ECOVACSDeebot T8 AIVI Robot Vacuum Cleaner For Floors,Carpet, Vacumming and Mopping in One-Go, Laser Mapping, Smart AI Object Recognition, On-Demand Live Video, Custom Clean, 3+ Hours of Runtime

I normally don't take the time to leave detailed reviews, but this product is worth it. To begin, I've owned a Neato Botvac Connected for about 4 years and before that a BOBSweep for about 5 minutes. Hands down "Dee", our new Ecovacs Deebot T8 AIVI botvac is the best I've owned. We've had her about (why we assign gender to a robot is beyond me) 3 weeks and it has been relatively effortless to have her. We also purchased the Ecovacs auto-empty station, which I'll include in my analysis.Conditions Dee works in: we have a 4000 sq ft ranch-style house on an acreage with 2 dogs. Our has has a variance of hardwood floors and throw rugs as well as linoleum floors in our mudroom. The one main home mess insurgent is Zeus, our 125-lb, 2 yr old Great Pyrenees pup who is a shedding machine of spun cotton-like hair, especially in the Spring. He is also a bull in a China closet.Positives of the Deebot:AI- the Deebot has an exceptional AI that allows it to navigate effortlessly in the above described environment. Dee has only gotten stuck once on a shag throw rug that looks like a reject from the 70s. Otherwise, she has not gotten stuck in the 3 weeks we've owned her.Floor Plan mapping/ Navigation- like many have commented, this took us several times to get straight. My recommendation is to follow the instructions and leave all the doors open to the rooms you want Deebot to map and let it do it's thing. We did this and now close off rooms I don't want cleaned every time due to lack of use. However, they are in the AI's map in case we need to add them in. I have not experienced Dee getting lost under couches, etc due to the lack of a flashlight on it, as some other reviewers have indicated. She navigates just fine under our couches and other impediments. Speaking of getting under things, I really like the lower profile of Dee as compared to our Neato Botvac Connected. Dee also goes over high points with no issues whatsoever.App Use- the ecovacs app is exceptional. It immediately connected to our Deebot and it's functionality is very good. I've included a pic of it to give you a sense of it. You can track in real time where your Deebot is at when working, use as it as a spy with it camera and have it go to a pre-designated room to be used in area clean mode. Scheduling your Deebot is easy and has been pain-free. I have Dee clean our upper floor every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday due to the hair insurgent I mentioned earlier. dee responds to return to base command and auto empty without hesitation.Suction- our Deebot has very impressive suction and one of big reasons I bought this model with the extensive dog hair I am up against. Dee varies her suction based on cleaning surface, which at first I thought she was malfunctioning, but I assume this conserves battery life. We're virtually hair free after each cleaning.Noise- One of the pleasant surprises, although not a key consideration in buying the Deebot was how quiet the Deebot is. I can take phone calls with Dee working in the background, or if you want no noise, it is easy to pause cleaning until you tell it to resume.Maintenance- as with any botvac you will buy, the Deebot will require maintenance. I generally clean the beating brush, vacuum out the dust bin area and wipe Dee down weekly. This is largely due to my hair insurgent dog and long haired wife, all of which their hair gets caught up in the beating brush. Your experiences may vary. I also have to physically clean out the dust bin every few days, because my dog's poofy hair gets caught up in the it and the auto empty station cannot suck it all out effectively. I believe my hair situation is an extreme one,it may work just fine if you don't have a big hairy oaf loping through your house, shedding.Battery Life- outstanding. As with many other botvacs, will head to the recharge station, which it has no problem finding, when it needs to take on juice. Just follow the instructions on placement of the recharge or auto empty station. I would highly recommend (at additional cost) the auto emptying station, despite the additional cost. It's worth it and saves maintenance, in my experience.Instructions- we very good. I am a relatively tech savvy middle aged man with previous experience with botvacs and could understand all of the instructions quite well. I cannot comment on tech support as I have not had to use it (hopefully not at all).Cost- I paid $699.00 for my Deebot and an additional $249.00 for the auto empty station in Mar 2021. Great value, based on my experience so far. My experience has been, you get what you pay for (see the BOBSweep I bought for $200.00 previously).Build/ Long Term Reliability- the design of this botvac is very good. I don't see any glaring design flaws that could impact on long term reliability. Again, the key is performing good maintenance on your system.Mopping- cannot comment on this; haven't used yet.In summary, I can give my seal of approval on this product. It actually has improved my quality of life, unlike some other products or gadgets we often shell $$ out for. If it fits into your budget, well worth your money.

This is the 4th robot vacuum that I've owned. Not that I'm horrible on them, I am just always on the lookout for a better one. I am the proud parent of a beautiful German Shephard, and she's an indoor puppy (9 years old). To say that this dog sheds is putting it mildly. I imagine you could build a new dog out of what she drops every couple of weeks. So, having a vacuum that can keep up with her is going to be rough. This bot is replacing a 2-year-old "Samsung POWERbot", and I will say that I am EXTREMELY glad that I did. Admittedly, the brush style on a Roomba bot is a much superior design when it comes to pet hair, but the bells and whistles on this machine sold me. I should preface this with: I've only had this bot for a day, so this may be the new car smell still working on me, but this bot is amazing.First, the sound is incredibly low. If I didn't see what it picked up I'd swear that it was not sucking as hard as they claimed. The results spoke for themselves though, and I was able to hold a normal volume conversation with my wife even as DB (yeah, you gotta name these things!) was kicking into high gear going over a rug. Amazingly low volume.Next, the mapping was phenomenal. I live in a 2200 sq ft open floor plan home and DB was able to map it all and even made some great guesses on where a room would split. If I had to lay a complaint down about this area, it'd be because of the app. You can't freely name an area and you can only pick from a small handful of predefined labels. Also, when you want to customize the areas (open floor plan, remember) to say this quarter of the room is the kitchen and this quarter is the dining and this half is the living, you can't. The best you can do is split it in half, not quarters. Minor irritant, but it's there.Finally, the AI... I can't really speak too much on this as I've only had DB for a day, but so far, not impressed. I had a few cables on the ground next to walls cause, well, that's where cables go, and DB definitely did NOT try to avoid them. I'm hoping that gets better. I also have, well my wife does, a chiweenie (chihuahua and dachsund mix) that has accidents in a certain area of the house. Yeah, the last robot definitely drug a few of those around. This is where I hope the AI part shines! Until I get the nerve to test that though, the app allows me to set up no-fly zones, so I've blocked off that area.Also, I have a mesh network. I read in a review somewhere (maybe not on Amazon) that this bot doesn't support mesh networks unless you jump through some hoops. I did not find that to be the case. DB didn't automatically connect to the network, but when I used my phone to connect to DB, then it immediately connected to my home network. I didn't have to do anything other than connect to it via my phone. It does require a 2.4ghz band though, that part is probably non-negotiable, but most networks nowadays broadcast in both 2.4 and 5.