What you can expect from the Ecovacs Deebot X5 Pro Omni
What testers say about the Ecovacs Deebot X5 Pro Omni
The mop pads of the Ecovacs Deebot X5 Pro Omni rise 0.6 inches on reaching carpet, nearly half as high again as the 0.4 inches most mop-washing robots manage, so a thicker rug stays dry where others would brush it damp. Suction goes the other way. Ecovacs gives 12,800 Pa while its peers sit around 20,000 Pa, and the vacuuming score from Vacuum Wars falls below that lab's median. Pet hair was the exception, 4.1 out of 5 on a scale whose midpoint is 3.735.
TechRadar's time with it reads kinder to the cleaning. Hard floors, carpets and rugs often came clean in a single pass, the station emptied the bin without fail even when it was full of dog hair, and a whole house was done on one charge with battery to spare. The 6,400 mAh battery, against 5,200 mAh in most of its kind, fits that.
What TechRadar did not like was its eye for flat things. Cables, shoelaces and scraps of paper were sucked up or dragged along, so those are best gathered up before it sets out.
Pros
- Cleans hard floors, carpets and rugs thoroughly, often in a single pass TechRadar ↗
- The dock reliably empties the robot's bin, even when it is full of dog hair TechRadar ↗
- Finishes a whole house on one charge with plenty to spare TechRadar ↗
Cons
- Sucks up or drags along cables, laces and scraps of paper lying flat TechRadar ↗
- Does not get fully into corners or right along edges TechRadar ↗
- The app is buggy at times and can start the wrong cleaning mode TechRadar ↗
Each point sums up, in our words, the review of the test it names, and its link leads to that review. We do not summarize RTINGS or Wirecutter: their lists are linked above.
