I Put This Poor Vacuum/Mop Through The WORST Tests (Narwal Freo Review)

Narwal Freo is one of the most sophisticated robot vacuum and mops available today. That sophistication has to match up with real life though, so I ran this poor thing through Nutella, milk, and tried to make it fall down the stairs. I did worse to it too, just to make sure this thing was going to work for you.
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[@AutomateYourLife]

Use this link: bit.ly/YTAutomateYourLifeMar and use code: Automate Your Life to get a total of $250 off your purchase of Narwal and any accessories!

[@skaya6838]

Is this code still good?

[@Ximemuzza]

@@skaya6838 Not working

[@BrandonDoyleMN]

Determined is a good descriptor of the Freo, it seems to do a very good job with mopping but lacks a self empty bin for the vacuum so best use is in an area that has mostly hard floors. It’s crazy how gross the dirty water bin gets

[@AutomateYourLife]

Your favorite? Or you sticking with Roborock?

[@BrandonDoyleMN]

@@AutomateYourLife different strokes for different folks (mop action that is) I’ll be keeping both

[@Gaarax1981]

@@BrandonDoyleMN it's like saying nothing.

[@BrandonDoyleMN]

@@Gaarax1981 you wouldn’t pick a favorite kid would you? We’ve got the Freo downstairs where it’s primarily LVT and gets a lot of traffic, the rotating brushes do well in that area. Upstairs we had been using the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra for the last year and switched over to the S8 for testing about a week ago. The roborocks have been great for getting dog hair since our corgi sheds a lot. The self empty bin is very important for that which the Freo unfortunately doesn’t have. So yeah, they both have different strengths and both are working great in our home so far. I haven’t put down any pudding or rice though :)

[@RADRaze2KX]

This is the best review of the Narwal Freo on KZbin to date, so thank you for making this. A couple of side-notes for anyone interested (this information comes from being a Freo owner, and from being relatively active in the Narwal US and Narwal Global facebook groups: Reinforcing your statement: - Yes, the Narwal Freo uses a proprietary cleaning solution, but it really does last a LONG time. I'm 7 months in, running every couple of days, and STILL haven't gotten even 25% of the way down the bottle. 75%+ remaining is nice. - The Narwal Freo is SO QUIET. SOOOOOO QUIET. If you get one coming from a Roomba or a Roborock, prepare to be amazed! Additional Pros: - Narwal is working on multi-mapping capabilities. - You can buy a replacement brush roll that's anti-tangle ("NARWAL Freo Anti-Tangle Roller Brush" on Amazon), similar to the ones used on the Roomba and Roborock robotic vacuums. It's purple, rubber-ish, and works much better than the "hair-brush" style roller it comes with by default. The downside is that there's a slight increase in noise level, but the Freo is so quiet to begin with that the elevated noise level still pales in comparison to the amount of noise a Roomba makes. If you get the Freo Anti-Tangle brush roll, you must ALSO purchase the "Narwal Freo Anti-Tangle Roller Brush Bottom Cover" (on amazon). Getting them both will set you back about $45 USD + Tax and shipping. Coming from a Roomba i7 and having lots of pets and long-haired people in my home, I personally feel it's WELL worth it - The Narwal support team is very active in the facebook communities at helping people with any issues they encounter. - The Narwal team frequently does giveaways in the facebook communities. I've won twice since I bought in December: I won an entire accessories kit (TWO bottles of cleaning solution, 6 additional mopping pads, two sets of replacement side-arm brushes, one replacement brush roll, two replacement water filters, and two replacement air filters ($199)), and I won a an additional set of replacement mopping pads. Additional Cons: - The Narwal Freo does NOT have an auto-empty dust bin. This is probably a "wtf" moment for many, but the bin it carries is pretty good at not needing to be cleaned out all the time. I empty mine every 3-4 weeks running it every couple of days. For reference, it runs on the first floor of my home, with the floor being about 1500 sq feet and about 1000 sq feet of that is mopping space. We have 3 cats and 3 dogs, two of the cats and one of the dogs are medium-hair and they shed relatively often, especially in the summer. - The Freo's carpet cleaning is NOT as good as a high-end Roomba (sorry Narwal, but that's what you get when you sacrifice a bit of suction power for a MUCH quieter machine). Even with the Anti-Tangle brush-roll, it still doesn't clean medium- or high-pile carpet as well as my old Roomba i7+ Additional Info: - Narwal had a kit that was released in Asia that allowed you to direct-connect your Freo to your plumbing system, called the "Narwal Flow". It would automatically fill and drain your reservoirs as-needed. It has NOT been released outside of Asia, but the rumor mill, as stated by Team Narwal in the Narwal US forums, is that they're hoping to release it to the US "hopefully soon." Correction, I just checked their website and it's available on pre-sale at only $299 shop.narwal.com/products/narwal-automatic-water-exchange-system You can check if your home is compatible here: shop.narwal.com/pages/automatic-water-exchange-system Thank you for making this video :)

[@AutomateYourLife]

Wow man! Thanks for writing this all out for folks. And thanks so much for the kudos!

