Ilife V5 Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner & Mop Review 

ILife V5 Pro at Amazon: geni.us/IdF4fIN

Your review is spot on. I've had this model for a couple of years, and i use it on my downstairs, which has laminate and a large, thin area rug. It does an excellent job on these. I use the mop feature minus the area rug, and it performs really well. I do have to pick up all my door mats, or it will get stuck, and the mop pad tends to dry out. I pre-wet the pad before using and wet it again during cleaning once or twice. Overall, if you can't afford a Roomba, etc, this is a really great option for hard floors! The reviews take a hit online because of customer service. I ordered replacement filters and was sent the wrong ones. I emailed their listed cs address, and a real person asked me to send a pic of what i received, then they sent the correct filters at no cost. This little unit just goes to show how overpriced some of the others can be.

I've owned the ILife V5 pro for about three years. It's a pretty good vacuuming robot at an exceptional price, but it's not very good at vacuuming carpets or mopping. I paid about $125 and for that price it's better than expected. It does a very good job on my tile floors downstairs and my laminate floors upstairs. I have two long haired retriever dogs. It is the only vacuum robot I've used that successfully picks up all their fur and doesn't get tangled up in it every time. Due to the lack of a center brush, the cleaning and maintenance is much easier on the ilife V5 pro than any other vacuum robot I've used. I will admit, however, the mopping function is terrible. The main suction motor is not activated during the mopping function, and it rolls so slowly that it often strikes an object with not enough force to trigger the front bumper. Because of that it will sit in the same spot letting water drip onto the floor until the water bin is empty and you have a sizable puddle underneath the vacuum. This could be disastrous on laminate flooring, so I recommend never using the mopping function if you have laminate or wood flooring. It also has difficulty finding its way back to the base if it's in another room, but so does every other vacuum robot I've used, even the much more expensive older model Roomba and Neato vacuums. It fairly often gets stuck on cords, bathroom rugs, and the base of my stand fan too. Unlike another reviewer, I have not had any problems with it falling off stairs. I have an ilife V5, non pro model I use in my upstairs bedroom and it never falls down the spiral staircase. perhaps that's because the metal staircase is painted black and it can easily see the edge. Some of these vacuuming robots have difficulty with lighter-colored surfaces. I do have to prep my house every time and block off areas it will get stuck, like the bathroom. Even though it does have a few problems, it is still well worth the money, especially if you have long haired pets. The ease of cleaning by not having to remove pet hair around a center brush every time and the effectiveness of its pick up of long fur makes it a good buy if you don't mind doing a little prep work.

Great review!! After navigating youtube for a while for info on this unit, your review is the best out there, hands down! Thanks for taking the time to come up with a well made, comprehensive review we can all benefit from. Please keep the reviews coming and expand to other products. You definitely got my attention.

As a Mexican I can say that it is just what we need in many of the Mexican houses that do not have laminate flooring or carpet, which is the majority. Yo tengo una de estas y les digo que es muy efectiva.

Wow, excellent review! The comparison testing is very impressive!

love your channel! Very helpful to me. Ive always been fascintated by vacuums

Love your review. Thank you, I have hard floors and this video is amazing with the pros and cons. 2 additional cons are that it actively avoids cleaning near the base most of the time and that long hair tends to get tangled in the 2 side brushes. But the 2 brushes are great at trapping more dust, especially in the corners like you've mentioned so I guess it evens out. Also, I've used a switchbot IR blaster to schedule cleanings multiple times a day (since with the remote you can schedule for only once a day) and control the robo vac with my phone. it works well provided that it's in range of the IR blaster.

Amazingly well done review, thanks

I've been using the V5 since it first came out. I am currently on my 3rd one. It is really good at what it is good at and really bad everything else. However, because of the price and its exceptionally good suction I am willing to tolerate the poor performance in other areas. Pros: 1) Think of it more like a dry swiffer/dust pan. It works really, really well on hard surfaces (especially with pet hair: we had a husky and it collected ALL of her hair). 2) Price 3) Super easy to maintain; next to no tangles from my long haired wife and daughter and it collects more dust than you would think possible (buy extra Hepa-styled filters and mopping pads because they will eventually clog with dust even if you clean them). 4) Battery life is longer than advertised. Brand new, all three of mine lasted well over 2hrs (which is necessary because the navigation is poor). The four year old non-Pro model still runs for an hour. 5) Small enough to fit under most elevated furniture. Cons: 1) Don't even pretend to use it on carpet; it won't work and if the mop pad is attached the friction from the carpet will expose the velcro attachments and fill them with debris making the velcro tape useless for the mop pad and then you'll have to replace the velcro tape. 2) Lot's of room preparation: Gets stuck easily and isn't clever enough to shut off or navigate out of a tight space. Gets stuck on floor mats, cords, shoe laces, tight spaces, some incline surfaces such as a fan base or room transitional pieces. The original (non-professional) V5 had a known systemic issue with the mop feature continuing to drip after the robot stalled and pooled water. Consequently, I don't trust it and haven't used the drip container feature even after the V5 made it to the Pro's. However, if you wet the pad before you run the robot, the dry mop works really well. 3) It WILL attempt suicide if you have stairs. Likewise, you have to physically block it from going to areas you don't want it in.

