roborock E4 Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Smart Navigation Robotic Vacuum, 2000Pa Strong Suction, 200 min Runtime, Self-Charging, APP Control, Perfect for Pet Hair, Carpet, Larger Home, Works with Alexa

The robot vacuum post that you didn't know you needed! TL;DRRoborock E4 {$179-$269}Roomba i6+ {$549-$799}If you're looking to get a robot vacuum, I would like to say DO IT. As to which brand to pick, it's a toss up, and completely depends on your budget.I bought our Roborock on sale for $179 last year and have been very pleased with it. My heart was originally set on the more pricey Roomba self-emptying units, but since I am frugal and wanted to see if it would even work here, I went with the lesser expensive bot. We have a house full of old furniture and rooms so I didn't know if a robot would even jive here.I have been VERY pleased with our Roborock. It has done a great job over the last few months while we are not home. I would say, realistically, 8 out of 10 times it went off without a hitch. It went down our foyer stairs one time and had also gotten itself lodged under my sewing machine and other furniture a handful of times.Every day that it did its cycle (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9am) I would come home and empty the trap. It has a washable filter and I cut the hair from the brushes and cleaned the sensors. It has been well worth the $179 to not have to see cat hair, hay, gravel, stove dust, and leaves everywhere.A week ago I bought the unit I had had my heart set on. Well, the unit a tier above the one I had had my heart set on. The lowest priced Roomba unit with the self emptying dock has been at about $500 for the last year, the i3+. The next level up, the i6+, has run about $799. Last week, and even now, Amazon has had the i6+ for the same price as the i3+. My assumption is that a new i6+ is probably coming out soon so they're blowing them out. WHICH IS FINE, I want one.I don't spend a lot of money on goofy things, except 1978 El Caminos, so I decided to spoil myself with this i6+. To be honest they were similar in price LOL. I'm an adult with adult money, no kids, and a farmy kind of property with a dusty wood stove so I did it.After purging, donating, selling, and burning almost everything I owned in the fall, having a clean house feels absolutely amazing. Having a clean floor 24/7 is almost euphoric. I enjoy being home and no longer have those nagging feelings of dread about things I need to be cleaning. I also very much enjoy the kitty cats and Chris and I have raging allergies so I need something to clean up the hair.My feelings so far on the two:Quality of the clean:Roomba and Roborock seem to clean the same. I was very pleased with both. The Roborock generally took a little more than an hour and would get down to about 30% battery life. It was also slower than the Roomba. The Roomba is a faster unit, almost a bit more violent, and takes about 3 hours to complete the first floor. It does seem to be more thorough and charges itself halfway through a first floor cycle.Apps:I didn't want to get another brand so I'd have a second app, but I went with the Roomba anyway. The Roomba has a far superior app. And by far I mean, from here to Australia. The Roborock app is great and easy to use, but very primitive. You also cannot choose certain areas to clean with the E4. It cleans everything or nothing. The Roomba i6 created a map of our house and will just do certain areas that I tell it to. It can do certain rooms on different days of the week or on command. Both tell you when to perform regular maintenance on the machines, when they are stuck, or if software updates are needed.Parts:I like that the Roborock company and Roomba BOTH offer replacement parts at affordable prices. I have been able to take apart and clean out the Roborock really easily. I won't have to do anything to the Roomba for a while, but I will have new brushes, filters, etc. on hand for when it is due.Clumsiness:The Roomba is definitely a superior machine, but it should be, at 3x the price of the Roborock. The Roborock is very primitive but very gentle. Like I said, only 1 time out of dozens of cleanings did it go down some stairs. And it was probably my fault for not cleaning the sensors. The Roomba is much, much faster and almost more violent, sometimes bashing pretty hard into my furniture and woodwork. I think after a few cleanings, it will figure itself out and no longer hit so hard. The Roborock is definitely a more simple, slower, and more methodical machine. Roomba goes in curvier lines and seems to have a method to the madness. Roborock says eff this madness, I need to go in a straight line or I'll die.Convenience:Both are great in that they are vacuums that I don't have to push around. We have so much wood floor, furniture, and trim - it is super cool to not have sheh just pushed up against it. I also cook a lot so the crumb thing was driving me bonkers. I do have to manually empty the trap on the Roborock, but it's not bad at all. A few seconds and I'm done. The filter is also washable, so it lasts a long time. The Roomba has the base that sucks the dirt out of the machine and into a disposable bag. 1. The base sounds like a god dang jet taking off when it gets the dirt out of the vacuum. 2. I haven't quite gauged how long it will take to fill the bag. Now I'll have to purchase bags from time to time. I'm not sure how I feel about it. But having to not have to remember to empty the little bastard is convenient since I have it running 3 days per week.Sounds:Both are god dang vacuums. They sound like vacuums. Run it while you aren't home. I hate seeing people complaining about the noise in online reviews. IT'S A effING ROBOT VACUUM, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?Physical differences:They are approximately the same size and weight. Both are black and have cameras and sensors in approximately the same areas. Major differences are that the brush on the Roborock is 1 actual bristled brush, while the Roomba has 2 rubber "brushes" that work simultaneously to pull dirt between them, instead of sweeping dirt up into a bin like the Roborock. Both seem to function very similarly, but I'd have to give the blue ribbon to the Roomba.I want to point out that the other reason I went with the Roomba was that the higher quality Roborocks [$500-$800] only come with vacuum AND mop features, and I did NOT want a mop feature. They also do not come with a self-emptying dock. I personally don't see how you can jam a mop system and a vacuum system in a bot the same size and not compromise the vacuum capabilities. I also read a lot of reviews that the mop part is just a glorified restaurant pre-packaged moist toilette and having it drag that around my entire first floor seemed kind of gross. It's just us and the cats, I will mop when I need to.

