What you can expect from the Roborock Saros 10R
What testers say about the Roborock Saros 10R
For anyone wanting a low robot that dodges nearly everything on the floor and looks after itself, without needing the latest suction figures, this is one of the most complete robots around, and often discounted since the Saros 20 arrived.
The Roborock Saros 10R is a flagship with an embedded lidar and no turret, keeping it under 3.1 inches, two spinning mop pads of which one extends and which the robot can leave behind in the station, an extending anti-tangle side brush, and a station that washes in 176 °F water, dries with hot air and doses detergent. RTINGS names it the best robot vacuum overall; Vacuum Wars called it the best it had seen when it appeared.
Vacuum Wars measured a perfect 24 of 24 obstacles avoided, including the smallest objects most rivals miss, thanks to a camera with object recognition, a vertical light beam and a rear sensor. Nothing was wrapped around the split main brush after the long-hair test, pressed-in pet hair was picked up at 92 percent against an 80 average, and 80 percent of the embedded sand came out of the carpet. The pads lift on carpet and, for the first time on a Roborock, can stay in the station automatically, after which the robot collects them for the mopping run.
The reservations are small: the carpet score is good rather than the very best, the quoted 19,000 Pa of suction sits below the newer Saros 20, and the station is large.
Pros
- Lines itself up and lifts over room thresholds on its own Tom's Guide ↗
- Picked up nearly all pet hair and litter on both carpet and hardwood Tom's Guide ↗
- Slim enough to clean under a fridge lip and a radiator cover Tom's Guide ↗
- No raised sensor on top, so it slips under very low furniture TechRadar ↗
- Remarkably quiet even on its strongest suction setting TechRadar ↗
- Split roller stayed free of pet hair tangles throughout testing TechRadar ↗
- Avoided every object in testing, even very small ones other robots miss Vacuum Wars ↗
- No hair wrapped on the brush and strong pet hair pickup on carpet Vacuum Wars ↗
- Cleans a larger area per charge than most robots Vacuum Wars ↗
Cons
- Emptying into the dock is briefly as noisy as an upright vacuum Tom's Guide ↗
- Rug tassels sometimes get caught, with loud whirring before it frees itself Tom's Guide ↗
- Its price puts it among the costliest robots around Tom's Guide ↗
- Gave up on a raised threshold that the Qrevo Curv climbed easily TechRadar ↗
- The dock once clogged when emptying a bin packed with matted hair TechRadar ↗
- Very expensive, with cheaper robots cleaning nearly as well TechRadar ↗
- Without a top laser sensor its routes are slightly less efficient Vacuum Wars ↗
- Small onboard dustbin may need extra trips to the dock with pets Vacuum Wars ↗
- Failed to clear the tallest single thresholds Roborock claims it can handle Vacuum Wars ↗
Where the testers disagree
- Thresholds: Tom's Guide: Lines itself up and lifts over room thresholds on its own against TechRadar: Gave up on a raised threshold that the Qrevo Curv climbed easily · Vacuum Wars: Failed to clear the tallest single thresholds Roborock claims it can handle
- Noise: TechRadar: Remarkably quiet even on its strongest suction setting against Tom's Guide: Emptying into the dock is briefly as noisy as an upright vacuum
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.
