DEEBOT X8 Pro Omni Robot Vauum and Mop

This is truly the upper echelon of robot vacuums. Ecovacs has done an immaculate job of improving on the T30 version of the vacuum. There are so many small things changes and configurations that set this vacuum apart from others. I have three dogs, hardwood floors, tile, and carpet rugs so I run this vacuum every single day. I'll break down my thoughts below. SETUP Setup is extremely easy - only needing to attach the base piece to the station and plug it in. For the vacuum just snap the small brush on. The app setup is really easy as well - scan the QR code on the vacuum and follow the steps in the Ecovacs app. VACUUM The most important question for any robot vacuum is does it do what it should, and how well. The vacuum delivers on all levels. This is one of the few vacuums that I feel does a great job on standard suction and you don't have to use turbo suction (which saves battery). I primarily have tile and hardwood floors with a few small rugs, so I can't speak to carpet too much. This vacuum has a small extender for the corner brush that does a great job of getting hard to reach areas. MOP This is another area where they have done a lot of improvement. There is a roller brush that does a great job of mopping hardwood floors. The mop extends out to get all the way to the end of walls really well. PITCREW (Station) The docking station makes everything a breeze. The dust bag is larger, the water tanks are bigger, and they have added a cleaning solution tank to automatically add floor cleaner to the water. I haven't had any issues at all and love everything about it! The water tank lasts about 2 weeks using it frequently. The dust bag lasts about a month for me. I have 2 dogs that shed so that is pretty good. APP / MAPPING Not to be repetitive, but this is another area where they have made a lot of improvements. The app does everything you expect, but I'll highlight a few things: If the robot ever gets stuck the robot will mark the map and recommend where to add barriers to prevent getting stuck again. After a few runs it no longer gets stuck. The app has some great settings like the option to force the robot to go vacuum if the water tank is empty (when it is supposed to mop and vac). There is an option in the app to vacuum carpet/rugs first, then vac and mop everything else. This is nice since sometimes the mop will get rugs damp. You can also set rug suction boost OR reduce sensitivity so it doesn't suck up thin rugs and drag them due to strong suction. There are also nice option to reduce noise like have the vacuum sit lower to the floor, and even reduce dust collection power at the station so it isn't too loud. FINAL THOUGHTS This review is already really long so I'll end it there, but I am so impressed by so many small things about this vacuum that I can't list everything. It really goes above and beyond in adding so many small customizations that are provide a solution to small complaints about other vacuums. Although expensive it is absolutely worth every penny.

I’ve been using the ECOVACS X8 Omni for about a week now, and I’m really impressed with its performance. It’s extremely convenient and has truly freed up my hands from daily cleaning. The floors in my home are noticeably cleaner. It vacuums and mops, self-cleans, and even dries the mop pads — all I need to do is empty the dirty water tank. It also does a surprisingly good job with corners and edges. Pros: • Accurate map navigation. You can mark carpeted areas, so the robot vacuums them without mopping. • Supports multiple maps and multiple floors. I take it upstairs, set it to the second-floor map (which has no base station), and it cleans the area then returns to the starting point. I just bring it back downstairs to charge. • Overall, it cleans very thoroughly. Even edge cleaning is impressive. • Noise level is quite reasonable – not silent, but not disruptive either. Cons: • It’s slow. Each floor of my home is about 1500 sqft, and it takes about 2-2.5 hours per floor to clean. • The robot gets easily stuck on clutter. Once it gets stuck, it can get confused. One time it got caught on a rug upstairs, and after I freed it, it wandered around aimlessly trying to find the base station — which wasn’t on that floor — until it ran out of battery. • It cannot operate on saved maps without Wi-Fi. During a service outage, the robot couldn’t function at all. Overall: This robot has significantly improved the cleanliness of my home. As long as you’re not in a rush, it’s perfectly fine to let it slowly and steadily do its job. Definitely worth the investment!

**Update after 6 months of using it, I'm downgrading it from 4 stars to 1 star** It's still an amazing vacuum cleaner. It deeps cleans the carpet and does a good job of vacuuming on the tile floors. BUT! the auto-empty doesn't empty itself, I have to manually clean it out every single time it returns to the base. The cleaning solution holder still has the same amount as when I first filled it, so evidently that is not being used. I have yet to figure out how to make the mop not leave streaks on the tile floors - I've set it at high water, medium water, and low water usage and all of the settings leave streaks. These are especially bad on the places where the robot rotates around table legs leaving circular streaks. The robot gets stuck a lot, sometimes over and over in the same place even when I move it to a different spot (it will just return to the same spot.) All of this means I can't leave the house if the robot is running because I will come home to a stuck robot and a vacuum dust bin that is overflowing. And it still takes forever to do any of the jobs I ask - vacuuming the two bedrooms and one closet that have carpet (400 sq. ft.) takes an hour. That's if it doesn't have to be unstuck from something. I'd throw it away tomorrow except I paid $1000 for this robot, what a dope. Original Review - Here's what's good about the vacuum part of it - it is a awesome vacuum, getting actual dirt out of my carpets. Here's what's not good - it's so good at vacuuming the carpet that the dustbin fills up, clogs up, and then doesn't empty. I have to manually clean out the dustbin after each carpeted room. Kind of defeats the purpose of an "automatic" vacuum. Here's what's good about the mop part - I'm not having to mop the floor myself. But I had to set the water "level" at 40 (high) to keep it from streaking. And it took a little bit of figuring out to set it to mop up and down the same direction as the tile planks instead of going across them so you can't see the lines of where it mops. But my main dissatisfaction with this is that it is SLOW! I have about 1200 sq ft of tile floors and it takes almost 3 hours for it to vacuum and mop. Again, not having to do it myself is worth a lot, but trying to keep the dogs off the floor for that long is a chore too.

Carpet cleaning is good, hard floors are okay. Mopping is also good. But everything else is a big letdown. It gets stuck sometimes in the dark (it doesn’t have a light in the front). It can’t seem to dock properly in the dark and wanders about the whole house until it shuts down at some random location in your home. Battery run time is bad and charging it up takes so long. There is no “just mop” feature; it’s either mop and vac, vacuum only, or mop after vacuum. All in all I would give it 2 stars for its mopping performance.

Got mine nearly a year ago - was happy how it works until it broke. Was unable to move or dock. Called the support - explained what the issue was - was told to do some tests - all of them failed. They asked for some information - and send me replacement unit. I was happy with how fast I got it. It required me to ship the broken unit back to them - that was okay - they sent the shipping label and that was that. The new unit is wotking fine - no issues. I feel like the new unit is preforming better navigating the home and avoiding obsticles - but it might be me overthinking it. Overal - I recommend it - for the price of 700 and bellow. The mop action is way better than the 90% of the other vacuums on the market.