[@RADRaze2KX]

@@AutomateYourLife keep up the fantastic automation content

[@kthewhite7453]

As someone that's been wanting the Freo for a while, I appreciate all your extra info. Thank you. 🙏

[@stevephipps9305]

Is the moping safe for composite flooring that is not the waterproof type. Some of those floors will swell if they get too wet. Thanks for another great video.

[@AutomateYourLife]

That's an interesting question Steve. I wouldn't want to guarantee you anything, but you can turn down the wetness of the mop and then not a lot is coming out. It's something you could try with a return option available to you for sure, because I think it's fine. It dries even on the normal setting in about 3-5 minutes

[@paul9387]

I felt in love in my Ecovacs Deebot X1 Omni and decided to go easy on it 😜 My wife got furious that I bought it "I don't want to see it here". We compromised and it ended up upstairs. Few days ago "honey, it's doing a pretty good job, can you get one for downstairs ?" Could you frkn believe that? 😳🙈😎

[@AutomateYourLife]

ahahahaha! You gotta love vindication! Actually that X1 Omni is my next test! Now I'm excited

[@paul9387]

@Automate Your Life yeah its cool. What I don't like about it is their app, kind of confusing. Plus you can not name your rooms to create zones to have it go to each one only if needed. They have some generic weird names like "den" or others can't remember but you'll see. Also, dividing a floor to each room is weird, vacuum goes around and creates let's say three rooms in one room and it's hard to change it, at least for me

[@AutomateYourLife]

@@paul9387 hmmm seems like these big base station combo units are struggling a bit with rooms and floors!

[@paul9387]

@Automate Your Life the idea of naming a room so you can only make it clean there is great, but the rooms they have in the app do not match anything I have. Maybe my house is odd. I told them about it, they said it's a great remark and they will send it to their programming team. It's been a while and nothing was changed ever since. Hopefully this will bother you too so maybe you'll have an influence on them due to how big channel you are! But vacuum itself ROCKZZZZ! Don't forget about their mopping soap, just watter doesn't do much

[@SimplyElectronicsOfficial]

I went with the Eufy Robovac X8. and it's been amazing over the past 2 months! I think the hybrid versions mop function is crap. But i don't need mopping so i went for the standard x8.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Nice! As long as you're happy!😃

[@jaxe1038]

Have they fixed the second floor yet? Do you know of the new model will work better with that issue?

[@AutomateYourLife]

They did fix it in the app. :) I can't comment about the new model just yet though...

[@WebLockDK]

How is the Smart Home integration? I'm an owner of the first Kickstarter version of the Narwal where they promissed Google Home and Alexa integration as a stretch goal which they never delivered. Then they said it was likely to be seen in the next generation, but I didn't hear you talk about it?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Great question! Sadly, there's no integration with any other system. I don't think it matters a lot with this though. Set it on a schedule and live your life is the way I've used it thus far. :) But yeah, if you want an integrated one...you gotta go elsewhere.

[@mikeyfl]

Great video! Roborock s7 MaxV still seems to be the most versatile and high performing option for available right now.

[@AutomateYourLife]

There's an S8 but we will have to see!

[@mikeyfl]

@@AutomateYourLife Good point, and it doesn’t have the live camera feed.. which may be more to your liking? BTW, thank you for your channel and the work you do… you’ve seriously helped “automate my life” and my wife mostly doesn’t mind! Lol

[@AutomateYourLife]

@@mikeyfl hey thanks Mikey! Just happy to be able to help folks like you get that spouse on the good side of automating!😀

[@leweezo33]

This puts this brand on my list to watch for my nex Robo vac.. BTW .. You are such a nerd Drian.. Believe me, that is a great compliment.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ahahahahaha I'll take it! Love being a nerd Cap!

[@ronm6585]

Thank you Brian.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thank you sir!

