Automatically detaches its mopping pads

Verdict

With its capacity to drop its mop pads and depart them within the cleansing dock, the EZViz RS2 can transfer out and vacuum carpets with out worry of getting them moist. It’s a robust vacuum and high quality mop, cleansing effectively in all of my exams. Attending to the bin to empty it manually is a bit fiddly, however in any other case this can be a useful gizmo for people who primarily have onerous flooring.

Introduction

EZViz will not be a reputation that you just’d affiliate with robotic vacuum cleaners, but it surely’s a welcome one to affix the fray.

For the EZViz RS2, the corporate may so simply both have copied present designs or simply created a finances mannequin; as an alternative, it has executed one thing that I’ve by no means seen earlier than and has created a robotic that may robotically ditch its mopping pads for a real vacuum-only mode.

That’s fairly the trick. Whereas the robotic does have some quirks of its personal, it’s largely a profitable robotic vacuum and mop and very keenly priced.

Design and options

• Self-cleaning station
• Can drop its mopping cloths
• Highly effective app

On the face of it, the EZViz RS2 appears very similar to the competitors, such because the Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni, full with twin spherical microfibre mopping cloths.

There’s a massive distinction right here: the EZViz RS2 can robotically detach and reattach these mopping cloths within the docking station, permitting it to hoover carpet with out threat of getting it moist.

Different robots might be able to raise their mop cloths, however they nonetheless can’t cope with all carpets. The one different robotic to supply the same degree of comfort is the iRobot Roomba Combo j7+, which has a mopping bracket that it will possibly raise and tuck utterly out of the way in which.

In addition to charging the robotic, the dock has two giant tanks: one for contemporary water and one for soiled water, that are used to scrub the mopping pads. The tanks are straightforward to raise out for refilling or emptying. As soon as the robotic has completed its job, there’s sizzling air to dry the pads, stopping smells.

EZViz supplies two spare microfibre cloths within the flap on the entrance of the dock, so that you may give one set a deep clear in a washer and nonetheless have the ability to clear your house. This cubby gap additionally has a cleansing brush, which can be utilized to scrub out the docking station.

This station doesn’t robotically empty the robotic, so that you’ll have to recollect to do that after a clear manually. That makes the EZViz RS2 barely much less handy to make use of than a few of its rivals, but it surely does imply that you just don’t have to purchase new baggage, which implies no ongoing prices for these parts.

Attending to the bin is a bit fiddly, as it will possibly’t be reached whereas the robotic is within the dock. To get entry, I needed to pull the EZViz RS2 out after which get to the bin and its included filter.

In any other case, the robotic is similar to different ones. It makes use of LiDAR through the dome on high to map out a room, plus it has a digicam on the entrance that it makes use of for object detection, plus for distant digicam viewing.

In case you don’t just like the privateness threat, then there’s a sticker within the field to cowl up the digicam; nonetheless, this may cease object detection from working.

Flip the robotic over and there are two aspect brushes, so the robotic can strategy the perimeters of a room from any angle. There’s additionally a primary brush for agitating grime, though it’s not an anti-tangle mannequin.

Though there are fast controls on the robotic and dock, to get probably the most out of the EZViz RS2 you could hook it as much as Wi-Fi and the EZViz app. As soon as linked, the robotic ought to carry out an preliminary mapping run.

It robotically guessed the place rooms had been in my home, though I may simply cut up or merge zones as I noticed match. As well as, I may set no-mop, no-vacuum and forbidden zones, controlling the place the robotic can and may’t go.

For probably the most half the app is fairly straightforward to make use of. The default setting is to scrub your complete home, however the robotic will also be advised to scrub a single room or an space marked on the map.

Choices for cleansing embody selecting from the 4 energy modes, and the three water ranges, plus whether or not to scrub every space a few times.

There’s additionally an choice to set how the robotic vacuum cleaner cleans: vacuum earlier than mop, vacuum whereas mop, vacuum solely or mop solely. I believe that the vacuum earlier than mop possibility is the perfect, letting the robotic clear up dry mess earlier than switching to mopping mode.

Efficiency

• Good navigation
• Highly effective suction

I discovered that the EZViz RS2 was largely an ready navigator. Because of carpet detection, it won’t run over carpets with its mopping pads connected. This does imply that the dock needs to be positioned onto a tough ground to start out; I put my pattern onto carpet tiles, however this confused the EZViz RS2, and it refused to maneuver off the dock.

Shifting round my house, the EZViz RS2 averted bumping into furnishings and falling down a step. I did should set the couch up as a no-go zone: the robotic may typically get underneath there, however there’s not even head top, so it might get trapped and refuse to maneuver.

Though the digicam has object detection, it’s extra primary than the detection used on the iRobot Roomba Comba j7+. Right here, the robotic averted a sock and a USB charging cable, however my pretend pet mess was simply rammed into.

To check cleansing efficiency, I sprinkled a teaspoon of flour onto my take a look at carpet. It took two goes to take away a lot of the mess, leaving a hint behind; that’s good efficiency for a robotic and reveals that this one is an effective upkeep cleaner, though you will want a daily vacuum cleaner for deeper spills.

Shifting on to the onerous ground take a look at, I put a teaspoon of flour into the center of the room. The EZViz RS2 discovered this job straightforward, and eliminated all of it.

My edge take a look at is difficult for robots, however the EZViz RS2 did fairly effectively, selecting up a number of the mess, though it did depart a smear of flour behind.

I then trod mud onto the ground and gave the EZViz RS2 a few mopping passes to see how effectively it did. The primary stain was eliminated, however there have been traces of grime left behind. For normal mopping, this robotic will likely be good, however I like to recommend a tough ground cleaner for coping with powerful stains and for deep cleansing.

I measured the robotic at a 64.7dB quantity, which places its noise degree about even with most different robotic vacuum cleaners that I’ve examined. Battery life is quoted at a most of 260 minutes, though mopping and vacuuming brings that right down to a most of 160 minutes. In both case, there’s greater than sufficient battery life to sort out a big space, and have spare for spot cleansing.

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