GoKawiilRoborock Saros 20 The Roborock Saros 20 is a very thorough floor cleaner. Whether vacuuming or mopping, it performs with the expertise of a flagship robot vacuum cleaner. 36,000Pa of suction pressure is a huge leap over previous years, and the overall hands-free experience with self-cleaning, heated wash, and drying RockDock base station makes the Saros 20 a breeze to use.
The Roborock Saros 20 ($1599.99 at Amazon) is serious about edge-to-edge cleaning, almost aggressively so, making it one of the most comprehensive robot vacuums I’ve ever tested. It mops, it vacuums, and it uses AI smarts to navigate — it’s a premium floor-cleaning machine. But can it scale the heights to be the best robot vacuum cleaner around? Let’s find out.
Slimline, smart cleaning
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Rather confusingly, the Roborock Saros 20 is the successor to the Roborock Saros 10R ($1599.99 at Amazon), rather than the Saros 10. The Saros 20 and 10R are very similar in terms of size, design, and function, but the main differences are under the hood. With the Saros 20, Roborock has bumped the suction pressure up to a massive 36,000Pa. That makes the Saros 20 the most powerful robot vacuum I’ve tested to date.
Additional important updates include a leap to AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0, for improved floor threshold clearance, and software-based enhancements to the StarSight AI vision systems and the introduction of Smart Plan 3.0 (for dynamically adapting to your home’s layout) for navigation, mapping, and obstacle avoidance.
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The slim design of the Saros 20 makes it ideal for cleaning underneath furniture, and it also offers more than enough vacuum suction and mopping power to expertly clean most flooring surfaces. Likewise, the base station offers the full suite of self-cleaning tools, wet and dry storage, and more for all of your bot needs.
Rounding out the updates list, the Saros 20 includes 13N of mopping force, air dry system for the dust bag, mop washing up to 212°F, and obstacle avoidance now recognizes over 300 items.
What really stands out for me is that the Saros 20 is programmed to take edge cleaning seriously. The extending arms for both the sweeping brush and the mop pad have enough reach to not only get to the edge of flat walls, but right into corners as well. This is not new, many bots have extending arms today, but the Saros 20 has been the most effective I’ve seen at edge cleaning to date.
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