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Like many other robot vacuum cleaners before it, the Ecovacs Deebot X1 Turbo offers a mop function to wash the floor, but to do this it is fitted with two rotating mopping pads and comes with a charging station with cleaning system.
Ecovacs Deebot X1 Turbo
Ecovacs has decided to go big with its new series of robot vacuums. Among the three devices that have appeared in the Chinese manufacturer’s catalog is the Deebot X1 Turbo. This new model benefits from a particularly imposing charging base, which has the task of cleaning its pads as well as automatically filling its water tank.
Because yes, the Deebot X1 Turbo does not just suck, it also promises to wash the floor in its path. If he is far from being the first to offer such a function, it does not rest at home on a simple mop fixed on his belly as is often the case, but on a system of rotating pads similar to that of the Dreame W10, for example. More precisely, we find with the new Ecovacs robot two microfiber pads. They can achieve up to 180 rpm and are supposed to allow “deep cleaning”according to the manufacturer.
The two skates perform a rotary movement.
Faced with this promising technical sheet, we therefore wanted to know a little more about the washing efficiency of the Deebot X1 Turbo. In order to evaluate it, we have, as for the robot mop, spread and let dry soda, oil, lipstick and carbon black on the floor of our laboratory before launching the robot in the attack of these stains.
It is necessary to wait one night for the stains to be well impregnated on the floor.
Through the Ecovacs Home app, we chose a washing program using a “medium” water flow on the floor. The Deebot X1 Turbo mops over stains and claims to have finished its run after just a few minutes. The floor is not perfectly clean, but we have to admit that he did a good job.
In one swipe, he managed to remove the soda stain and it only took him two more to remove the carbon black. The lipstick certainly remains visible, but no robot is able to clean it completely. So it’s actually a nice surprise. On the other hand, we note that the oil has mostly been spread, which is a little more disappointing. Overall, the washing function of the X1 Turbo still seems more efficient than that of the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra.
Before concluding, we thought it useful to devote a brief word to the self-cleaning charging base. In concrete terms, the charging station has the task of washing the robot’s pads and drying them, in addition to replenishing its water tank. We obviously tried this function, which is very useful in theory, since it should in particular prevent the owner from having to put the rags in the washing machine after each cleaning.
On the left, the dirty water tank after cleaning the pads, on the right the clean water tank.
In practice, we are a little more mixed on its interest. If the skates did indeed seem a little cleaner to us at the end of the self-cleaning cycle, the cool drying function was less convincing: we found them still very damp at the end of the cleaning cycle. Bacteria and odors are therefore likely to develop. Finally, note that the washing and drying of mops takes 1 min 35 s and that the noise level fluctuates between 55 and 65 dB(A) during the operation, which remains relatively silent — we are far from a charging base extractor, which, in operation, can rise to 80 dB(A).
You will be able to find our entire Deebot X1 Turbo test in the columns of the Home section from Wednesday April 6th.