ECOVACS - T30S Combo

We’ve had ecovacs t30 combo for six months, no issues so far

Streaks? My tiles are extremely hard to keep clean, most detergents leave streaks, glad to say this one doesn’t, we haven’t changed the mops yet either and I use the mop and vac function almost everyday, when I first bought it it used to leave drops of water behind, that hasn’t happened in a while though

I got the ecovacs t30 combo in may and honestly it’s the most important member of the household to me, it has what’s most impressive to me: spinning mops, hot water cleaning and auto empty, the app is easy to use and so is the voice command, I’d recommend it to anyone

We started with one iRobot, it worked great! Later decided on a brava (iRobot mop) and it worked amazingly! I was in my doctorate program and didn’t have time to clean the floors. We have two small dogs and five children. The floors are one thing I don’t have to worry about anymore. We recently moved and purchased two combo vacuum and mop, one is iRobot and the other is ecovacs. I like the ecovac more, it seems smarter, however they both do a great job. We have three stories so there are robot vacuum on each floor, they run every day, this keeps the stairs pretty clean and I vacuum the stairs once a week. Our original robot is eight years old and runs fine with daily use.

I have one. Its pointless. Ended up buying an expensive T30S Combo for a good deal on black friday.

It’s great so far! Suction is amazing

Hands down the best I've used. I've had an iHome, Roomba, Shark, and now Ecovacs robot vacuum. In Ecovacs I've had the T30S Combo Complete, T50, X9, and now the X11 Omni Cyclone. I can tell you Pros and Cons in my experience but since this is mainly about the X11, I can tell you that there are way more pros than cons. The only Con that I experienced is the robot would not recognize my black mats and and black rugs. However, this was eliminated as a con with a workaround that I've discovered to force the robot to recognize it. Simply removed the rugs and mats and remapped my home. Once the mapping was complete, I put the rugs and mats back down and now the robot doesn't skip them. Out if my experience, I can tell you the things that stand out to make the X11 my best choice. The mapping is the easiest out of all of them. I'm not sure why but it's very easy to quickly map and customize the map with the X11 even compared to the T series that I had. The dedicated solution dispensers is one of the best features. It has a dispenser for the regular solution and heavy duty solution. You simply put it in once and it will automatically dispense. I've had the X11 now for about a month and I use it every single day and sometimes multiple times per day and I have yet to have to put more solution into the dispensers. Unlike the T30S and T50, I had to put solution into the big clean water tank every single time I had to refill. The battery life of the X11 is great! I can set it to do a deep clean in every room and it still has enough power to do it all over again. The quietness if this unit is one that I absolutely love. I can actually run this unit at night even everyone is in bed and it will not disturb or wake anyone up. This was not possible with the T30S or T50. AI mode is top notch with learning your cleaning habits and setting the exact water flow amount for each floor type. It will also go over it again if it recognizes a spill or dirt on the roller mop. The bagless design. This is the key reason to get it because I had to replace bags like over other month and sometimes monthly. You can kiss those bags goodbye and have that extra money in your pocket. If you have pets or women in the house with shedding hair from brushing it or combing it, I can promise you, hair is absolutely no match for it. I've purposely put hair from brushes down on the floor just to see how this unit does and it hasn't failed me but once. The brush roller always looks good. You can actually set what room gets the heavy duty cleaning solution. I have this set for my main walkway, kitchen, and bathroom. I purchased it as a combo deal with getting both the X11 and Winbot W2 Pro Omni because I a able to get them both for a deal that I couldn't resist since it was already on sale, I had rewards points, I was able to get an upgrade credit, and there was an extra 5% off so it was a no brainer for me. It's well worth the money and you'll probably never think about manually vacuuming or mopping your floors again after the purchase.

