Review: Roborock Qrevo Edge — a fully-featured robot vacuum and is available for pre-order now

Roborock are making a considerable push into the Australian vacuum market and has set the New Year as the perfect time to release their new vacuum into Australia, the Qrevo Edge.  

The Roborock Qrevo Edge offers many of Roborock’s new features, including the new AdaptiLift Chassis, a suction power of up to 18,500 Pa of HyperForce Suction, Reactive AI Obstacle Recognition and an All-in-One Multifunctional Dock (version 3.0).

Sounds like it has everything bar the kitchen sink, and with it coming out January 1 and pre-orders finishing December 31, it would be good to know just how all these new features work and whether they are worth the outlay.

Luckily, I have had one on my floors for the past week and can share my thoughts on the new Qrevo Edge from Roborock.

Design

The Roborock Qrevo Edge looks very similar to the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra that we reviewed earlier this year, but then why wouldn’t it?  There are only so many possible design variations on a robot vacuum.

The upper surface houses the LiDAR camera and power and home buttons, while the front of the device houses the cameras and more sensors.  The rear of the vacuum houses the charging panels.

As you would expect, the underside of the vacuum is where the real work happens.  There is the rotating, extenda-go-go-gadget brush (FlexiArm Arc Side Brush), two “half” rollers (DuoDivide Main Brush), which are definitely something I have never seen before, the wheels that lift an amazing 10mm off the ground (not quite at the ability to climb stairs yet unfortunately).

Finally we have two rotating mopping pads, which are quite lush with long, soft tendrils.  It is interesting that Roborock has gone for these pads given that earlier in the year, they were telling us how much better their mopping, oscillating pad with additional side pad (VibraRise 3.0) was than these rotating pads.

Let’s discuss each of these features.

The side arm worked really well, cleaning the mess that was right next to the sideboards of my house, including a cashew that I purposely put there.  The vacuum does attach each sideboard in a different direction, more of a cross-hatch method – once alongside the sideboard and once directly at it.  

The DuoDivide Main Brush is different, that’s for sure.  Now I have some fairly long haired rugs in my house and eventually the rollers often get clogged with these hairs.  With these split rollers there was not a single hair caught up in them after a week.  Not sure how it does this, but it does.  They are incredibly effective at picking up dirt and dust but also at not getting caught up in hair.

The mopping system on the Qrevo Edge results in a wetter floor than any others I have seen and used before.  The spills and mess are also cleaned well, but I did have to put the vacuum on the highest mopping setting for some more stubborn and older spills on the floor.  The resultant clean though is impressive.

The Multifunctional Dock 3.0

 The new dock offers a host of functionalities, with the main difference from this to the one in the S8 MaxV Ultra is the lack of a cleaning fluid (detergent) in this one.  Aside from that, it accomplishes the same things.  It has 75-degree hot water mop washing, and it is self-cleaning, has warm air drying of the mopping pads, auto dust emptying and auto tank refilling (the tank in the robot vacuum).

The mopping pads are cleaned and dried exceptionally well, and the resultant pads are soft and clean as if brand new after a good cleaning.  The dust that is emptied out of the vacuum is stored in a vacuum bag, of which there is one spare in the box.  That bag should last 2 to 3 months, according to Roborock – just don’t forget to empty it like I did on my other Roborock vacuum as it then gets everywhere (and takes a long time to clean) if it can’t go into the bag.

App features

Just as with the last Roborock vacuum I reviewed, the setup was super simple.  The first mapping of the house was incredibly quick, possibly the fastest, most simple mapping I’ve ever seen, still.

The map was incredibly accurate, with the app naming each room itself based on the furniture it encountered in the room.  It named each piece of furniture too.  If you want to change the name of any of the furniture or rooms you can easily do that.  

Just as with other vacuums, you can set the vacuum to complete cleaning on a scheduled or ad-hoc basis.  You can clean just certain rooms if you want, or even sections of a room – you can set that in a schedule too – for example, underneath the kitchen table each day after the kids have finished eating etc.

I like the ability to use borders or no-go zones so you can stop the vacuum from heading into an area that you don’t want it to – I have it avoid the incredibly thick rug we have in the lounge room because the fully powered in-wall vacuum even struggles with that pile.  You can set this up when you set your map up and edit them at any time.

Roborock has also included AI SmartPlan, where the vacuum “learns and adapts to your space, habits and preferences to customise the optimal cleaning plan.”  I tried this and it seems to change paths and rooms etc based on how dirty they are so it seemed to work well but I’m not entirely convinced of its full usefulness.  

The vacuum has a remote video drop-in feature where you can use the vacuum to keep an eye on your pets, kids or simply have it act as a security camera and patrol your house.  You can steer the vacuum around the house remotely using the app and with two-way voice you can talk through the vacuum and hear if someone talks back to you.

For those who love to check in on their pets you can set the vacuum to automatically take snapshots of any pets it encounters (as well as any objects that it has to avoid).  It uses AI avoidance to avoid any obstacles that may stop it or clog it up.  I’m not entirely sure why AI avoidance is needed.  I really don’t care what it avoided and what it thinks it is – just avoid it.

How well did it clean?

The vacuum performed extremely well.  It cleaned up all things I put in front of it, including breadcrumbs, nuts, cordial and more.  For spills such as cordial, I needed to make the vacuum do more than one pass to clean the area fully.

I am super impressed with the new DuoDivide Main Brush.  Not only did it grab and pick up everything in its path but also did not give me any issues at all when it came to clogging up with hair – be it rug pile hair or dog hair.

The edge cleaning with the mopping and brush was really good.  These, combined with the path it took to clean the areas, work exceptionally well.

Personally I set the vacuum to run a very thorough clean – it’s not like I am doing it manually myself.  In doing so, it does extend the time required for the cleaning, and it did have to charge itself halfway through the cleaning process, but that’s no big deal to me.

Final verdict

Once again, Roborock has released a fully featured robot vacuum, this one a couple hundred dollars cheaper. For me the Qrevo Edge robot vacuum was amazing, just as the previous one was. It vacuumed extremely well, mopped everything I put in front of it, and the app had an amazing amount of features.

The video is handy, but not essential, the AI object avoidance is not something innovative but I’m not convinced why we need it and the voice control is definitely not required. Aside from that the functionality is great. More than what 90 percent of users need. Want is another story though.

If you have a spare $2,800 around and want a vacuum that does everything, then yes, this is a vacuum you should be looking at purchasing. It has everything you could ask for and it does everything extremely well. The new rollers underneath are my favourite feature, and if you have hairy rugs or dogs (or human companions), then this is a vacuum for you. It is designed to never get caught up in hair and so far it has not for me.

The Qrevo Edge is priced at $2,799 and will be available on Roborock Australia’s official retail channels, such as Roborock’s Official Online Store, JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, The Good Guys, Bing Lee, and other Authorised Retailers starting January 1^st 2025. 

There is a pre-order bonus available for those who order between now and December 31, 2024.    

Qrevo Edge pre-orders from JB Hifi, Harvey Norman, The Good Guys, Bing Lee will receive a $200 gift card. 

Qrevo Edge pre-orders will receive a complimentary Flexi Lite, valued at $699, upon purchasing from Roborock’s Online Store.