Tapo RV30 bugs & oddities
Hello,
I bought the RV30 for my wife, and I am disappointed
I can say that the mechanic seems fine, and the robot clean well; nevertheless the software has too many bugs and instructions are wrong sometimes
for example, even if the mapping is correct, the robot often forgets the map, and it cleans multiple times the same area, or it forgets to clean certain areas
another issue is that it's not correct that the robot hits multiple times the same fixed furniture that is mapped already: IMHO it should move after/around without touch it
and another issue is that the user cannot add walls if they are too much little, and it means that any mapping error (e.g. 2 different rooms joined together) cannot be fixed
a SEVERE issue is that the mapping is not retained if the position of some thing changes, and while a dynamic mapping can be seen as a pro's, it's actually a con's because if you forget e.g. to close the door to the balcony, the robot re-maps it and will insist on cleaning it so losing a lot of time and energy
another SEVERE issue is that the manual says a second smartphone can control the same robot, but doing that the mappings of the 1st smartphone are deleted, YUK!
And, another issue is that I cannot add a second room to clean after the first one without sending it home first; and I cannot delete a map that contains errors, but I have to create another one risking to lose the other 2, YUK!
And I cannot understand why I am forced to keep the Wi-Fi ON considering how much easy id doing a backup of the maps in the user's smartphone, so skipping any Wi-Fi or Internet failure
And, why the robot moves every day a few cm from the charger without being asked, so it happens almost always that I have to reposition it otherwise it will never start?
And why the app GUI is so messy? It is one of the most illogical GUI ever seen!
Last but not least, I get that a detergent cannot be used because it can "damage the water tank", but what's the material of water tank?
Paper maybe?
If it is polycarbonate as it seems, why I cannot use a vacum-robot-grade detergent?