Robot vacuums crossed the threshold into smart territory a few years ago, but some evolved more than others. Some of the machines that try to claim that label are the ones that get stuck in the same place in your house every time, no matter how well you try to program it. Not to get personal, but that’s not very smart.
Roborock landed on the right side of the evolutionary divide, with a full lineup of autonomous vacuum-mop combo machines that easily pass the bot IQ test and leave your floors cleaner than ever before. This Fall Prime Day, Roborock is running one of their biggest sales events of the year. Six models are on sale, spanning fully autonomous robot vacuums with self-cleaning docks to stick vacs built for quick cleanup after a dog or a toddler. Discounts run from 20% to 55% off (up to $1,600 off for US), and the range of devices is wide and varied enough that there’s no one right pick, but definitely no wrong ones.
Qrevo Edge 3 Pro: The Solo Superstar
$1,500 $1,000
Too many machines miss the whole point of an autonomous robotic floor cleaner: actually being autonomous. The Qrevo Edge 3 Pro is Roborock’s answer for anyone looking to have as little as possible to do with the actual grunt work. It’s designed to take on the floor cleaning chores in the most complex home environments, with the tech to deal with multiple surfaces and the brainpower to recognize and avoid over 300 objects. The fully autonomous self-cleaning dock lets you kick up your feet and relax while it preps itself for another round.
The Qrevo Edge 3 Pro creates 36,000Pa of suction, which is enough pull to work dried debris out of carpet pile rather than just skimming over it. Warm-water mopping with up to 14 newtons of downward pressure handles sticky messes on hard floors that a damp pad would smear rather than lift. The AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0 climbs single-layer thresholds up to 1.77 inches and double-layer thresholds up to 3.46 inches, and it detaches the mop automatically before driving onto carpet so it is not dragging a wet pad across a rug. At a scant 3.13 inches of height, it reaches under most sofas and bed frames without getting stuck.
The self-cleaning dock washes the mop pads with 212°F water, which is hot enough to kill bacteria for ultimate cleaning, and handles dust emptying automatically. The battery covers over 3,700 square feet in a single run, so larger homes do not require a mid-session recharge.
See Qrevo Edge 3 Pro at Amazon
Saros 20: The Brainiac
$1,600 $1,200
A robot can’t be called the flagship of a lineup as stacked as Roborock’s without a tremendous amount of cleaning power and an equal amount of intelligence. To the latter point, the Saros 20’s “mind” is truly mindboggling. The StarSight Autonomous System 2.0 uses a combination of 3D time-of-flight sensors and an RGB camera to recognize over 300 distinct object types. This means it routes around a charging cable differently than it routes around a shoe, and it knows not to drive through a water bowl the same way it avoids a chair leg.
SmartPlan 3.0 organizes all of that information into a cleaning sequence it refines over time, and the RGB camera doubles as a live pet monitor you can check from the app while the machine is running. (That allows you to not only clean up the mess from a houseplant being pushed off its pedestal, but also see which pet was the perpetrator.) Rest assured, that mess is no match for the 36,000Pa suction from the Saros 20. The FlexiArm extends the side brush and mop pad toward walls and curtains for edge coverage that standard designs miss. The dock runs 212°F hot water washing, 131°F hot air drying, and empties the dust bin automatically for up to 65 days between manual interventions. Clearance is a low 3.13 inches, matching the Edge 3 Pro for under-furniture reach.
Qrevo 2 Pro: Accessible Intelligence
$800 $500
Cleaning your floors doesn’t require cleaning out your wallet. The Qrevo 2 Pro is priced for buyers who want the core autonomous-cleaning experience without paying flagship rates, and it handles the job well enough that the difference in price is far greater than the difference in performance.
The Qrevo 2 Pro runs at 20,000Pa of suction, down from the flagship tier but still strong enough for carpet and pet hair. The dual zero-tangle system keeps hair from wrapping around the brush roll, which is the feature that saves the most maintenance time over the life of a machine. FlexiArm brings the edge-cleaning tool within 1.85mm of the baseboard with 30% better corner coverage than a fixed side brush. The self-cleaning dock handles dust emptying, water refilling, 149°F hot water mop washing, and 113°F warm air drying without user input. SmartPlan 3.0 handles navigation. Operating noise sits at 54dB, which is quiet enough to run in a room while someone is sleeping in the next one.
