What you pay
The Qrevo S5V sits in the middle of Roborock's Qrevo lineup. On amazon.ca it costs $999.99 CAD, while the newer Qrevo S Pro lists at $599.99 CAD, a $400 gap between two robots from the same brand, both with multifunctional docks and LiDAR navigation.
Suction power
The S5V sports 12,000 Pa suction power. The Qrevo S Pro steps up to 18,500 Pa, along with two rotating mop pads and an anti-tangle side brush. That's a 54% jump on paper. In practice, suction ratings don't translate linearly to cleaning results, bench tests on the S5V showed real measured airflow well below Roborock's claimed figure, yet the robot still cleaned impressively, suggesting brush design matters more than raw suction numbers.
Cleaning performance on carpet and hard floors
The S5V ranks among the best carpet cleaners ever tested, removing 92% of embedded debris, but avoids only 6 out of 24 test objects. Its DuoDivide brush excelled in hair tangle tests, finishing with zero hair tangles, far better than the average robot, which wraps 38% of hairs around the brush. The Qrevo S Pro has no comparable independent carpet test data published at time of writing, but in hands-on testing it demonstrated confident navigation, driving precisely into areas only millimetres wider than its housing and searching hard-to-reach corners from multiple sides, without getting stuck once.
Dock features, where the real difference lives
Both docks auto-empty, auto-refill, wash mop pads, and dry them. The gap is temperature. The S5V's dock washes mop pads but does not use heated water, which can affect cleaning effectiveness. The Qrevo S Pro's dock washes mops with water heated to 75°C, then dries them with warm air at 45°C, a feature usually found only on models above $1,000 CAD. For anyone mopping daily, this isn't a minor upgrade. Unheated mop washing leaves residue that gets redeposited on the next run.
Battery and coverage
The S5V runs a 5,200 mAh battery for 180 minutes, covering about 1,244 sq ft per charge, with dock refills extending mopping coverage to 3,552 sq ft. The Qrevo S Pro's battery specs are not independently tested at the time of writing, but Roborock's own specification sheet lists dual liftable spinning mops, 65-day dustbag intervals, and 18,500 Pa suction for the S Pro. Roborock rates the Qrevo line's battery at 5,200 mAh across most models, so comparable runtime is likely, but that's not yet confirmed by independent lab data.
Value for Canadian buyers
The S5V costs $400 CAD more than the S Pro while delivering less suction and a cold-water mop wash dock. Its obstacle avoidance scored poorly in independent tests, its dustbin is smaller than most, and the app felt buggier and more limited than Roborock's higher-end models. The Qrevo S Pro targets users looking for a fully automatic cleaning solution without digging deep into their wallets, with its key upgrade being the revised base station that cleans mops with hot water at up to 75°C, a function rarely found in this price range.