So far, there are no issues with mopping. I've done things to optimize the mopping so I can have a full comparison to how the T30S and T50 performed. Things that I've done for mopping is set the heavy duty solution to be used in my heavy traffic areas. You want to also make sure you use deep clean or the AI hosted clean from time to time to get the best mopping out of the unit. With the roller mop, if you're using Quick or Standard, I've noticed that it rolls the pad on the surface but there's no pressure to it. Deep Clean and AI hosted mode, you definitely feel the pressure if you put your finger right under it while it's passing. Another thing to optimize the mopping is if see any stains that may be dried up on it floor is pretreat your floor with a ph neutral cleaner. For all of the floors I use an Enzyme cleaner by BioKleen called Bac-Out. It's an odor and stain neutralizer. I have a dedicated 16 ounce spray bottle that I'll just put 4 ounces of Bac-Out in with 12 ounces of water. I do a quick walk through to see if there are any areas that may appear to be stubborn. This came in handy when one day my floors were sticky and till this day I still do not know why they were so sticky but got could hear shoes swooshing and feet sticking. I did a quick mist of that over all of the flooring and put the robot to use. My floors were like new again. If you have tile and it has a hazing look to it, you can use Black Diamond Marble and Tile cleaner to restore the look of your tile. I have this in a 16 ounce bottle as well. 6 ounces of Black Diamond combined with 10 ounces of water. This is only meant for tile floors. I can guarantee if you keep these settings in mind and pretreat your floors whenever it's needed, you'll look at your robot totally different and as bad as I hate to admit it, it has made me lazy because if I try mopping or vacuuming behind it, there's literally nothing being picked up because the robot does a great job.

This is a solid question. You don't have to clean the dirty water tank every single time. However, in my honest opinion I would always empty it after and rinse it out if you do a deep clean and you're using a lot of water flow. How I utilize mine, I tend to have to do this to it everyday or every other day. As far as actually cleaning the tank with soap and water. I set up to do this once a month. You can align it with when you're set up empty or canister just to have a reminder. I make sure I monitor how the dirty water tank looks after every rinse. To control possible smells of it sits in the tank longer than a day when you have to empty it, you can put a cap full of any form of mouth wash in it to help with the smell. I do this every time I have to empty the tank which is why rinsing it is sufficient. You will not smell it even if it sat in the tank for an entire week if you can last that long without having to empty it because it's fully sealed. But the smell may hit you once you open the lid to pour it out.

