iRobot Roomba j7 vs Roborock Qrevo S5V

“Definitely tempted. The adapt lift doesn't matter to me. I don't need cameras. Taking that into consideration, the Edge/Curv doesn't really make sense. The S5V has a worse base, it mops with cold water instead. Now, that Costco deal on the QX Revo Ultra is also interesting, I see it can fit under lower furniture thanks to its lifting lidar sensor, but I'm not sure that really matters. Not sure how the base performs, it's very hard to find any review on any of the Costco exclusives honestly. I do like Costco's warranty policy.”

“I've got a major issue with my J7+ and it's brushes at the moment - the pale-green one (the rear one, which spins in reverse) wears out far faster than the front one and once it's lost that material, the robot effectively stops picking up anything that isn't loose on the carpet. I fudged a fix for mine at the weekend by pulling the plastic rod out of the old pale green one and inserting it into the outer material for a dark green one and fitted it. The downside to that being that whenever I fit new rollers to the robot, it starts struggling to rotate them and they even affect it moving across my carpets...”