From Struggling Robots to the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow’s Seamless Clean
Back during the Term 3 school holidays, I headed down to the Roborock House of Tomorrow pop up to have a look at their latest line up. This included the then just announced Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow. Well DRN readers, strap in because I have just been told by the Roborock team that we are the first to press with a review.
DRN has reviewed the Qrevo S in December 2024, and the Qrevo C more recently in June 2025. Both are solid performers although Wes struggled a bit with the roller on the Qrevo S. It seems Roborock has taken the feedback to heart and has made meaningful changes.
tl;dr
The Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow is a premium robot vacuum and mop that delivers on its high-end promises, particularly for busy, messy households. With 20,000 Pa HyperForce Suction and a new Dual Anti-tangle brush, it excelled at managing pet hair and debris. Crucially, it effortlessly conquered the 1cm high step into the kitchen, a historical challenge for previous models. Its self-cleaning and hot-air drying SpiraFlow mop system and highly customizable app (with precise mapping and No-Go Zones) make daily maintenance cleaning a hands-off affair. While it’s a tool to help clean, not a complete replacement for manual work, its powerful performance and smart automation make the A$2,499 price tag a worthwhile investment in buying back your time.
Previous Robovac Experiences: Why the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Had to Impress
I have had a robotic vacuum before, it was early 2022 and my partner was interested to see how it would go with our fairly crazy busy household. For context we had four kids at the time from 3 year old to 15, Tapioca was just a kitten not even 6 months old. A robovac that could do the maintenance clean without manual intervention would be tremendously useful.
We used it for about 10 months before parking it. It was not so much that it did not do the job, but it was how many times I have to rescue it during it’s sweep of the house.
Our kitchen is in the heart of the house. It’s our gathering place, where we cook food to nourish and feed our bodies and souls. It is tiled of course, for easy cleaning, and it is also raised by about a centimetre compared to the rest of the house.
More critically, there are three entries into this space. That one centimetre rise was the bane of the robovac. It struggled and struggled to surmount this challenge and will then ultimately cry for help. Multiple times. Per entrance. Ultimately I got tried of constantly having to rescue it and decommissioned it.
Introducing the Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow: Key Specs and Anti-Tangle Upgrades
Over the past three years I have let the other editors take the lead on various robovac units, watching the technology change and improve. From plain vacuum cleaner to smarter units that can “climb” steps, robotic arms such as in the Roborock Saros 10 series. Then the mopping and vacuum functions.
It is definitely one of the perks of leading a team of editors. I not only get to read about the changes in the tech space, I am part of the fabric that gets hands on with much of them to see the real value.
The Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow comes with 20,000 Pa HyperForce Suction, extra-wide 270 mm design, 220 RPM high-speed rotation, and boosted downward pressure. The marketing says 2.5x stronger mopping pressure that mimics the force of human hands for the action. It is also powered by SpiraFlow technology, the first of its kind in a robovac for real-time self-cleaning mop.
Also in an upgrade that addresses Wes’ concerns with the Qrevo S, this latest model comes with a smart Dual Anti-tangle system brush to keep hair from clogging the rollers.
Other features include the 75 degree Celsius high-temperature mop cleaning which automatically washes the mop after use. The cleaned mop is then dried at 55 degree Celsius, all whilst the unit is recharging so it is ready to go again.
Introducing the Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow to the Family
Tapioca is pretty used to having a robovac around the house. He used to just follow it around the house, it was good to entertain him when he was a kitten and I had to work.
Mochi however, has never seen one. Plus she has never been much of a fan of vacuum noises, being a bit skittish about it.
And of course, it would be remiss of me not to point out “Rokoko”, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow plushie that the Roborock team very generously gifted my daughter at the House of Tomorrow pop up. The team would be pleased to hear that it does not leave her side in bed, and it goes with her on sleep overs with her grandparents. Totally inseparable.
Setting Up and Mapping: A Real-World Mess Test
I was told by the team that I got the very first unit in Australia (thank you). It was so new that they had to specifically whitelist my unit in the back end before I could even activate it in app.
