roborock Q7 M5+ Robot Vacuum and Mop, Upgraded from Q5 Max+, 7 Weeks Self-Emptying, 10000Pa Suction, Dual Anti-Tangle System, for Pet Hair & Carpet, PreciSense LiDAR Navigation, App Control, Black

Good quality; great vacuuming ability, especially with dog hair
I bought this vacuum for our vacation home which has about 70% hardwood floors and 30% carpet. I am not 100% tech-savvy, but I was able to get this charged and on a schedule. We had 3 dogs with us; two of which shed (1 golden retriever). I always hated the vacuuming and the mopping when I am on vacation. I set this schedule for 11 p.m. and every morning, the house floors looked great and the vacuum was full of dog hair and dirt, even though the two large dogs slept in the living area which was cleaned overnight I have not tried the mopping yet, as I am still in awe of the cleaning capability and the amount of dog hair it gets every evening. However, the mop is manual, in that you have to manually attach the mopping mechanism. I will try it next time we are at the vacation house. It also did not automatically unload the debris collected, but I think that is operator error. I am sure there is some button that I need to toggle to turn it on. I do think that it still requires some tech knowledge from the operator, which is a bit of a limiting factor for some folks, including me. If I can’t get the mopping to work, or if it is not worth the hassle of manually adding it and removing it, then I would go with a model without the mopping capability. But for shear cleanliness and suction ability and ease of setting up to do the basic cleaning, this machine works great, especially with dog hair and the sand and debris that comes with the dog. I love getting a message in the morning that the vacuum has once again docked. It takes about 1.5 hours for it to clean the main floor – kitchen, living room, dining room, large hallway and bathroom. It easily goes from the hardwood floor to the carpet. I am very pleased.

Fatal flaw
We have this robot’s dock in our kitchen, and off of the kitchen, 12 feet or so to the left of the dock, there is a step down into the family room. Even though the dock has been in the same location since we first unboxed this robot, and the robot knows it has not moved from the dock since it last “went home,” the robot does an “establishing location” every time it leaves the dock for a new mission. More than half the time when it does this, it makes a beeline directly towards that family room step, and careens off of it. We’ve set up “no-go” zones, and an invisible wall, and everything else we can to make it avoid this hazard. As soon as it leaves the dock, it announces “establishing location”, and proceeds to launch itself directly over the step. My wife has commented that we don’t know why it’s lost its will to live, as it certainly seems to attempt to self destruct regularly. I’ve had to rescue it from the bottom of the step so many times, emptying the dust bin on the cheap robot honestly feels like less work. When it does stop at the top of the step, and realizes it where it is, it announces “invisible wall or no-go zone detected. Please move robot.” We’ll take the robot back to the dock, restart it, and…there it goes again right off the step.Our other complaint is how buggy the phone app is. Often times we’ll have to completely close out of the app and reopen it multiple times to get the control screen of the robot to load, and things like selecting 1 or 2 passes, or the vacuum level, requires you to swipe to a different screen and back to be able to adjust the settings. Modifying the map to add no-go zones, pops a box somewhere far off the screen, requiring you to zoom way out, find it, and carefully drag it to the location you’d like it. If you happen to accidentally tap outside of the box, the box locks, you’re no longer able to edit it, so you must delete it and start over again. It’s like playing the old Operation board game. The Tuya Smart app that the cheap robot uses always worked flawlessly. You also can’t disable its tendency to try to “jump” obstacles. We have a stationary bouncer for our child, with a flanged outer ring on its base. The robot will run up on this ramp and get stuck. It will then back up and Dukes of Hazard itself over the ring into the inner space. Once there, it can’t get out, due to the vertical inner edge of the ring, so it cries for help after moving around under the bouncer for 20 minutes, trying to find an exit. I’ve established no-go zones for this, but we tend to move the bouncer to different areas in the house, depending on what we’re doing, so we’re left with sections of floor that don’t get swept, and a stuck robot.A firmware update to make the robot trust that the dock location, which is saved in the generated map, is valid until proven otherwise when leaving the dock would alleviate 99% of our frustration. The robot knows if it’s been picked up or moved. Why it has to establish its location every single time a new “mission” is initiated, when it returns and leaves from a fixed point on the saved map every time makes zero sense. When my wife’s frustration leads her to donate this to the local thrift store, we’ll be looking at a different manufacturer than roborock.

Hasta ahora ha echo un excelente trabajo manteniendo mi piso libre de polvo. Tiene muy buena programación en cuanto a los recorridos que hace, no deja polvo en los cuartos que limpia. Tiene una potencia adecuada por default y por medio de la app se puede aumentar o disminuir. De igual forma se puede programar, o iniciar de manera remota mediante la app.

My main floor is a hydronic concrete slab, the 2nd floor is a matte hardwood, and my toddler’s playroom is carpeted with coral fleece. The Q5+ does a stellar job on each of them. It detects its surroundings and loads the proper map and settings for each floor. We have a big fluffy dog that would leave lots of hair and dirt all over the place and we can really see a huge difference since getting the Roborock.What’s important to understand with these vacuums is that they’re meant to run almost every day to *keep* your floors clean; you shouldn’t let dust and debris accumulate too much between cleanings. They also require frequent maintenance if you want to make them last. This is true for all robot vacuums.Some insight if you do choose the Roborock Q5+:-You can replace the main brush with the newer design rubber roller from the S7 models. It deals better with hair, but is somewhat less durable than the brush roller and also less efficient on carpet (many S7 owners on Reddit swap in a Q5 brush and say it works better than the rubber one on carpet).-If you stick with the original Q5 brush make sure you clean it often, as hair will inevitably get entangled around it. Also check the side brush regularly for entangled hair around the screw and seal.-The auto-emptying can be tricky as it requires a perfect seal in order to vacuum properly into the dock’s bin. Make sure the 4 plastic tabs of the brush cover are well tucked in the housing of the roller. The tabs should not be visible when seated correctly (see photo). If your dust box is not emptying this is most probably the fix for that.-Verify the robot’s dust box often for clogs, and keep that filter clean as they are expensive to replace. You should also clean your sensors with a microfiber cloth every once in a while. There is a timer in the app to remind you (it doesn’t actually detect anything; just a timer you have to reset manually).-For Android users: To connect properly to your WiFi you should turn off mobile data and any adblocker app, and also disable auto-connect to both 2.4 and 5 ghz wifi networks until the robot is paired.

I have only used it 2 times so far, so… The first time out it cleaned and mapped the entire house 1200sqft, using only slightly more than 1/2 of the battery, in 78 minutes of runtime. I checked the on board bin before it went home to charge/clean and it was completely full. I checked the bin after it self cleaned and was surprised to find it had emptied every scrap. It had not done a very good job under a king size bed as 2 carpets prevented it from squeezing under the bed on 2 sides I believe. I moved the carpets and sent it out again directing it back to the bedroom only, and moved the carpets back to let it have full access. It did a good job under the bed this time and spent much less time. It definitely gets smarter with exposure. It is also much quieter than I expected. The self clean vac is louder as it operates on 110volt, but it only takes seconds to empty the on board bin. It avoided the stairwell completely the first time it encountered it but knew where it was the second time and just rode right along the edge. It avoided our cat even though she moved to different areas during the cycle. It did not miss anything that it could get too or under and cleaned in places we only can get to with difficulty. When I have used it for a while I will re-evaluate/update.