Roborock S50 (2nd gen)

Still going strong – 588h, 32km, 800 cleanups. The little engine that could. Utterly impressed with the vacuum, its reliability has been a complete surprise. Seeing the cumulative stats always brings a smile - predominantly hardwood floors with rugs and carpet have been kept tidy (we have a dog which sheds endlessly and these vacuums are ideal) every other day. Sure… Read more ·  1

you need periodically to hit the carpets with a full vacuum now and then, and for me the mix of floors made the washing function of no use, but overall I just hope it keeps going as I am struggling to believe the newer ones will do as well from longevity. Small niggles - the motor spinning the radar has stopped a few times (hacked with a 9v battery jolt and back to life!) and I wish the newer full rubber brushes fitted but otherwise - set and forget (and dont forget to empty the bin which is FULL after every run, despite the floors appearing "clean" beforehand.

My Roborock S50- the hardest working machine in my home – I bought a Roborock S50 in 2018 and this machine used to run literally everyday since then. Loved it to death and I considered it as a member of my pet family. I have 3 dogs and one cat and it picked up most of not all of the pet dander including the long haired Maremma sheepdog. And the mopping on my hard wood floor is fantastic especially after… Read more ·  1

I replaced the water tank. I even bought a new lithium battery when the original started to fade and would stop the vacuum in its cleaning track. Sadly though it is out of commission at the moment due to error 14, think the motherboard is fried. But I am in the process of trying to figure out how and where to get it fixed so that it can go back to doing what it most loved. I like the roborock so much I am seriously considering buying a S7 with the self emptying station even though it will be to be the most expensive appliance I will ever buy.

Long-term Review – My Roborock S50 is still going strong after three years of ownership and 402 hours total run time. Our floors is mainly hardwood and tiles with some Ikea rugs (i.e. VINDEBAK). No pets so the dustbin doesn’t fill up too fast, but we do clean the dustbin and sensors weekly. No major issue except the robot will stop on black/grey rugs, however this… Read more ·  1

is an easy fix by tapping white paper on the cliff sensors at the bottom. Just make sure you use the “no-go zone” on the app to prevent the robot from going to places that it might fall.

We’ve also setup buttons assigned to a specific rooms (via Homebridge and HomeKit), when pressed will vacuum the specific room making it easier to use if you don’t have your phone. Furthermore, found an integration on Google Assistant that allows the S50 to vacuum specific room (e.g. Hey Google, vacuum the kitchen/hallway/bathroom). The normal Roborock S50 integration can only tell Google to vacuum the whole house and not a specific room.

The app is very easy to use. You can setup “no-go zone”, split rooms, view cleaning logs/cleaning maintenances, and schedule the robot to clean the whole house or just specific rooms on which specific days. The cleaning algorithm is fantastic calculating the most effective cleaning pathway and it always find its way back to the charging station.

Anyway very happy with the purchase!

2018 purchase still going strong. Changed my life – I have owned my S50 since new in 2018. Cost me $520 on ebay. It was highly recommended on the biggest smart home developer community Home Assistant as those guys loved it. After 4 years I still watch in admiration as it cleaning every day. They have done such a good job with the intelligence of programming and hardware. I was prompted to write… Read more ·  1

this review coz I have been searching robot mops as I have been on an off for a couple of years but never been impressed by a pad that runs around the whole house, to me thats just smearing the whole house in dirt. I come across last week through the iLife w450 which has fresh water tank and waste water tank with the idea of spraying the water down scrubbing the floor and then sucking the dirty water up which is how the commercial cleaning machines do it. Unfortunately for the w450 the Roborock s50 set my expectations high and just reiterated how great how much thought went into the S50 because w450 is so badly programmed and its hardware functionality is a flop.

I have had the S50 in 2 houses now.

Floor types: Slate tiles (the one with all the bumps and uneven surfaces). Normal tiles Short pile carpet Rugs.

