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The Roborock Saros 20 handily beats 2025s Saros 10R. But hopefully, the Saros 20 Sonic is even better.
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The 2026 version of my favorite robot vacuum from last year has arrived: As of March 23, the $1,5999.99 Roborock Saros 20 is available to buy in the U.S.
This is hardly a matter of whether the Saros 20 is better than the Saros 10R — from a technical standpoint, it literally is. As the direct new version of the Saros 10R, the Saros 20 is obviously packed with several specs upgrades over its predecessor. So in my at-home testing, I’m considering whether I’m as excited about the Saros 20 in 2026 as I was about the Saros 10R in 2025.
What’s special (or not) about the Roborock Saros 20?
The premium robot vacuum market is much more crowded than it was last year, so the Saros 20 has to work harder to stand out. The Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete is extremely similar in cleaning capabilities, ultra-slim design, and price. The Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow has weaker suction and a completely different style of mopping, but is still a fantastic vacuum from the same brand at a much chiller price point. Both of those have been on the market for at least a month, taking a bit of edge off the Saros 20’s debut.
And then there’s the Roborock Saros 20 Sonic, which is set to release later this spring. “Sonic” refers to a vibrating D-shaped mopping pad like the Saros 10 had, but this one isn’t relegated to the vacuum’s circular body. It shares most of its other features with the Saros 20. Still, I can’t assess the Saros 20 in a vacuum when I know there’s another version out soon.
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At any rate, the Saros 20 has a few main improvements over the 10R. Not only does its 36,000 Pa suction power topple the Saros 10R’s 22,000 Pa, but it’s now the strongest suction power on the market by a hair (the Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete has 35,000 Pa). The Saros 20 is also outfitted with the AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0: a legged tri-wheel system that can hoist the vacuum body over thick thresholds up to 3.46 inches, like floor type changes, U-shaped chair legs, or plush rugs. (That’s a big theme this year.) The Saros 20’s small obstacle avoidance feels lightyears ahead of the Saros 10R’s.
It was a pleasant surprise to see that the Saros 20 costs $1,599.99 — the same debut price as last year’s Saros 10 and Saros 10R models. You’re getting an extra 14,000 Pa of suction and better navigation for the same price someone paid last year. If you already have a Roborock, you can save up to $1,050 on the Saros 20 by trading in the old one.
The Saros 20’s small obstacle avoidance is phenomenal
The Saros 20 uses the same StarSight 2.0 navigational system that the Saros 10 did. This alternative to traditional LiDAR got a lot of marketing hype last year, but in my testing, it wasn’t any better at avoiding small obstacles than other robot vacuums I was testing. I expected the Saros 20 to be similarly fine, but I’ve actually been blown away by its accuracy — there’s no question that the Saros 20 has a far deeper understanding of the various items that could pop up on the floor.
This is what your vacuum app looks like when you don’t have a shoe rack.
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I had to laugh at the Saros 20 catching me and my cat watching it vacuum.
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I think this is the first time a robot vacuum in my apartment has had a 100 percent obstacle avoidance rate for multiple days on end. The Saros 20 knows that a shoe is a shoe, a reusable grocery bag is a bag, and an extension cord or charger is a cord. It’ll sweep or scrub right up against the shoes or bags without snatching them up, but keeps its distance from cords to stay on the safe side. Its acute peripheral vision even clocks that the rolling desk chair is a chair type that’s easy to get stuck in, maneuvering back to the dock accordingly.
Is the Roborock Saros 20 good on carpet?
The Saros 20 has had generally reliable rug performance so far, but it hasn’t been as foolproof as I expected for 36,000 Pa.
Its two standout tests involved dried quinoa dumped from the bag onto the kitchen Ruggable (the printed flatweave texture) and a giant field of dryer lint dragged around the tufted living room rug. I had to get down on the floor to find stragglers from either mess. The lint roller test in the living room only revealed a few stray cat hairs and the fuzzies that shed off the rug constantly.
Some lint tufts were loose, some were pushed down into the rug fibers.
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I let this rug go un-vacuumed for days to test the Saros 20, so this is pretty impressive.
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The Saros 20 also did a great job of sucking spilled pancake mix off of that flat rug. However, its performance on powder and small debris was iffy on a fluffier rug. It left behind a considerable amount of protein mix and oats, which the Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete had no problem clearing afterward.
