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Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra

Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra

Based on 154 comments across 4 communities
TL;DR
Most owners say it cleans and mops their floors beautifully and call it worth the high price, with very little day-to-day upkeep. The recurring gripes are obstacle avoidance that still tangles on cords and cables, units that get stuck or break down (mop/arm jams, LIDAR errors, flooding docks), and hot-water mopping that never reaches the advertised temperature. A fair number also find the mopping itself underwhelming, leaving streaks or dirt behind.

62% of 154 verified owners recommend the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra.

What 154 owners say
1,605 comments reviewed · scored on the 154 clearest verdicts
62%
Recommend
96 owners
15%
Neutral
23 owners
23%
Don't recommend
35 owners
Last 6 months:67% recommend(18 recent verdicts)→ holding steady vs older reviews
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62%
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100%
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71%
14

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What owners like
  • Cleans floors thoroughly, leaves them spotless · 38 · 25%
  • Worth the money despite the high price · 24 · 16%
  • Strong suction, excellent on pet hair and carpets · 15 · 10%
  • Mops well, floors come out shiny and clean · 14 · 9%
  • Low maintenance once set up, near self-sufficient · 13 · 8%
What owners flag
  • Weak obstacle avoidance, tangles on cords and cables · 16 · 10%
  • Hardware failures (mop/arm jams, LIDAR errors, DOA, flooding dock) · 12 · 8%
  • Mopping underwhelms, leaves streaks or dirt behind · 9 · 6%
  • Gets stuck or can't find its base · 6 · 4%
  • Hot-water mopping never reaches advertised temperature · 5 · 3%

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YouTube▲ recommend

it has been amazing so far. All I have to do is clean the air filter on the dust bin every 3 days and change the bag out every 3 weeks or so when I refill the detergent. Come home every day to perfectly clean floors with extremely minimal maintenance.

Reddit— neutral

Ik had de vorige top 3 winnaar: Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra (ofzoiets) en heb nu de huidige top 3 winnaar: Dreame L20 Ultra. Ik ben precies contenter van het dweilen bij Dreame maar vond droog en pathing van de Roborock precies beter.

YouTube▼ don’t recommend

Mine broke after 2 months. Vibrarise module jammed, but nothing was jamming it.

YouTube▼ don’t recommend

The Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra is simply so flawed, that it is almost impossible to get to run. After two months I started getting error messages, and the floors became dirtier for each cleaning cycle.

Reddit— neutral

The regular one upstairs has been perfect. The Drain and Fill is experiencing what you suggest. I emailed tech support and they asked me for my serial number and instantly sent a prepaid shipping label to get it replaced.

Reddit▲ recommend

I just bought the Roborock s8 maxv ultra with drainage and refill. I have about 1500ft of hardwood and 500ft of carpet and the Roborock is a beast. Best part is it plumbs into my bathroom sink for fresh water and emptying dirty water so I never have to touch it.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I've got a roborock s8 maxv ultra, and it's quite cautious about that kind of thing. It won't even clean up dead cockroaches because it detects it as potential pet waste

Reddit— neutral

I got the S8MaxV last week and absolutely love it - I know Roborock has never really included any extra parts, but gotta say, for 1.4k EUR I was kinda hoping they'd at least add another mop pad so we can swap them out etc.

YouTube▲ recommend

I love mine.

YouTube▲ recommend

I'm really happy that i bought the S8 MaxV Ultra and the review confirms also that this is the best robot vacuum on the market right now.

Reddit— neutral

I have had the s8maxv ultra since they came out it actually got stuck once it was my fault. It picked up a flat plastic bag and jammed

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

The hot water numbers they advertise are a scam (literally proven that none of them get to advertised temps and in some cases like the s8maxv ultra it’s not even close)

YouTube▲ recommend

Still under test but it does great .

Reddit— neutral

When I first got my S8MaxV ultra I only added distilled water, but it gets cumbersome and expensive really fast. The robot is using quite a bit of water, after 2 runs the reservoir is empty. Now I'm adding tap water, no difference at all.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I've recently purchased brand new Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra and paid more than 1200 EUR for it. Imagine my disappointment when I got LIDAR error after 10min of work.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

We have the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra, and it’s not worth buying. The cleaning performance is disappointing, and the mopping is terrible. We still have to mop manually. Overall, not happy with its performance.

YouTube▲ recommend

The Roborock is miles ahead of them.

Reddit— neutral

Ironically, the S7MaxV from 2 years ago is better than the current generation S8MaxV but yeah, Roborock is still king.

Reddit— neutral

I like the roborock s8 maxv ultra, but I liked the s6 more when it comes down to edit the room names etc. in the app.

Reddit▲ recommend

Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra. It has made my life so much better! I’m obsessed with clean floors so I can just run it to my heart’s content!

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I have Roborock S8 Maxv Ultra and recognition is incredibly unstable. One day its semi working and the other day its making stupid mistakes over mistakes. One day it recognizes the cable, the other day its trying its best to get tangled.

Reddit— neutral

But its a good robot alltogether. We are happy with two cats constant dead mice and birds which the s8mxv detects.

Reddit▲ recommend

A week ago I got the S8MaxV, It was on a fire sale at Best Buy, so to me, get the one with the lowest price, you'll be happy.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

The roborock s8 MaxV ultra’s mop tray is rather hard to clean compared to the x40 ultra.

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