Research record · 18 September 2026

What we refused to publish, and why

Product pages on this site have blank cells where a specification should be, and some retailers are missing from our price lists entirely. This page is the reason. Everything below comes from the same research file that fills the rest of the site, so nothing here is a claim you have to take on trust — each row names the sources that disagree, and you can open them yourself.

Figures withheld
12 across 6 models
Retailer links withheld
24 across 10 retailers
Widest price gap
84% Roborock Saros 10
Makers contradicting themselves
3 of 12 disputes

Finding one

The same robot, 84% dearer depending on the country

The Roborock Saros 10 is sold by Roborock itself in every market below. The cheapest and the dearest national store differ by £585 on the same machine, from the same manufacturer, on the same day. It is not a story about one country being cheated: which market wins changes model by model, and Britain is the cheapest for two of the 7 robots we can price in more than one country.

  1. United Kingdomcheapest£699.97
  2. Germany899,00 €£771
  3. France949,00 €£814
  4. Spain1.499,00 €£1,285

Every model we can price in more than one country

Manufacturer stores only. Euro prices are converted to pounds at the European Central Bank euro reference rate of 16 September 2026 for comparison, and shown in their own currency first.

ModelCheapest marketDearest marketGap
Roborock Saros 10United Kingdom · £699.97Spain · 1.499,00 €£1,28584% £585
Dreame X50 Ultra CompleteFrance · 729,00 €£625United Kingdom · £999.0060% £374
Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 ProGermany · 699,00 €£599Italy · 1.099,00 €£94257% £343
Roborock Qrevo S ProFrance · 389,99 €£334Italy · 599,99 €£51454% £180
Roborock Saros 20United Kingdom · £998.99Italy · 1.499,00 €£1,28529% £286
eufy Omni C28Germany · 599,00 €£514United Kingdom · £649.0026% £135
Dreame X60 Pro Ultra CompleteGermany · 1.499,00 €£1,285United Kingdom · £1,299.001% £14

Rates move and promotions end, so a gap here is a snapshot of the day each price was read, not a permanent state. Each price on the product pages carries its own date. Source for the conversion: European Central Bank euro reference rate.

Finding two: the figures that do not agree

12 specifications across 6 models where two published sources give different numbers. 3 are cases of a manufacturer disagreeing with its own pages.

And 2 prices the seller contradicts

  • iRobot Roomba 115 ComboUnited KingdomContradicts itself

    iRobot's own UK site published two different prices for this model on 18 September 2026, with the colours swapped between them. Its Roomba listing page showed black at £129.00 (reduced from £229.00) and white at £299.00. Its products page showed white at £129.00 (reduced from £299.00) and black at £229.00. The seller contradicts itself about which version costs what, so we publish no price for either.

  • DJI ROMO AUnited KingdomContradicts itself

    Our own earlier record carried £1,149 for this model, sourced to DJI's UK store. That page returned a 404 when re-checked on 19 September 2026, leaving the figure with no live source, so it has been removed rather than left standing.

Each of these appears as a blank cell on the model’s page. We would rather show nothing than pick the number that flatters the product, and neither figure is safe to quote as fact.

We researched these listings, could not confirm the page sells the exact model, and left them out. The worst case resolved to a Pilates machine.

9Currys
5Amazon UK
2Kress Shop UK
2Revill Robotic Mowers
1AO.com
1John Lewis
1Argos
1Shark UK
1Robert Dyas
1Mower Magic

All 24 were withheld for the same reason: we could not confirm the page sells that exact model. Two of the Currys links recorded during the research resolved to unrelated products — a Pilates machine and a Microsoft 365 bundle — which is what prompted us to check every retailer link by opening it.

Some retailers resolve a product page by numeric code and ignore the rest of the address, so a link that looks right can quietly serve something else. That is a problem for any site that lists prices, including this one — which is why a link only appears here once it has been opened and checked.

How to check this yourself

Nothing here depends on trusting us. Every row names its sources, and the links go to the manufacturers and reviewers rather than to us.

  • Open the model's page on this site and find the blank cell. The same row appears above with both disputed figures and who published each one.
  • Open the manufacturer's own product page in the country named. Prices on this site carry the date they were read, so compare like for like.
  • Where a reviewer is cited, the review is linked on the model's page. We link tests rather than summarising them, so you can see the figure in its original context.
  • If you find a figure we have wrong, or one that has since been corrected, tell us and we will change it and say that we did.

Why publish this at all

Doesn’t this make your own data look unreliable?

It makes the gaps visible, which is the point. Any site can print a full specification table by choosing one number whenever sources disagree. We would rather the blank cells be explained than quietly filled.

Are you accusing manufacturers of lying?

No. Most of these look like pages updated at different times, or a figure measured differently by a reviewer. The point is not motive, it is that a shopper comparing two robots is comparing numbers that do not always mean the same thing.

Will you take a price gap down if a manufacturer objects?

We will correct anything shown to be wrong, and we date every price so a stale one can be spotted. We will not remove an accurate figure because it is unflattering.

Does commission affect any of this?

No links on this site are paid links today. If any become paid links they will be labelled, and commission will not change what we publish or the order of any list. That rule is the reason this page exists.

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