The ability to clean a bathroom without getting into an altercation with a bath mat is rare, but an extension of rug performance nonetheless. The AdaptiLift Chassis definitely works as intended in that regard — several times, I’ve watched the Saros 20 lift and tilt the vacuum body to skirt over the corner flaps instead of dragging them underneath.
Is the Roborock Saros 20 good on hard floors?
The Saros 20’s dual spinning mopping pad system is nearly identical to the Saros 10R’s, but that’s not a bad thing. Though a few roller mop robot vacuums I’ve tested can actually mop closer to walls than I expected, the length of the roller prohibits them from mopping closely in 90-degree angles (the entire roller needs to be pulled in to change directions). Corner precision is much higher when there are two round spinning pads that can move independently of each other.
If you’re picky about dusty corners or sticky spots near the kitchen cabinets, your ideal robot vacuum and mop combo will have this hinged spinning mop pad system. These pads are also thin enough to scoot into super tight gaps near the floor, like under the bottom shelf of my island/bar cart. A disgusting amount of dust bunnies and dirt from the front door gathers right under it, but a cylindrical roller mop definitely can’t swipe under that one-inch clearance.
A taller robot vacuum can’t get under low-clearance furniture and cabinets.
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The Saros 20 easily cleans under cabinets.
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The Saros 20’s overall height would make it a great pick for homes with low-clearance furniture. It measures a little bit over three inches tall, which is well short enough to fully clean under my TV stand and bed frame. The same goes for cleaning under the overhangs of kitchen cabinets and appliances: If a robot vacuum can’t fit underneath to tackle those daily crumbs and splatters, it’s always a no from me. I don’t want to live a life where I can’t simply push crumbs off the counter and let a vacuum deal with it.
I knew the Saros 20 would ace that test, snatching up between 98 and 99 percent of sprinkles, shredded cheese, and some pinches of basil under the counter on the hardwood kitchen floor. It has also reliably kept up with its litter box area duties on hardwood and on tile in the bathroom, consistently picking up around 97 percent of kitty litter and litter dust.
I really have a newfound appreciation for ultra-slim robot vacuums after testing (and always having to rescue) the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai. It’s nearly an inch taller than models like the Saros 20 and Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete, which is enough to get itself wedged under my dishwasher or bottom kitchen drawer during almost every clean.
It feels so good to watch a robot vacuum fit under the Litter-Robot step.
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Sansa is shocked at the height difference between the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai (left) and Roborock Saros 20 (right).
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Bonus test: Could the Roborock Saros 20 be used in a hair salon?
It also seemed appropriate to give the big, fancy 36,000 Pa suction a harder test than my usual robot vacuum obstacle course entails. After giving a friend a quick at-home buzz cut (no, I don’t know what I’m doing), I decided to see how the Saros 20 would handle the mess of hair clippings.
I’d typically reserve hair clippings cleanup for powerful stick vacuum testing.
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The Saros 20 dragged this clump to the rug edge, then couldn’t snatch it up.
Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable
The Saros 20 picked up about 90 percent of the hair, but simply could not wrangle a few of the bigger clumps after four or five tries. The damp mopping cloths were integral during the second pass, wiping up the layer of fine, loose hairs that were initially missed in plain vacuum mode. (And that’s why hair salons can’t ditch the classic broom and dustpan.) The performance wasn’t perfect, but a vast majority of the mistakes were ones that could only be avoided by a human with a manual vacuum. To be fair, the Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete missed those clumps, too.
Factors I’m keeping an eye on
I shouldn’t have had to send the Saros 20 back for a third pass as often as I did, especially for being the strongest robot vacuum one can buy right now. While it was typically able to throw together a quite wholesome clean after three tries, most people aren’t observing their vacuum like I am to know whether a third pass is needed. Shouldn’t a vacuum this expensive be better at conducting some sort of “before and after” check?
My kitchen floor felt greasy after testing the Saros 20’s effectiveness on condiments like ranch and sesame oil. Maybe I’ve been spoiled with roller mops that rinse themselves as they’re cleaning. But now, it feels unsanitary for non-roller mops to not go back to wash the mops every three minutes. The Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete doesn’t have self-rinsing mopping pads, either, but at least it mops with hot water.
