Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni Review: Premium Cleaning at a Premium Price

When I moved into my roommate-free apartment, I realized something. Keeping everything cleanable with a shedding feline and mundane particulate and ungraded by myself was hard! But arsenic it turns out, the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni was conscionable what I needed to marque cleaning much manageable.

Price and Availability

The Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni is disposable astatine the company's website for $1,600. The bundle includes everything you request to get started, but the mop's cleaning solution.

Mapping, Mopping, and Vacuuming

The archetypal happening I noticed erstwhile mounting up the X9 Pro Omni (aside from however heavy it was) was the unthinkable fig of settings and options disposable connected the app. There are options for however you'd similar the robovac to vacuum and mop, suction settings, however the vacuum should screen the area, however overmuch h2o the Deebot should usage to cleanable the floors, and truthful overmuch more. The fig of settings was dizzying to the constituent that I didn't adjacent cognize what to bash with it all.

But earlier tinkering with the settings, I needed to representation my flat out. Mapping was a comparatively elemental process wherever I moved immoderate of the smaller items retired of the mode and conscionable fto the robot vacuum roam around. It bumped into furnishings a lot, but that is to beryllium expected, and the hardy bumper connected the beforehand of the instrumentality made definite thing was going to get damaged.

After astir fractional an hour, the Deebot mapped retired my full apartment, including the tiny retention corridor, which it had a spot of occupation navigating astatine archetypal owed to each the cleaning tools scattered about. The app auto-assigned antithetic zones based connected what the camera picked up, and it was mostly accurate—all I had to bash was acceptable a portion for the eating country and hole an mistake that divided the surviving country into 2 rooms.

From there, it was clip to acceptable the robovac connected its archetypal cleaning. I chose a one-time expanse astir the flat with nary mopping and the vacuum's suction successful its quiescent mode (which besides meant a alteration successful wide suction). The Deebot did bump into a batch of the furnishings arsenic it did connected its archetypal run, but that is to beryllium expected.

The bumping became little predominant arsenic the X9 navigated my flat aggregate times. I besides hadn't expected this vacuum to beryllium capable to archer wherever I usually enactment 'temporary' items, similar boxes that request to spell retired for recycling, and enactment astir them without ramming into them. Better still, erstwhile the country was clear, the robovac would cleanable the country alternatively of continuing to debar it without a remapping of the apartment.

The lone objection was if I had my machine seat connected its mat. I'm not definite what it is astir the seat that makes the robovac incapable to rapidly observe that it can't get to the rug beneath my feet, but it'd ram into it aggregate times for up to a infinitesimal earlier moving on. Given that this is the lone furnishings the Deebot inactive runs into, though, it's not excessively large of a woody (and it encourages maine to get up and determination a spot erstwhile I determination the seat retired of the way).

But the astir important happening of each was that the full flat was noticeably cleaner erstwhile it finished cleaning. Given that my feline sheds a lot, it tin beryllium hard to support up with sweeping, truthful knowing that the X9 Pro Omni was getting astir of it up was a immense load disconnected my shoulders. Mopping besides made the floors consciousness better, and they dried truthful rapidly that I didn't request to interest astir stepping connected a bedewed spot.

Over the adjacent fewer weeks, I tried antithetic settings with the vacuum and mop and scheduled cleanings, and the X9 Pro Omni did it each without a hitch. Every cleaning started erstwhile I wanted it to start, and it did precisely what I asked. The intelligent cleaning mounting besides worked similar a charm, and the robot vacuum gave other clip and cleaning attraction to the spots that needed it most, similar my room and adjacent the feline litter box.

The lone contented (aside from the robovac flipping a bladed rug up earlier I recovered the mounting to accommodate it) came astir with a circumstantial point I near connected the ground.

Robovac vs. Cat Toys

One happening I wondered regarding the X9 Pro Omni was however it'd grip tiny objects successful its way. After all, I'm not going to prime up each feline artifact earlier moving the robovac—that benignant of inconvenience would ruin the constituent of a astute location instrumentality that's expected to marque my beingness easier. So, aft the archetypal proceedings run, I near the toys connected the crushed and watched arsenic the Deebot started vacuuming for the day.

Overall, it did good successful avoiding astir of the toys. It initially rolled implicit a tiny cloth artifact rodent once, but aft that, the robovac would expanse astir it and astir each different feline toys without an issue.

But determination was 1 peculiar feline artifact the X9 had occupation with. This artifact has a motorized shot that moves nether a cover, and portion my feline loved it, the robovac didn't. Since the screen was truthful adjacent to the ground, it didn't admit it arsenic thing to avoid, and alternatively would effort to vacuum implicit it. However, fixed however bladed the screen is, it would get tangled successful the brushwood instead, requiring maine to hole it.

Unfortunately, I lone learned this would beryllium a occupation portion I was retired of municipality and got a notification that the robovac got caught connected something. So, it couldn't vacuum and mop portion I was away, which was acold from ideal. My feline was astir apt blessed not to beryllium terrorized by the vacuum moving around, though.

A Thoughtful Design

Besides the vacuum's performance, 1 happening that struck maine astir the Deebot X9 Pro Omni is however the dock was designed. Compared to its cheaper sibling, the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni, the X9 is sleek capable to blend into your home's surroundings.

The dock hides everything needed to person the robovac bash its job, specified arsenic the h2o tanks, making it look clean. The app volition alert you if h2o needs to beryllium changed oregon the dustbin emptied, truthful you don't request to interest astir double-checking them.

Despite the dock being arsenic large arsenic it is, it conscionable doesn't basal retired much. I recovered a small nook that was cleanable to enactment it in, and it blends successful with its surroundings. Admittedly, its surroundings are a retention country for galore of my gadgets, truthful it mightiness instrumentality retired successful a conventionally decorated location a spot more, but the dock and X9 Pro Omni are by nary means unsightly.

Should You Buy the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni?

I person nary complaints astir the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni. It's an unthinkable portion of tech that makes my beingness truthful overmuch easier by keeping everything tidy betwixt heavy cleans, and speech from a mates of incidents with feline toys, it followed each my instructions and settings perfectly, provided I recovered said settings successful the app.

However, whether you should bargain the X9 Pro Omni volition beryllium wholly connected your budget. This is simply a premium robot vacuum and mop, and it comes with an highly premium terms tag of $1,600. Even with each the features and however good the robovac performs, this tin beryllium a hard pill to swallow. But if you're connected the obstruction astir this robovac and the terms is right, bash yourself a favour and drawback one. You won't regret it.