F25 Steam: Time to Get Tough
$600 $380
Roborock’s F25 series of floor cleaners aren’t autonomous robots, but combining the cleaning method of old-school uprights with the decidedly new-school power of intense steam and powerful suction is the surest way to eradicate the toughest and most stubborn hard-surface messes. Think about the cooking mishaps, kid-created gooey messes, and heavy pet traffic that can turn a clean kitchen floor into a disaster area with incredible speed, and imagine what a powerful sustained burst of steam could do to remove it.
The 356°F VaporFlow steam loosens residue that a wet mop would require multiple passes and significant scrubbing pressure to move. Suction runs at 25,000Pa and the JawScraper anti-tangle system handles pet hair with ease. The self-cleaning cycle uses high-temperature steam on the roller and 203°F hot air to dry it, so the machine is not sitting with a damp brush between uses. The clean water tank holds 1,000ml and the battery covers up to 7,104 square feet per charge, which is more than ample for full-floor coverage in larger homes. The 180° FlatReach 2.0 design lays nearly flat at 4.9 inches, and blue-light illumination makes dust visible in low-light areas under furniture.
F25 XT: The Biggest Bargain
$550 $250
Walk into the standard vacuum section of a big-box store with $250 in your pocket and you’re likely to either walk out with the money still in your pocket because you couldn’t afford anything, or with a subpar machine that will do mediocre work. Bring that same money to Roborock’s Fall Prime Day Sale event and you’ll come away with the F25 XT push-to-clean steam mop and vacuum combo, which is easily the best-case scenario.
The 55% price cut on the F25 XT is the steepest discount in the lineup and it delivers a device aimed at everyday spills and quick cleanups rather than deep-clean sessions. 20,000Pa of suction tackles the solid mess, and the dual scraper system that uses a flat blade for water control and a comb scraper for debris leaves hard floors streak-free. The self-cleaning cycle runs bi-directional scrubbing and dries in five minutes on the fast setting or 20 minutes on the quieter one. Smart dirt detection adjusts suction automatically when the sensors register a heavier mess, and the detergent dispenser doses solution in proportion to what it finds. The swivel head turns 70 degrees, which lets it navigate around furniture legs and into corners without repositioning the entire machine. The SlideTech 2.0 wheels reduce the push-and-pull resistance that makes traditional floor washers tiring on longer cleaning runs.
F25 Ultra Steam Gen 2: The Super Stick
$800 $700
The stick vacuum has long been the go-to choice for dorm rooms and small apartments, but those versions didn’t bring 25,000Pa of suction, a steady blast of 365°F sterilizing steam, 194°F WaveFlow hot-water washing for oily or greasy residue, or an automatic arm that brings the cleaning power flush against baseboards and corners without you having to angle the machine manually. That’s what the F25 Ultra Steam Gen 2 does, and that’s why it’s the flagship of Roborock’s manual-push combo cleaning machines.
The Ultra Steam Gen 2’s runtime extends to 100 minutes per charge, which is long enough to cover a full large home instead of just a small apartment. The zero hair tangle system handles pet hair. The self-cleaning dock washes and dries the roller automatically, and the auto-detergent dispenser removes the guesswork from solution dosing. Triple-edge cleaning leaves less than a millimeter of uncleaned floor near baseboards and corners, and the SlideTech 2.0 wheels reduce the physical effort required to steer it through a full cleaning pass.
See F25 Ultra Steam Gen 2 at Amazon
All six models of these floor-cleaning superstars are available through Roborock’s Fall Prime Day event at Amazon. Whether you are looking for a robot that genuinely runs the floor without daily intervention, a mid-range machine that covers the basics without flagship pricing, or a floor washer built to handle what a robot cannot, you’re sure to come away with the right device for you, and at the best price.