Hair-removal features may reduce maintenance, but owner evidence also showed hair accumulating in bearings and sockets.
Pros: Mopping performance, Obstacle Avoidance (Robot)
Cons: Hair‑Wrap / Tangle Resistance, Bin and Bag
Best 2024 Roborock Vacuums for Hair-removal channel issues
Hair-removal channel behavior improved over a prior S8 but still sometimes required roller clearing.
Pros: Overall opinion, Mopping performance
Cons: Price and Value, Hair‑Wrap / Tangle Resistance
Hair-removal channeling works, but one reviewer wished the robot fully sucked hair away instead of requiring manual removal.
Pros: Overall opinion, Corner Cleaning (Robot)
Cons: Obstacle Avoidance (Robot), Price and Value
Hair-removal channel evidence was mixed because the reviewer found some extra hair wrap in the pivot area.
Pros: Overall opinion, Hair‑Wrap / Tangle Resistance
Cons: Obstacle Avoidance (Robot), Stuck resistance
Hair-removal channels helped manage wrap, but reviewers still found hair wrap and cleanup work around brushes and wheels.
Pros: Overall opinion, AI, Smart, App and Automation
Cons: Obstacle Avoidance (Robot), Floorhead design
Hair-removal channel issues were present in one test where long hairs still tangled by the end of testing.
Pros: AI, Smart, App and Automation, Overall opinion
Cons: Bin and Bag, Carpet — Medium-Pile Pickup
Hair-removal channel issues were negative, with tangled hair described as painful to remove.
Pros: Mopping performance, Edge and Baseboard Cleaning (Hard Floors)
Cons: Solution / Liquid system