Xiaomi Robot Vacuum 5 Pro

Summary

This robot vacuum packs premium features, and we loved it. Its suction is among the highest around (20,000 Pa), so it picks up hair of any length without tangling, thanks to a blade that trims it. That alone let us forget about hands-on brush maintenance. The mopping system uses vibrating mop pads that scrub the way you would yourself, and floors look noticeably cleaner for it.

We were impressed by its three-camera system, which recognises up to 200 types of object so it doesn’t bump into them and keeps cleaning effectively. The same camera lets you keep an eye on your home remotely through the app, and you can use voice assistants such as Alexa or Google Home to control everything from one place.

It’s ideal for medium-sized homes (its battery covers around 200 m²) and for homes with pets, because its artificial intelligence recognises them and treats them gently so they aren’t startled.

The station cleans itself, although we don’t like how much space it takes up, so think carefully about where to put it.

On Amazon.co.uk it’s listed as the XIAOMI 5 Pro with the British reference BHR07WEGB, sold by Amazon. It’s the same robot we reviewed. If you’d like to know more about what to look for, have a look at our guide to choosing the best robot vacuum.

Analysis and verdict

Suction power – Score: 10/10

We like that Xiaomi has gone for more power (20,000 Pa), because we could see it lifting fine dust, food crumbs and hair of every length without breaking a sweat.

What we liked most is its artificial intelligence, which detects the floor the robot is crossing and adapts to it. We tried it on parquet, and the robot lowers its power so it doesn’t blow the dust around and can pick it all up. It does the same on ceramic tiles or vinyl.

When it detects a rug, it raises its power to the maximum, and we were amazed by the results on both short-pile and long-pile rugs.

As for the brushes, the main one combines rubber with fairly soft bristles, but the best part is that it has blades that trim the hair it picks up so it doesn’t wrap around. That’s a big reason why it’s a strong choice for pet owners.

There’s also a five-armed side brush that reaches the dust the robot itself can’t, sweeping out corners, skirting boards and even around chair legs, so everything ends up cleaner.

Battery life – Score: 9/10

It’s made from sturdy materials and has an LED display on top showing the connection status, which we find very practical.

We love that you only need to empty the dust every 75 days, and because it washes its mop pads in hot water (80 °C), it easily removes all kinds of dirt and stuck-on grease. It then dries them with hot air, so they’re ready and germ-free for the next run.

This robot is fully automatic, as we realised when we saw that it cleans its own ducts and mopping system. That’s one less thing to keep an eye on. And if its cleaning plan ‘knows’ there’s still an area left to do, the robot manages its battery so it can finish the job without running flat.

It has 140 minutes of battery life, enough to clean a house or flat of 200 m².

It has honestly been a great choice for our home.

The only thing we didn’t like is that the station takes up more space than a standard one (57.2 cm tall x 36 cm deep), so it needs a dedicated spot.

🆚 Quick comparison with other models

It’s one of the best Xiaomi robot vacuums and one of the most powerful (20,000 Pa) on the market. We had only seen this level of suction on premium models, and it picks up every bit of dust and hair it finds.

Its height (8.8 cm) is a big advantage over models such as the Roborock Q10 S5+ (9.9 cm), so it can clean more easily under low furniture, beds and sofas.

Its hot-water mopping, plus high-temperature mop washing and drying, puts it on a par with premium robot vacuums.

✅ Pros and ❌ Cons

• Pro: 20,000 Pa of suction, with a blade that trims hair to stop tangles.
• Pro: three-camera AI system that recognises up to 200 types of object and identifies dogs and cats so it doesn’t frighten them.
• Pro: vibrating mop pads with hot water (80 °C) that remove grease and stains; they lift 1.8 mm when a rug is detected.
• Pro: compact design (8.8 cm) thanks to its retractable sensor, so it gets under low furniture and beds.
• Pro: app with a real-time 3D map, remote camera monitoring and support for Alexa, Google Home, Siri and Matter.
• Con: the station takes up a fair amount of space (57.2 cm tall x 36 cm deep).
• Con: it needs a dedicated spot in your home.

Mopping – Score: 9.5/10

We prefer to avoid touching dirty mops and cloths, and this robot vacuum gives us exactly that. Its mop pads vibrate, moving as if you were scrubbing by hand, and it uses hot water with cleaning solution (80 °C, where others only use cold water), which helps lift stains off the floor. As it passed, we watched it clear grease from the kitchen floor along with splashes and food scraps. It’s a huge help if you barely have time to clean, and the place smells fresh afterwards.

When it detects a rug, it immediately lifts its mop pads (1.8 mm) so they stay dry, and applies maximum suction to clean the rug.

We used to mark rugs as no-go zones so a robot wouldn’t touch them; now it does this automatically if you want it to. It’s one less setting to worry about, which we think is brilliant.

Maintenance is great because you hardly do anything. The station washes and dries its mop pads at high temperatures (80 °C), empties the dust and cleans itself. As for hair, we never again had to pull it off the brush, thanks to the anti-tangle blade.

All in all, it’s ideal if you have little time for cleaning but share your home with pets.

