Roborock Qrevo: Specs, Features, Pros & Cons
Of the Qrevo models, the one with no suffix sits at the bottom of Roborock's self-servicing range. It vacuums and mops in the same run, plans its route by LiDAR, and goes home to a dock that empties the bin, refills the water tank, washes the two spinning mop pads and dries them with hot air.
Very little of that routine was cut to reach the lower price. The savings come out of the robot itself. Suction is modest for a Roborock, and the pads rise only a little when the robot meets a rug, so carpet and wet mopping do not mix here. The rest of the family's conveniences are present: obstacle avoidance, carpet detection, no-go zones, and recharge-and-resume on long runs. It also stores maps for several floors, which suits a tall, narrow house.
The two things missing are the two things the next model up adds. On the same platform, the Qrevo Pro brings a swing-out edge arm for corners and dirt detection that sends the robot back over a grubby patch. Without them, the plain Qrevo gives each part of the floor one even pass, whether it holds a coffee ring or nothing at all. Higher again, the S8 MaxV Ultra lifts its pads far enough to leave a rug dry.
That places this robot in a home laid with tile, wood or vinyl from wall to wall, where the dock's chores are the reason to buy and a corner can live with one pass. Roborock no longer lists the model and publishes no runtime for it, so what it can do is known and how long it runs is not.
Category strengths
Where the Roborock Qrevo beats the median
- A bigger dustbin ?350 ml vs 300 ml (median)
Where the Roborock Qrevo trails the median
- Much weaker suction ?5,500 Pa vs 19,750 Pa (median)
- No edge-cleaning extension ?
- No dirt detection & re-mop ?
- A lower mop lift ?7 mm vs 10.5 mm (median)
- A smaller water tank ?80 ml vs 110 ml (median)
- A slightly lower warm-air drying temperature ?45 °C vs 50 °C (median)
How this VS Score was computed
Score 40: each known spec is measured against the median of all robot vacuums (58 products), then weighted; 50 means level with that median. In classes of six or more, a value beyond the class’s 10th–90th percentile range counts as that limit, so one extreme product cannot set the scale. 43% of the scoreable weight could be used; unknown values, features not applicable to this class and proxies (battery capacity where a rated life exists) add or remove nothing.
| Specification | This product | Cohort median | Score weight | Points moved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suction power | 5,500 — capped at the class’s lower range (7,000) | 19,750 | 1.2 | −38.4 |
| Mopping | Yes | 79% of the class have it | 0.6 | +30.0 |
| Edge-cleaning extension | No | 79% of the class have it | 0.4 | −19.2 |
| Dirt detection & re-mop | No | 79% of the class have it | 0.4 | −19.2 |
| HEPA filter | No | 29% of the class have it | 0.4 | −19.2 |
| Water tank | 80 | 110 | 0.3 | −4.2 |
| Dustbin capacity | 350 | 300 | 0.4 | +3.2 |
| Warm-air drying temperature | 45 | 50 | 0.2 | −1.0 |
| Mop lift | 7 — capped at the class’s lower range (10) | 10.5 | 0.3 | −0.6 |
| Cleaning modes | 4 | 4 | 0.3 | +0.0 |
| Navigation | LiDAR | LiDAR | 1 | +0.0 |
| Multi-floor maps | 4 | 4 | 0.4 | +0.0 |
| Battery capacity | 5,200 | 5,200 | 0.5 | +0.0 |
| Height | 96.5 | 96.8 | 0.5 | +0.0 |
Not scored: Carpet detection (standard for the class (98% have it)); Max cleaning area (unknown: not scored); Mapping (standard for the class (98% have it)); Obstacle avoidance (standard for the class (100% have it)); No-go zones (standard for the class (100% have it)); Threshold clearance (unknown: not scored); Runtime (unknown: not scored); Recharge & resume (standard for the class (95% have it)); Self-empty dock (standard for the class (91% have it)); Auto-refill mop (standard for the class (87% have it)); Mop self-cleaning (standard for the class (92% have it)); Automatic mop removal (unknown: not scored); Mop wash temperature (unknown: not scored); Automatic detergent dispenser (unknown: not scored); Noise level (unknown: not scored); App control (standard for the class (100% have it)); Voice assistant (standard for the class (100% have it)); Scheduling (standard for the class (100% have it)); Zone / room cleaning (standard for the class (100% have it)); Washable filter (standard for the class (88% have it)); Anti-tangle brush (standard for the class (98% have it)); Removable mop pads (standard for the class (90% have it)).
Editor’s note
The Qrevo is the entry point to Roborock's self-servicing range, and two numbers mark where the savings were made.
Suction is 5,500 Pa, the lowest of the four Roborocks here, and mop lift is 7 mm. That lift figure is the one to think about: it is enough to raise the pads off a very thin rug and not enough for anything with real pile, so a home with carpet will need the carpeted rooms excluded from mopping runs in the app. On uniformly hard floors it is a non-issue.
What you still get is the part that makes these machines worth owning. The dock empties the bin, refills the water tank and washes the mop pads, so the routine maintenance disappears. Navigation is LiDAR with obstacle avoidance and four saved floor maps, so it cleans methodically and handles a multistory home. There is an all-rubber anti-tangle brush, recharge-and-resume, removable mop pads and a washable filter. Roborock has delisted the model, and its manual lists a 5,200 mAh battery but no runtime.
There is no edge-cleaning arm and no dirt detection, so corners and stubborn patches get the same single pass as everywhere else. Roborock publishes no threshold figure for it, and its washable filter is rated E11 rather than HEPA.
Buy it if your floors are hard throughout and you want a self-emptying, self-washing machine for the least money. Buy the Qrevo Pro if corners bother you, or the S8 MaxV Ultra if there is carpet.
Specifications
Quality bars show where each figure sits between the lowest and highest of the 58 robot vacuums this VS Score is measured against.
Cleaning
Navigation
Battery & dock
Design
Smart features
Maintenance & filtration
Sources and verification
Where the specifications come from
- Datasheet or manualsupport.roborock.com
- Independent testingrtings.com
Verification
- First published
- Specifications last checked
- Sheet completeness
- 31 of 39 specifications verified; the rest show as Unknown and are never estimated or scored
- Page type
- Product specification page — Compiled from the manufacturer’s published specifications and the cited sources; this is not a hands-on test.
- Basis
- Research-based: specifications and editorial text were compiled from the documents listed here and the manufacturer’s published data. We have not tested this unit ourselves; where independent measurements are mentioned they belong to the linked publication.
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The bottom line
The Roborock Qrevo earns a VS Score of 40, below the median of the 58 robot vacuums it is measured against (a score of 50 is level with that median).
- Who it’s for
- Hard floors throughout, possibly over several stories, in a household that wants a self-emptying, self-washing robot for the least outlay.
- Who should look elsewhere
- Homes with real carpet should look elsewhere, because the pads do not lift high enough to cross it wet.
- The trade-off that matters
- Every patch gets one pass. With no edge arm and no dirt detection, corners keep a dust line and a sticky spot gets the same treatment as a clean one.
- The main alternative
- Roborock Qrevo Pro: an edge arm and dirt detection on the same platform, for corners and sticky kitchen patches
The VS Score is calculated from the weighted specifications above, each measured against the median of comparable robot vacuums — a shortlisting guide, not a substitute for your own priorities. See how we score.