The physical set up was pretty simple. The unit was well packaged but not excessively so.
You do need to locate a permanent spot in the house so that there is a home for the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow to return to dock, recharge, self clean etc. It also needs some clearance above it so you can take out the clean and dirty water tanks as necessary.
I had a spot picked out for it, on the open side of my work table. Even though the unit would sit atop a rug, the actual unit itself would roll straight out onto floorboards. It was my ideal spot, being accessible, opens onto the lounge area hardwood floor that could do with vacuum and mopping regularly.
In a sure sign that I am not the boss of the house, my daughter was not happy that I took over her storage corner and evicted the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow.
So now it still lives under my desk, but on my working side where it will roll out onto the rug first and in a more challenging configuration. I was also curious to see how noisy it will get when it comes to self cleaning. I mean, seriously it is just by my foot where I work. I hope the ANC on my headset does not have to work overtime.
I had some pretty major reservations going into this review. Right now everything is a mess in the house, we have been rejigging work spaces, storage areas. My partner’s business is gaining traction so there is a lot of raw material that needs to be sorted still and put away.
Ideally I would have things off the floor so I can map the place properly, but I feel this is a hurdle too high to climb right now.
So I bit the bullet with the bare minimal stuff that I could move out of the way and set the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow off to figure things out as best as it could. It was a close my eyes and hope for the best kind of moment. It is also the kind of environment that is as far as showroom perfect as you can get for a real world test.
LiDAR Mapping and Overcoming Thresholds (The Kitchen Step Test)
Right off the bat, the core issue I have with my previous unit was a no brainer to the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow. The step up into the kitchen? Handled with ease. No squawking, no complaining. It got up effortlessly, many times. I never once had to intervene to help it out.
In fact I can say I have never had to rescue the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow from trying to get into my kitchen. For the record, my step up of one centimetre is just a speed bump. The Qrevo Curv 2 Flow can a threshold of two centimetres.
It did a remarkably good job of mapping the areas I gave it access to. Unlike older robovacs that need to physically run to every part of the floor plan, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow uses a LiDAR sensor to help create the map.
Despite what I consider immense challenges, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow actually did a really good job of mapping out the house. It is not perfect of course, but it was far better than what I thought it would do.
That was the first thing that impressed me. If you have been holding back because you feel things are too messy for a robovac, this proves that you don’t need to wait for the conditions to be perfect. It was a very pleasant surprise.
Customising Your Clean with the Roborock App
The map is the all important part to unlocking the powers of the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow. Like I said before, it does not need to be perfect, you just need a starting point to work with.
The app will display the map in all it’s glory. By default it is in 2D, but you can change it to a 3D view. I will talk more about this later.
Zooming into the view a bit more, it accurately identified all the carpeted areas and all the hardwood flooring automatically. It even did a pretty good job identifying the rooms and their functions.
It did trip up thinking my partner’s work area as a bedroom, but that is a minor detail that is easily fixed. It’s possible it just took a stab in the dark as I did not let it into two of the real bedrooms.
The real value with the app is the ability to edit the details. This was not a feature I had with my previous unit.
With the Roborock app, I can carve up the map as I see fit – merging rooms or dividing them. Set each space for their own specific cleaning regime. Maybe I want a deep clean always in the bedroom, but just your average one in the corridor.
I can also tune the mopping pressure, per area – max in the kitchen but mid-range elsewhere.
It was really flexible once you dig into the app and get the hang of it. I can’t stress enough the importance of backing up your map first before playing around, or you could be telling the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow to remap again. It won’t be the end of the world, but it will take time.
Fine-Tuning Maps, No-Go Zones, and Invisible Walls
There are other important features such as adding an invisible wall, and explicitly setting a no-go zone. What’s the difference, when and where do you use it?
The no-go zone is pretty self explanatory. You add a no-go zone, which will be a box (or boxes) you put over the specific area(s) you do not want the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow to enter.
My partner has told me that she does not want the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow in her work area because she will drop beads as she work, and they will all end up being sucked into the vacuum and wasted. So I applied a no-go zone over her area and just like Gandalf said to the Balrog, “You cannot pass, flame of Udûn!” That area is now inaccessible to the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow.
