Roborock Solved My BIGGEST Issues with Robot Vacuums

My problems are solved. These two new robot vacuums fix the biggest issues I kept running into again and again, no matter which robot vacuum I use. Seriously, some of the things they can do just blew me away. I can't wait to show you. And thanks to Roborock for sponsoring this video. Okay, the first issue I keep running into is this. My robot vacuums get stuck right here on these side tables because of the frame on the bottom. And getting stuck is a common problem, especially with door thresholds between rooms. But this new Roborock Q-Revo curve can fix this with something that you've probably never seen before. Check this out, it's crazy. The wheels can individually extend, lifting the entire robot vacuum higher in the air. You know those cars with hydraulics that can go up and down or even the Cybertruck? Yeah, this vacuum can do that. It's like the Cybertruck of robot vacuums. And the reason it can do this is to get over big bumps on the ground. So I built a little obstacle course starting with a small speed bump and it handled it no problem. Next was a larger door threshold and at first I didn't think it was gonna make it. But then it recognized it and marked it on the map to remember it for next time. So I tried it again and this time it drove right over. Then I had to really test the limits with a massive threshold. And it never broke a sweat getting up this. It was like an off-road vehicle acting like my little obstacle course was just fun. So this feature is called Adapty Lift and it's really smart because it adjusts for the threshold. Sometimes it would just lift the front wheel or other times just the back or all three to clear it. The chassis can lift to overcome thresholds up to four centimeters, which might not seem like a lot but an inch and a half for a robot vacuum is high and it's actually the highest in the industry. And what's really cool is that this can help the robot vacuum deal with carpet. Normally mid to high pile carpets are a no-no for robot vacuums, but not the Q-Revo Curve. It raises high enough to still vacuum without clogging. So it was easily able to vacuum this front rug when lifted up. And when it was lower, it could barely move. And that's why I normally block this area off from the robot vacuum. At first, I wasn't sure if this was enabled since I couldn't find it in the settings but then I realized you have to enable it for each specific section of carpet or rug. It's nice that you can dial it in though especially since I don't need it to lift up on my living room rug. Now back to those side tables which have been my robot vacuums nemesis in the past. The Q-Revo Curve never got stuck here. It would lift itself up and figure out a way to get out no matter how many times I try to trick it. This is so awesome and I'm glad this problem is solved. You might be like, Reed, why don't you just block off that little area on the map so it doesn't get stuck? Well, I've tried that but my kids move those tables and the vacuum still gets stuck. So this completely avoids that. And hearing its little hydraulics kick in when it climbed over things was really cool. And the dream of having a robot vacuum that can go up the stairs just got one step closer. It's exciting. Despite my robot vacuums being mostly hands-off, long hair from people or pets can still get tangled in the brushes. And somehow I'm the one that ends up cleaning it off the brushes and I have the shortest hair in the family. Yeah, tell me how that makes any sense. Well, the Q-Revo Curve completely re-engineered both the main brush and side brush to fix this problem. They call it the dual anti-tangle system and the main brush is now split into two. Instead of the hair being pushed towards the spots where it can get stuck, these brushes are designed to push the hair the other direction. Now the side brush and the main brushes push all the hair towards the center thanks to the new design. Roborock claims this has a 0% tangle rate and whoa, that's a high bar. So let's test this out. I asked my test subjects to put all their loose hair for a day in this bag instead of throwing it on the ground. Okay, I didn't need that much, but thanks, I guess. I placed them on the carpet and on the tile and let the Q-Revo do its thing. All right, moment of truth. Wow, for how much hair there was, this is looking really good. There are zero hairs on the side brush, which is usually the biggest culprit. And looking at the middle brush and there is nothing. What? I thought it was gonna be like all the other tangle-free brushes that we've seen in the past, but this is the real deal. And looking inside the dustbin, it was full of hair. And I kept checking throughout testing this vacuum and every time the brushes were empty and the bin had hair. It