As the user, avoiding this isn’t rocket science: For larger spills that you don’t want dragged across the floor, you just need to enact a target zone cleaning rather than letting it tackle the whole room. Maybe I need to let the AI stain detection cook for another week or so. But right now, I don’t feel confident sending the Saros 20 over a spill larger than a dime-sized droplet.
That doesn’t mean I would recommend buying the Saros 10R over the Saros 20. (Even though the Saros 10R goes on sale for $999.99 now, I’d tell you to just spend that same amount on the Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow.) Though I feel a little let down by the sequel to my favorite, I still have high hopes for the Saros 20 Sonic to be one of the best robot vacuums of 2026.
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New He-Man Trailer Marks Triumphant Return To Eternia
By Jennifer Asencio
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Recently, animator Barry Caldwell died, less than a week before the newest trailer for the live-action version of one of his many well-known projects: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. It is perhaps ironic that the trailer should so closely follow his death, as it is a reminder of his impact on our culture.
And boy, does the trailer have impact. Movies based on or around toy lines or video games tend to be transparent cash grabs and thus really horrible, with a few notable exceptions. Street Fighter leaned into its camp and both Silent Hill and Resident Evil managed to capture the survival horror of their settings quite well. Even the Sonic the Hedgehog movies embrace their cartoonishness to stand out as halfway decent adaptations. Meanwhile, repeated attempts to make a good Super Mario Brothers movie haven’t always won over fans, and the Jem movie, based on another Hasbro line, failed entirely by abandoning its source material.
Masters of the Universe appears as though it may not only join the ranks of the successful adaptations but potentially surpass them. The trailer shows us not only an Adam on a dreary Earth, but the consequences of both his exile and return. Sent away by his parents as Skeletor ravages Eternia, he works in an office but is a sci-fi nerd who is always conscious of his roots.
To top it off, he is the prince of the land he was sent away from, so his return has consequence to its people. Reunited with the Sword of Power, he is picked up by canon character Teela and brought back to an Eternia that has been ravaged and razed. His parents are prisoners, and it looks like his populace is a little skeptical of him. He knows that the weight of saving his planet rests on his shoulders. Is he ready to take on the challenge of defeating Skeletor and his evil minions?
Top-Tier Worldbuilding
The trailer treats us to magical transformations and really exciting fights with Adam in full He-Man form, answering that question rather quickly and giving us what we want to see in a He-Man movie: the titular hero fighting the terrifying sorcerer and his witchy sidekick, Evilyn in the fantasy setting it was written in, not here on Earth, which we see every time we open our eyes. This is augmented by the science fiction technology that was also a huge part of the fantasy setting, including space ships, laser guns, and mechanized weapons.
Even ravaged, Eternia looks awesome, with the CGI well-rendered and not cartoony, like an Avatar movie. We see all the sites: Castle Greyskull, the home of He-Man ally Sorceress, the lair of Skeletor, the sweeping capitol, and various vistas of Eternia’s mountains, plains, and forests. While there may be scenes on Earth, it feels like this is a story of Adam’s homecoming, and therefore it embraces Eternia as surely as Adam is its prince.
The characters are also largely spot-on. Cringer, Adam’s companion and steed whose alter ego is Battle Cat when the prince is He-Man, looks a lot better than he did in the original trailer, and makes a comical appearance in lieu of the MGM Lion in the production credit (MGM and Amazon produced the movie).
Teela looks exactly right, especially once she is in full costume with her hair swept up in her crown. Even Duncan Man-at-Arms, who is played by Idris Elba in a casting move that has caused some complaints, is in perfect costume, and Elba does justice to the grizzled warrior as he gives Adam advice about being a man.
A Trailer That Will Channel Your Inner Barbarian
The only one of the heroes from the cartoon that I haven’t seen in the trailers yet is the floating tiny wizard Orko, who as the comic relief of the show. Given how much attention has been given to the rest of the production, I suspect we may yet see him. After all, there are many special effects creatures in the trailer, including an alien Adam can’t identify. Even Sorceress appears, but you’ll only spot her if you’re “eagle-eyed” (hint, hint!).
