Should I buy a Roomba or Roborock?

Choosing between Roomba and Roborock mostly comes down to your floors and what you care about most in daily use.

• Buy a Roomba if: your home has a lot of carpet and you want a brand with a long track record in robot vacuums.
• Buy a Roborock if: you have mostly hard floors, a more complex layout, or you want strong mapping and navigation features, often including vacuum-and-mop combo options.

Simple rule of thumb:

• Carpet + pet hair: Roomba
• Hard floors + mapping + mopping: Roborock

That said, specific results vary a lot by model tier. Higher-end Roborock models have improved a lot on carpets, and newer Roombas have improved their mapping too. It’s best to compare the exact models you’re considering, since features and performance can change a lot from one tier to another.