looks like my days of cleaning hair off the brushes are behind me. Sometimes this suction isn't powerful enough for my carpets. It's been adequate, but I still use a stick vacuum for a deeper clean. Well, the Q-Revo changes that. It has an insane suction power of 18,500 Pascals. And just earlier this year, we were all impressed with the 10,000 Pascals on the S8 Max-V Ultra. So don't leave your small animals and babies on the ground when this vacuum is roaming around. I'm kidding. The vacuum actually recognizes pets and will turn on quiet mode when it's nearby so it doesn't scare them. But babies, they're fair game. No, actually I wish the robot vacuum could lock onto our baby while she's eating and just follow her around and clean up all the messes that she drops. It would clean it up so much faster. But anyways, the higher suction power does a great job cleaning and it sucked up basically anything I threw at it. And when it's on carpet, the vacuum automatically turns to max suction power for a deep clean. And surprisingly, with all the extra suction power, it's not loud at all. And when it's on balanced mode, which is what I normally use around my house, it's even quieter than the S8 Max-V Ultra. Oh, and I'll compare all the little minor differences at the end of the video, which I think is gonna surprise a lot of you. Since this is a Q-Revo, it has the dual spinning mops and it does a fantastic job. They spin at 200 RPM, which is the same as last year's Q-Revo, but this time it also has the flexi arm on the mop. That way it can swing out next to the edges and not miss any spots. If you're serious about mopping, the dual mops on the Q-Revo are probably my favorite for how well they work. And it also has the flexi arm for the side brush too that extends when it's in a corner. Pair that with a crazy high suction power for carpets and well, any cleaning I used to do with the stick vacuum is basically gone and I'm fine with that. Okay, so this next issue might seem like a weird one, but it's all about a door. The door to our laundry room. And what does that have to do with the robot vacuum? Well, we keep our robot vacuum in the laundry room and sometimes the door gets closed, making it impossible for the vacuum to go around and clean. This is clearly an issue, but how does the Q-Revo curve solve this? Well, we mainly keep it in the laundry room because Ali doesn't like the look of it. It's like the leg lamp. For some reason, she doesn't want to keep it in the main part of our house. I don't understand. Anyways, the Q-Revo curve gets its name from the shape of the dock. It's kind of futuristic and clean looking. See why I call it the cyber truck of robot vacuums? But I like this way more. The whole robot vacuum goes into the dock instead of sticking out more like the traditional design. So it's basically hidden with both of the water tanks and dust bag under the lid. And what's surprising is how much more quiet the dock is when emptying the dustbin. There's an extra cover for the dustbin, so that must be helping reduce the noise. You know what this means. It means higher spouse approval factor, which means there's a higher chance I could have this in a more open spot in our house instead of hidden way back in the laundry room. I got a solid maybe from Ali, so there is hope. Not only that, as a bonus, it actually stops dust from settling on the robot vacuum. And this might not seem like a big deal, but it's just less cleaning you have to do for the sensors, nice. But if you're not a fan of the rounded look, there's also the Qrevo Edge. As you guessed it, it has edges instead of curves on the dock, but the vacuums are identical except for the different docks. Both docks have all the bells and whistles to automate and maintain the robot vacuum. It empties the dustbin, refills the mop tank on the vacuum, scrubs the mop with hot water, and cleans and dries it with warm air. Not only that, but just like the S8 Max V Ultra, if the dock senses the mops are extra dirty, it will scrub them even more. And the dock cleans itself so it doesn't leave behind dirt and grime. I just love all the tech in these things. This next issue might not seem like a big deal at first, but let me tell you, it's been super annoying lately. We have our robot vacuum automated to clean when everyone leaves the house, and it's one of my favorite automations ever because we leave and then come home to clean floors. We don't see the vacuum run, and it's like magic. But there's an issue that throws a wrench in the entire thing. Before a robot vacuum can finish cleaning the house, it has to top up on battery. It can't quite make it on a single charge, and sometimes we come home before it finished cleaning because it's charging back up. And after it's charged up enough, it continues cleaning to finish