Roborock · Review
Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra
The everything machine: flagship vacuuming, real mopping, and a dock that does all the chores.
Tested & updated May 6, 2026
The S8 MaxV Ultra is the rare do-everything machine with no weak event. If you want one robot to retire both the vacuum and the mop bucket — and you have the budget and floor space — this is it.
best for — Larger mixed-flooring homes that want true total automation
- Cleaning
- 9.3
- Mopping
- 8.6
- Navigation
- 9.5
- App & smarts
- 9.4
- Value
- 7.8
$599.99 at Amazon
price as of Jun 12, 5:52 PM ET — subject to change
Pros & cons
▲ What we like
- +Best combined vacuum + mop scores in our entire test fleet
- +FlexiArm reaches edges round robots historically missed
- +Dock automates every maintenance task except bag swaps
- +Obstacle avoidance nearly as trustworthy as iRobot's
▼ What we don't
- −Dock is the size of a mini fridge's little sibling
- −Premium price, plus consumables (bags, solution)
- −Overkill for small or lightly used spaces
Key specs
- Suction
- 10,000 Pa, dual rubber rollers
- Mop
- Sonic vibrating pad + edge spin mop
- Dock
- Empties, washes, hot-dries, refills
- Obstacle avoidance
- Camera + AI, works in the dark
- Mop lift / removal
- Lifts on carpet; arm extends to edges
- Extras
- Voice assistant, video check-in
Full review
01Design & dock
The RockDock Ultra is mission control: it empties the dustbin, washes the mop with hot water, dries it with heated air, refills the robot's tank, and dispenses solution. The price of that autonomy is real estate — roughly 17 inches of wall you'll never get back. The robot itself carries a camera, LiDAR turret, and a retractable side mop arm.
02Vacuuming performance
This is the strongest vacuum we've lane-tested: 97% on hard floor, 91% on mid-pile carpet, with 10,000 Pa and dual rubber rollers that shrugged off a week of pet hair. The mop lifts clear of carpet (or can be left at the dock entirely on vacuum-only runs), so carpet never gets the dreaded damp-pad drag.
03Mopping, navigation & app
The sonic pad scrubs at up to 4,000 vibrations a minute and cleared 7 of 12 dried stains in one pass — very good for a combo, shy of dedicated mops. The FlexiArm edge mop closes most of the baseboard gap. Navigation is essentially flawless: AI obstacle avoidance dodged cables and shoes in light and darkness, and Roborock's app remains the deepest in the business without feeling unmanageable.
04Who should buy it
Buy the S8 MaxV Ultra if you want the single best all-round floor robot and can stomach the price and dock footprint. If your home is small, mostly carpet, or mostly hard floor, a cheaper specialist above will get you 90% of the way for half the money.
Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra
The S8 MaxV Ultra is the rare do-everything machine with no weak event. If you want one robot to retire both the vacuum and the mop bucket — and you have the budget and floor space — this is it.
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