Plus, there’s a great-looking dock that takes care of almost all maintenance for you.
On test, I found that both these features worked reliably well.
No more shifting the sofa once every six months to find a horrifying amount of dust sitting below it!
There’s a D-shaped mop pad and anti-tangle roller design
I was also impressed with the Saros 10’s cleaning powers.
Read on for my full Roborock Saros 10 review.
That price puts it firmly into the premium bracket for robovacs.
Note, however, that there are a couple of ongoing costs to factor in, too.
On the front there’s also a camera and additional navigation elements.
The bot learns the best process for each threshold in the mapped area.
There’s a D-shaped mop pad and anti-tangle roller design
The roller is rather unusual.
There’s a spinning side brush that tucks itself away when it isn’t in use.
For mopping, the Saros 10 has a fixed, D-shaped mop pad.
The onboard dustbin is hidden beneath a magnetic top panel
There’s also a tiny extra side mop designed to get closer to the edges of rooms.
Presumably there’s also a water tank in there, but I couldn’t find it.
As such, the Saros 10 is fairly bulky.
The dustbag sits between a press-to-open front hatch(Image credit: Future)
So if it looks messy, that’s on you.
Roborock Saros 10 review: performance
Setup was painless.
Here, the bot made its way briefly into each room, looked around a bit, then left.
Clean and dirty water tanks are beneath another door on top(Image credit: Future)
It then provided me with a suggestion of what it thought the rooms were, and their floor types.
The initial plans were generally very accurate.
it’s possible for you to also opt to clean the space once or twice.
The dock has mop cleaning and self-cleaning capabilities(Image credit: Future)
I was also impressed that the bot had no trouble auto-emptying, even when full with hair.
That isn’t the case with some of the robovacs I test.
To test how the Roborock Saros 10 handles different kinds of debris, I ranTechRadar’s standard suction tests.
By default, the navigation puck is up while the bot is cleaning
I sprinkled a teabag of dry tea on the carpet, alongside a handful of oats.
I then ran the vacuum over them.
I ran another spot clean in Max+ mode and was far more impressed.
The Saros 10 did a great job of pulling pet hair from the carpeted rooms
This time, the bot picked up most of the debris, both large and small.
To be clear, this is a tricky test.
Among robot vacuums I’ve tested, the Saros 10’s suction performance in general was very good.
Oats and tea on carpet before the suction test…(Image credit: Future)
I ran the same test with tea and oats on a hard, tiled floor.
Mopping
There are four mopping levels to choose from Mild, Standard, Intense and Extreme.
These increase not just the amount of water used, but also the enthusiasm of the scrubbing.
… and after one pass with the Saros 10(Image credit: Future)
In mop-only mode, the Saros 10 really is extremely quiet.
Initially, I could see damp streaks on the floor where the bot had cleaned incompletely.
After one pass in Standard mode, the Saros 10 had hardly cleaned up any of it.
… after two passes with the Saros 10(Image credit: Future)
Amping it up to higher mop levels yielded better results.
If you have that, though, it’s super useful.
I also added a box of tissues, for good measure.
… and after three passes, bumped up to Max+ mode(Image credit: Future)
Results were mixed here.
The bot tried to eat the sock.
The Saros 10 also chewed the cable.
Oats and tea on a tiled floor, ready for the suction test(Image credit: Future)
In general use, however, I found this robovac pretty good at obstacle avoidance.
Any photography and video features are turned off by default.
Battery life
I can’t fault the Saros 10’s battery.
The results after one pass with the Saros 10(Image credit: Future)
The Saros 10 managed an impressive amount of cleaning on a single charge.
On test, I found this accurate.
There are also a few areas I found unhelpful.
Oats and tea sprinkled along the edge of a room(Image credit: Future)
you’re free to also add furniture, and create cleaning preferences for different rooms and floors.
Strangely, youcan’tmanually pick the floor punch in for each room.
I’d prefer to be able to set this as a backup no one wants a mopped carpet.
The Saros 10 did a decent, but not perfect job of clearing it(Image credit: Future)
Roborock says it can even reduce suction power during designated “quiet hours”.
In short, you’re able to have as much or as little control as you want here.
Should you buy the Roborock Saros 10?
The Standard mopping mode is quite light
4 / 5
Design
Retractible navigation puck, anti-tangle rollers and D-shaped mop pad with extra mini side mop.
Smart, mirrored dock that takes care of almost all maintenance for you.
4.5 / 5
Performance
Strong vacuuming and mopping, especially on higher options.
Smeared ketchup waiting to be cleaned(Image credit: Future)
Reliable navigation but slightly underwhelming object avoidance.
App
Generally well designed and usable, but can be slightly fiddly due to sheer number of options included.
It means this bot will be able to successfully clean this space, no shifting of furniture required.
After a couple of passes, there was still a little left(Image credit: Future)
It looks good, too.
It’s significantly cheaper than the Saros 10 but not as cutting-edge.
We found it worked extremely well when we tested it.
As expected, the Saros 10 didn’t spot this cable(Image credit: Future)
It also swaps the D-shaped mop pad for two spinning discs.
I used it to map and clean each of the levels, exploring the different configs and modes.
Read we test robot vacuum cleaners.
It did avoid my shoe, but pushed around the tissue box for a while(Image credit: Future)
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