Ecovacs is innovative with the new PowerBoost technology. This involves fast charging of the robot vacuum. The robot uses the short stops at the station during the cleaning process to clean the mopping unit to recharge by around 6 percent. This considerably extends the cleaning time without a long charging time.
In our practical test, the Ecovacs Deebot X11 OmniCyclone still had 76 percent battery power left after cleaning (vacuuming and mopping with standard settings) around 50 square meters. We have never experienced this with any other robot vacuum cleaner in the test. This ensures a considerable battery life, so that around 150 square meters can easily be cleaned on a single charge. Ecovacs even speaks of up to 1,000 square meters, but this certainly only works with the settings turned down to the minimum.
The only question is how fast charging affects the longevity of the battery. With regular charging, however, the process is much slower, so that almost four hours must be planned for a complete charge.
To compare the energy consumption, we use a scenario of daily cleaning of 50 square meters with the standard settings for vacuuming and mopping. Together with the subsequent vacuuming, cleaning and drying process, the energy consumption including the standby consumption of around 1.5 W is approx. 330 Wh per 24 hours. This results in a calculated energy consumption of approx. 9.8 kWh per month (over 30 days).
The monthly energy costs are therefore manageable. Added to this are the costs for the cleaning agent (when in use). Thanks to the cyclone technology (as already mentioned), dust bags do not need to be purchased.