I currently have the Ecovacs X11 Omni Cyclone which is there latest model. I've had a total of 4 models with them from the T30S Combo Complete, T50 Max Pro Omni, X9, and now the X11. All of these models have mopping pads or rollers. From my experience, the rollers are much better depending on your floors. My home is 3600 sq feet and the X11 covers it nicely with the ability to boost the charge up to about an extra 5% - 6% each thing l time it docks to clean the mopping pads to get an extra boost. The battery life so vary depending on how you set up the robot to clean. If I set up to vacuum only with it set to do a quick clean on standard suction, I would have about 70 - 75% battery after it's done. This would be a single pass. I've never tried it with Vacuum only for two passes. Regarding the quick charging in between times it returns to the station, it will not do a quick charge of you're only vacuuming. The quick charge is only activated if you're using the vacuum and mop mode or mop mode only. The quick charge is initiated when the vacuum returns to clean the mop pads. The lowest I've saw may battery get was to 25% with having it set to do a deep clean and water flow for the mopping roller at 50 which is the max. This was one pass with the vacuum suction set to the Strong and it's also set to ramp up on carpets to the maximum suction whenever it goes over rugs or carpet. I've tried a deep clean with 2 passes and vacuum set to Strong and water flow on 50. It will finish the first pass but the 2nd pass will only finish halfway and it would have to dock to charge for about an hour to finish as it will still get it's quick charge in between. This gives you an idea of what to expect if you decide to go with the X11. The best option for the deep clean is to use the AI hosted agent after the vacuum learns your cleaning habits, floor types, and routines. The AI hosted setting with set it to automatically adjust the water flow based on your floor types versus it being set to high or two low. I haven't tried it yet but I'm pretty confident that I could probably get two passes in deep clean using this setting. I've only done it for one pass only. Since you have such a large home with some serious square footage, I think this would be a great fit for you to cover all of it. Pros: Bagless design Two dedicated solution dispensers for the mopping (One for he regular standard solution and one for the heavy duty solution) Quick mapping (It took the robot about 7 minutes to fully map my entire home at 3600 sq ft) Quick Charging in between sessions when mopping is used Quiet (This comes in handy for me since I set it to run at night as well) Go along the floor to enhance cleaning and reduces possible unwanted noises Easy mapping Flexibility on customizing the room cleaning AI Cleaning based on your floors and cleaning habits Ecovacs rewards for simply using the device to use towards accessories. (I'm set $76 in rewards within 30 days) Quick calibration if you ever have to pick it up. (Out of all of the robot vacuums that I've used, the X11 is the only one that didn't go through a phase of no longer recognizing the mapping and having to remap when picking it up) Great obstacles avoidance Can be used in dark or well lit room Great at going over high thresholds Awesome stain detection especially if using AI mode Cons: Not super fast if you set the settings to go along the floor Not the best with dark colors like black or anything close to it (The robot cliff sensor may be triggered with the robot hesitating to go over large patches of Black but there's a workaround for this) So my con list is only two but technically it's one because the dark color issue has a workaround that's actually a solution. If you have black floor mats or rugs or anything close to it, pick all of them up and let it do the mapping first and then place them back down. The robot will be forced to recognize them because it recognizes it was able to go over that spot previously and you can set it up as a rug or floor mats. If you have picking them up isn't an option because they're too large or is carpet, there's another workaround but understand that mapping may take a bit longer. The workaround for rugs or carpets that are dark that triggers the cliff sensor is to simply map your home at night. Turn off all of the lights in the home and let it rely on is sensors, light, and camera to figure it out. Once this is done you can verify the map and test it out to make sure it recognizes the dark color mats or rugs. Hopefully this information helps to give you an idea of what to expect out of this unit.

I can you some real world feedback. I've had the X11 now for about 2 months and I faithfully use it everyday and sometimes 2 - 3 times per day. It's by far the best robot vacuum and mop combo that I've had. I've had the T30S Combo Complete, T50 Max Omni, X9 Omni, and now the X11. The mixed reviews that you see may honestly be valid reviews but it may also be user error as well. I wasn't impressed with the X11 until I started really digging into the settings. This is what can make it seem like it's not good at all. If you really want to see the benefits of the X11, users don't get familiar with all of the settings and set them accordingly. Mapping with this robot is quick and easy but there are a few things to consider that you may see mixed reviews on. When mapping with the X11, I recommend having obstacles picked up. If you have dark color rugs or mats pick them up as well. You want it to be well lit in your home. In these conditions mapping should be quick and the layout should be just right. If you do not have a well lit home, the next option is to do it completely in the dark with keeping what I've mentioned in mind by removing all obstacles and picking up dark color rugs or mats. Once the mapping is complete, put everything back where it goes. Now the key to this robot is the settings. With the mapping complete, set the floor type, boundaries, no mop zones, divide rooms, combine rooms, and anything else needed to complete the mapping. Put solution in the regular cleaning solution dispenser and heavy duty cleaning solution in that dispenser. If you go into the advanced settings of the station, you can set dedicated areas to use the heavy duty solution. I can't stress this enough but the magic is all in the settings. The robot settings, advanced settings, and station settings. Take your time exploring them. When everything is set and dialed in, this robot is amazing. When cleaning with this robot, you have several options. Quick Clean, Standard Clean, Deep Clean, Scenario Clean, and Agent Hosting clean. These cleanings are not the same at all. Quick clean will do a quick clean. I think of this setting as a broom and a rag. Standard clean will do just that. It does a few extra passes over quick clean. I think if this as a broom, dust pan and rag. Deep clean which is a much better setting that the quick and standard clean with basically 2 passes even if you set it to do one pass. I look at this as a broom, duster, microfiber rag, and a mop. This setting actually sets the mop to put down pressure to clean better which the Quick and Standard option doesn't put pressure down. Scenario clean is basically a combination of all of the cleaning settings mentioned above but you can tailor it to your needs by setting up the rooms you want done first, settings up the vacuum suction to be specific to each room, setting up the water flow for the mopping to be specific to each room. The benefits of this is you can tailor it to your needs and this is good to do on the go. I have about 8 different scenarios set. AI Agent Hosting in a nutshell is all of the cleanings combined in one. The benefits of this is it will give you the best clean and give recommendations on your cleaning habits and adjust itself accordingly. In my opinion, AI mode should not be used until you put at least 10 hours on the robot. This is because it goes by the cleaning logs, settings, habits, and all of the above. This setting is the best because it uses all of the sensors including the camera to detect stains even better. If you use this before cleaning habits are learned, it can take a very long time to clean. However, after your habits are learned, it will clean like a Scenario cleaning. AI mode detects stains better than any mode and it will go over it multiple times if needed versus what you actually set. If your water flow is too high, you'll know because this robot will show signs of liquid spills that the robot was cleaning up. Pro: Bagless Quiet (I use it late at night) Dedicated solution tanks Onboard light to clean in the dark Onboard camera Roller mop Great suction power Quick mapping (Keeping in mind what I mentioned) Easily goes over thresholds Great obstacle avoidance You get rewards just checking in and doing daily task that can go towards any Ecovacs purchase Cons: You may have to prep to map to ensure best mapping Slower than some robots (But it cleans better) Black rugs, mats, and carpet can be a challenge but the workarounds mentioned can be used to resolve this. Overall experience, I'm very satisfied with my investment.

