No initial mapping or anything else is required beforehand; the Deebot T9+ just goes on its merry way as soon as you press Auto Cleaning. When she’s not writing, you’ll probably find her obsessively reading, watching documentaries, listening to podcasts, or scouring the web for anything related to music history. The self-emptying proved to be a bit of a mixed bag as well, often struggling to suck all of the dust out of the N8+’s bin in one go. In fact, robot vacuums and their accessories are all that Ecovacs sells, ensuring all focus is put into advancing that specific technology. I have a coffee table with legs that splay out from the surface at an angle, and if the front of the robot hit the leg on its obtuse side, it would stop and try to loop around the leg; however, the harder rear of the unit would then scrape against the rear of the leg, catching the acute interior angle.

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I placed some syrup on the floor and was happily surprised when the robot vac managed to clean it without leaving behind a sticky mess. Straightforward and easy to use, with lots of customizable settings for cleaning preferences, and intelligent mapping. You’ll find a simple one-press auto-cleaning button to immediately start vacuuming your whole space, and a recharge button to send the vacuum back to the Auto-Empty Station to power up.It has no issue cleaning up dust and lighter debris, although the air freshening feature is useless. There’s an option on the app to do a 2x clean, which seemed to do the trick at picking up most of the mess. Auto-emptying proved to be a bit louder, however, hitting 76dB – if you’re not prepared, it may make you jump out of your seat. Some of the T9+’s components need to be replaced more frequently; the air freshener and dust bags every 60 days or so, depending on use.

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Instead, the bin often becomes rammed full mid-clean, reducing efficiency and making it harder for the emptying station to do its job. If there are areas you don’t want the robot to go, you can add virtual boundaries to the map by drawing rectangles or lines. We test robot cleaners with tough 50g spillages of rice and flour and see how much is picked up from hard floor and short-pile carpet. I sent it out again with the same settings, and as soon as the battery hit 15%, the robot vacuum went back to the Auto Empty Station to recharge. The robot vac comes with 3D obstacle avoidance; it slightly nudged the object and then managed to skirt right around its edge for the rest of cleaning.From this I’d say you get about 3 hours of use with each charge – which aligns with Ecovacs' 175-minute claim. After that initial clean, Deemaid would “empty” after every single clean; but there was always waste left behind. It’s worth mentioning that the manufacturer bases this runtime on the Quiet power setting, so it actually performed better than that quoted.

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But there’s always a catch – in this case, it’s that you’re limited to how many points you can use at once based on the product’s cost.

Of course, similar to other vacuums, there are also upkeep costs, such as replacing the scented pods (optional), mopping pads, dust bags and brushes, which the app keeps track of for you. It doesn’t match up to the more expensive Dyson 360 Heurist, which was much better at picking up our artificial messes, but it’s a similar level of cleaning to other puck-shaped robots we’ve reviewed, such as the Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge. You fill the small tank with just water – you don’t add any cleaning solution, so don’t expect it to deliver a deep clean. On the underside of the vacuum is the main brush, which is responsible for picking up most of the debris on your floor; but it’s prone to hair and string becoming stuck in it. The Ecovacs Deebot T9+ seemingly does it all, from vacuuming and mopping to auto-emptying, intelligent mapping and air-freshening.