Roborock Qrevo Master review: life is easier

Introduction

Roborock talks a big game about its latest robot vacuum. Apparently the $1600/£1200/€1299 Qrevo Master offers “unparalleled cleaning performance and a seamless user experience” to make life easier for busy families. Spoiler: this is one occasion where I can believe the hype.

The Qrevo Master isn’t the first robot vac I’ve tried that promises self cleaning – that would be iRobot’s new Roomba Combo 10, and it’s a feature rapidly rolling out to high-end rivals. But disinfecting mops and cleaning the charging dock aside, there’s plenty of other noteworthy tech here, including a new flexi-arm design that can reach into tight corners and edges. Here’s how it performed in my family home.

Design & build: A dock like no other

Roborock Qrevo Master review: life is easier

Available in both black and white, the Roborock Qrevo Master’s multifunction dock looks unlike any other robot vac’s. That’s because it isn’t just a charging station with an emptying facility, as has become the norm for higher-end models – it’s a complete cleaning station.

Every time the vacuum returns, its dust bin is automatically emptied and its water tank refilled. Then it intelligently cleans and disinfects the mops, as well as the dock base. Warm air drying speeds up the cleaning process. Dual rotating scrapers minimise dirt build-up, so all I had to do was empty the main dustbin and dirty water tank, and refill the clean water one.

The dock has one four litre clean water tank and a second 3.5l tank for dirty water. Both are very easy to empty and clean, and happily the latter keeps odours firmly inside. The dock is on the bulky side, but that can be forgiven when it’s saving you the hassle of cleaning it out on the regular. All the accessories and the dock base are detachable and washable, too.

Features: clean living

Suction on the Roborock Qrevo Master certainly doesn’t suck, with a 10,000Pa motor picking up dirt, debris and pet hair from both carpeted and hard floors. It has two rubber spiral brushes with hidden scrapers that get rid of any caught hair, so I didn’t need to manually remove any caught tangles – something I’ve done on pretty much every robot vac I’ve tested before this one.

The flexi-arm is excellent, too. The side brush is able to get properly into corners and results in a comprehensive clean that somehow seems miraculous from a circular robot vac. Not to be outdone, the mop on the right side automatically extends too and delivers very nearly perfect edge coverage.

It’s smart enough to recognise and avoid over 60 different object types, including any furry critters that live with you. This prevents problems before they happen and I’m happy to report the vac hasn’t annoyed me to get itself stuck or tangled up, even when things have been left strewn on the floor.

Controls & app: call your pet

The Roborock app makes controlling the Qrevo Master from your phone a cinch, with remote viewing (where you see what the robot sees) being a particularly clever feature. As well as scheduling cleans and changing settings like water volume and vac suction, the app allows you to edit the room maps it creates for you and add no go zones and so on. I actually found this really handy, as a table football and some other large games live under my sofa, so I’d prefer to leave that area alone.

Is it me or are all robot vacuum manufactures animal mad? First it was iRobot with their ‘Pet Owner’s Official Promise’ (P.O.O.P), which guarantees a replacement if it ever sweeps over accidental pet messes, and now Roborock has gone one better. The Qrevo Master doesn’t just banish pet hair and avoid your pet(s) during cleaning but you can also use it to check-in.

Using the video button on the app, you can activate remote viewing and then press ‘search for pet’ and the robot will find your pet and then allow you to phone them. You can also set a pin for the vac to travel to and check-up on something, or send it on a cruise and check-in on your home. My dog had no problem with the robotic surveillance but found my voice quite alarming when I wasn’t there. I still think it’s a fantastic feature though.

The “Hello Rocky” intelligent voice assistant is also super simple to use – no need to look at your phone, or walk over to the dock; just use your voice to start and stop cleaning, adjust settings and a whole lot more. Rocky likes being told what to do.

Performance: brush with greatness

I can’t rate the clean the Roborock Qrevo Master provides enough – it cleans as well as a person. Both my dog and I drop hair, and with regular automated cleans this was nowhere to be seen on my floors while testing. The fact I didn’t have to deal with tangled hair on the vac’s brushes at any point just made me love it more. I currently have a very deep pile rug in my lounge and I’m happy to report it wasn’t a problem for Qrevo Master getting on/off. It did a great job of removing deep lost dog hairs, too.

Mopping is equally as good as the vacuuming performance with my kitchen, hall and downstairs bathroom all getting thorough clean and disinfecting. The 60-degree hot water washing removes stains and dirt effectively, and Roborock reckons it eradicates 99.7% of bacteria too. It’s smart enough to know heavily soiled areas – which in my house tend to be around the front door and by my dog’s bowls – need re-mopping based on how dirty the water tank is.

The robot’s self-cleaning has made me feel much better about letting the appliance clean both my kitchen and bathroom, without worrying about any potential germ spreading. I also really liked the automatic brush and mop lifting to protect floors and prevent staining before the vac has had chance to clean and dry itself – it makes for worry-free automated cleaning, which just makes life easier.

Roborock Qrevo Master verdict

From setting up the Roborock Qrevo Master in the corner of my kitchen, to using the app and scheduling automated cleans and even changing the water, everything was easy and hassle free. The robot cleans as well as a person, thanks to its ability to identify areas that need special attention and clean them more thoroughly. Hard floor and carpeted rooms are both cleaned thoroughly with no cutting corners and no getting trapped or constantly bumping into objects either.

The Qrevo Master is certainly an investment, but if your budget stretches to it, it’s a worthy one. Busy households, especially those with mess-making pets and young children will certainly find themselves appreciating its supreme cleaning abilities on a daily basis.