CATEGORY : Robot Vacuum Cleaners

iRobot Romba 985 VS. Roborock S5

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8.7
Runners Up:

iRobot Romba 985

Reasons to buy iRobot Romba 985:

  • button icon Auto adjust cleaning head for multiple floors and carpets
  • button icon Maximizes its cleaning power – up to 10 times air power
  • button icon Can be connected to wifi and Amazon Alexa
  • button icon Patented dirt detect technology
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Runners Up:

Roborock S5

Reasons to buy Roborock S5 :

  • button icon It sweeps and mops
  • button icon Multiple cleaning modes
  • button icon Great suction power - ideal for home with pets & carpets
  • button icon Long lasting 5,200 mAh battery provides you with 2.5 hours of cleaning time
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summary Review:

PERFORMANCE
WINNER :

Roborock S5

  • SWEEPS AND MOPS
USABILITY
DRAW :
DESIGN
WINNER :

iRobot Romba 985

  • FULL BIN INDICATOR
CONCLUSION
DRAW :

COMPARISON – iRobot Romba 985 VS. Roborock S5

PERFORMANCE

CLEANS UNDER FURNITURE

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Romba 985 is only 3.6 inches in height. Can clean under furniture that is above 3.6 inches but fail to clean under furniture below 3.6 inches tall.

Yes

Height is 9.6 cm. With this low profile design, it can clean under furniture, bed and sofas.

COVERAGE

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

N/A

Yes

2691 ft2 - ideal for big house and multi-room

SUCTION POWER

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

N/A

Yes

2000Pa Cyclone 3D Cleaning System delivers strong suction power combined with a multi-mode system. You can choose from the following cleaning modes: Carpet mode, Quiet, Mopping mode, Balanced, Turbo Mode and Max Mode. These modes will provide you with custom results.

IDEAL FOR HOMES WITH PETS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Built with a power-lifting suction that removes all dog and cat hairs from the hard floor, carpets and air through providing 10 times more of air power.

Yes

Features tangle free brushes which are very effective at capturing and removing pet hair without clogging the motor. It also comes with a beak-like cleaning tool accessory which helps in removing more pet hair from carpets and floors.

CLEAN CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Features an edge sweeping brush – provides a 27 degree angle to sweep all debris away from corners and along walls.

Yes

Features Self-adjustable Side Brushes that spin at 330 Rounds Per Minute when cleaning along wall edges and corners.

BATTERY LIFE

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

120 minutes of run time – adequate time to fully clean a small to large house.

Yes

150 minutes. More than what Roomba can provide.

CHARGE TIME

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

N/A

Yes

240 minutes

MULTI-FLOOR CLEANING

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Romba 985 can clean hard floors and carpets – features an auto adjust cleaning head that adjusts its height to maintain close contact with the multiple floor surfaces. It will directly clean all types of hard floors and low pile and medium pile carpets.

Yes

With its advanced climbing ability - Roborock S5 can move from one level to another, climb over objects with a maximum height of 2 cm and also clean from hard floor to carpets

DEEP CLEANS THICK CARPETS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

It automatically increases cleaning power when it reaches carpets using power boost and Aeroforce cleaning system

Yes

Uses a Carpet Pressurization function to increase suction power when it meets a carpet. This will ensure your carpet is thoroughly cleaned from dust and pet hair. When it leaves the carpet and goes to a hard floor, the Carpet Pressurization mode will go off and the robot will go back to its normal suction power.

FOR LARGE ROOMS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Can clean large rooms but will sometimes require a recharge before completion

Yes

Due to its coverage of 2691 ft2 – Robotock C5 can be used in both large and medium sized rooms.

AUTO DOCKS AND RECHARGE

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Yes, will automatically dock and charge once battery is low or running low.

Yes

It will go back to the charging dock when the battery gets low.

RESUMES AFTER AUTO RECHARGING

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

After full charge, Romba 985 will resume cleaning from where it stopped. It maintains track of its location. You don’t have to be around to restart it after charge.

Yes

After recharging, Roborock C5 will auto resume with its cleaning tusk - making sure no place is left with dirt.

MULTI-ROOM NAVIGATION

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Features Smart Mapping along with vSLAM technology – allows the vacuum cleaner to effortlessly navigate the home while maintain track of places it has been and places it hasn’t yet cleaned. Can move from room to room on a single floor.

Yes

Can clean all rooms on a single floor. Use LDS Smart Navigation system to scan the room at 360 degrees, gather information for each room on a single floor, generate a cleaning map and start cleaning according to the map.

AVOIDS STAIRS AND OBJECTS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Yes, through the cliff detect and objects detect sensors. Guides the robot away from or around objects and stairs.