So what about invisible walls? I have a work desk with a half back, so there is a gap that goes right through. Say I don’t want the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow to go through the gap on it’s routine, I can put up an invisible wall, and it will go around my desk to clean either side of it.
Another way to visualise this is chairs and tables with U-shaped legs where there is a bar on the floor. The Qrevo Curv 2 Flow can easily climb over that, but you don’t want to damage the furniture unnecessarily. So you draw in an invisible wall so it will go around the legs instead of through them.
Another key feature that Roborock has made available in the app is the ability to manually control the cleaning sequence. You can tell it the order it should clean each area, if you don’t like how it is done automatically.
Perhaps you want to it to start the routine furthest away from the dock and work it’s way back. The power to choose is at your finger tip.
The map also shows you the route the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow will take around each room, with the option of changing to a different preset on how the unit runs around on the floor.
Advanced Mopping, Self-Cleaning, and Drying
In general, I send the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow out on it’s general vacuuming routine about mid-morning, after I have fully settled into work mode.
I like that I can select just the kitchen and dining room for vacuum and mopping when the house is quieter. Then when I know there is less foot traffic around for a longer period, I can tell it go to do a mop everywhere.
Let me just tell you how nice it is to come home, to have the floor freshly vacuumed and mopped, with next to no effort on my part.
Where it encountered carpeted areas, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow will auto-lift the mop to keep clear of it, so it is not dragging a damp mop over the material.
Once the mopping cycle is completed, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow will return to the dock to empty the dirty water, and initiate a 65 deg C hot water cleaning cycle for the mops. It also will dry the mop at 55 deg C so avoid nasty odours.
The drying cycle can take a few hours, as it is done on a slow burn. But it does keep the noise down to a low hum in the background. Considering where the unit is located, right under my desk, that is something I do appreciate!
If you prefer, you can get the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow to vac and mop at the same time. The other options being vacuum then mop, or just vacuum only. Unfortunately there is no “just mop” option, which is understandable.
Other Smart Features: Pet Detection and Remote Viewing
As part of the smarts, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow will make attempts to identify furniture it detects on it’s journey around your house. You can also manually add them in on the map as well if you find that it has missed some items.
In the maps section, if your brain works better with 3D representations, then you can switch the viewing mode to 3D instead of the flat 2D depiction that is turned on by default. It is surprisingly useful because it is easier to see obstacles and furniture. At least it is for me.
It amuses me that it will also identify pets, and you can instruct the unit to go around them. Just letting the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow run, I can see Tapioca just trotting along side thinking he can play.
There is a remote viewing option, which requires a specific activation through the app. Before anyone grab their pitchforks, by default you need to add a pattern lock (at least it is on Android) before you can access the feature after activation. Optionally you can also set a password.
When the remote viewing mode is active, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow will regularly say “Remote Viewing is Active” as an audio notification.
Whilst you are in that mode, you can set the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow to cruise, or even search for your pet. There is an option to talk to you pet too once you find them. Yes you can also take full manual control and drive the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow around.
The imagery here is no 4K quality, but it is a robovac, it only needs to be good enough to identify it’s location and potentially any obstacles and issues it may have encountered.
Public service announcement here. If you feel sick watching a first person shooter game, then watching the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow working is like speed running through Castle Wolfenstein. The unit is constantly moving and turning.
Maintenance, Gripes, and Battery Life
It is not all hands off set and forget with the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow. Ideally you should do some basic maintenance and check the unit from time to time. Maybe at least once a week depending on how frequently you use it.
I have found that the unit is fairly frugal with water use, but emptying the waste water tank regularly will help keep things, especially odours, under control.
Additionally check the rollers and mops. I have found it has a tendency to clump dust and hair and get stuck at the mop. It doesn’t stop the action per se, but it certainly is not something you want to let fester until it is a problem.
Pulling the machine apart is simple. The dual rollers are under a double clip. Both rollers can be removed so you can access the area underneath.