The media could not be loaded. I purchased the Roborock E4 over a month ago.I now have less cleaning to do! The vacuum doesn't have LIDAR like those expensive robot vacuums, but trust me it gets the job done. It does map your home by using an Electric eye and gyroscope. So it's able to clean in a Z-Shape pattern. Most Robot Vacuums in this price range just ping pong around the room until the battery is dead.The suction power is great and picks up really well, even things like dust and pet hair. The sensor works great and the rob vac knows when to increase suction power when on carpet/rug. (Attached Picture) It has a large DUST bin, After it's cleaned your house a few times probably can empty the bin less often. I usually empty the bin once or twice a week now. (Note: I have it clean daily)Battery Life is excellent, It was able to vacuum Kitchen, Living Room, Hallway and bathroom (46m | 57 mins) I've never seen this vacuum battery life at 60% or lower to be honest. For the most part I just have it clean my finish basement daily.Thickness, it goes under most furniture, I can only count 3 times in over a month where the vacuum got stuck. Twice because I have a very flat base table stand and another was because it picked up a sock that was left on the floor.The APP Features are good, you don't get all those extra features like it's LIDAR models. You can still schedule cleaning times, tells you when to maintenance your Roborock, it stores and saves cleaning history after each cleaning. I've never received any odd error message. So it's been working great. It's also Alexa Friendly, which was fairly easy to setup, just have to add the Skill to the Amazon Alexa app.Overall, I'm extremely happy with my buy, If you're looking for budget robot vacuum that cleans and has decent features or want to try out a good robot vacuum. I definitely recommend the Roborock E4 to start with.

Las palabras de mi novia: “la mejor compra que he hecho en mi vida 😂”Ya que tengo un husky que echa muchísimo pelo todos los días, y esta aspiradora robot le ha quitado el estrés a mi novia.Súper recomendado, limpia todo, a pesar que no tiene radar o cámara para guiarse. Y le toma muy poco tiempo, ahorra batería, haciendo que la batería dure más. Y lo único que debes hacer es mantenerla limpia.El cepillo, a pesar de que tengo perros en mi departamento, y piso de madera, casi nunca se queda con pelos enredados. Y si si, súper fácil de limpiar.Lo único “malo” porque la verdad, tenía esperado que sucediera, es que tengo unas alfombritas alrededor del departamento para limpiar los zapatos, y unas de ellas si le pasa por encima y las limpia, otras las empuja ya que el piso es muy liso y la alfombra muy pequeña, pero nada de que preocuparse, una sacudida de vez en cuando antes de acostarte, y dejas que la aspiradora haga lo demás. Eso si, trata de dejar las superficies libres de cables eléctricos sueltos, ya que se puede enredar un poco, haciendo de su trabajo más difícil.

Muy satisfecho con el robot,lo he usado poco pero lo recomiendo ampliamente.Fácil de vincular y muy eficiente,no deja área sin barrer y aspirar.

Dejenme decirles que tengo un Chow Chow y estamos mas que encantados. No lo pienses y comprate una. La pones a trabajar y despues pasas la jerga y listo, cuando ves el deposito dices de donde salio esa basura y mas ahora con tanta tierra. Para ser mi primer robot dejenme decirles que me voy a comprar despues el que trapea.Hoy 5 de Agosto se actualizo el firmware y mejoro la limpieza, de verdad. Totalmente recomendable.

Me encanto, barrio toda mi casa y aspiro muchísimo y yo no veía esa basura y dejo los pisos de madera y mármol casi pulidos, me operaron de la columna y me era muy doloroso barrer toda mi casa y agacharme bajo camas y sillones, ella lo hace solita y deja todo hermoso,muy buena compra , lo único malo no trae instructivo en español en muchos idiomas pero español no y eso a mí se me complica, estoy viendo tutoriales en internet e investigando

No cuenta con control remoto, pero la aplicación es una maravilla súper completa y fácil de usar.