ZDNET’s key takeaways

• The Deebot X2 Combo Full is now obtainable at Finest Purchase for $1,700, which will get you a robotic vacuum and mop unit, a self-cleaning station, and a stick vacuum with 4 brush heads.
• The square-shaped X2 robotic vacuum matches in corners and beneath furnishings, however the X2 Combo shines for having a self-emptying stick vacuum hooked up to the charging dock.
• The X2 robotic vacuum underperforms in comparison with different high-end opponents in its worth vary, particularly in mapping and object avoidance.

Ecovacs’ newest Deebot X2 Combo Full robotic vacuum, mop, and stick vacuum mixture is the final word laundry room or pantry equipment. It is the primary robotic vacuum and mop available on the market to incorporate a self-emptying stick vacuum that performs fantastically.

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The Omni station, the place the robotic vacuum empties its dustbin, washes its mop pads, and recharges, additionally has an hooked up dock for the stick vacuum to recharge and empty its dustbin.

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You may seize the cordless vacuum from the dock, snap the unit onto the stick and the ground brush from the aspect of the dock (unique to the “Full” variation), and do your cleansing. As soon as finished, return the hand held unit to the charging dock, which robotically empties the dustbin contents into the unit’s mud bag and fees the unit.

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You not need to shake the mud, pet hair, and random crumbs from the stick vacuum’s dustbin over the garbage can. This single course of beats the preferred stick vacuums available on the market, together with the Dyson V sequence handheld vacuums and the viral Homeika model, well-known on TikTok, that each must be emptied by hand.

Final fall, Ecovacs launched the Deebot X2 Omni, a sq. robotic vacuum with a charging station that empties the dustbin and washes and dries the rotating mop pads. The corporate then showcased the Combo variation throughout CES 2024. Sadly, you can not buy the Combo unit’s handheld charging and emptying dock for an present Deebot X2 Omni station.

As an alternative, Ecovacs now gives two new packages: the Deebot X2 Combo, which incorporates the robotic vacuum and mop plus a handheld vacuum with three brush heads, and the Deebot X2 Combo Full, which incorporates all of this plus the motorized ground brush.

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The Deebot X2 Combo Full is a grab-and-go machine that makes cleansing flooring, stairs, and fabric easy. You by no means need to take care of mud or particles straight. Every unit contains 4 brush heads, which I’ve used on my automotive, curtains, the A/C return, dryer filter, stairs, and sofa.

I’ve used the Deebot X2 robotic vacuum and mop in my dwelling since final fall. Whereas the brand new unit seems the identical, it has extra suction energy (elevated from 8,000Pa to eight,700Pa). I’ve discovered the robotic vacuum and mop holds its personal amongst high-end opponents. It retains my flooring freed from pet hair and muddy paw prints, due to its robust suction and efficient mopping.

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The cordless vacuum has a 4000mAh lithium battery, identical to the $750 Dyson V15 Detect cordless vacuum, which yields as much as 60 minutes of runtime. In contrast to the V15 Detect, the Deebot X2 handheld vacuum’s battery shouldn’t be detachable.

Throughout my testing, I discovered that the Deebot handheld vacuum’s battery runtime on the best setting was 17 minutes and 11 seconds when operated constantly. When run on the bottom setting, the runtime clocked in at 54 minutes and 31 seconds.

The hand-held vacuum solely has two depth modes: excessive and low. Once you flip it on, the cordless vacuum runs on the final setting used earlier than it was turned off. I preserve mine on the excessive setting as a result of I’ve a canine that sheds lots, and the 17 minutes that the battery lasts on this mode is greater than sufficient to wash my stairs, two high-traffic entry rugs, massive front room rug, my canine’s favourite runner rug, and a lot of the edges alongside the wall of the roughly 900-square-foot downstairs space.

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Just like the Deebot X2 Omni, the brand new Deebot X2 had points mapping my dwelling (when the machine vacuums for the primary time and saves a map within the app). Once you arrange the robotic vacuum and add it to the Ecovacs app, you could let it map your own home earlier than diving right into a full cleansing. 

After the preliminary mapping, I ran the brand new Deebot X2 Combo Full robotic vacuum to wash the flooring at the very least each different day, however generally each day for 10 days. The robotic screwed up 3 times throughout this era, going out to wash and returning to recharge after solely cleansing a few quarter of the mapped space – and it was all the time a unique space.

The primary time, the robotic solely cleaned behind the sofa. The second time, it stopped within the kitchen and returned to the dock after doing the lounge and half the kitchen. The third time, it stopped after finishing the lounge. Though you may choose areas or rooms for the robotic to wash utilizing the cellular app, in these circumstances, I triggered the cleansing classes utilizing the button on the charging dock.

Hopefully, Ecovacs will repair this challenge with firmware updates. The opposite downside I observed is object avoidance. The Deebot X2 robotic vacuum and mop unit usually makes an attempt to select up gadgets it has no enterprise grabbing, like my toddler’s socks and random paper towel sheets, that are too large for the curler brush. I needed to detangle these and different gadgets from the comb, which detracts from the comfort of a robotic vacuum.

Please do not suppose I stay in a pigsty – I do not. These things are sometimes in locations the place I am unable to see them, like beneath furnishings and in opposition to a wall. My children usually additionally depart toys my one-year-old pup likes to interrupt into two- and three-inch plastic items that the overachieving robotic additionally sucks up, solely to jam the curler brush. 

Ecovacs defined that small gadgets do not set off the robotic’s impediment avoidance. In any other case, the Deebot X2 robotic would not choose up cereal and would not have the ability to climb ground transitions. Nonetheless, I want bigger gadgets like socks and wadded-up paper towel sheets would set off impediment avoidance, as each the Eufy S1 Professional and the Eufy X9 Professional keep away from these things.

ZDNET’s shopping for recommendation

The Deebot X2 Combo Full retains its promise of a full-home cleansing resolution. At $1,700, it is a expensive unit that rivals opponents just like the $1,400 Roomba Combo j9+ and the $1,600 Roborock S8 Professional Extremely. 

I’ve reached for the cordless vacuum each day to wash messes and dirt on completely different surfaces or to hoover the high-traffic areas and rugs the place my canine likes to sleep. I’m nonetheless amazed when it robotically empties its dustbin once I set it right down to cost. The Deebot runs each different day to deal with the flooring. I like to make use of the cordless vac over all of the rugs downstairs after which activate the robotic vacuum and mop to make sure we get the deepest clear. 

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Since making an attempt the Deebot X2 Combo Full, I’ve spent much less time cleansing and but my home has by no means been cleaner.

The Deebot X2 Combo is out there for $1,600 on Amazon and the Ecovacs web site, whereas the Deebot X2 Combo Full with a motorized ground brush is out there solely at Finest Purchase for $1,700.