on one of many two mop pads, permitting the robotic to scrub proper to the sides of rooms. 

I’ve received the Roborock Saros 10R with the 10-in-1 Multifunctional Dock 4.0, which is a self-emptying, self-cleaning dock that makes use of water tanks. There’s additionally a smaller docking station which might be plumbed into your operating water. 

With the Multifunctional Dock 4.0, you match 2-litre baggage, which ought to final the very best a part of two months.

Subsequent to the bin bag is the detergent holder. Roborock doesn’t present any flooring cleaner within the field; I’ve used the robotic with my very own exhausting flooring cleaner with no ill-effect. Take as have a look at our information to utilizing detergents with Roborock machines.

There are then two 3-litre tanks of water, one for soiled and one for clear. That offers you a lot cleansing cycles with out having to refill them.

I are inclined to empty and wash out the soiled tank when the clear tank wants refilling, and the app will inform you when that’s the case. 

Heating the water to 80°C, the dock can successfully clear the mops and take away dust. On the finish of a cleansing cycle, 55°C air is used to dry them, stopping odours from build up. 

Just like the Dreame X50 Extremely Full mopping pads, the Roborock Saros 10R’s mopping pads are magnetic. This lets the dock pull them off once they’re not wanted in vacuum-only mode, letting you sort out carpets with out concern of wetting them. 

As well as, the mop pads can raise by 12mm when carpet is detected, permitting the Roborock Saros 10R to maneuver over most short-pile carpets.  

Equally, the ground and facet brush will also be lifted, in order that they’re solely ever involved with the ground when required. For instance, when mopping solely, the brushes might be lifted, in order that moist dust doesn’t get connected to them. 

The AdaptiLift chassis additionally lets the robotic raise its physique by 10mm, or both nook. This tech permits the robotic to maneuver over some thresholds that different robots can’t navigate (2-to-4cm excessive), and likewise to raise itself to cope with deep-pile carpet. 

The app

• Highly effective and straightforward to arrange 
• No direct vacuum after which mop mode 

Management of the Roborock Saros 10R, as you’d count on, is through the Roborock app. It’s nonetheless top-of-the-line out there and principally simple to make use of, bar a few quirks. 

The very first thing you’ll have to do is join the Roborock Saros 10R to the app and your property’s Wi-Fi community, which solely takes a couple of minutes.

As soon as carried out, the robotic goes out on a mapping run, which once more may be very fast. With the map constructed, the app counsel the place rooms must be, though it’s simple sufficient to tweak these. 

Superior choices embrace having the ability to set the ground kind (exhausting flooring or carpet), to assist the robotic make the precise cleansing choices. And you may set no-go zones if there’s a spot you don’t need the robotic to go.  

Oddly, there’s not an choice for a no-mop zone. Whereas the robotic’s means to raise or drop its mop pads means most individuals gained’t need this feature, I’d nonetheless prefer it. There are a lot of properties which have delicate flooring that won’t need to threat them getting moist. 

There are system-wide settings for coping with carpet. The default is Dynamic Carry, to raise the mop pads; nevertheless, you can even set the robotic to disregard carpets or solely to cross them when crucial. 

Extra settings embrace setting carpet enhance, which turns up the suction energy when carpet is detected; Deep cleansing, the place carpets are vacuumed after a room is cleaned; and to hoover carpets first earlier than wetting the mop pad.

It’s additionally effectively price turning on the choice to return to a really soiled space for a second mop. 

I additionally advocate utilizing the AI Laboratory part to activate the choices to identify stains and activate deep cleansing routinely, and to increase FlexiArm beneath crevices. 

There’s a wonderful selection of cleansing choices. SmartPlan is the best, letting the robotic routinely work out how finest to scrub your property. You possibly can flip this off and set the robotic to scrub your whole residence, a room (or rooms of your selection) or a zone you draw on the map. 

Zones may embrace furnishings that you simply add to the map, after which faucet. For instance, I can rapidly clear round my eating desk with simply a few faucets. 

There’s a option to vacuum solely, mop solely or vacuum and mop. It’s a little bit annoying that there’s no choice right here for vacuum first after which mop; as an alternative, you must set this feature through a schedule. 

With the handbook choice, there are 4 essential vacuum modes (Quiet, Balanced, Turbo and Max), however stick the robotic in vacuum-only mode and get Max+ for much more energy. 

Mopping offers you three water stream ranges, however mop-only mode offers you two extra routing choices for a deeper clear.  

Voice management is out there through Amazon Alexa, Google Dwelling and the built-in Good day Rocky. Usually, I discover it simpler to make use of schedules, the app for focused cleansing, or simply the button on the entrance. 

Lastly, Matter help will likely be out there through a firmware replace in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later. 

Efficiency

• Wonderful vacuuming 
• Sensible mopping with the precise tweaks 
• Threshold climbing wanted assist 

Letting the Roborock Saros 10R roam round my check surroundings, I used to be impressed with how effectively it navigated.

It dived beneath my tough nook couch with out getting caught, and managed to maneuver round cables, footwear and pretend pet mess that I had mendacity round. I’m not saying that this robotic gained’t ever get caught, but it surely’s prone to occur lots much less ceaselessly than with cheaper fashions. 

I did wrestle a little bit to get threshold climbing working. Laying a board down between rooms, the Roborock Saros 10R initially refused to climb over it. I had to return into the app and set the edge on the ground, which received the robotic to climb over it; I didn’t have to do that with the Dreame X50 Extremely Full. 

I put a deep pile rug on the ground and let the robotic run over it, which it did with out getting caught and persevering with to hoover. 

With 20,000Pa of suction energy, the Roborock Saros 10R is without doubt one of the strongest robotic vacuum cleaners out there: that’s 10,000Pa extra highly effective than the earlier flagship, the S8 MaxV Extremely. 

Cleansing, as you’d count on, is superb. Carpets are cleaned brilliantly, exhausting flooring tackled simply, and dust is eliminated proper into the corners. 

Mopping is mostly excellent. I set the Roborock Saros 10R to the very best water stream stage and turned on dust detection.

Most stains have been eliminated in two passes, however I had to make use of two extra passes to scrub up a tough ketchup stain. Nonetheless, the Roborock Saros 10R managed the job and I didn’t need to get the exhausting flooring cleaner out. 

Testing with each pet hair and lengthy strands of human hair, the Roborock Saros 10R picked up every thing with out hair getting tangled round any of the brushes.  

Battery life is quoted at 180 minutes on the bottom setting. Even on increased settings and with a number of passes chosen, the Roborock Saros 10R has sufficient energy to get round a typical flooring, leaving sufficient within the tank for spot jobs. 

Last ideas

The Roborock Saros 10R is a superb robotic vacuum cleaner. It’s highly effective, good and might match beneath gaps that many different robots can’t. The Roborock Saros 10R is a little more costly than the Dreame X50 Extremely Full, which has comparable options and wanted barely much less configuration to get the very best outcomes. 

Nonetheless, good navigation and the flexibility to sort out any type of stain signifies that this can be a high quality robotic vacuum cleaner and is price the additional outlay.

How we check

Once we publish our evaluations, you’ll be able to relaxation assured that they’re the results of “residing with” long run exams.

Robotic cleaners normally dwell inside an ecosystem, or a spread of merchandise that – supposedly – all work in concord. And they’re designed to supply a spread of various cleansing choices. Subsequently, it’s unimaginable to make use of a robo cleaner for every week and ship a verdict.

As a result of we’re testing good residence equipment all day, on a regular basis, we all know what issues and the way a selected good cleansing machine compares to alternate options that you may also be contemplating.

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