What you can expect from the Roborock Qrevo Edge S5A
What testers say about the Roborock Qrevo Edge S5A
Without a camera, the Roborock Qrevo Edge S5A sees little of what is lying in its path, and both testers marked it down hardest for that. At Vacuum Wars it steered round only 6 of the 24 objects in the test, which left its obstacle mark at 0.92 on a five-point scale whose median is 2.375. Just A Dad Approved watched it drive over cables and other small things and settled on a 6, a point and a half under its own midpoint of 7.5 on a scale of ten. In a home that means picking up socks, toys and chargers before every run.
On carpet the picture reverses. For pulling sand and grit out of carpet, Vacuum Wars places it far above the median robot in its tests. Long hair did not wind round the split main brush either. Vacuum Wars found none wrapped, where its average robot leaves about a quarter tangled, and hair is the category where Just A Dad Approved went highest, with a 9 when its robots usually get 6.5.
Mopping lands above the middle with both: 3.15 at Vacuum Wars, whose median is 2.58, and 8 at Just A Dad Approved, half a point over its norm. The mop and the side brush both swing out towards walls. A dust bag is expected to last 49 days, 26 days fewer than its peers' bags, so it needs changing more often.
Pros
- Among the very best robots at pulling embedded grit from carpet Vacuum Wars ↗
- Split main brush lets long hair pass through without wrapping Vacuum Wars ↗
- Spinning pads remove dried coffee well while leaving little water behind Vacuum Wars ↗
Cons
- Lacks a camera and runs into most small objects like socks and cables Vacuum Wars ↗
- Slightly weaker than average at lifting pet hair pressed into carpet Vacuum Wars ↗
- Onboard bin is smaller than most, so it can fill up in bigger homes Vacuum Wars ↗
Each point sums up, in our words, the review of the test it names, and its link leads to that review. We do not summarize RTINGS or Wirecutter: their lists are linked above.
