Ecovacs Deebot T-20 OMNI - 5 Things You Need to Know before you Buy!

[@BadgerBob]

All the KZbin adverts are saying it has hot mopping. It doesn’t. I have one, it has hot mop pad washing, it doesn’t mop with hot water (although the pads are warm for a minute or so after leaving the base station).

[@RealJoshBinder]

This is correct. Misleading advertising. It should say 'Hot Water mop Cleaning'

[@sportzspaz6303]

The process involves brief periods of hot mopping. Due to the absence of an onboard water tank, the unit must return to its base station, the Omni, to be cleaned with hot water. This is how the hot mopping function is achieved. While the duration of the hot mopping might be shorter than you desired, the description is accurate. It's hopeful that future models from various brands will incorporate heated onboard water tanks for an extended hot mopping feature.

[@BadgerBob]

@@sportzspaz6303Sorry I can’t agree. It’s hot water pad cleaning. I have picked mine up 1 minute after it left the dock and touched the pads, and the pads are completely cold by that time. The remaining 14 minutes it mops with cold pads. There is no way you can consider this ‘hot water mopping’.

[@sportzspaz6303]

The process involves brief periods of hot mopping. Due to the absence of an onboard water tank, the unit must return to its base station, the Omni, to be cleaned with hot water. This is how the hot mopping function is achieved. While the duration of the hot mopping might be shorter than desired, the description is accurate. It's hopeful that future models from various brands will incorporate heated onboard water tanks for an extended hot mopping feature.

[@BRENDALOVE316]

I love the ShihTzu! I have 2 myself, they are always so Nosy! Lol I'm getting this vacuum in a couple days, let's see how my doggies react to it. Looks like it does better than other competitors. Thanks for the review, have an awesome day

[@BrandonDoyleMN]

Hot water you say? That’s neat! I’m currently testing the new roborock line up and just wrapped up Narwal I like the dual spinning mops vs, the “swiffer style” mop It’s crazy how dirty the water gets the first few times using any self cleaning mop

[@ModernDayTech]

Yep, Hot Water. There are so many great brands out there trying to outdo each other. Love it!

[@BrandonDoyleMN]

@@ModernDayTech heck yeah, lots of innovation in the space over the last couple years

[@MultiBatmanbeyond]

can I use wood cleaning solution the amber color one instead of water?

[@jackalster77]

Pretty large house - any measurements for reference ? Good video thanks

[@ModernDayTech]

Thank you. It's just shy of 6000 sq feet. The level/area where I have the mop working regularly is only about 1800. For the rest of the house, I have to carry the mop to that area so it doesn't do it that often. I hope that helps.

[@airdee]

not sure which one is better this or Roborock S8 Pro Ultra

[@JBenge]

It doesn't have hot water mopping. It's hot water mop washing

[@ModernDayTech]

It's practically the same thing. For example, if you're mopping normally with a bucket and hot water, you're essentially mopping and washing with hot water. It's not like the base does a wash with hot water and then adds cold water to the pads. The pads still have hot water. Also, as mentioned in the video, you have the option to send the vacuum back to the base station at shorter intervals, allowing you to re-wet the mopping pads with fresh hot water.

[@Mourad1EL]

Hi great review ! would you pick this over the omni x1 ?

[@ModernDayTech]

Yes, definitely. Omni X1 doesn't have auto lifting mopping heads.

[@acharletta]

Excellent review. Thanks.

[@ModernDayTech]

Thanks for watching!

[@jaywalkerincognito]

My t20 stays almost 6 inches away from cabinet baseboards. I noticed it has edge deep cleaning. Does the robot get closer to the edge when this deep edge cleaning kicks in?

[@ModernDayTech]

Yes, i talk briefly about in the video.

[@j.ballsdeep420]

Sure looks to be dragging the mopping heads on what don't even appear to be high-ply rugs: Cool idea but this and S8 Ultra both just don't seem to raise high enough and don't really understand why it's so difficult to simply run the mop separately from vacuuming.

[@j.ballsdeep420]

Also, it has an always on mic now? Hard pass. Really glad I went with T10+

[@ModernDayTech]

I can't speak for the S8 but the T20 does lift high enough for my rugs. They never get wet. They are not high-ply rugs. I talk about high-ply carpets in the video. It's a huge inconvicence switching back and forth and I would personally never buy one that didn't automatically switch. You can also opp to run the cycles seperately on the T20 if you choose. To each their own. (BTW: the thing in your pocket is always listening too, you might want to get rid of that if your concerned about always on mics)

[@patrickkwan773]

I would say The raise mop pad function enable user to do vacuum only without manually remove the mop pad. With this, it can do vacuum run, followed by mop only cycle by itself

[@frankazzuri8984]

My deebot has to go and empty the dust pad every 10 minutes and I know the floors aren’t that dirty. It’s pretty frustrating

[@chadrick-6816]

I ordered one of these that I'm waiting on to arrive. Is there an option to turn off the hot water? To get the best clean, I fill my tanks in other units with either aqueous ozone or hypochlorous acid. Both destabilize very fast with the presence of heat, so I'm hoping I can turn that off when I want to.