PROS: - The software uses random patterns everytime the vac starts a run to help attack dirt from every angle. - The mapping system is very good. It stores the maps too so you can create rooms and pick destinations on the map. (the w450 started blank every run (so annoying). - It finds the dock everytime and if it runs low on battery mid cleaning it will drive back to the dock charge and then drive back out to where it was and resume. - Motor will speed up and down when it goes on carpet/tiles. - You can set boundaries in the software. No stupid plastic boundary markers. - I never bothered with putting the mop pad on in the first house because of the carpet, but the second house is all tiles and the mop pad does actually do a good job. - It can handle fairly big bumps and doorway gaps. My slate tiles were a good example of this. - When it gets stuck on something the software and hardware will work together to spin, lift, twist, reverse to get off the object. - Hey Google 'start vacuuming' ;c)

CONS: - Rugs grrrr. The sensors underneath think that black is a void so if you have black patterns in your rug it won't go over them. - Rugs must be short pile.. only! Anything with a bit of length and it can't get traction. - Like all Xiaomi hardware it is region coded and on the app you have to selection which country you are in and some Xiaomi devices will only work on some countries. So for example I had all my smart home sensors which could only be used on the Chinese country whilst the S50 had to be Australia or Singapore. I had all my sensors. - Long hair gets wrapped around the main brush which will happen with any drum type brush which I think they all have. If you have long haired people in the house you need to clean this every other day.

Tips: - If you use the mop pad buy some extras on ebay or ali so you can rotate them through your laundry washing and have clean pads fitted to the S50. - Keep spare brushed and filters in the cupboard as coming from china can take months to arrive.

It works every day, making my life easier – I got it since about 2 months and I only have hard floors. Since that time it works every day. Best is, you let it clean the whole house first when you get it, so that it can map all the rooms. The app is a must. With the app, you can change rooms around, connecting two rooms to one or vice versa, program it to run at certain days at a certain… Read more ·  1

time in specified rooms and set spaces, where it is not allowed to go. You can clean (wash) filters. Exchange parts are really cheap and easy to come by (filters and mobbing rags etc).

When the sensors get dirty, it can get a bit confused, but sensors are easy to clean.. just wipe them of.

What I like best is, that it goes under hard to reach places... like under the bed or coffee table by the TV. Also I was scared it would not clean corners properly, but with the little brush it does them perfectly nice. The mob is good enough for all floors in the house, apart from sometimes the kitchen, when I cooked up a storm or had guests. On normal days, even that is fine. (I always let it do the mobbing twice) I am really 100% happy with my new helper (even talk to it ;-)... I find it cute lol)

Cant live without it – Whilst this vacumn hasn’t completely replaced my manual Dyson I find it incredibly useful to use it 1-2 times a week to stay ontop of the floors and ensure they remain clean between vacumns. Show reply

Does not last – I have had this for 2 years and it worked well however recently out of nowhere the charging mechanism has stopped working and we can’t use the vacuum anymore. I would understand if this was a cheap robot vacuum but it is not, I paid $600aud!!! Works well initially but does not last! Show details

Accurate and well priced. This has been a life changing purchase in freeing us up with more time My – Life just became more time rich because of less vacuuming chores. This really is an incredible invention. Intelligent sensors makes it virtually impossible For it to fall off a step or ledge. It simply does it’s own thing, (vacuuming the floors). This is what robots are for! Great brand. Show details ·  1

Way better than the cheap ones! – I had a cheap robot vacuum which carked it after 18 months. I have had this one for 12 months now and I love it, it works well on lino floors and does not get stuck on things like the cheaper one did. Recommend. Show details

Make your life easier – Cleaning result is awesome. Price is reasonable. Replaceable part price is good as well. So running cost is reasonable. I love it and recommend it you want to buy robot vacuum cleaner. Only thing I feel uncomfortable is map error sometimes but not often. Show details

best purchase ever ! – I have been using the Roborock for about an year now and can say it's doing a great job ! Using it on hardwood and tiles, so both the vacuum and the mop functions are utilised. With regular cleaning of the unit, the results are amazing ! Highly recommend ! Show details