🧠 Navigation and obstacle detection

This robot vacuum surprised us with a system that measures how far away objects are to avoid accidents.

It also has 3 cameras that build a real-time map. We were impressed that it can do this even with the lights off, and you can view the map in the app, where you can also watch what’s happening at home. It’s like having a security guard.

What impresses us most about the map is that it identifies the floor type in each room, ideal if you have mixed flooring. We’d never tried anything like it. It uses this to adjust the cleaning to each surface, and it plans a smart cleaning route as it detects how dirty each area is. It’s a really complete robot.

We loved that it recognises all sorts of objects, large and small, from socks to furniture. The manufacturer says its sensors recognise up to 200 objects, and it avoids edges and drops so it doesn’t fall. Its big advantage is that it ‘knows’ what’s in front of it and avoids or goes around it, cleaning more effectively without getting tangled or bumping into things unnecessarily.

The sensor housing retracts, which brings the robot’s height down to 8.8 cm, so it slips more easily under furniture, beds and other low spaces to clean where your arms can’t reach.

Another feature we liked, which we had only seen on one other robot before, is that it can identify both dogs and cats and stops its brushes, so our dog wasn’t frightened and the robot could carry on cleaning without any trouble.

It’s a robot that adapts to any space, tidy or not, so we think it’s ideal for families with children and pets.

📱 App and smart features

We love bringing technology into the home because it makes everyday life easier. Xiaomi Home is this robot vacuum’s app, and from the moment we set it up it worked as our command centre.

With a real-time 3D map of the home, we knew we could decide what to do in each room, and so it proved. You tell it which area to clean and how, and because the AI shows you the floor type, you can choose how intensively it cleans.

We like that it works with voice assistants. We use Alexa (but you can connect it to Google Home, Siri or Apple Home), and you can schedule cleaning times. It also supports Matter, which brings the robot into systems such as Alexa so you can give combined commands from a single app. Instead of just saying to Alexa ‘turn off the lights when I leave’, you can say ‘turn off the lights when I leave and clean the kitchen on medium’, and it does exactly that.

It really puts you in control, because it cuts the time you spend planning the cleaning. Best of all, you come home from work to a clean house every time.

When our dog had puppies, we could keep an eye on them through the robot’s cameras, which show everything in real time, and send it to clean up the odd accident when needed. We find that very practical. On the UK listing, the camera is described as an optional 5 MP HD camera designed with privacy in mind.

Our test

Test 1: Suction power – rice and flour on hard floor and rug

We tested this model in Spain, and it’s the same robot sold on Amazon.co.uk. The moment that told us most about it was when it moved from tiles onto the short-pile rug without us touching anything. We spread 30 g of rice and flour over a 50 cm square on hard floor and repeated the same spread on the rug, always on maximum, then went over the area with a handheld vacuum to see what was left. On the hard section the Xiaomi works with its quoted 20,000 Pa of suction, and you can tell it holds some of that power back, because it doesn’t blow the dust around or scatter it outside the marked square.

On reaching the rug the change in sound is obvious: the robot raises its power to the maximum, just as the spec sheet says, and the follow-up pass with the handheld vacuum found barely any flour left in the fibres. What sets it apart from others we’ve tested is the blade built into the main brush, which trims long hair instead of letting it wrap around, so after the run the brush was still spinning freely. We don’t have an exact weight of what it collected to publish, but we can say that neither floor needed a manual touch-up with a broom.

Test 2: Battery life – living room, hallway, bedroom and two rugs

We set the robot off on medium to do the living room, hallway and bedroom in one go, crossing two rugs along the way, and watched whether it returned to the station on its own or needed to stop halfway. The manufacturer quotes 140 minutes of battery life for up to 200 m², a figure that fits the size of home this model is designed for.

What convinced us most is that the robot manages its battery with the finish line in mind: if it detects an area still to clean, it adjusts its pace so it doesn’t leave the job half done, so on our circuit we didn’t have to step in or restart the cycle by hand. We didn’t time this particular route to give you an exact figure, and we can’t say how long it would take to resume in a home much larger than the 200 m² on the spec sheet.

Test 3: Mopping – milky coffee and tomato sauce stains on laminate and porcelain tiles

We left milky coffee and tomato sauce stains to dry for 30 minutes on a stretch of laminate and another of porcelain tiles, and mopped twice on medium water flow to see whether the robot cleaned the edges properly. This is where this model shows its character: as soon as it detects the floor type, it turns the suction down so it doesn’t stir up dust and raises the level of hot water (80 °C), which is what finally dissolves the dried tomato without smearing it across the mop.

On the tiles, two passes were enough to leave no visible ring once dry, and on the laminate the result was just as clean, without soaking the wood. When the route took it near the short-pile rug, the robot lifted its mop pads 1.8 mm automatically, so it never got the rug wet. What we can’t vouch for is how it would handle a stain that has dried for more than a day, because our test was limited to the 30-minute drying time in our protocol.

If you want to know more about what to look for, take a look at our robot vacuum buying guide, with the best models we’ve tested to help you choose the right one for you.