[@jpthsd]

Are you aware this robot doesn’t have water tank in the robot itself? It mops by wetting the mop pad and back and forth !,

[@ModernDayTech]

Yes, you can turn off the hot water washing in the station settings. I dont know anything about the heating procedure, aqueous ozone or hypochlorites acid but it seems like the hot mopping water only gets heated when it’s about to mop. Meaning that it doesn’t heat up the tank and the water is heated up in transit to the mopping pads. I don’t think the tank is heated so most of the water will remain at room temp. I’m not an engineer and I haven’t taken the T20 apart but that is what it seems like. So take this info with a gain of salt but it might be something to look into to verify.

[@guillaumegagnon7049]

Be careful if you have a robot with a water tank. I see lots of people adding different products in the main water tank and then complain that the robot pump stopped working or the robot is dead after 6 months. There should be only water of water with a cleaning solution made for robots or else the pump and tubing inside the robot can suffer from deterioration.

[@chadrick-6816]

While other products would certainly be a problem, I've been using aqueous ozone (AO) and hypochlorous acid (HOCI) in different units for years now and never had a problem. Actually, they solve a lot of problems, such as preventing build-up and eliminating 'stinky water tank.' Some of the more advanced upright floor washing machines, like Tineco and the Mach V1, have already started utilizing both in their offerings. They'll probably work their way down to some of these robotic models eventually. Until then, I just add them manually to keep my home the cleanest, protect my floors, and my machines in their best shape. The difference is night and day.

[@cocacola99]

i think they have another model not doing hot water cleaning

[@roberthiday3342]

I purchased the Costco version and like it, but can’t quite figure out how to get the mapping right so that I can name certain rooms. Can you give some tips on that? As I understand it, it’s the same as the model that you are reviewing here.

[@ModernDayTech]

Sure, once in the app and you select which robot, if you have mutiple. Click the name of the map, proubally Map 1 to the top left, click map editing, click labeled areas, select which room and enter the new name, click confirm. But like said in the video, there are not a lot preset labels and you can not type your own unfortunetly. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@joekiat3519]

Hows this compare to the Dreame L10s?

[@BassAnywhere]

How long is a mop pad cleaning cycle ?

[@ModernDayTech]

The mop-cleaning cycle is about a minute or so at the base and then it gets back to mopping/vacuuming. There is a setting on how often it goes back to get cleaned/reheated, in which you can select 6/10/15 minutes.

[@jpthsd]

so the bottom base station's plate cannot be removed for cleaning? vs Roborock Q Revo it can be removed to clean up..hmmm

[@dillonmcs1]

This robot vac has a known fault with the mop heads not clicking into place!

[@BudgetGamerz]

The mop lift is nothing new. Hot water is nice though

[@ModernDayTech]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@michaelhinchey]

It does raise it higher than other mops so that is new. :)

[@BadgerBob]

Many of these KZbin adverts (pretending to be ‘reviews’) are saying it has hot mopping. It doesn’t. I have one, it has hot mop pad washing, it doesn’t mop with hot water (although the pads are warm for a minute or so after leaving the base station).

[@BudgetGamerz]

@@BadgerBob 🤣

[@j.ballsdeep420]

It's a still pretty new feature, I don't think he said it was the first to do it. I could be wrong but I think there's only 3 other models with this function and are the highest tier, $1200+ robotic vac/mops

[@sandralao9438]

I m curious how to clean the base station

[@ModernDayTech]

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[@jpthsd]

It doesn’t seem to have onboard water tank in the robot itself!!

[@ModernDayTech]

It doesn’t. It returns to the base at preset 6/10/15 mins intervals so your always mopping with clean mops heads and hot water.

[@jpthsd]

@@ModernDayTech can you program to clean an area two times? Or mop only , vacuum only or vacuum & mop schedule ?

[@ModernDayTech]

Yea all those programs are available but unfortunately it’s not custom settings per room when you do a full run. So if want different settings per room you’ll have to run the rooms separately. Make sense?

[@jpthsd]

@@ModernDayTech I received different response from other said this T20 Omni robot has onboard water tank! I called Ecovacs they confirmed no water tank on the robot itself! ah great ! I meant every schedule run of course tag to every room :) thank you

[@joannazian7699]

​@@ModernDayTech it's not exactly hot water mopping is it? All it is is the residual warmth of the pads after they've been cleaned which won't last long. Maybe initial couple of minutes. The real hot water mopping would be if there was a water tank built in in the unit which would heat the water up (or keep the water hot) which would then be used while mopping...