Happy with purchase – I have been looking for a robot for a while. I have done my fair share of research online and Xiaomi seems to be an good economical product that is value for money. The product lives up to my expectation. It cleans well on my wooden floor. It maps out the whole house and I can set and forget. It sometimes get stuck under bed that's because the centre of my bed has sunk a bit. It's easy to rescue the robot from under bed and it will continue on. Show details

awesome amazing – I cant describe how awesome this thing is!!! By far one of the best purchases.. it cleans everything and doesn't miss a thing. Couldn't live without it. Very Highly recommended Show details

Surprisingly smart, excellent coverage, hasn't got stuck yet! – This has to be the best investment I've ever made! This little vacuum is incredibly smart and has excellent coverage. Have recommended to all my family and friends. I love how I can specify "no-go" areas, and that it comes with spare parts (I can clean my filter after each use and let it dry while using the back-up filter). The mop function… Read more

works OK - good enough to remove footprints and mild surface grime. It's very gentle as it feels it's way around the house, and hasn't got stuck or lost a single time.

I found it difficult to remove long hair from the main brush - mainly around the bearings as they cannot be removed on the standard s50 brush. However, a quick Google and I found you can use an s40 or s60 brush in the s50, which has removable end-bearings, meaning you can just slide off the long hairs. The brush only cost me $25!

I use my Roborock every day and only have to use my stick-vacuum once a week to get behind the doors and into tight corners. I have 2x dogs, 2x cats and 3x kids and I'm amazed and disgusted at the amount of fluff and dust it picks up every day.

Great help at home – The roborock is reliable and tireless doing its job. It saves a lot of my time. The phone app is easy to use, the set up is easy and the dust pin is easy to be removed. A very handy product at a reasonable price. It is loud but same as all other vacuum machines. The average cleaning speed is about 1 square meter per minute. It is thin and can go… Read more

beneath my sofa, which I cannot promise to do so myself. So far, only three times it failed to go back to the dock. It is easy to remove the hair tangled on the brush. It has a good tool which next to the dust bin help to remove all the hair. I haven't tried the mopping function yet. I prefer to do it myself because the mopping need to be washed or replaced and it is not that cheap, otherwise, I definitely will use the mopping function.

Awesome – This product is exactly what we wanted. It cleans really well, the app works great, the fact that you can spot clean and specify which room you need cleaned is really helpful. The product itself appears to be well built and easy to maintain, would recommend. Show details

Best vacuum – Before buying the Xiaomi we got a factory second Samsung but had to send it back. I have to say this one maps the house so much better. Since the update the app got even better, being able to decide the map into rooms. It's compact and easy to clean. Dust bin size is a little on the small side but I just empty it after its done each room. I… Read more

haven't found the mopping function to be efficient in our timber floors but I didn't buy it for that. Vi would definitely recommend Xiaomi and would buy another one when this one kicks the bucket.

Also we had a wheel problem with the first one and their customer care team were quick to replace it for us.

This is perfect. I can wait to have another one upstairs – The best vacc robot I used before. Be frankly, the mopping function is a bit useless. But mapping cleaning is much more efficient than the some cheap random clean robot. App is smoothly connect. So I could check it sometimes. I will buy another one for upstairs. Show details

This New ROBOROCK 2nd Generation S50 Vacuum cleaner AND MOP is Unreal – This S50 [2nd Gen] ROBOROCK vacuum cleaner and MOP has made life for MY Wife and I , much much easier now We are 70 years old. Every morning the Roborock vacuums the floor in two large rooms & Hall & Bedroom. Then it also MOPS the floor in all rooms except the bedroom with Carpet... When it is finished it just goes back to the charger and plugs… Read more