You're very welcome. It will do pressured mopping in scenario clean as long as you have Deep Clean set for the scenario for those rooms. You can also set a Targeted zone cleaning and set it for Deep clean and the mop will do pressurized mopping. Scenario clean is indeed a custom mode which allows for you to customize exactly how you want to robot to clean each specific room. I have different scenarios that are set and even a scenario created by the AI mode. For the 2 - 3 rooms that will often require pressurized mopping, you can set the scenario for those rooms to do a deep clean and the others can be standard or even quick clean. One thing that I always do and highly recommend is to do a quick walk through of those 2 - 3 rooms to see if you see stains to know if you should pretreat or not. This became a habit for me since my T30S unit. It's not always necessary but it will optimize your clean. You can make your own pretreat spray which I've done in 16 ounce spray bottles that's PH neutral and safe for the robot. You can get the following: Biokleen Bac-Out Stain and Order remover This is an Enzyme cleaner that will loosen up stains that may be sticky or stuck on the floor without having to always use deep clean on your robot. This can be used on any floor type. 4 - 6 ounces of Bac-Out topped off with the rest water in a 16 ounce spray bottle will do you wonders. Naturally It's Clean Floor Cleaner Concentrate A $10 bottle of this goes a very long way and will probably last you for 2-3 years. This is another good Enzyme cleaner that's good for all flooring. 1 ounce of Naturally topped off with water in a 16 ounce spray bottle. Black Diamond Marble and Tile Cleaner Concentrate This cleaner is the go to cleaner for tile only. If you have a haze or dull looking tile, this will get rid of the haze and polish it up a bit. Remember, this is only for tile only and no other flooring. 4 - 6 ounces of Black Diamond topped off with water in a 16 ounce spray bottle. This will optimize your cleaning especially in the kitchen and high traffic areas. I recommend this for those 2 - 3 rooms if you feel you want to boost the cleaning efforts of the robot even more.

