If you keep following our channel, you must know that we visited the ECOVACS Global Event a month ago, where I saw a few tech-savvy products. Since then I’ve been wondering when I can buy and use them. Today finally, I got my hands on the ECOVACS DEEBOT X2 OMNI flagship robot vacuums. And due to the showcase at the launch event, I was even willing to call the X2 OMNI the best robot vacuum ever. But today let’s take an actual look at the latest Deebot and check out whether it fulfills its promise.
Appearance
In terms of appearance, ECOVACS maintains the same high level of built quality as before, with a brand-new square design. Dark black is the main color of both the robot and station, while there’s also a white variant for options. With silver-white glossy trim and blue-light bars, it is truly like a machine from the Sci-fi world. The overall square design of the DEEBOT X2 OMNI is different from the majority of its kind. Although we have seen square design before, it just has a unique sense of aesthetics with decent details. So when I put it in our living room, the X2 OMNI will always be the most eye-catching one, though it’s in dark black.
DESGIN
The square robot design is definitely not just about looks. After a closer look, I realized that it’s not a perfect square, but actually a somewhat irregular rectangle. At the launch event, we’ve been told some benefits it has. But today, truly from practical thinking, I kind of agree that it does make some positive changes, especially when compared to its predecessor.
Due to limited space available inside round robots, the wheel and Roller Brush had to be placed in a median line to make the most of the inner space, whereas the square design allows for a larger Roller Brush and wheel, and better components as well, which leads to a stronger vacuum, larger vacuuming area and better ability to cross thresholds. However, it actually requires less floor space. It’s the same thing as the square milk box in your refrigerator: order brings full utilization. It also explains why the X2 OMNI doesn’t use the same bilateral side brushes as the T20 OMNI.
And thanks to the square design, the X2 OMNI has a superior performance over all round robots on the market when it comes to edge cleaning.
Another great difference in appearance is that the DEEBOT X2 OMNI doesn’t have protruding sensors or vision modules on the top, which effectively lowers the height of the robot, letting it walk freely under low sofas or beds. The 9mm height is more awesome than any robot we’ve ever tested before.
All in all, the change in design from round to square seems to improve the robot in all aspects. So I’m more than ever looking forward to seeing how the DEEBOT X2 OMNI performs in cleaning tests.
Navigation
For navigation, the DEEBOT X2 OMNI uses dual Semi-solid-state Lidars to increase the detecting range, which is widely used on automotive radars, but on very few robot vacuums.
And the Lidars are working with the upgraded AIVI 3D 2.0 obstacle avoidance system. When I used it for the first time, I was really surprised how fast the mapping is, and I could clearly feel the robot’s movements were more flexible and responsive. In our obstacle test, with few blindly bumping and trying, it’s always fast responded and calculated the optimal path in advance and got it done smoothly. I would say that most home environment is just too easy for the X2 OMNI. Even if you suddenly set up any obstacles in its way, it would also change the route in a very short moment. This performance is so far ahead of other robot vacuums. There is no doubt that there will be plenty of products on the market that will try to emulate the DEEBOT X2 OMNI.
Clean performance
The DEEBOT X2 OMNI’s Suction Power has been increased to 8,000. Well, impressive. I left a few common wasted items, including biscuit crumbs, grains, and pet hairs that are hard to vacuum.
Firstly, the biscuit crumbs test, it’s too easy for the DEEBOT X2 OMNI. In the grains test, the DEEBOT X2 OMNI still delivered perfect results in just one pass. In the hair test, I placed cat hair on the carpet and got it as intertwined with the carpet pile as possible to simulate the real carpet contamination. The 8000pa suction was still amazing. The new DEEBOT removed the hairs so well that visually no tiny hair remained. Even when I looked closely at the carpet. It seems that the 8000pa suction power and the enlarged Roller Brush are more than enough to handle any rubbish.
In terms of mopping, the DEEBOT X2 OMNI is fitted with two mopping pads and can provide continuous downforce for deep mopping. So in the test, the DEEBOT X2 OMNI still performed very well against dry coffee on wooden floors. After a few rounds, the coffee on the floor was completely cleaned. It’s also worth noting that the mopping pads have the highest 15mm lift height on the market, which can be automatically raised when climbing up to carpets, and prevent the watery mop from wetting them.
Station
The DEEBOT X2 OMNI is equipped with a full-featured station like its predecessor. But it is in a more compact size. The station is equipped with a variety of functions such as Auto-Empty, Washing the mop cloths with hot water, Hot Air Drying, Auto-Clean, and so on. Well, hot-water mop-washing has always been the proud feature of ECOVACS.
In actual use, even the heavily polluted mops can be cleaned again after being washed with hot water at 55°C and dried with hot air. And no manual operation is required at all during the whole process.
The Station goes one step further when it comes to self-cleaning. After cleaning the sink, users can simply press and hold the button for 5 seconds, and the station will automatically pump out the wastewater. But of course, the cleaning sink component can be easily disassembled for manual cleaning if you want.
APP
The new Deebot comes with a lot of AI features, so I can leave everything to the AI without any setup, and of course, I can set up the cleaning schedule and area manually. And the new 3D map in the app still surprised me a lot. After building the map, I can create a digital map of my room layout, and then I can drag the robots in the map or click on a location to clean it, just like playing a video game.
Interaction
DEEBOT X2 OMNI has an exclusive voice assistant – YIKO2.0. YIKO2.0 is very smart. I noticed on my first use that it would auto-turn around based on where I was shouting to make sure the microphone was aimed at me. With this upgraded YIKO 2 version, the robot can understand more complex commands (like ‘clean the living room with maximum suction power’). So I can just lie on the sofa, open my mouth and let DEEBOT X2 OMNI do all the cleaning for me. The suction power is already at the maximum
Verdict
The DEEBOT X2 OMNI is truly a flagship machine, with great suction power, unique Navigation, smart routing, a full-featured station, and lots of AI supports. Compared to other products on the market, the DEEBOT X2 OMNI is like a next-gen product.
So what do you think about ECOVACS DEEBOT X2 OMNI? I’d really love to know what you all think in the comments. And if you are interested in the cutting-edge robot vacuum, you can click the links below to learn more details. Thanks a lot for watching. This is Will from GizmoChina here. See you soon!
