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jruben4

Roborock better than the ecovac t90 pro for around the same price?

My use case: single floor, mix of hardwood and medium carpet. Dog and cat, lots of pet hair. I'm coming from a roborock s5 which did great with navigation but the roller was always very stuck with pet hair. Plus I want a self-emptying base.

Based on reviews, I got the Ecovac T90 pro and had it for a few weeks. I was impressed with the tangle avoidance (roller is clean still) but three issues:

  1. Navigation is pretty inefficient, and it got stuck in a lot of places my old vacuum didn't (like under chairs, where backing up seemed like it would have worked) so I had to set up a lot of no-go zones it get it through a session without getting stuck.
  2. Big Issue - Pet hair would often not get cleared out of dustbin by docking station (even with frequent-emptying at max power turned on) - it was so jammed in the exit chute it plugged up the whole works several times. Kind of ruins the convenience of a self-emptying dock if I have to keep going in to manually clear the on-board dustbin. And no warnings that this was occurring.
  3. Side brush broke off along with the motor mount so not an easy replacement.

I've always been impressed with the roborock navigation and overall quality - anything better than the T90 in a similar price point?

Posted Jul 5, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

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