I run my whole smart home primarily on smartthings, about 150 devices, so it can definitely work as a great platform. One of the problems though, is that any premium device type that Samsung makes (Washer, dryer, vacuum, tv) they always make the third party integrations either not function or be pretty much useless if it does. They want you to buy the Samsung stuff at a $$ premium. For a vacuum I use an ecovacs vacuum mop combo. It doesn't work with smartthings, but because my robot vacuum doesn't really need to interact with anything else, it's never been an issue. Highly recommend ecovacs, roborock, or eufy as brands.

T50 is on sale now, we have t30s combo and it does a good job

Yeah, more expensive ones might be better, but that doesn’t mean we all need to spend so much. I got my ecovacs t30s for around 500 bucks, and I use it to vacuum my rugs and mop the hardwood floors. I just do a few things after using it, like refilling the water tank, changing the dust bag every month or two.

I got an ecovacs t30 and it definitely did a good job on keeping my floor clean, no hair tangle issue so far. Imo auto emptying and auto mop washing is a must, and it's quite enough for daily cleaning routine. But if you have low furniture clearance, then ecovacs t50 pro might be a better alternative.

It’s mostly hardwood in my place, but about 60% of the floor is covered with rugs. I’m using a deebot t30s to handle the cleaning, and I hardly have issues with the dustbin getting stuck. In fact, I haven’t really needed to clean the dustbin inside the robot much; I mostly just change the dust bag at the dock.

Longtime Neato, Roomba, and Braava owner here. Tried smarter bots and found the Ecovacs Deebot T30S disappointing but am very happy with two Dreame X50 Ultra bots, one white and one black. My Roomba 980 and Neato XV Signature Pro are still good for turning loose in areas the new ones can't get to by themselves. Tried a new Roomba Combo to future-proof those areas but it was basically a downgrade. We wore out the little Braava 380t, but I haven't looked for parts because the Dreame bots do a much better job with much less effort from me.

In USA they seem to cover warranties without argument. I don't think much of the features or the quality, but Ecovacs did replace my Deebot T30S when the dock started leaking. The replacement is for sale now because I've moved on to Dreame, but I may try an Ecovacs window bot as they seem to have unique expertise in that area.

Read the reviews. The Dreame X50 has won awards and most of their lineup is highly regarded. I haven't tried the top-of-the-line Ecovacs but I had a midrange T30S and the Dreame X50 Ultra is so vastly superior I bought a second one to replace the Ecovacs.

I had a T30S which is a mid-range model so this is not a 1-to-1 comparison with the top-of-the-line Dreame X50 Ultra. I suspect T50 is also mid-range and that something like the Ecovacs X90 would be a better comparison. Having said that, I'll just say that the T30S drop sensors, optical encoders, climbing, navigation, mapping and app features are inferior to the X50 Ultra's. When the T30S dock sprung a leak, Ecovacs would not engage with me about a replacement part and just replaced the whole package — a leak and a swap being situation normal with any of these Chinese brands — so since I was going to lose the map anyway I decided to replace the replacement with a second Dreame X50 Ultra. Have not regretted it one bit.

I’d get the MOVA P10 pro ultra as MOVA/dreame’s obstacle avoidance is one of the best. It’s also a de facto flagship robot at the same price range as the other two which are mid range robots and will blow them out of the water. The roborock QX Revo only has structured light which isn’t very good for obstacle avoidance anyway. The ecovacs has pretty bad obstacle avoidance too but this is mainly due to a lack of an LED fill light and poor firmware. https://youtu.be/wbkEQ03wZEM When i run everyday to vacuum first then mop, the floors were noticeably cleaner and my wood floors had a sheen to them and felt softer over time. Much more barefoot friendly if you ask me.

Roborock and MOVA / dreame generally have better navigation and mapping than ecovacs. As for less maintenance, the MOVA P10 pro ultra has a self cleaning mop washboard which is the same as the L40 which generally moves most dirt and dust to the drainage area. Not a fan that the bottom isn’t completely removable like roborock so this is a flaw that can be a dealbreaker for you. https://youtu.be/QjUASR3DdIE