Xiaomi RoboRock S50 for $330 @ JoyBuy.com (China) - Free Shipping

EDIT 11/27: Price is still valid on all 3 as listed below. They briefly went up, but are back down again. I tested the $20 coupon and it's currently good (as of 11am CST).

EDIT 11/14: The $20 coupon that expired is live again as of 11/14. The $5 PayPal coupon has expired, so that makes this $330 now for white & rose.


White (330 after coupons) - https://www.joybuy.com/600161678.html
Rose - (330 after coupons) - https://www.joybuy.com/600257357.html
Black - (345 after coupons) - https://www.joybuy.com/600355986.html

This deal is for the highly rated Xiaomi Roborock S50 robot vacuum. The white and Rose versions are currently on a flash sale for $350 (black is $365). There is an additional $20 coupon you can use (described below).

On the product page, you will see 3 coupons listed with the $20 being the highest. Click the down arrow to the right of them by "get them now" and then select "Get Coupon" under the $20. When you check out, make sure you pick the coupon near the right side of the page and select the $20 one. You will see the discount applied in your cart making it $330.

Warranty: There is a 1 year warranty, but you have to ship it back to the manufacturer in China. It's one of the risks you take when getting one of the top performing and feature rich robovacs at such a low price.

Plug: The 1st one I ordered (white) came with a plug that looks like a US plug, but without the holes cut out in the tip of the 2 prongs. EDIT: I have attached a picture of mine, so you can see what they sent me previously. It will plug into a US outlet and work, but you can always pick up a US plug off ebay, Amazon, Best Buy, etc for under $10 if it bothers you. It's a standard plug and I used one I had laying around in my electronics junk box. EDIT: My 2nd one came with the same plug as my 1st which I included in the attached pictures. It works fine on US outlets.

Is Joybuy legit? This is my 2nd RoboRock s50 I have ordered from JoyBuy which is part of JD.com. This is a legitimate site and many people on SD have bought things from them including this vacuum. Search here on SD and you will see.

Chinese or International version? The 1st one I received from this same page and buyer was the Chinese version. You can download the app and download the English language app to change it. The Chinese version is nice because you can link it to the China main server and get some features ahead of time. One example is the ability to block off zones which was in a firmware update only available to the China server. The International version doesn't work on the China mainland server unless you do a hack to it.

Is this the 1st or 2nd version? This is the 2nd Xiaomi version with mapping.

Shipping Time: States 7-15 days. They are using UPS Worldwide for shipping. My 1st one was shipped 2 days after I ordered it via UPS and arrived in 10 days from China. The one I ordered on 11/10 before posting this is now (as of 11/11) showing in transit, but the tracking number isn't updated yet. EDIT 11/14: The one I ordered on 11/11 is showing a tracking number in my order history now as of 11/14. The UPS info shows label created on 11/13 and is shipping via UPS Worldwide Express Saver.

Virtual Walls Support: As of firmware version 3.3.9_001632, it now supports 2 new options called "Barrier Tape" and "No-go Zone". The barrier tape allows you to draw a virtual barrier tape that it won't go past. The No-Go Zone lets you draw a rectangle around an area you don't want it to go into. After a successful cleaning cycle, you can click on the vacuum in the app and it will show the last map. In the upper right hand corner, you can click "Edit" and you will see these options. I don't know if this firmware is available on the US servers yet, but it is on the mainland China server.

Issues with Dark Rugs: Many of the robot vacuums (this one, Roomba, etc) have issues with darker colored rugs. Their cliff sensors think they are about to fall off the edge due to the dark color and refuse to go on the rug. It's possible they will come up with a firmware or software fix, but there is a workaround. You can tape tin foil or white paper over the 2 front sensors. I tested this and mine now goes over the dark rugs no problem. If you do this, make sure there aren't stairs it can go off of. If there are, you can draw a virtual barrier (if you have the latest mainland China firmware I mentioned earlier), use actual barrier tape or block off the stairs with some other physical barrier.