The dirty water container can also be removed, then the mop itself can be taken out for rinsing and cleaning if necessary.
I know the smart Dual Anti-tangle system brush works because one night after coming home to freshly clean floors, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow quietly humming away drying the mops, I found a large clump of dust, fur and some rubbish next to the dock. It was a little damp too so it might have been through a minor battle but the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow won!
There has been one occasion here the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow dragged some cat knibble around instead of vacuuming it up.
I have noticed very low lying objects, like a flat wallet (because let’s face it, who has a fat wallet in this period of #cossiliv?) lying on the ground is missed by the sensors.
Similarly whilst I didn’t leave any cables on the ground, there were some pipe cleaners from my partner’s crafting left on the floor and the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow tried unsuccessfully to gobble it up on a few occasions.
One of the times it tried to gobble up the pipe cleaner actually resulted in the unit calling for help.
The app can be a little daunting to start with, but my suggestion is to run with the basics and fiddle with fine tuning later. Don’t let it derail you but trust it’s smarts to make a start.
The app says I have about 44 square metres of cleaning in the house.
To do a simple maintenance vacuum, it uses about 25 percent of the battery. To do a full vacuum and mop, it uses almost half the battery.
This is done with a single pass of the cleaning. You can bump this up. And depending on the size of the area that needs cleaning, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow may need to return to dock to charge before completing the job.
Integrating with Home Assistant for Ultimate Automation
For transparency, I will say I didn’t try integrating with Google Home or Apple HomeKit. There is also a Roborock Skill for Alex.
I eschewed all of these integration in favour of Home Assistant.
I thought I was going to have to code yaml and play with this one, but there is a ready made integration with Roborock, and all I needed to do was to sign into my Roborock account.
Can I tell you, just how glorious it was? The dock came up as it’s own device and entities, the vacuum unit itself a separate one.
It gives me control of both parts of the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow, shows me the status of what it is doing, how long it has been or how long it will take.
I can control the unit in the sense that I can trigger the vacuum to go do a job based on routines and maps comfigured by the app.
It looks like over the Christmas break I will be fixing up a few issues with my Home Assistant setup, and then I can do fun things like if both my partner and my phone are both away from home, it will auto trigger the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow to do a vacuum and a mop of the house.
Final Verdict: A Tool for Time, Not a Total Replacement
Can a robovac replace manual labour? No, not now and perhaps not ever.
The logic behind that answer is simple. A human when encountering a problem, can figure out a solution (generally). A crevice that the standard head can’t get into? Switch out to a tip nozzle. Object in the way? Move it so you can clean properly instead of around it.
Yes I know the Saros has the robotic arm, but that is not going to lift and move a crate out of the way. It won’t know that by moving one crate, there is areas to clean behind it.
But for an easy maintenance clean? A quick vacuum after meal time? Vacuum and mop the kitchen after cooking? Having the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow do it is an absolute no brainer.
At the end of the day, the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow is a tool to help. It is not a tool that will do it all.
I have proven that having a messy house is no deterrent to getting early results, and it can only improve as we clear more areas of the house of clutter. Out of my time testing with the Qrevo Curve 2 Flow, I have had to rescue it just once – for a stuck craft pipe cleaner. That is a pretty impressive result.
The Roborock Qrevo Curve 2 Flow has a RRP A$2,499 and is available on pre-order now from Roborock’s official online store and authorised participating retailers. For limited time only shop directly from the Roborock Store and receive a Bonus F25 RT (Retail value $599).
DRN would like to thank Roborock for providing the review unit, particularly ahead of general availability. As the launch campaign says, this is truly a gift of time especially heading into the Christmas chaos.
Thanks for getting to this point, this has been a massive review!
Summary of key features:
- Real time self-cleaning mop
- 20,000 Pa Hyperforce Suction
- Anti-tangle & suction power
- Reactive AI Obstacle Recognition
- 75°C high temperature mop cleaning
- 55°C warm air drying
- Multifunctional Dock 4.0
- TUV certified cybersecure
