Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra

Last year, Roborock introduced the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra robotic vacuum, which supplied some extensive upgrades within the mopping division. And they sorely wanted. The massive upgrades had been Sonic Mopping and VibraRise.

They were allowing it to stand up these dried-on messes and lift the mopping pad so it could nonetheless vacuum the carpet. I preferred the S7; however, I lacked the S6 MaxV with its Stereo Cameras and ReactiveAI. It was so good at avoiding obstacles and never getting trapped.

So when Roborock introduced the S7 MaxV at CES again in January, I used to be ecstatic. And to me, it was the most exciting announcement that got here out of CES. It mainly combines the whole lot we knew and liked regarding the S6 MaxV and the S7 into one robotic vacuum.

The sole downside is the value. Roborock S6 MaxVis now the costliest robotic vacuum that Roborock has ever made. The vacuum itself costs $859, whereas the Roborock S6 MaxV (the beforehand costliest void) was $749.

Yes, finally! The best announcement of CES is actually here. And one of the few CES products that will actually ship before summer 😂 pic.twitter.com/qXxToZbEUO

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And that's why we're questioning, is it well worth the price ticket? Is your complete bundle (with the Ultra Dock) well worth the $1,399 price ticket? We suppose it's. However, we'll discover extra within the comprehensive assessment of the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra.

Compare Roborock Robot Vacuums

Core	Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra	Roborock S7 MaxV Plus	Roborock S7 MaxV
Auto Mop Washing	Yes	No	No
Auto Tank Refilling	Yes	No	No
Auto Dust Emptying	Yes	Yes	No
High-speed sonic mopping	Yes	Yes	Yes
Automatic mop lifting	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ultrasonic carpet sensing	Yes	Yes	Yes
ReactiveAI Obstacle Avoidance	Yes	Yes	Yes
Electric water tank	Yes	Yes	Yes

Advanced

Adaptive Route Algorithm	Yes	Yes	Yes
Selective Room Cleaning	Yes	Yes	Yes
LDS Laser Navigation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Inertial Navigation	Yes	Yes	Yes
High Precision Map	Yes	Yes	Yes
Map Saving	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zone Cleanup	Yes	Yes	Yes
Real-Time Robot Location	Yes	Yes	Yes
App Control	Yes	Yes	Yes
Voice Control	Yes	Yes	Yes

Basic

Color	Black	black	black
Mopping Function	Yes	Yes	Yes
Auto-Recharge	Yes	Yes	Yes
Top-Up Charging	Yes	Yes	Yes
Over-The-Air Upgrades	Yes	Yes	Yes
Do Not Disturb	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wi-Fi Connectivity	Yes	Yes	Yes
Voice Pack	Yes	Yes	Yes
Washable Dustbin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Washable E11 Air Filter	Yes	Yes	Yes
Volume (Balanced Mode)	67db	67db	67db
Battery Capacity	5200mAh	5200mAh	5200mAh
Suitable Area	up to 300㎡	up to 300㎡	up to 300㎡
Rated Power	74W	74W	74W
Dustbin Volume	400ml	400ml	400ml
Water Tank Capacity	200ml	200ml	200ml
Suction	5100Pa	5100Pa	5100Pa
Runtime	180 minutes (Quiet Mode)	180 minutes (Quiet Mode)	180 minutes (Quiet Mode)
Dimensions	353*350*96.5mm (Robot) 422*504*420mm (Dock)	353*350*96.5mm (Robot) 314*457*383mm (Dock)	353*350*96.5mm

Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra made some fine design adjustments.

Roborock doesn't sometimes make plenty of design adjustments on the subject of its robotic vacuums. The adjustments are essential to make it perform higher. For instance, the final year began including some small brushes onto the docks, which clear the sensors each time it docks. However, something most individuals seemingly didn't discover does make an enormous distinction.

With the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra, there are not many adjustments in design right here. There are a few adjustments on the highest of the S7 MaxV. For instance, there are some items of carbon fiber on prime. Which appears very lovely, and the highest is now totally matte plastic, instead of shiny plastic, which will get soiled and scratched tremendously simple. Roborock has used these flat materials earlier than on issues like the S4 Max.

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There's one other function that Roborock added to the design, which is spectacular, and undoubtedly helps with the cleansing capacity. There is now a lightweight on the vacuum entrance that shines the ground in access to it, in darker areas. Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra is a vivid mild, and it seemingly helps the stereo cameras and ReactiveAI 2.0 keep away from obstacles a bit extra. I might not be shocked to see that function added to different robotic vacuums.

