2 min readEcovacs unveiled three new robot vacuum cleaners at IFA, including the Deebot X8 Pro Omni with a self-cleaning roller mop. This mop head brings technology across from sibling brand Tineco which has recently entered the Australian market for hard floor cleaners.
Similar to what we see in Tineco’s own products, and the likes of the Dyson Wash G1, the mopping system dubbed OZMO uses fresh water to clean the roller while the vacuum sucks up the dirty water. Theoretically this means that you’ll never wash your floors with a dirty mop - or at least not the one attached to this vacuum. On top of that the roller allows for telescopic extension which introduces a new kind of edge clean that we are yet to see on an Ecovacs product.
Alongside the X8 Pro Omni is the more affordable version called the N30 Pro Omni. While this version doesn’t have the cleaning roller, it does have the extendable edge mopping technology we saw in the T30 Pro Omni released in Australia earlier this year. This device comes with 60 degrees C hot water cleaning and 40 degrees C hot air drying to ensure the mop pads stay clean without any additional labour on the user’s behalf.
Finally Ecovacs has also brought the slimline T50 family which measures just 81mm tall. Similar to what we see in the X series the laser module is encased within the unit itself, allowing the vacuum to fit into smaller spaces. This unit still has Ecovacs’ ZeroTangle technology, 15,000pa suction on the Pro model, and access to the new advanced Yiko-GPT smart assistant. With this version you can now text your robot vacuum rather than speaking to it.
Speaking with Ecovacs ANZ Regional Director Karen Powell, she told Reviews.org Australia that robot vacuums are constantly in an exciting growth stage but there was still one consumer pet peeve that irks her.
“Doing stairs… When a robot vacuum can climb stairs from level to level I will stand back and say ‘wow’”.
Notably competitors Roborock and Dreame introduced the start of a solution to the stairs problem at IFA. Both devices can handle around 4cm of height, which is still quite a way off of actually conquering a flight of stairs. Powell told Reviews.org that while Ecovacs doesn’t have anything similar in the works to her knowledge, she is confident that their engineers will draw inspiration from the marketplace.
None of these new devices are available in Australia just yet, but Reviews.org understands that there is a good chance they will hit our shores in 2025.