Thanks a lot for the wonderful and informative video. You guys make RU-vid great... :)

Great video review. Just got my iLife V5 Pro. Saw a lot of positive reviews and high star rating on Amazon and cost me nearly nothing since I used gift card from work. My place is 90% hardwood and I enjoy not having to vacuum/sweep every other day! I havent used the mop feature yet. Watched this video and know i should roll up some rugs which shouldnt be an issue. Thanks again for the video, very informative!

Love specialised robots, this vacuum would be a dream for pet owners in bare floor homes with just a few throw rugs about as you said. We bought really flat robot vac in called a uHappy [lol shenzen], has an open port but it's party trick is it's height is 3cm[!] and has a roach mode provided by it's height sensor. No more dragging out furniture, the thing fits even under our fridge XD... however it makes Ilife's seem like all arounders its so restrictive beyond that. Carpets, lol forget it, it just goes around.

Thanks for the video and info. You helped me decide what I need for cleaning the hair of my 2 kats

You're the best! Thanks!

Now i have Roomba e5, i love it, because i have a mix of carpets rugs and hard floors, but after 2 years, i plan to buy a iLife V5 pro in my new home, where i plan to have only hard floors.

Thought the mop kept missing a spot just to find out it was a spot on my screen

What a detailed review! Thank you so much! One query, is the vacuum a dry vacuum? What will happen if a little water is present on floor while it is vacuuming, will that be a problem or cause damage? With kids around, some wet vacuuming would be a need!

My daughter has this model and loves it.

Thanks for your Extra info about this topics

Dewey likes those suction test results.

Please review the Ilife V8 and Ilife A9S

Could you review the new Bissell JetScrub carpet cleaner

will you review the ilife V8 robot vacuum next?

Hi I have this v5s pro since 2 years and all you say is right. This vacuum is perfect with my 2 hair's pet. The big cons if I didn't prepare well rooms this vacuum easy stuck on carpet, in some angle something stuck in some pet toys.. But I think is really good cheap vacuum my best deal of 2017. I forget one thing, water tank broken after 2 clean...

Fabulous video! Wish I could find a video on installing a fan motor on an ILIFE V5s. It doesn't seem to exist.

Thank you so much 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Really great review, thank you!

THANK YOU

great product

Very helpful! Thanks!

Could you make a video comparing all the combination robots like iLife V8? :)

Any plan to review the iLife A9? Thanks for the vids!

Could you please mention the best robot for MOPPING & suction of long hair , as i don't have carpet and i need to buy one robot for these purposes, & can't risk losing my money on buying the wrong product. Thanks

Thank you so much, your reviews are the best, you observe like a scientist. I watched a couple of your videos and bought Ilife V5 pro because I have no carpet.

What will you do next Friday what compares on Tuesday

what about v7 and v8? thank you for you reviews

Is it good for mopping ! I have marble and tiles flooring laid side by side. Is it cleaning both of these floorings ?

Can you review Ariete 2763 and Gorenje SVC144fw vaccum cleaner

Any chance you will review V7? I just saw a video comparing it to xiaomi and apart from smart nav, it doesn't seem to hold much difference!

Are you ever going to to a review on the bissell smart clean robot vacuum?

what about do a smoke test on robot vancuum ? Maybe the reason of some high air flow is just poor filter.

Can you review the V7S as well

Do you have any recommendations for a robot vacuum cleaner without a brush roll but with a bigger bin size?

Can you also do the A11?

Question: If I don't need the moping hability, is the V5 is worth it compare to the V3 ?

You Should divide the suction flow with the area of suction.

Excellent review

You should review the bobsweep vacuum for pet hair!

Attached wet swiffer and it cleaned floors great

What you think about XIAOMI VIOMI V2?

Very nice video!! 👌🏻

Well done sir!

Would like your advice. The ILIfe A9 vacuum and mop is on sale for $200 on Amazon. Would you buy this at that price or do you recommend something else?

So, I can't find anywhere for how long the scheduled session is? Or do you have to manually disable it yourself? We have this robot vacuum cleaner, but when it's going to the scheduled session it's still working after 2 hours... So please tell me!