Jared Leto is buried under a lot of makeup as Skeletor, giving the monstrous dictator a menacing look that is only more enticing in this new trailer. Unlike his cartoon counterpart or his portrayal by Frank Langella in the 1987 campy live action version with Dolph Lundgren, Jared Leto’s Skeletor is a frightening presence on the screen, his glowing red eyes evidence of his evil. Speaking of evil, Alison Brie as Evilyn is dressed to kill, even if she doesn’t quite look the part as much as Meg Foster did in 1987.
I went from being a bit unsure about the direction the movie was taking to being very excited about it because of this trailer. The other trailer made some hints that it was either embracing the “modern audience” or skewering it with the masculinity inherent in a character named “He-Man” (whose mundane identity’s name also means “man”), but with shots of He-Man in his full barbarian-style garb, it is clear that the movie isn’t shying away from its hero. It is actually starting to look like a real live-action version of the cartoon we grew up with in the 80s, and it looks like it’s not just a cynical artifact cashing in on nostalgia, but a truly great tribute to a memorable character and his world.
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Nicole Kidman's R-Rated Netflix Thriller Is 50 First Dates Meets Memento
By Robert Scucci
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Have you ever watched Memento and thought to yourself, “I wish there was a crappier version of this film that makes no sense?” Well, your search is over, because 2014’s Before I Go to Sleep is streaming on Netflix. It’s billed as a psychological thriller, and technically it is, but it completely falls apart under scrutiny if you watch it for more than five seconds and have an IQ higher than the average goldfish.
It’s not the talent involved either. Before I Go to Sleep is adequately acted, and it looks fine. There are even some pretty neat flashback sequences. There’s nothing wrong with the cinematography, but the cast and crew alone can’t save a screenplay like this. You can’t act your way out of a premise so profoundly stupid that it requires four ibuprofen and a cool, dark room to recover from. The movie’s about amnesia, but unfortunately, I remember watching it, so I might as well talk about it.
Like Memento But Without The Drama, Mystery, Tension, Or Smart Hooks
Here’s the story that Before I Go to Sleep tries to tell. Christine Lucas (Nicole Kidman) has amnesia. Every day, her husband Ben (Colin Firth) gives her a 50 First Dates crash course on her identity, their relationship, her injury, and her memory loss. Meanwhile, another man named Mike Nasch (Mark Strong), who claims to be her psychologist, calls her daily to remind her that she’s keeping a record of her thoughts on a camera hidden in a shoebox in her closet. Every day, Christine wakes up, forgets what happened the day before, and repeats the cycle.
Christine has been living like this for 14 years. It’s only when the movie begins that all of this suddenly becomes a problem. She starts remembering her old friend Claire (Ann-Marie Duff), who gives her a crash course on what her life has been like since the accident. Through these increasingly preposterous encounters, Christine learns that she had a son with Ben. She also learns that Ben divorced her at some point, yet she’s still living with him. On top of that, Mike may not be entirely truthful, even though he’s the one who encouraged her to document everything in the first place. Smells like red herring to me.
Falls Apart During The First Act
What’s most perplexing about Before I Go to Sleep is how long Christine has been living like this without any meaningful intervention. She has no recollection of anything before her accident each time she wakes up. She should never be left alone to her own devices because she has a severe cognitive disability. The friends she reconnects with are way too casual about everything, as if hearing from someone out of the blue years after their traumatic brain injury is totally normal.
I understand that someone like Claire may have had repeated encounters with Christine and is playing along to avoid upsetting her, but that’s not what’s being implied here. Everything is far too convenient, with all signs pointing to the fact that somebody is up to something, which we learn through Christine’s flashbacks. The problem is that these flashbacks aren’t reliable, and they’re clearly being influenced by manipulative sources.
If you’re wondering who the manipulative source is, try the one living with her who has clearly been controlling the narrative from the opening scene onward. I’d say spoiler alert, but if you’ve seen even a couple psychological thrillers, you’ll know exactly how this ends before the opening credits finish rolling.
Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, and Mark Strong do about as well as they can with what they’re given. But if I’m being honest, you’re better off huffing paint, watching 50 First Dates and Memento on two separate screens, and trying to piece them together every time you regain consciousness. It’s basically the same experience.
As of this writing, Before I Go to Sleep is streaming on Netflix.
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