on.. I have found that if You place it in a room without the charger, when it is finished it just goes back where it was started [button pushed] . It also talks to You when things go wrong.. like a sock being jammed in the rotary brush. Just pull the sock out & press the GO button and away it goes. or You take the filter out for cleaning, The filter MUST be cleaned after every clean. Plus if You purchase spare Brushes [rotary & 3 legged one] and NEW Filters , You will find the new filters come with some very fine gauge over them [on the dirty side] and they are much easier to clean. Just pull the dust & hair from the filter and I go outside and tap the filter gently on a flat surface and it instantly cleans unlike the original filters that get the dirt down inside them... I have also bought some extra MOP pads & filters as the floors here get Mopped every day.... I just fill the container up with WARM water... Never use COLD water... same as washing machines... the Water should be 30c degrees or so NEVER COLD... Now MY Wife is Very fussy and for a Robotic vacuum cleaner to be this good, it has to be PERFECT.... The Roborock S50 [2nd Gen] is EXCELLENT - or should i say PERFECT... I should also add We have dogs and they all do shed a bit of hair daily and some dogs shed a lot of hair.... NO Worries with dog hair etc.... Now We just press the ON/off Button for it to start... We are not programmable people !! lol .. Bugbuyer - Lee

Brilliant little bot! – The bot keeps filling the vacuum tray, dispite cleaning beforehand. A great investment to keep the house surface-clean for weeks on end. Good battery life and app functionality. Good for floors and carpets Show details

Best bit of tech I have ever bought – Have owned for about 1 year. Thoroughly impressed with its navigation and how it methodically cleans each area. With the latest firmware update especially, customising the rooms has improved it's efficiency and made scheduled cleans so much more useful. High traffic areas are cleaned every second day and whole house once a week. It does a good job… Read more

on hard and carpet surfaces, getting dust out of corners and getting up on to rugs and even a small step up into one room. I don't use the mop at all as I don't think it does a good enough job and I have allot of rugs in our hard floor areas. Have only had about 2 issues with it getting stuck so very reliable. I have to empty dust bin once a week which is fine by me, easy to do and it's good for another week. It picks up a surprising amount of dust, even impressed my wife who is very fussy with the vacuum and likes to have spotless floors. It's good enough that she only pulls the old vacuum once a blue moon now. It's been a huge time saver in our house, when we head out on the school run or to the shops our trusty roborock is keeping the floors spotless.

THE BEST ROBOT VACUUM – Cost $500 with their 20% off deal which seems to always be on. It is the best thing i have in my house. You can schedule it to vacuum every day at the same time. after the intitial vacuum, the house remains so clean if you vac every day. It is difficult to use the mop feature if you have carpet and hard surfaces as the mop will go over all surfaces. the vacuum is strong and for the price is such good value. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS!!! Show details

no more arguments about cleaning the floor – this is our 2nd purchase for this model as we have a multi story house , we have 2 indoor cats and the vacuum phone app is great as we set and forget , it tells us when the bin is full , its amazing how much hair the cats leave around , the mopping feature is great to keep the tile floors refreshed and we steam mop the floor once a month . Show details

Future of Vacuum Cleaners! – - I use this vacuum on vinyl and tile floors floors. (I do not have carpet.) - The vacuum performs better on vinyl floors compared to tiled. - Purchased from eBay for $464.50 on 05/11/2018. After using this robot vacuum for a year, it still works perfectly although I had to replace the filter and the mop pad recently. (The original filter got… Read more

jammed up and the mop pad got really dirty.) The app is frequently being updated and is very useful. I do not regret this purchase at all and I think everyone who can use a robot vacuum should get one.

The only thing it fails on is the mopping function as it tends to smear the dirt around on the floor instead of picking it up. Hopefully they can design a 2 in 1 (vacuum + mop) in the future that can adequately mop. Even though the mopping function is poor, I still rely on it. I usually use the vacuum once-twice a week. If you do use the mopping function I would highly recommend doing a vacuum on TURBO first, to assist the vacuum with it's poor mopping function.

Best thing ever! – Exactly what it is meant to do. Great clean, noise is not bad but you can adjust it to be powerful (loud) or soft (hardly noticeable sound). Only negative is you have to make sure there aren't any cords around otherwise it will eat them. Show details