- Deebot X11 OmniCyclone is a new flagship robovac from Ecovacs
- It speed-charges its battery during auto-empty and mop clean cycles
- Regular topups mean the bot can clean for much longer
If you have a big home, limited runtimes are one of the most annoying things about having a robot vacuum. Often, you'll have a cleaning window where you want to get everything vacuumed – for example, while you're out running errands – and if the bot can't make it around your home in time, you're looking at a lengthy recharge period and a bot that gets under your feet when it resumes its task.
Ecovacs has come up with a solution. Its new flagship robot vacuum, the Deebot X11 OmniCyclone, is designed to deliver uninterrupted cleaning with minimal human intervention. For that, the brand decided to create a bot that never runs out of juice – or, almost never, anyway.
I saw the bot in action at IFA 2025, and discussed the design with a brand spokesperson. They explained that they didn't want to just add a bigger battery to the robot, because that would result in a physically bigger, heavier bot. Instead, they came up with a solution where the dock has fast-charging functionality.
This will kick in and top up the battery in the short windows when the bot returns to the dock – for example, when it's having its mop pads cleaned or emptying its bin.
It also makes use of GaN charging, which is a more efficient fast charging method, and one that generates less heat. This speed-charge function is able to restore 6% of battery during a three-minute mop cleaning cycle. Impressive.
I've tested plenty of robovacs at home and never found recharge times to be an issue, but then none of my regular testing locations are especially large. The X11 is geared towards North American homes with palatial floor plans, where a whole-home clean is more than a single charge can handle, and where hanging around waiting for your bot to juice up before it can finish the job is a big hindrance.
Fantastic features
During my demo, I also got to check out the X11's other features. One upgrade is to the mopping system. The X11 has a roller mop that has been improved to make it more durable. Ecovacs has added strips of nylon that act like a gentle scourer to dislodge dried-on dirt.
The roller kicks out to clean close to the edges of rooms. It extends further than the previous model – 15mm past the body of the robot – and has tiny roller wheels on the edge that mean if it makes contact with the edge of a room, it won't scratch.
Ecovacs is the latest in a number of robovac brands to address the problem of how to navigate tall room thresholds. The X11 adds a 'TruePass Adaptive 4WD Climbing System', where levers on the wheels lift the robot up, so it can make its way into otherwise off-limits rooms or onto thick rugs to continue on its cleaning journey. It can clear 2.4cm single step, or 4cm if the steps are staggered.
What sets this bot apart is that the entire process is mechanical – the levers automatically engage when the bot reaches a tall step. That makes it more reliable than tech-based approaches that require, for example, the camera to correctly identify a threshold.
Finally, the dock has been upgraded. Most notably, now it does not require bags. With manual stick vacuums largely doing away with bags, it has felt like a bit of a backward step to have to deal with them again with the otherwise oh-so-modern robovacs.
Ecovacs deals with this by adding cyclone technology to separate large debris from fine dust, preventing clogging and keeping things flowing smoothly – even without a bag to keep everything contained. This is all housed in a transparent canister in the dock. (It actually looks a lot like the system that appears on the newly announced Dyson robot vacuum.)
Price & availability
The Ecovacs Deebot X11 OmniCyclone is available to buy now in the US and Canada, September 4, with a list price of $1,499.99 (CA$1,999.99). It's on sale at ECOVACS.com and Amazon in the US and Canada, plus BestBuy.com and Target.com in the US.
If you're in Australia, the Deebot X11 OmniCyclone will set you back AU$2,999 and it's available to preorder now directly from Ecovacs AU.
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