![]() ![]() Like a kid carefully coloring, the bot outlined the edges of each area before adapting a serpentine pattern to vacuum inside its invisible lines. The Roborock S6 MaxV did a good job handling my mostly-open floor plan. It even did it while the mop was attached and running! We wish the same principal could be applied to keep it off rugs, too. It was extra frustrating because the vacuum can identify when it’s on carpet and automatically increase suction. But the map doesn’t differentiate between surfaces, making it a trial-and-error guessing game with wet consequences. I attempted to create a no-mop zone around my dining room rug, using the S6 MaxV’s pattern around the table and chairs as a guide. It also supports no-go zones and no-mop zones.įair warning on the no-mop zones: it’s theoretical at best. Once created, you can assign both vacuum power (Gentle, Quiet, Balanced, Turbo, and Max) and water level (Dry, Low, Medium, and High) to each room. Naming rooms isn’t an option, but the app does its best to guess at color-coded room divisions and lets you add your own. Though control over the Roborock S6 MaxV’s map isn’t as granular as the iRobot Roomba s9 or the Neato D7, it still worked pretty well and I liked that it supports multiple maps. It was confusing because there wasn’t a submit button or any indication that you would receive an email immediately after typing in your address. Finally, we discovered that Roborock had sent a verification code to our email that was valid for five minutes. We looked for a code on the robot and for guidance in the manual. We typed in our email address and assumed “code” meant password. To create a new account, the app asks for an email and a code. Getting started with the Roborock app was a little strange. The S5 and earlier Roborock vacuums used the less-intuitive MiHome app which works with several smart home products. The S6 MaxV uses the dedicated Roborock app (available for Android and iOS (opens in new tab)). The cool part is that nearly every setting on the robot is customizable- from the amount of suction used in a specific room to the charging indicator light. We’ve seen cars with fewer features than the Roborock S6 MaxV. No thanks.Īt 13.9 inches in diameter, the S6 MaxV is wider than the 13.2-inch Neato D7 and the 12.3-inch iRobot Roomba s9. Instead, Roborock says you should use the double-sided tape on the underside of the mat to affix it to your bare floor. However, unlike the Roborock S5, this mat doesn’t neatly attach to the dock. There’s also a thin plastic mat that you’ll want to use with mop. The accompanying dock is small and unassuming, much like the dock used with Eufy vacuums. While it also offers vacuuming and mopping, the S6 Pure uses a smaller passive water tank, meaning the water slowly drips onto the microfiber cleaning pad. There’s also the Roborock S6 Pure which is available for $599, but it doesn’t offer the dual cameras and is rated for a 150-minute runtime, 30 minutes less than the S6 MaxV. The Roborock S6 MaxV was released in late June 2020, and costs $749 on Amazon. Roborock S6 MaxV (Black) at Amazon for $699.99 (opens in new tab).Know before you buy: Robot vacuum buying guide.As we discovered during our Roborock S6 MaxV review, while it's smarter than the average robot vacuum, it isn't as good at cleaning. At $749, all this technology doesn’t come cheap, but it’s still $50 less than the top-of-the-line iRobot Roomba s9 (without the self-emptying dustbin), one of the best robot vacuums currently available. Roborock also crams in a microfiber mopping unit, zone cleaning capabilities, and lots of customizable options into the S6 MaxV robot vacuum.
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