Roborock Q7 Max+ Robot Vacuum review: An expensive but all-so-worth it cleaner
The robot vacuum industry has become a larger and expansive industry in the past few years with real innovations coming out every year. For many, a robot vacuum sounds like an expensive and futuristic purchase but these days, you can pick up a robot vaccum for a reasonable price during Black Friday or Amazon Prime Day.
Robot vacuums have changed mine and my fiancé's life – getting rid of one of the most tedious tasks we face at home.
We picked up a Eufy Robovac 30C back in 2020 during lockdown and was amazed at how well it cleaned my house – albeit how basic it was.
Now during Amazon Prime Day I decided to upgrade to the Roborock Q7 Max+ with a discount of £200. But at a hefty RRP of £600, is it worth the price if you see it around?
Here's our Roborock review of the Q7 Max Plus and, if you are already up for giving it a go you can buy it right here:
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Roborock Q7 Max Plus: Design and specifications
The vacuum in its self-emptying dockThe Roborock Q7 Max+ comes in either black or white depending on your preference. It features a powerful 4,200 pa suction, a large 5,200ma battery that boasts three hours' worth of cleaning and PreciSense LiDAR Navigation.
It also comes with a self-emptying and charging dock which allows the Q7 to auto-empty its dust box contents when it finished cleaning.
The robot itself is a large and heavy device. It’s almost 14 inches in diameter, about three-and-a-quarter inches tall when the wheels are not fully extended, and it weighs 8.38 pound
The Q7 Max Plus allows for both vacuum and mopping. Inside the box, it also comes with an attachable mop which can get put on and off the Q7 if you have hard floor areas. The Q7 has a built-in water dispenser with the dust box that slowly released water and mops behind it.
Roborock also has a free app that can be download on your smartphone which allows you to see where it is cleaning and the route it has taken so far.
Setup, vacuuming and mapping
A downstairs layout of my house showing the white lines where my vacuum has goneSetup for the Roborock was extremely easy. All you need to do is download the app and follow the instructions to connect it to the phone and your WiFi.
The self-emptying base station comes in two parts that are screwed together. Luckily, the screws and the screwdriver are already included so all you have to do is put them in place according to the instructions and tighten.
If you have any hard floors, you can put on the mop attachment and fill up the combined water tank (350-milliliter capacity) and dustbin (470ml capacity).
Once that’s complete, you can choose to either quickly map your rooms or map and clean your rooms within the app.
One of my biggest bugbares with the Eufy 30C was the lack of direction. It relied solely on hitting walls so it knew where it was going.
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Many basic robot vacuums rely on bumping into its surroundings to assess where it is with the Roborock Q7+ Max, that’s almost eliminated. When you launch the robot, it scans its surroundings so it knows where it's going.
Its LiDAR technology means it already knows the layout of your rooms – either upstairs or downstairs. It also makes a 3D map for rooms in your homes.
I’ve cleaned both my upstairs and downstairs rooms multiple times now with no hiccups or problems getting stuck.
It can also sense exactly where it is in my home when I move it upstairs or vice versa as the Roborock automatically positions every time.
Unfortunately, the Q7 Max Plus doesn't comes with obstacle avoidance which some of the newer models come with.
Thanks to the app, it also allows you to prevent the Roborock from going to specific areas in your home – named no-go zones that stops the robot from going there.
You can also create invisible walls on the app if you want to redirect it to another room or part of the house.
The Roborock app is a joy to use and super easy to navigate. I can place furniture in parts of my room so the vacuum has a greater understanding of where and how to vacuum.
After a clean upstairs and downstairs, I checked my carpets and floors and was massively impressed on how dust and dirt I had in my home. Every room looked and felt cleaner and fresher than before.
The mop feature was also great when I looked at my kitchen floor.
Battery life is also stellar. For a full clean of my three-bedroom home, it never dipped below 70% so for those with bigger homes I can imagine it being no problem whatsoever.
The self-emptying hub and maintaining
The dustbag inside the self-emptying dockIf you’ve owned a robot vacuum before, you know maintenance can be an issue. Pet hair and human hair can jam parts of the vacuum causing issues down the line.
The design of the Roborock makes maintenance just that much easier. Some vacuums tend to have bristles on the brush roller which can mean hair can easily get tangled inside the roller, but the Roborock doesn’t have that problem.
Instead, it has a rubberized brush roller which stops hair getting tangled with the roller or any other parts of the robot.
I did notice how hair was gathering on the brush roller arm, but I was easily able to dismantle it and remove it super quickly.
Emptying the dustbin is also super easy thanks to the auto empty dock that comes with the robot.
Every time it clean, the Q7 Max+ empties its contents into the bin automatically and dock includes a dust bag, which you only replace about once every seven weeks.
You also get an extra dust bag included in the box which is very easy to replace.
Be warned: one of the biggest downsides to the dock is the noise it makes when you empty the robot.
It’s loud and I mean VERY loud so if you want to enjoy some beauty sleep, you might want to make sure it doesn’t operate during early mornings.
After mopping my kitchen, I also noticed just how dirty the mop pad was. You can wash and clean the pad but there’s no replacements inside the box.
The biggest downside for the robot is replacement accessories. As of yet, I have been unable to find any official replacements in the UK from Roborock as it appears they aren’t sold here.
If you want to get any replacement mops, dust bags or brush rollers you will have to buy unofficial ones from Amazon or eBay.
Verdict
The Roborock Q7 Max + (Mirror)I’m massively impressed with the Roborock Q7 Max + and for the price that I paid, I think it was worth every penny.
But for the full RRP of £600, I would really be struggling to justify the purchase. It’s a luxury purchase and you can get robot vacuum cleaners that have far less features but clean just as well as the Q7 Max +.
You don’t need all these features on a robot vacuum cleaner but the Roborock show just how good they can be if you pay a premium.
Roborock even offers vacuums with even greater features such as the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra but that will set you back a staggering £1100.
Roborock has established itself as one of the better brands to go for if you want a premium robot vacuum cleaner with all the bells and whistles.
One of my biggest worries is the lack of establishment the company has in the UK at the time of writing.
I bought my product from Amazon from a third-party seller and Roborock’s website seems to be primarily focused on the US market.
It doesn’t allow you to get replacements shipped to the UK and it seems I must rely on unofficial sellers like AliExpress to get brush and mop replacements.
And if anything went wrong or I would have to claim through warranty, I can imagine I might struggle to get it replaced or repaired.
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