Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni review

As you would possibly guess from the title, Ecovacs’ new flagship robotic vacuum is an evolution of the Deebot X1 Omni we beforehand reviewed. Like its predecessor, the X2 Omni is a high-end vacuum-and-mop hybrid with the corresponding premium price ticket. However for the $1,500 sticker worth, you get a raft of top-shelf options.

When you’re within the US, it’s available for purchase now from Ecovacs and Amazon. UK readers should look forward to an area launch date.

The Deebot X2 Omni’s charging base routinely empties the robotic’s dustbin and washes its mopping pads after cleansing jobs. The vacuum has 8,000 Pa of suction energy, which bests the Roborock S8 Professional Extremely’s 6,000 Pa. Its mopping pad lifts 15mm when it detects carpet to forestall water and micro organism switch. It makes use of AI impediment avoidance to avoid charging cables, sneakers, and different objects that generally litter flooring. And it even has its personal built-in voice assistant you should use to regulate the robotic.

Design & Construct

Unpacking the Deebot X2 Omni, I used to be instantly struck by its dimension and unconventional design. The Omni station is smaller than the X1 Omni’s dock and has a sleeker really feel than its predecessor, but nonetheless calls for a great deal of house. That girth is critical to deal with the Omni’s two water tanks (a 4-liter tank for clear water, plus a 3.5-liter tank for soiled water) and its 3-liter mud bag.

Then there’s the robotic itself. The X2 Omni leans right into a sq. fairly than spherical design, which helps it get into corners whereas accommodating a wider curler brush that may really sweep up the dust in these tight areas. Ecovacs has additionally forgone the LiDAR tower that’s a typical fixture of higher-end robotic vacuums, constructing a dual-laser LiDAR system into the sides of the robotic. This reduces its top by almost half an inch and permits the bot to slide below couches, beds, and different hard-to-reach areas that could be uncared for by a taller robotic vacuum.

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In one other design twist, the robotic has a flat lid that attaches magnetically fairly than with a hinge. The lid pops off simply to permit entry to the vacuum’s energy swap, Bluetooth pairing button, and mud field. On the underside are the rubber rolling brush, a single spinning edge brush, and a pair of rotating chenille mop pads.

The X2 Omni requires minimal setup. It’s worthwhile to connect a plastic tray to the bottom station and a spinning edge brush to the robotic, then obtain the Ecovacs House app and comply with its prompts to attach the machine to your Wi-Fi. The connection course of is simple and takes solely a minute or so.

Setup & Room Mapping

The robotic performs a mapping run of your house with out cleansing the primary time you activate it, then instantly performs a “entire home cleansing.” It takes a stab at figuring out and labeling the rooms on the newly created map, however the outcomes for my downstairs stage weren’t terribly spectacular. It recognized my lounge as a balcony, labeled my entryway because the kitchen, and my kitchen as “Room 1.” Thankfully, you’ll be able to manually edit the map to make it extra correct and add furnishings and digital boundaries to assist the robotic out with navigation.

You possibly can select from 4 “cleansing preferences”: Vacuum Solely, Mopping, Vacuum & Mop, and Mop After Vacuum. Nevertheless, the robotic can routinely generate cleansing parameters for various rooms primarily based on its AI system’s recognition of room and ground sorts. Its selections had been correct in my testing and so I put AI within the driver’s seat for many of my utilization.

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Vacuum & mop efficiency

The X2 Omni usually did an important job vacuuming mud and pet hair from my laminate flooring and some throw rugs. It boosts its suction routinely when it detects carpet, which clearly helped with the outcomes. Its rotating mop pads did a greater job of moist cleansing than static mop cloths most different robotic vacuums use, however they nonetheless didn’t present sufficient downward stress to wash away stains and different powerful spots. Don’t throw out your stick mop simply but.

The X2 Omni was designed to ship as near a hands-free expertise as potential. When the robotic returns to the bottom station, the contents are sucked out of its mud field, and its mop pads are washed, wrung out, air-dried, and moisturized. There’s additionally a one-touch self-cleaning choice that cleans the bottom plate the place the mopping pads are washed to forestall accumulation of water, dust, and odor.

The one guide labor you need to carry out is to maintain the clear water tank stuffed and the soiled water tank empty. Relying in your utilization and the scale of your house, that process could possibly be performed as sometimes as as soon as per week. You’ll additionally want to exchange the Omni Station’s mud bag when it’s full, which could possibly be anyplace from each 30 to 90 days, once more relying in your utilization.

App & Voice Management

The Ecovacs House app offers you full management of your robotic, from managing cleansing preferences and maps to scheduling cleansing jobs, to monitoring your cleansing historical past. It additionally lets you view your property by the robotic’s entrance digital camera. That’s useful for serving to get it untangled from an impediment if you happen to’re not close by in addition to utilizing it as a cellular safety digital camera. Every little thing is laid out cleanly and with clear labels.

It’s also possible to management the robotic together with your voice. Most robotic vacuums can use Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for voice management and can reply to easy instructions to start out and cease cleansing, return to the charging dock, and the like. The X2 Omni’s built-in voice assistant permits for rather more refined interactions.

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Utilizing the set off “OK Yiko” (pronounced “eeco”), you’ll be able to inform the robotic to go clear particular rooms as in “OK Yiko, go clear the kitchen” or particular areas reminiscent of “OK Yiko, go clear below the sofa.” It’s also possible to direct the robotic whereas it’s cleansing with detailed directions reminiscent of “OK Yiko, flip left, transfer ahead for one meter, and clear there.”

As you’ll be able to see from these examples, Yiko responds to specificity and in case your command is just too normal—“OK Yiko, go clear below the mattress,” for instance—it’s going to ask, “Which mattress are you speaking about?” to which you’ll reply “the mattress in Room 1.”

Do you have to purchase the Deebot X2 Omni?

The most important problem with mopping robotic vacuums is that they sometimes carry out one process considerably higher than the opposite. That’s no concern with the X2 Omni because it does every equally nicely and with a stage of customization that permits you to tailor every job to your property. When you lengthy to be free of those family chores, it’s nicely well worth the funding.

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Deebot X2 Omni specs

• Cleansing modes: Vacuum and mop
• Charging dock kind: Auto-clean station
• Mapping: LiDAR
• Suction: as much as 8,000 Pa
• AI impediment avoidance: Sure
• Dustbin capability: 420ml onboard, 3L within the base station
• Mopping kind: Rotating mop ×2
• Water tank capability: 180ml onboard, 4L (clear) and three.5L (soiled) within the base station
• Carpet detection: Sure
• App management: Android and iOS
• Voice management: Alexa, Google Assistant, YIKO Voice Assistant