Roborock Saros 10 Review: Overshadowed by Its Fraternal Twin

At the beginning of this year Roborock made the curious choice to announce not one but two flagship robo-vacuum/mops at the same: The Saros 10 and the Saros 10R. The Saros 10 is meant to be the successor to the previous flagship, the S8 MaxV Ultra. Of the two new vaccums it’s supposed to be the deep-cleaning specialist, with class-leading suction power, while the 10R has boosted AI intelligence for better obstacle avoidance in complex home environments. After weeks of testing the Saros 10, I can report that the Saros 10 is an improvement over previous generations in several ways, but essentially everybody should get the 10R instead. Let’s start with the basic. The Saros 10 looks like pretty much every other robot vacuum out there, complete with a little LIDAR turret on top. The cool thing about this particular turret is that it can retract into the robot’s body when it has to go under some low-clearance furniture like a couch or coffee table. Other than that, it has cameras up front i ... Read full article.