Yes

The Anti-Collision sensors will always emit infrared-rays to detect obstacles and cliffs.

QUIET OPERATION

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

N/A

Yes

60 db - Operates quietly.

BOOSTS SUCTION POWER

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

When on performance mode or climbing a carpet, the robot uses an advanced Gen 3 motor. Provides the robot with up to 10 times more air power

Yes

The Carpet Pressurization mode automatically identifies carpets, so it witches to maximum suction to thoroughly vacuum your carpet.

HEPA FILTER

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

High efficiency filter that is built with a unique material that captures up to 99% of mites, dust and allergens as tiny as 10 microns. Appropriate for people with asthma.

Yes

Features 2 Washable E11 High Efficiency filters that capture 99.2% of allergens, dust, pet dander, pollen, mold spores and small 0.3 microns. You can wash it once in a week to maintain good performance and this reduces on replacement frequency.

MAPS & PLANS ROUTE

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Maintains memory of where it has cleaned and where it hasn’t yet cleaned using the Smart Mapping and VSLAM technology while navigating the home.

Yes

Uses its high-precision LDS laser range sensors to scan 5x360 degrees for distance information. After that It creates a layout the apartment, run routes and save maps for further usage.

SWEEPS AND MOPS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
No

Yes

Can sweep and mop hard floors

CONCENTRATED CLEANING

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Romba 985 uses patented dirt detects system to remove dirt in areas with high concentration. Its sensors will distinguish concentrated dirt areas and command the robot to thoroughly clean.

Yes

You can set it to vacuum and mop a specific area with high concentration of dirt.

EMPTIES ON ITS OWN

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
No

No

Roborock S5

USABILITY

HASSLE FREE OPERATION

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Download the iRobot Home App and clean or schedule without any hassle from anywhere and at any given time.

Yes

It is very easy to control using Alexa and the Smartphone Application. The water tank can be easily plugged-in saving you from overturning the robot but at the same time avoid water leakages.

REMOTE CONTROL WITH MOBILE APP

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Make use of the iRobot Home App to customize your cleaning to preferred schedule and also view the status of your home cleaning tasks.

Yes

You can control it with a Smartphone application. Via you phone you will be able to view the cleaning map and set custom cleaning modes for each room on a single floor.

WIFI CONNECTED

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Allows wifi connectivity to communicate to Amazon Alexa

Yes

It is WifI Enables – that is how it communicates with Alexa

CAN BE SCHEDULED

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Features a preset cleaning schedule of up o 7 times in a week. Your home will stay clean even when you are away.

No

WORKS WITH ALEXA

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Voice command the robot to start, stop, customize cleaning and schedule using Amazon Alexa.

Yes

Command the vacuum with voice. ASK Alexa to turn on Roborock S5

ZONE CLEANING

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
No

Yes

Use the Zone Cleaning Function to command the robot to clean specific rooms. All you have to do is to drag and drop the cleaning frame on the map and the robot will clean rooms of your choice.

DESIGN

LARGE DEBRIS BIN

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
No

No

LOW PROFILE DESIGN

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

Height of 3.6 inches low profile design – will easily manoeuvre to clean below sofas, beds, toe kicks and other hard to reach places.

Yes

9.6 cm – can easily clean under low profile furniture

BOUNDARY STRIPS INCLUDED

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
No

No

BATTERY CAPACITY

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

N/A

Yes

5,200mAh Ultra-high battery capacity - This will provide you with 150 minutes. More than what Roomba can provide.

DUST BIN CAPACITY

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

N/A

Yes

500 ml

FULL BIN INDICATOR

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

N/A

No

VIRTUAL WALL INCLUDED

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

N/A

Yes

It has a Virtual Wall but this is bought separately.

PRODUCT DIMENSIONS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

20.5 x 16.3 x 5.3 inches

Yes

13.8 x 13.7 x 3.8 inches

WEIGHT

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

13.2 pounds

Yes

7 pounds

iRobot Romba 985

CONCLUSION

PROS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

• Auto adjust cleaning head for multiple floors and carpets • Maximizes its cleaning power – up to 10 times air power • Can be connected to wifi and Amazon Alexa • Patented dirt detect technology

Yes

• Affordable and very effective • Auto docks and resumes • Customizable performance using various cleaning modes • Great suction power • Good battery life of 150 minutes • Sweeps and mops • Boosts suction power when it meets a carpet

CONS

iRobot Romba 985
Roborock S5
Yes

• Bin doesn’t automatically empty when full

Yes

• Does not have a full bin indicator • Small Dust Bin • Does not come with boundary strips

Overall Winner

Draw

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