ECOVACS Robotics - DEEBOT T8+ Vacuum & Mop Robot with Advanced Laser Mapping and 3D Obstacle Detection & Avoidance - Grey $449.99

Reviews please, I tried roborock s5 max and S6 pure. I want to know how good is this when compare to those

Take a look at some of the older threads from Nov/Dec last year where people have compared both.


From what I recall, Roborock has a much better app and the vacs have good performance. The mop is hit or miss.


For the T8, the main advantage I see is the object avoidance and self empty (to each their own on this point). The included mop is also meh but they do offer and upgrade ($99) that vibrates. Theoretically it should be better but again, it'll depend on usage conditions.


LINK for Mop Upgrade:

https://www.ecovacs.com/us/deebot...s/OZMO-Pro [ecovacs.com]

Ok, this thing is definitely going back. I spoke with customer support regarding the docking issue and was told that "they don't recommend attempting to dock the robot while the mopping plate is attached". But the robot will _automatically_ return to the dock when it completes its task, and there's no way to change that behavior.

Which means if you run the robot on a schedule, when nobody is home to manually stop it, remove the plate, and then resume docking... it will spend the entire rest of the day banging into the charging dock until you get home or the battery dies. Their solution was to monitor its progress via the app, cancel the task when it starts to return for charging, then remove the mopping plate and let it complete docking when you get home.

They also warned me that if the robot attempts to dock while the mop is attached, that may damage the charging station. Even though that's the default and only behavior. By design, it tries to do something that it can't do and will damage itself.

How silly.

Alright, here's my quick review:

The app isn't terrible, with the exception of dividing areas. The bot needs to determine on the map that a "wall" is actually a wall, and not an obstacle. If you have a door with a gap at the bottom, that's not a wall... and apparently the actual wall on either side of it isn't a wall either, so you can't divide near it. This seems to be a known issue with no fix. If you have folding doors or something like a kitchen pantry , don't plan on dividing areas anywhere near it.

The bot does a pretty decent job of vacuuming; it picked up all of the cat litter outside of the bathroom, and all of the little cardboard pieces from the scratching board, etc. But the mop is pretty much useless. If you have a wet Swiffer that'll do the same thing in less time. I'm considering getting the Ozmo Pro mop accessory since that's supposed to be significantly better (and louder), and you can find it for around $35 on AliExpress (as opposed to $100 in most retailers). Speaking of loud, this thing clunks LOUDLY on hardwood floors, and it squeaks like an entire nest of rats. The latter may be fixable, but the former is not. The actual vacuum noise is fairly quiet, much less noisy than I had expected. But the self-cleaning station is as loud as an old-school standing vacuum... don't be near that when it runs.

The biggest problem, and the reason that I'll most likely be returning it, is that it can't dock. Full stop. It will crawl up to the front of the dock, inch its way up the ramp, land in place... and then grind its wheels while wiggling back and forth for about a minute, before reversing off the dock and repeating the process. Eventually it'll get stuck hanging off the dock and complain that it's off the ground, or that the wheel is stuck, etc, and it'll yell (via its speakers) for help. If it can't dock, it can't charge and it can't use the self-emptying function, which makes the whole thing essentially useless.

I'm going to try a few things to see if I can fix the docking issue, but otherwise that's a dealbreaker.

Nope, I have exclusively wood and tile floors. I'm not sure why customer support would insist that it isn't capable of docking with the mop on and warn me multiple times of damage potential if that's not accurate. Although I suppose the rep could have been making things up because he didn't know the real solution.

You mentioned your experience around mapping (dividing areas) and also that the self-cleaning station is loud. The robot would not have been able to create a map or empty its dustbin without having at least once successfully been sent out to clean from the dock, then return to the dock (triggers the map creation), and finally empting its dustbin once it returns and connects into the dock. I wonder what changed after that to then have the issues you mentioned? What were the few things you tried?

Yea, that's definitely strange that their customer support would say that. Could be just an inexperienced rep I guess. Our T8 is definitely able to leave/return to the dock with a mopping plate already attached.

Alright, here's my quick review:

The app isn't terrible, with the exception of dividing areas. The bot needs to determine on the map that a "wall" is actually a wall, and not an obstacle. If you have a door with a gap at the bottom, that's not a wall... and apparently the actual wall on either side of it isn't a wall either, so you can't divide near it. This seems to be a known issue with no fix. If you have folding doors or something like a kitchen pantry , don't plan on dividing areas anywhere near it.

The bot does a pretty decent job of vacuuming; it picked up all of the cat litter outside of the bathroom, and all of the little cardboard pieces from the scratching board, etc. But the mop is pretty much useless. If you have a wet Swiffer that'll do the same thing in less time. I'm considering getting the Ozmo Pro mop accessory since that's supposed to be significantly better (and louder), and you can find it for around $35 on AliExpress (as opposed to $100 in most retailers). Speaking of loud, this thing clunks LOUDLY on hardwood floors, and it squeaks like an entire nest of rats. The latter may be fixable, but the former is not. The actual vacuum noise is fairly quiet, much less noisy than I had expected. But the self-cleaning station is as loud as an old-school standing vacuum... don't be near that when it runs.

The biggest problem, and the reason that I'll most likely be returning it, is that it can't dock. Full stop. It will crawl up to the front of the dock, inch its way up the ramp, land in place... and then grind its wheels while wiggling back and forth for about a minute, before reversing off the dock and repeating the process. Eventually it'll get stuck hanging off the dock and complain that it's off the ground, or that the wheel is stuck, etc, and it'll yell (via its speakers) for help. If it can't dock, it can't charge and it can't use the self-emptying function, which makes the whole thing essentially useless.

I'm going to try a few things to see if I can fix the docking issue, but otherwise that's a dealbreaker.

You mentioned your experience around mapping (dividing areas) and also that the self-cleaning station is loud. The robot would not have been able to create a map or empty its dustbin without having at least once successfully been sent out to clean from the dock, then return to the dock (triggers the map creation), and finally empting its dustbin once it returns and connects into the dock. I wonder what changed after that to then have the issues you mentioned? What were the few things you tried?

Ok, this thing is definitely going back. I spoke with customer support regarding the docking issue and was told that "they don't recommend attempting to dock the robot while the mopping plate is attached". But the robot will _automatically_ return to the dock when it completes its task, and there's no way to change that behavior.

Which means if you run the robot on a schedule, when nobody is home to manually stop it, remove the plate, and then resume docking... it will spend the entire rest of the day banging into the charging dock until you get home or the battery dies. Their solution was to monitor its progress via the app, cancel the task when it starts to return for charging, then remove the mopping plate and let it complete docking when you get home.

They also warned me that if the robot attempts to dock while the mop is attached, that may damage the charging station. Even though that's the default and only behavior. By design, it tries to do something that it can't do and will damage itself.

How silly.

This is not accurate in my experience. I have a T8+, and I also purchased an OZMO Pro "sonic mopping" upgrade kit after using the standard OZMO module the T8+ came with. With both the standard OZMO module and the OZMO Pro, the T8 is able to leave its dock with either mopping module attached. The robot also returns into the dock after it finishes mopping with either mopping module attached. Maybe you have the dock on carpet? In that case, the robot would not leave the dock with a mopping plate attached, or return with a mopping plate attached since the robot automatically detects carpet and would not go onto it.