Roborock Saros 20 Review: Jack of All Trades, Master of Most

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. I’ve found in my robot-vacuum testing that just about every one of them has tradeoffs. One may have a killer mop, but it doesn’t reach the edges of your floor. One may have excellent object recognition, but not actually have the power to do much about it. Another may have a gimmicky robotic arm but sacrifice performance everywhere else. So while there’s still a ton of room for improvement in this whole category, I was relieved to finally find a robo-vac that does everything really well. Perfectly? Not even close. But the $1,600 Roborock Saros 20 is easily the best all-arounder I’ve ever tested. While it still has some odd quirks, it’s currently the best robovac money can buy, with impressive cleaning ability and autonomy. The Saros line is positioned as Roborock’s flagship series, with the Saros 20 sitting at the top. It features a whopping 36,000Pa of suction (just two years ago, 10,000Pa was considered premium); the new Adaptlift Chassis 3.0, which is capable of vaulting over a double-layer threshold up to 3.46