Deebot has added the Ozmo 920 to the swelling ranks of robotic vacuum/mop hybrids. Like most merchandise on this class, it gives glorious vacuuming and serviceable mopping, nevertheless it additionally features a wealth of cleansing customization choices, together with multi-floor mapping and space cleansing that ought to make it significantly enticing to house owners of bigger, multiple-story properties.
Design-wise, the Ozmo 920 sticks near the robot-vacuum blueprint: It measures 13.7 inches throughout and 3.7 inches excessive as a result of its laser turret, which employs Smart Navi 3.0 know-how to navigate and create an interactive map of your ground plan, so you may customise cleanings.
Down beneath are a curler brush and a pair of spinning edge brushes. The Ozmo 920 additionally features a direct suction possibility that entails eradicating the curler brush and changing it with a particular vent that enables the vacuum to suck up pet hair and different fibers with out them getting tangled within the curler.
EcovacsThe Deebot Ozmo 920 can create and save as much as three floor-plan maps for personalized cleansing.
A comparatively small 0.43-liter dustbin is housed beneath a lid on prime of the vacuum, whereas a water reservoir for the mopping operate is slotted within the again. The vacuum comes with a reusable microfiber mopping fabric and several other disposable ones, together with a fabric plate to which they connect.
Setup and utilization
The Ozmo 920 requires the identical primary setup as most robotic vacuums: Assemble the charging dock and plug it in, after which set the vacuum on the contacts. Next, obtain the Ecovacs Home app and scan the vacuum’s QR code. Like the Ozmo 930 we reviewed previously, the Ozmo 920 is chatty and can speak you thru the set up steps from this level, however they’re fairly simple: press the vacuum’s reset button to enter pairing mode, login to your Wi-Fi community, and so forth. The Ozmo 920 takes about 4 hours to cost absolutely and guarantees 110 minutes of run time.
The vacuum can vacuum on any floor, which made it excellent for my downstairs ground, which consists of carpet, hardwood, and linoleum. By default, an auto-boost function could be enabled to will increase the suction energy when the vacuum is on carpet.
EcovacsAttaching the mopping module helps you to vacuum and mop onerous flooring concurrently.
Ecovacs recommends direct suction mode for day by day vacuuming and utilizing the principle brush whenever you need deeper cleanings. As I’ve a quartet of furry four-legged members of the family, that sounded good to me. I eliminated and changed the curler brush with the direct suction vent and turned the 920 unfastened. It ping-ponged round, getting the lay of the lounge, kitchen and toilet. When it was performed, I had a a lot cleaner ground and a map of the downstairs.
During cleansing jobs, you’re notified when the Ozmo 920 will get into bother by way of app alerts and the voice reporter. Although the notifications I obtained had been very particular—the curler brush was tangled, there was an issue with the driving wheel—more often than not the vacuum was simply caught, sometimes beneath the sofa because of its excessive turret. While the tall profile makes it robust for it to get beneath furnishings and cupboards, the Ozmo 920 did a superb job alongside partitions and in clear open area, expertly navigating round obstacles.
Once a map is saved within the app, you may view the placement of the Ozmo 920 on it even because it’s cleansing. It is useful in case you ever lose monitor of the vacuum or it will get caught out of sight. It additionally provides you extra management over your cleansing jobs, permitting you to create digital boundaries round areas you need the vacuum to remain out of, create customized cleanings, and choose particular rooms to wash. If you reside in a multi-floor dwelling, you may create and save a separate map for every ground (as much as three).
Michael Ansaldo/IDGYou can view the placement of the 920 because it’s making a ground map and whent it’s cleansing.
On prime of the maps, the Ecovacs Home app supplies information and customization choices you may’t entry with out it, together with detailed cleansing logs, scheduling choices, and the means to handle all the pieces, from the suction energy to the voice reporter.
On onerous flooring the Ozmo 920 can vacuum and mop concurrently. I used it to mop the kitchen and toilet. Prep entails eradicating the reservoir and filling it with faucet water, then attaching one of many mopping cloths to the plate and snapping the plate onto the underside of the reservoir earlier than returning the entire thing to the vacuum. I significantly just like the design of the mopping plate; a skinny pocket on the tip of the fabric slips over the lip of the plate, enabling a a lot snugger match than simply the velcro might present. This allowed for extra even protection of the ground. Dragging a moist fabric over the ground is rarely going to provide it the by way of cleansing you’d get with a stick mop and a few elbow grease, nevertheless it’s sufficient maintain a sheen on it between guide mopping periods.
The smaller dustbin—most robotic vacuums I’ve examined have a capability round 0.6 liters—meant extra frequent emptying. Fortunately, it pops simply out of the vacuum with a tug of its deal with and opens to launch a plume of mud and particles. The excessive effectivity filter could be cleaned with faucet water, and a alternative filter is included with the vacuum.
Verdict
The Deebot Ozmo 920 is an efficient robotic vacuum/mop, however it isn’t an affordable one. At $700, it’s most likely greatest reserved for folk with bigger two- and three-story properties who can greatest benefit from the multi-floor mapping, space cleansing, and different superior options. If you might have extra onerous flooring than carpet, you may take into account a devoted robot mop just like the iLife Shinebot W400 , which gives loads of customized cleansing choices, plus extra filth agitation than any presently out there vacuum/mop combo.