Roborock has additionally added some crimson accents on the aspect of the S7 MaxV Plus that appears fantastic. I don't assume it does something to assist with efficiency, but it indeed nonetheless seems cool.

But how properly does it clear?

We're going to interrupt this part of the evaluation into two extra elements. One specializes in thorough vacuuming, whereas the opposite focuses on mopping. Because they're each equally essential, so let's begin with the vacuuming and placing this new 5100Pa suction energy to work.

It vacuums exceptionally correctly

The indisputable fact that the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra vacuums very well ought to come as no shock to anybody that has used a Roborock robotic vacuum up to now. They have carried out very well and often pushed the envelope on suction energy. It is first to supply 2000Pa, after which 2500Pa. Now, the S7 MaxV moves the best way to 5100Pa. That's a significant bounce, over double what the S7 (and S6 MaxV) had been in a position to provide.

With that added suction, the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra does a good higher job getting up pet hair, dust, and different particles. Right now, we're approaching the top of winter. So there are plenty of issues being tracked in from outdoors, like some rock salt. Which it was additionally in a position to choose up with no points. That doesn't have a lot to do with suction; however, the truth it was in a place to choose up bigger particles like rock salt is spectacular.

I have a canine, and they are presently shedding her winter coat and dealing on her summer season coat, which means canine hair in all places. The Roborock S7 MaxV does a superb job cleaning all of it up. Now is it excellent? No, it's not. But it does stand up most of it. I'd say an astonishing 90% of the canine hair on the ground. The Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra is ready to choose up with ease.

Part of that is due to the new curler brush that Roborock debuted final yr on the S7. It's a brand new rubber-finned curler that now sits nearer to the ground, so it is ready to stand up extra hair, dust, and different particles—all whereas not getting tangled within the brushes.

Roborock has appeared to enhance this in comparison with the S7's meeting, which acquired tangled and truly ripped – this was a specific criticism on Reddit too. I needed to substitute my brush on my S7 on just a few occasions over the previous yr. But up to now, it doesn't seem to have that situation on the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra.

Mopping acquired even more extensive upgrades

As if the mopping upgrades to the S7 final yr had been sufficient. Roborock is providing much more this yr with the S7 MaxV. As you'd count on, Sonic Mopping and VibraRise acquired some tweaks, so it works even higher this yr. Roborock hasn't advised us what remarkably was improved. However, we will inform you that they have been improved. The mopping is even higher than it was beforehand.

Like we talked about within the vacuuming part, it's at present the top of winter, so there's nonetheless plenty of snow, salt, and different issues being tracked inside. Some of it's dried on the ground and relatively robust for many robotic vacuums to scrub up. However, the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra is ready to clear it up with ease. It even does a more excellent job than the S7 did final yr with its Sonic Mopping.

Roborock S7 MaxV was cleansing its mopping pad.

Of course, the essential improvement right here is that you can now use cleaning soap on the ground together with your robotic vacuum. It's the one robotic vacuum in the marketplace that may do that at present.

However, you might be restricted to a particular answer from OMO (owned by Unilever), which will not be obtainable within the US, so we have been unable to strive it out. But it's undoubtedly a pleasant improvement. Letting you get the remainder of that microorganism off of the flooring.

Even the Roborock app acquired some updates.

The Roborock app also updated the brand new Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra mannequin. One of the more significant updates is with the ground plan. It can now mechanically determine rooms, although it's not excellent.

Out of all the rooms in my condominium, it solely acquired the toilet proper – which it seemingly decided by seeing the bathroom. The bedrooms and front room are "Room1, Room2, and Room3". And it thinks the kitchen is a part of the lounge, which does make sense with my flooring plan.

It can also present the flooring you could have in every room. So it's displaying a plank flooring in the lounge, kitchen, and hallways, although it's going the fallacious path. And then more extensive tile within the restroom. They are small particulars, however, actually fantastic to have. There can be just a few animations that we've seen. For occasion, when the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra is docked, it'll present charging energy on the dock icon. When it's washing the mopping pad, it also exhibits a cool washing animation on the dock.

Roborock has added a 3D choice to the map within the app now. So you may see the place the partitions are, the place furnishings and different obstacles are too. It is neat, however, to be sincere. I by no means used it whereas engaged on this evaluation of the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra.

They have primarily refined adjustments to the app, but it makes it so much higher.

Just how good is ReactiveAI 2.0?

Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra might be what everybody desires to know. How good is ReactiveAI 2.0 now? Roborock has mentioned that it is ready to determine extra objects now and distinguish them appropriately. That was an enormous, first-world downside with the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra.

It labeled plenty of issues around my condominium as "pet waste" when none of it was. For instance, my canine's toys had been labeled "pet waste" virtually 100% of the time. And that's why I say this was a first-world downside. It averted it because it ought to, so there was no downside. But it did give me an excellent snigger.

Now with ReactiveAI 2.0, it could determine much more objects. It will present you the place you could have furnishings. In my expertise, choose pedestals (often lamps, bookshelves, or the Roborock H7). It's been in a position to determine cords appropriately, in addition to footwear, too—all without operating over them or shifting them.

The new & improved Stereo Camera system powering ReactiveAI 2.0
It does work very well, and truthfully, this can be a killer function for any pet proprietor on the market. Not simply to keep away from operating over pet waste, but even pet toys that they could pass over.

The Ultra Dock is ultra-convenient

Probably my favorite function of the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra, the brand new Ultra Dock. It takes what the Auto-Empty Dock did adequately and makes it higher, including just a few different features.

On the highest of the Ultra Dock, you'll see three compartments. From left to proper, these maintain dirty mop water from cleansing the mopping pad, clear water to refill the water tank, and the dustbin to empty the S7 MaxV's dustbin.

Roborock claims that this will go about seven weeks earlier than it must be opened. We haven't had it lengthy sufficient to see if that's certainly the case; however, it would also depend upon how usually you utilize it, how many dust and particles it's choosing up from your own home, and so forth.

Roborock doesn't declare any size of time for the water tanks, although. However, within the almost three weeks that we have now had the S7 MaxV Ultra in our possession, the water tank was not even half empty. So it could make seemingly final round seven weeks as correctly.

At least based chiefly on my utilization. Your utilization will fluctuate depending on your mopping settings, how a lot of your own home is being mopped, how filthy it's, how a lot it wants to scrub the mopping pad, and so forth. The dirty water tank had little or no soiled water in there. Part of that's resulting from it is just getting used to scrubbing the mopping pad. So not a lot of water is getting used.

The S7 MaxV docks on the Ultra Dock and can empty the dustbin mechanically. It sucks it in from the place the primary curler is on the underside of the S7 MaxV. Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra is a similar technique used for the S7. It doesn't at all times clear the mopping pad, although. In our expertise, generally, it would clear the mopping pad when it docks after cleansing, and naturally, it would remove it earlier than it begins cleansing the following time.

The one drawback right here is that the S7 MaxV must get off the dock and flip around and again into the port to scrub the mopping pad. Unlike different robotic vacuums, which may simply again in and cost that approach, the S7 MaxV can't. It is, truthfully, solely a bit annoying. I would like for it to dock, and whereas it costs, empties the dustbin, after which clear the mopping pad. But that is one other first-world downside, to be reasonably sincere.

You don't want the Ultra Dock.

With the Roborock S7 MaxV, it's nonetheless delivered with the identical dock that has shipped with Roborock vacuums for the reason that it is very starting. Which solely costs the void.

However, the AED that debuted with the S7 final yr also works with the S7 MaxV. Or you may splurge for the Ultra Dock.

The Roborock S7 MaxV by itself is $859. We don't but have pricing on it with the AED Dock – it'll be known as the S7 MaxV Plus, although. But the bundle with the Ultra dock, known as S7 MaxV Ultra, goes to value you $1,399. You may decide to purchase both ports in a while, as Roborock will promote them individually.

Should I purchase the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra?

After 2,000 phrases, what's my verdict on the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra? Well, in case you can abdomen be spending $1,399 (plus tax) on a robotic vacuum, go for it. I've only a few points with this robotic vacuum. And it makes cleaning up my condominium much more automated.

Before getting a robotic vacuum, I'd vacuum perhaps as soon as per week. But with a robotic vacuum, I do it virtually daily. The S7 MaxV Ultra is about on a schedule, so it regularly cleans at a particular time. And retains my condominium, trying excellent and clear.

The Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra is the new gold commonplace for pet homeowners. As pet homeowners will need to vacuum regularly and hold that pet hair off the ground, the automation of the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra makes that a complete lot simpler.

You can purchase the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra beginning within the second quarter from Amazon, in addition to Roborock's website. Roborock has not given us a date for when it'll be obtainable, aside from Q2 – which begins April 1.