[@speedracer9132]

Narwhal lost me when I realized they don’t use an onboard tank in their previous model. I presume the frio is the same?

[@AutomateYourLife]

If you mean an onboard tank of water, then good news! It goes and refills a smaller tank about every 10 minutes of mopping. It grabs that water+cleaner from the base station

[@Gggfff64]

Alright, I was doing my best robot impression while pitching a robot cleaner and let me tell you, the 'freo mode' had me feeling like a futuristic cyborg. I did some deep-diving into reviews for Ecovacs, Roborock, and Narwal, and Narwal came out on top with its super cool AI and Radar system. I'm seriously considering adding it to my shopping list, but first, I need to convince my dog that it's not a new robot overlord.🤣

[@AutomateYourLife]

LOL I'd like to see the robot impression!

[@alwaysright3718]

I could clean chocolate with a mop and bucket in 1 minute 🤣😂😅I threw my robot vacuum away 5 years ago. Will get another when they finally make one that works OK and doesn't cost the same as a small country...

[@AutomateYourLife]

Only window winders!

[@JoseFuentes-fn3dl]

I just bought one. $700 off Black Friday sale!

[@c849243]

Good job, Brian!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thank you Big Bear! 👍👍👍

[@chris12321222]

Perfect timing, I just picked up a Roborock Vmax Ultra, and my floor has never been cleaner! Seriously!!! Disgusting so see how much a regular mop smears around dirt. I highly recommend a robot cleaner because it WILL PAY FOR ITSELF!!!

[@AutomateYourLife]

They actually do when they're this class for cleaner now. It's great!

[@kurtpuntacana]

It swallowed the lego, don't tell the kid😂😂😂😂

[@AutomateYourLife]

No seriously! If he finds out...I'm toast! 😂😂

[@EsotericArctos]

Your chocolate incident was not as catastrophic as Paul Hiberts sugar incident. lol. This is a pretty decent vac. I've seen similar ones, but this seems to have more functionality than a lot of others, and it includes the base station with it rather than the base being an optional extra.. The cleaner bottle may be "proprietary" but it looks like there would be ways to refill it with your own cleaning mix :)

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ahahahaha! I tried to keep up with Hibbert! Thanks though Brendan!

[@AutomateYourLife]

And I like that idea...I might have to try to replace the cleaner in there

[@Bigglare]

did you sprinkle sugar all over the floor paul?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ooooh the Zigbeeeeeee

[@wdman01]

Why was this everything I wanted out of a robovac...

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ooh, title writer

[@keithschneider1025]

Great video! Leave it to you to spread chocolate on the floor!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Coiled. I coiled it! 😂😂🤣🤣

[@keithschneider1025]

@@AutomateYourLife and the vac spread it out 🤣

[@AutomateYourLife]

It was a smear job 🤣

[@keithschneider1025]

@Automate Your Life is it smearing the competition 😆

[@daveschmarder-1950]

Pretty good gift for the sloppy people in your life.

[@AutomateYourLife]

They'd love it!😀👍

[@danilolorenzetti712]

Very interesting equipment but at a pornografic price in Brazil....

[@AutomateYourLife]

It's not cheap Danilo! That's where I'm hoping prices of these things come down soon!

[@danilolorenzetti712]

@@AutomateYourLife you've no idea how much it costs here, it's insane! I'm talking about $1,000 usd! Another reality here....that's more than the average salary per month in Brazil. Sad reality.

[@HansAramburo]

I preferred to get a wife. Much more expensive in the long run, but great fringe benefits.

[@AutomateYourLife]

ahahahahahaha!!! Comment of the day for sure

[@Gaarax1981]

it's hasn't an automatic empty vacuum, so it make this model inferior than Roborock or Dreame L10s ultra....this payed review make no much sense.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I dunno Marc! I'd rather never have to deal with cleaner or mop cleaning vs emptying a dust bin. And I still haven't had to empty the bin yet. 3 months! It's huge!😀

[@Gaarax1981]

@@AutomateYourLife then ur house is extra clean. I have dogs and the empty bin of my roomba s9 gets full plenty times. The models i said clean the mops as well. would be nice if u try them

[@AutomateYourLife]

Next up for me is the X1 Omni, maybe a Roomba someday!

[@stevekeyser4470]

the Narwal freo is the ABSOLUTE WORST! with cables i have 10 wrecked ones to prove it the Roborocks s8 pro ultra is way better for cables

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ok! Pics!

[@DaIeDenton]

The Dreametech L20 ultra shits on the s8 pro