Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni assessment

There was a time when robotic vacuums competed extra on options than efficiency, when the entire flagship fashions began so as to add convenience-related options like mopping, mop pad cleansing, and so forth. Now, nevertheless, we’re previous that. The entire prime robotic vacuums help vacuuming, mopping, mop pad cleansing, and the power to refill the vacuum’s water tank with a bigger tank within the base. So, how do firms compete now? Properly, with precise cleansing efficiency. That’s the place the brand new Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni is available in.

The X8 Professional Omni will get all of the bells and whistles of recent flagship robotic vacuums, nevertheless it additionally steps issues up a bit of with options like a curler mop pad that may apply extra stress to the ground when cleansing, and improved sensible residence help.

However does the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni’s deal with efficiency translate to the last word robotic vacuum?

Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni specs

Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni assessment: Design

The general design of the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni is completely positive, nevertheless it doesn’t essentially change all that a lot in comparison with different robotic vacuums. That’s not essentially a nasty factor — it appears to be like positive, and may slot in any residence.

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The docking station is a bit of thinner than some others, but in addition taller. It has separate tanks for clear and soiled water, and a dustbin that the vacuum can empty into when it’s performed with a job, or as wanted throughout bigger jobs. It additionally has the {hardware} wanted to heat-dry the mop after a job. It’s straightforward to take away the water tanks and mud bin as wanted, which is all the time helpful.

The dock is bigger than some, however I didn’t discover it to be too giant, and really discovered an ideal spot for it between a side-table for a sofa and a wall. I ought to be aware that Ecovacs recommends holding extra space between the dock and any obstacles beside it, however I didn’t observe these directions, and located that the vacuum had no hassle docking.

The vacuum itself is comparable in design to different robotic vacuums, too — although it’s additionally a bit of sleeker because of new applied sciences. The vacuum doesn’t have a node on the highest for LiDAR, regardless of nonetheless having a LiDAR sensor for extra correct mapping. That implies that it could possibly higher match below furnishings.

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On the backside of the X8 Professional Omni is its headline function: The curler mop. The thought of the curler mop (versus the mop pad) is that the vacuum can apply extra stress to the ground for extra thorough cleansing, and that it could possibly repeatedly wash the mop because it cleans. The vacuum may lengthen the mop pad out to the aspect, which helps it higher clear corners. It’s a neat design contact.

Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni assessment: App and sensible options

I fairly like the general design of the Ecovacs app, although I did discover its mapping to depart a bit of to be desired. After you first set the X8 Professional Omni up, it’ll create a map of your private home, and whereas it wasn’t dangerous at figuring out the completely different rooms, it appeared to create an extra area exterior of the house, the place it by no means went throughout the mapping run. The map-editing instruments aren’t dangerous, however they could be a little buggy and a bit finicky, so whereas I used to be ultimately capable of edit the app to be extra correct, it took some time.

As soon as the map is ready up correctly, you’ll be capable of set the vacuum to hoover, mop, or each, with choices for various suction and water ranges. You can even set it to hoover first, then mop, and you’ll have it do two cleans for deeper cleansing. I discovered it straightforward to seek out these options, and tweak settings for issues like voice controls, dock settings, and schedules.

The Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni is without doubt one of the first Matter-compatible robotic vacuums. I predominantly use the Apple Dwelling ecosystem, and regardless of working iOS 18.4, HomeKit labelled the vacuum as being incompatible. Hopefully, it will change with a software program replace to both the iPhone or the vacuum. Others have efficiently added the vacuum to HomeKit, so it’s doable I simply wanted to attempt connecting them a fourth or fifth time — although I had a flight to catch, so I wasn’t capable of hold making an attempt earlier than writing up this assessment. After I get residence, I’ll re-test and replace this assessment.

When the vacuum is added to Dwelling, its performance will probably be restricted to deciding on rooms and cleansing modes. You gained’t be capable of tweak extra sophisticated settings, edit the map, and so forth. However, I don’t thoughts this — it’ll do the trick as soon as the map is ready up the best way I need it, and it means my spouse can extra simply entry the vacuum with no need to get a sophisticated app. I’m completely completely satisfied being the one to arrange and tweak superior settings as wanted.

The battery life on the vacuum was stable. The day I set the X8 Professional Omni up was just a few days after my spouse and I had moved. Regardless of simply shifting in, the flooring had been fairly soiled from all of the chaos and the straightforward truth of getting a one-year-old. From a full cost, I had the X8 Professional Omni map the four-bedroom home, then instantly run a full vacuum, then a full mop. It did all this with no need to take an extended break to cost (simply breaks to empty the vacuum, clear the mop, and so forth). On the finish of all of it, it had round 30% battery left. That’s fairly good.

The Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni is extraordinarily just like the Yeedi S24 Plus (Yeedi is a sub-brand of Ecovacs), however the Ecovacs mannequin has some superior AI options and a digicam function.

Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni assessment: Cleansing efficiency

Whereas the Deebot X8 Professional Omni competes on options, it competes on options which have a constructive affect on its cleansing efficiency — just like the curler mop. Ecovacs calls it the Ozmo Curler Mop, however no matter its identify, I discovered that it labored fairly effectively.

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To be clear, I’m not essentially certain its skill to scrub stuck-on messes is that a lot better than the mop-pad system within the Roborock Qrevo Curv that I used to be utilizing earlier than, nevertheless it does have one clear benefit — it could possibly lengthen the mop into corners and edges extra simply, guaranteeing that the entire flooring is clear. It is a solved situation in comparison with the Qrevo Curv, which I discovered typically missed edges and corners. The X8 Professional Omni was good at getting corners extra simply.

Whereas arguably related in efficiency to a spinning mop system like that on the Qrevo Curv, the curler mop system has one other benefit — the mop pad rotates into the vacuum, the place it may be consistently cleaned because it goes. The speculation is that this permits it to raised clear the ground with out leaving residue. It’s troublesome to say if that’s the case or not, nevertheless it did clear small spills simply positive.

The suction energy was fairly good too, although I want that the superb suction energy was mixed with a greater vacuum brush system. The only curler brush on the underside of the X8 Professional Omni is okay, nevertheless it generally acquired tangled with hair, and different occasions, it wasn’t capable of dislodge my spouse’s lengthy hair from a rug. That is in distinction to a vacuum just like the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra, which mixes its comparable suction energy with a twin brush system that’s each higher at avoiding tangles and higher at selecting particles and hair up from a carpet. I want you possibly can get a vacuum with the most effective of each worlds — a twin brush vacuum and a curler mop — however for now, you’ll have to choose one or the opposite. It’s solely a matter of time earlier than that modifications.

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Nonetheless, that’s definitely to not say that the vacuum itself was sub-par — quite the opposite, it was wonderful at getting particles from arduous flooring, and very good at getting it from rugs and carpet. It simply didn’t fairly compete with the greatest programs on the market in vacuuming.

The Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni isn’t overly loud, nevertheless it’s fairly a bit louder than the Roborock Qrevo Curv that preceded it in my lounge. I felt completely snug setting the Qrevo Curv to scrub rogue cat litter pellets in the midst of the night time with out waking our 1-year-old, however I wasn’t assured sufficient to set the Deebot to try this. And, on prime of being a bit of louder, it was additionally slower.

These are all points I can take care of although. It’s not an enormous deal to me to have the vacuum clear the cat litter space in the midst of the day, and it nonetheless wasn’t loud sufficient to compete in noise with my studio audio system in my workplace throughout a piece day. I used to be capable of work round these points.

Finally, the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni is among the many best-performing robotic vacuums I’ve examined, and I’ve examined rather a lot. Nevertheless it wasn’t essentially head-and-shoulders above the competitors, and it’s nonetheless meant extra for day-to-day cleans relatively than cleansing Kevin’s chili. That’s one thing you’ll have to scrub manually.

Conclusions

The Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni is amongst the higher robotic vacuums you may get proper now, however its cleansing efficiency benefits over different fashions are considerably incremental. To be clear, it’s an excellent robotic vacuum, and it combines nice suction energy with wonderful mopping efficiency, however I discovered its skill to get into corners and edges extra simply extra vital than how good it truly was at mopping. Nonetheless, that’s not a knock in opposition to it — simply don’t count on revolutionary modifications, like I did.

As a complete, the X8 Professional Omni is a wonderful product. On prime of its wonderful cleansing efficiency, it additionally gives trendy sensible residence options (that may must be ironed out with an replace or two), and an app that’s decently straightforward to make use of.

The competitors

The competitors could be very fierce within the robotic vacuum area. For now, I’d argue that the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni is a bit of higher at mopping than Roborock’s greatest fashions, nevertheless Roborock’s greatest fashions are a bit of bit higher at vacuuming, particularly in relation to hair in carpet. It’s, in fact, price noting that Roborock’s greatest fashions are dearer than the Deebot X8 Professional Omni, so maybe this isn’t a good comparability.

Ought to I purchase the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Professional Omni?

Sure. It’s a superb robotic vacuum with nice options at a stable value.