A strong name, however, isnt enough to make for a great product.

Most of the unit is as you would expect.

The tanks are a little smaller than some others, though.

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The clean water tank holds around 2L of water compared to the Roborock Qrevo Curv which holds 2.4L.

I do like the matte black color-scheme on offer by the dock, though.

The vacuum itself is relatively slim, which should help it clean under furniture.

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To help even more, theres no LiDAR scanner on the top, unlike vacuums from other brands.

The Roborock Qrevo Curv, by comparison, measured 54dB at medium suction, and 61dB at high suction.

Instead of the brush pushing objects into the dustbin, the vacuum often simply flung them across the floor.

iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max on hardwood floor

The vacuum performed relatively well in a pet hair test, though.

The main issue involves even smaller sticky spills like BBQ sauce.

Just a few drops of BBQ sauce resulted in the vacuum dragging sticky water across the kitchen floor.

iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max on hardwood floor

But if they do take a long time, I certainly expect the cleaning to be effective.

Those floating filters and brushes, thankfully, are spare, though that wasnt made very clear.

After the vacuum was set up, its first order of business was to create a map.

iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max on hardwood floor

It did so relatively quietly, however it was much less careful than the Roborock Qrevo Curv.

The Roborock vacuum certainly ran into obstacles during mapping, but it slowed down on approach and recognized obstaclesasobstacles.

The lack of LiDAR system also meant that the vacuum wasveryslow in mapping even a smaller space.

iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max on hardwood floor

After the mapping process was complete, however, I was pleasantly surprised with the map it created.

And, you could set cleaning schedules.

The vacuum supportsGoogleHome and Amazon Alexa, though only with basic parameters and voice controls.

iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max app screenshot

It also supportsSiriShortcuts, though you wont be able to use it with Apple HomeKit.

iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max app screenshot

iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max app screenshot

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