the last section, but it usually does this at the worst time possible, like at baby's nap time. Well, here's the good news. The Q-Revo Curve has a much bigger battery than the S8 Max V Ultra, giving it a whole extra hour of runtime, four hours instead of three. This allows the vacuum to finish cleaning before running out of battery, so it's way less annoying. Problem solved. The Q-Revo Curve is also packed with lots of high-end features of a Roborock vacuum. It can avoid objects so it doesn't get stuck, and there's a camera on board to help identify objects, and it did a great job avoiding everything I tested it with. You can also use the camera to remotely control the vacuum in your house to check on things like your pets. Roborock is very compatible with smart home systems, and they also announced that this one will be compatible with Matter, coming as an update later. There are a couple of things missing from this one compared to the S8 Max V Ultra, which I'll go over at the end, but I think the Q-Revo Curve packs a massive punch. Between the wheels extending, less hair tangles, higher suction power, and a clean-looking dock, it might be my new favorite. So as you can see, the Q-Revo Curve solves a lot of my issues with robot vacuums, but there is one more new Roborock that I wanna quickly show you. It's called the Q-Revo Slim because it's shorter than most other robot vacuums. This solves one last issue that I've had, and I know many other people have too. Finding a robot vacuum that fits under furniture. For example, our TV stand is too low for a normal robot vacuum to fit underneath because of the spinning LiDAR sensor on top to map out our house. Well, the Q-Revo Slim doesn't have the spinning LiDAR on top, so it can fit under our TV stand easily. What's great is that this vacuum can still map out our house with dual-light, solid-state LiDAR. It's using 3D time-of-flight to scan the environment as it goes around, so it's very similar to the traditional LiDAR. It mapped out my house just fine, but it was slightly different because the sensors are only in the front and back, so the vacuum would have to turn side-to-side to see everything, but besides that, it was really good. This is also being used to avoid objects, and that worked really well too. I would say it was slightly better than the Q-Revo Curve in object avoidance because it kept a safer distance from obstacles. Seems like it was able to scan the objects from further away, which is way better. The Slim also has a camera on board for remote control, video calls, and all that. One big thing to note, the Q-Revo Slim does not have many of the features of the Q-Revo Curve mentioned earlier. The wheels do not extend, the dock looks normal, and it has the dual roller brush instead of the one that's divided into two, but it does have concealed scrapers to cut the hair, so that's cool. Basically, if you want a really good robot vacuum that can fit better under furniture, then you have a really great option now. And I know there are so many different Roborock options now, it can definitely be confusing. So let me quickly break down the differences between the Q-Revo Curve and the S8 Max-V Ultra. The S8 Max-V Ultra is the flagship, so it has a few extra features. One, there's a detergent tank in the dock to automatically add detergent to the clean water. With the Q-Revo Curve, you would have to manually add detergent if you want to use it. The second extra feature is the ability to sense an extra dirty spot on the floor and automatically clean that spot more than normal before moving on. It can also lift the mop 20 millimeters instead of 10 millimeters on the Q-Revo. Besides that, it has a high-speed sonic mopping pad instead of the two spinning mops, Reactive AI 2.0, and a slightly larger water tank on the vacuum at 100 milliliters versus 80 milliliters. Those seem to be the main extra features of the S8 Max-V Ultra. Here are the extra features of the Q-Revo Curve. There's a higher max suction power, a bigger battery, larger dustbin, it's slightly quieter on balance mode, it can extend the wheels for door thresholds and carpet, and has a tangle-free side brush with dual-divide main brush. So it'll really come down to what you need for your house, and I'll have everything linked down below so you can check it out. Robot Vacuum Tech is advancing at a crazy pace, and I'm glad these new features will solve the problems I've run into before, and I'm so excited to see what the future holds. Thanks for watching. Hey, that's a really cool robot vacuum. Oh, thanks. It's kind of like the Cybertruck of robot vacuums, because it can raise and lower. Oh, so it's like a tin can on wheels? What? No. Well, is the acceleration pedal gonna fall off? No, how do you even know all this? Is it bulletproof? Hmm, let's find out.