Eufy X10 Pro Omni Review: Powerful navigation and mopping

Verdict

Offered you spend a little bit of time within the settings configuring the cleansing and mopping modes, the Eufy X10 Pro Omni is a superb robotic vacuum cleaner and mop. Due to its digital camera it will possibly spot and keep away from widespread obstacles, and it offers deep vacuuming and high quality mopping, all at an excellent worth.

Introduction

Eufy’s line-up of robotic vacuum cleaners has seen auto-clean stations, correct mopping, and self-empty stations, however not all issues collectively.

That modifications with the Eufy X10 Pro Omni, which has AI impediment avoidance, rotating mopping pads, and a self-empty and self-clean station. Impressively, all of this tech hasn’t added a lot to the worth, and the Eufy X10 Pro Omni is nice worth for all it has.

Design and options

• Self-empty, self-clean station
• Object avoidance
• Eventualities make day-to-day jobs simpler

Most robotic vacuum cleaners are spherical, however the Eufy X10 Pro Omni is extra of a rounded rectangle, designed that method in order that it will possibly extra simply entry corners and the sides of rooms. Whereas the form could also be sensible, it additionally provides a little bit of curiosity to the robotic and makes this one stand out from the competitors.

On prime are three buttons: begin/pause a clear, return to dock and spot clear (one thing I by no means contact, because the app makes it simple to sort out spot cleansing). The buttons are reachable whereas the robotic is in its dock, however a begin clear button larger up on the dock would have been good, in order that I didn’t must bend down to make use of the bodily controls.

Flip the robotic over and it’s a reasonably commonplace format, with a single side-sweeper brush, a flooring curler and the twin microfibre mopping cloths.

There are just a few neat additions. First, the curler brush has a comb that guides hair, stopping it from tangling. I’ve acquired a home with three cats (one with very lengthy hair), and the X10 Pro Omni has prevented getting tangled.

Whereas, at first look, the mopping pads look much like those on comparable robots, such because the Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni, look extra intently, and you’ll see that they’re pentagon-shaped. This lets them meet within the center, stopping a state of affairs the place there’s a skinny line that doesn’t get mopped correctly.

Though the mopping pads can’t be eliminated, they will elevate 12mm off the bottom when a carpet is detected. For a lot of homes, that’s sufficient clearance for this robotic to maneuver from onerous flooring areas to carpets with out the danger of soaking flooring.

When you have a very deep pile carpet, then another robotic might go well with you extra: the iRobot Roomba Combo J7+ can elevate its mopping pad utterly out of the best way, whereas the EZViz RS2 can depart its mopping pads behind within the dock.

Though the Eufy X9 Pro had a self-clean station and the X8 Pro had a self-empty station, the Eufy X10 Pro Omni is the primary cleaner within the vary to mix each options into one. Taking 2.5-litre baggage, the self-empty station ought to maintain a few month’s value of filth, after which substitute baggage value £29.99 for a pack of six.

There’s nonetheless a bin contained in the robotic, which might be eliminated manually. I like to recommend pulling this out as soon as a month and cleansing it out, together with the filter.

Twin water tanks can be found: there’s one 3-litre tank for clear water and a 2.7-litre for soiled water. These are a contact smaller than the 4-litre tanks used within the Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni, however nonetheless imply that I might go for roughly every week or so earlier than having to refill and empty the tanks.

Detergent (out there for £25.99 for a two-pack) might be added to the clear water tank if required.

Having barely smaller tanks than the competitors has implies that the Eufy X10 Pro Omni’s docking station is a bit of smaller, which might’t be a foul factor.

Management of the robotic is by way of the Eufy Clear app, which seems to be a bit of primary however has some highly effective options. The primary job, as soon as the robotic is related, is to create a map of your own home, which ought to be executed with doorways open and obstacles eliminated. After that, the map might be divided into rooms, which is beneficial, as you may then inform the robotic to wash your selection of rooms.

No-go and digital boundaries cease the robotic from going the place you don’t need it. There’s additionally a no-mop zone, which stops the robotic from utilizing its mopping pads the place you don’t need them for use, reminiscent of on delicate flooring.

A cleansing cycle might be began for your entire home, the rooms you choose or by a zone, which you draw on a map (making the spot cleansing mode redundant).