Which is better ilife V7s plus or ilife v55 pro?

Does the ilife v5 pro 2 have the same suction as the ilife v5 pro? I like that the pro 2 has the smart navigation but definitely need the better suction with my 2 German shepherds 😆

The top one star review is hilarious

Should i go for this or the xiaomi 1c

They need to have an open suction and roller option. Hard floor take out roller, carpet attach it.

Estoy en Colombia y tengo mi ilife V5 PRO desde hace 5 meses, y me funcionó bien hasta la semana anterior que ya no aspira la basura, el dispositivo de basura permanece vacío aunque tiene un filtro nuevo; lo demás lo hace muy bien. Pueden decirme como repararlo o que pieza debo cambiar. Gracias.

Your link goes to the v3, but looks the exact same and is the same price as the v5 Do these thing use virtual walls? I just want one for my kitchen alone!

How is the V5 comparison to v8?

The water container actually can be filled with floor detergent? Of course in a combination with detergent and water

Thank you

Please do more s9 Roomba comparisons

Please review A9s

I would really like to see some reviews on European style vacuums. Hardly any of the vacuums featured on this channel can be bought in Sweden. Probably because we have so few carpets.

I like your vidios

how is it with stairs though??

I just bought a new battery and still can not get it to work. When i put on charger lights come on and then shortly afterwards they go off. and then when I push to start it it will not do anything. Any suggestion?

Difference between v55 vs v5 pro?

I love mine! I have marble floors and two big doggos, you would never even be able to tell by how clean my floors are now 😉

The basic function of dusting and mopping at the same time is missing Either mop container or dust container

i just bought the v5s pro because i have a dog and no carpet. Thank you for the advise... I was planning to buy a 200-300 robot until i saw your videos

Germguardian Ac4100?

how is it for offline working, SO suppose I go out for a month, But I need it to clean every twice a week for a month. with no wifi. will it work

Are the V5s and V5 Pro the same?

Hopefully

Can I put some cleaning solution in the tank Like disinfectant or vinegar?

Hi! I have the 6 light dots blinking constantly and the iLife don't do anything (it's 100% clean). Do you know how to hard reset or factory reset the ilife v5s pro?

Have you been able to test the CFM on the V8S? I like the V5s pro, but want it to be more efficient on cleaning time. I'm a bit hesitant on buying the V8s because I have not found data on it's CFM. They changed the motor configuration on the V8s and now the motor comes installed on the dust bin vs the actual vacuum itself. Thanks for all your work on working to get this data out and essentially testing the promises these companies make. It makes us a better consumer.Thank you!

When it comes to any vacuum cleaner, Vacuum Wars is the go to site. I no longer view any other review site. Thanks for your effort.

Is there another robot vacuum brand that has this type of suction? I love my iLife and I'm about to buy another one (my v3 died today) but I'm surprised no other company would have this design. It's outstanding. I don't care for traditional robot vacuums with the rolls. I hate cleaning a device that's meant for cleaning. So I guess I'll buy another iLife.

Time to review the Narwal!

Repairing ke liye kya number hai

Hi. Nice n useful video. Please tell which is better- Ilife v8s or Ilife v5s pro?

Wow I have just hard floor no pets but wow I was looking for a robot now I think I am going to buy this hmm...

how about long hair?

What will you do Tuesday

hello, i'm allergice to everything. can it use only water? is there some compulsory detergent to be added?

Which is the Best high end robot vacuum cleaner

Which price

NOOOOOO I’m a roomba fan boy and I didn’t watch the other video yet they beat the roomba :c

Xiaomi apparently announced an inexpensive vacuum! Hope you review it :)

I bought this ILIFE V5s Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner in March 2021 from amazon & it is dead in less than 3 months. Seller is not responding & ILIFE customer care is not bothered to respond. Avoid this machine unless you want to burn your money.

I bought ILIFE V5s Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner last month from amazon & it stopped working now. Though warranty is mentioned for a year but Customer care of Ilife is pathetic & not responding, anyone can suggest on how to get this faulty machine replaced.

Taking cues from positive feedback on youtube, bought this ILIFE V5s Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner this year & it stopped working in less than 6 months with no response from seller on warranty & repair.

Mi iLife robot makes beeping sounds and doesn't move. Is it broken or is the battery broken? Support doesn't reply after months of sending mails. Help please otherwise I just must buy a new machine. Is only 3 years old The v5 probis great I don't want to throw it away. So I can load it the whole night. It charges, than when I push clean it goes out and start beeping. Another question can you use the mopping on a v3? In case mine is for the garbage bin I might buy a v3.

Will it work on slate?