I like the choice to create Eventualities, that are a bit like routines for the vacuum cleaner. For every state of affairs, you may select the cleansing settings and choose the place the Eufy X10 Pro Omni ought to clear. For instance, I’ve one known as Submit-Cook dinner Clear, the place the Eufy X10 Pro Omni will exit and clear simply the realm of the kitchen the place I put together meals. Having this energy on faucet makes common jobs simple.

It did take a little bit of configuration for me to get the robotic to wash in addition to I wished it to. Diving into the settings, I set the Eufy X10 Pro Omni to Deep for Cleansing Depth, boosted suction energy to Turbo, and elevated the Water Degree to Excessive. I additionally turned on the Edge-Hugging Mopping, which sees the robotic swish its mopping pads into the sides of rooms to extend mopping efficiency.

I utilized the identical settings to the Room choices and, for deep cleansing, elevated the variety of passes to 2, from the default of 1.

There’s then an choice within the settings to regulate how usually the mop ought to be cleaned. This may be executed by time (between each 15 and 25 minutes) or by room (after cleansing one room, the mop cloths might be cleaned). What’s best for you will rely upon how soiled your flooring get. Simply bear in mind that decreasing the cleansing interval will enhance the quantity of water used and, due to this fact, how usually the tanks want filling and emptying.

Mop cleansing makes use of recent water from the tank together with the mounted brushes on the dock to take away filth.

There are additionally choices to vary how lengthy the auto drying runs for (45°C air for 3 hours is the default) and how usually the robotic ought to be emptied. I believe it’s greatest to depart the default choices.

Efficiency

• Glorious suction
• Deep mopping
• Good edge efficiency (however you’ll nonetheless want a handbook clear)

I put the Eufy X10 Pro Omni via its paces with quite a lot of real-world assessments. I began with a carpet take a look at, to see how properly the vacuum cleaner might choose up my take a look at spill of flour. As you may see from the earlier than and after photographs under, the robotic proved to be a really succesful cleaner, sucking up the entire mess – that’s a really spectacular efficiency.

Subsequent, I moved onto the onerous flooring take a look at, sprinkling flour into the center of the ground. Once more, the robotic proved to be an in a position cleaner, sucking up the entire take a look at mud and leaving the ground good and clear.

I moved on to the trickier edge take a look at, sprinkling mud proper as much as the plinth in my kitchen. Right here, a skinny hint of mud was left, because the robotic couldn’t fairly get every part, however the consequence was massively spectacular.

Even with the sting mopping mode turned on, the Eufy X10 Pro Omni leaves a small hole across the fringe of the room, so that you’ll must manually clear up sometimes.

Turning to the mopping take a look at, I discovered that for common stains, reminiscent of muddy footprints, the Eufy X10 Pro Omni was a wonderful cleaner, bringing my mild tiles again to their greatest.

It does wrestle a bit of with more durable ground-in stains, leaving these behind. Placing the robotic on day by day to stop such construct up helps, however some messes nonetheless want a devoted onerous flooring cleaner. I did discover that the Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni did a barely higher job, because it makes use of sizzling water for cleansing.

Edge efficiency, as famous above, is nice, however there’s a small hole across the sides of rooms the place the robotic can’t get. It’s additionally not so good at coping with corners, as you may see from its makes an attempt to wash in entrance of my cat flap: near the flap, there’s nonetheless fairly a little bit of mess.

I discovered this robotic to be a wonderful navigator. Leaving footwear and cables on the ground, the Eufy X10 Pro Omni’s digital camera and AI system managed to identify and keep away from these traps. I’d nonetheless choose up gadgets the place potential, nevertheless it’s good to know that when you’re out and put the robotic on, it would keep away from the commonest points routinely.

I measured the robotic at 60.1dB, which is fairly good and in-line with the competitors. That’s, this cleaner is loud sufficient to listen to however not so loud that it’s overly distracting. This determine was when working the cleaner on Turbo mode; Quiet mode is far quieter however then much less highly effective and doesn’t clear so properly. I’d run this vacuum in Turbo or Max mode at a time when noise isn’t going to be a problem.

Battery life is as much as 120 minutes in vacuum and mop mode, however much less with extra highly effective suction settings. That stated, there’s sufficient energy to sort out my complete downstairs, with reserve to do a spot clear or two; successfully, battery life isn’t going to be a problem whatever the mode that you just use.

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