Expert assessment
Plus points
- Cleans and dries mop pads
- Self-emptying
- AI.See object recognition
- Carpet detection
Cons
- The color and size of the station make it difficult to find a spot or blend in with the decor
Our verdict
There is little to criticize about the X10 Pro Omni. It’s packed with features, vacuums well and has advanced object recognition. It is also well priced. If it’s within budget, it should be at the top of your list.
Price upon review
$799.99
Best prices today: Eufy X10 Pro Omni
The X10 Pro Omni is Eufy’s current flagship robot vacuum cleaner, with an impressive range of features. It does almost everything you expect from a robot vacuum cleaner: vacuums, mops, empties itself and washes and dries the mop pads. And all this for less than comparable models from competing brands.
But is it the well-priced all-rounder it seems at first?
Let’s see.
Design and construction
- 3 liter water tanks
- 2.5 liter dust bag
- One sweeping brush
Dark and imposing, with deep tyres, the Eufy X10 Pro Omni looks like a robot vacuum and mop that means business, serious business.
The robot has a black satin plastic shell with a LiDAR navigation tower and a trio of power buttons on the top, and a camera and LED lights on the front. The charging contacts, water injection point and dust collection port are located on the back. The waste bin cartridge is located at the top under a flip-up lid.
Two of the three buttons have a double function, allowing you to perform basic tasks without opening the app. You can turn it on and off, return the robot to the station and clean a spot (as well as reset the Wi-Fi connection and turn the child lock on or off).
The robot itself is a sturdy kit measuring 35 x 32cm (12.6 x 16.6in) with a low profile of 9cm/3.5in, so it should fit under most furniture without any problem. The deep tires on the wheels make it look like an off-road version of a typical household robot vacuum cleaner and have a hint of a monster truck. As our testing showed, the robot was easily able to handle elevated thresholds in the room.
There is only one sweeping brush. The two removable mop pads are large and have a diameter of approximately 15 cm.
The Omni station measures 46 x 36 x 22 cm (18 x 14 x 8.7 inches) and is something of a dominant presence in a room. Once you attach the removable base plate to the front, the footprint expands to 48cm/18.9in – meaning you might prefer to place it in a utility room or cloakroom, rather than a lounge or hallway.
The Omni station has two 3 liter tanks that slide into the station on the left side, the dirty water tank behind the clean one and the garbage can on the right side that fits a 2.5 liter dust bag. The 140 cm power cable fits in the back, giving you quite some leeway when placing it.
Performance and features
- 8000 Pa suction power
- Ai.See object recognition
- Comb for detangling
Installation is simple: unpack the robot, remove the protective covers, mount the base plate on the station and plug it in. You will need to consider where you want to place the station because you will need a reasonable distance to an electrical outlet and you will need a viable electrical outlet. distance to a wall, and once you’ve done the mapping procedure, moving the station to a later point means you’ll need to re-map.
Then turn on the X10, add water to the tank, let the robot charge and download the Eufy Clean app. To connect, you need to enable your smartphone location, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. We found it connected without much fuss and we were good to go. The X10 Pro mapped the space quickly and accurately, exceeding a 2cm threshold that other robot vacuums struggled to achieve. It also divided the space in a rational way.
The Eufy Clean app homepage offers three cleaning scenarios – Full Home Deep Clean, Full Home Daily Clean, Post-Meal Clean – and you can add a custom scenario.
In the custom scenario, you can select ‘smart mode’, which automatically selects a cleaning strategy based on the room type. You can choose a fast, standard or deep cleaning intensity, whether you want to vacuum, mop or just vacuum and mop, which suction level you need and the mopping level. You can also select edge mopping, which will cause the robot to rotate when mopping close to the edges of a room so it can clean closer to the walls.
You can also choose to clean once or twice and select a specific room or zone to clean.
We found the X10 Pro vacuumed very well. The dust bin filter traps small particles, and we noticed lower dust levels with repeated vacuuming sessions.
When it came to the flour test, the Pro X10 required two sweeps of the floor surface using maximum suction to remove all the flour. We thought this was quite a good task, as it is a difficult task for a robot vacuum cleaner.
Naturally, there’s real-time reporting via the smart map in the app, and one thing that impressed us was the object recognition feature. If the X10 Pro hit a stray cable, a small cable icon would appear on the map. You can also set the robot to take pictures of the obstacles if you want.
Vacuuming took about a minute on average for a 9 square meter room, so a 16 square meter room would take 17 minutes. We found that the X10 Pro took about an hour and twenty minutes to vacuum an entire 527-square-foot floor. The noise levels are not particularly noticeable during use, even at maximum suction power.
Mopping is also quite impressive. The X10 spins its mops at 180 rpm and uses 1 kg of downward pressure to clean the floor. At high water levels we found the floor felt damp, which was more noticeable than other robot mops we tested. The mop pads only descend when the unit is actively mopping, and the robot returns to the Omni station to wash and dry the mop pads with 115°F heat.
App features
- Possibility of multiple cards
- Adjustable base station settings
- Photos of obstacles
- Smart tracking
The X10 lets you choose to store multiple maps, so you can map and save more than one floor plan: a great option if you want to use the
You can adjust the settings for automatic washing, drying and emptying of the mop. For example, you can set the Omnistation so that the mop is washed every time it is cleaned of a room, or after a certain period of time between 15 and 25 minutes. The drying order can be set to 2,3 or 4 hours and you can set the robot to empty every 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes.
If you don’t want to wait, there is the option to empty the dust or wash and dry the mop immediately.
You can set a cleaning schedule and program a start time, which days you want the program to run, which part of the house you want to clean and how. You also have a cleaning history with the date and time of your cleanings, how much floor space was cleaned and how long it took.
If you have a hard floor and carpet, you can set the robot to automatically lift the mop when it detects carpet, avoid the carpet altogether, or mop the carpet.
There are also manual controls that allow you to personally control the robot in real time, and you can enable the AI. Turn obstacle avoidance on or off and even set the robot to take photos of obstacles it finds in your home – if you feel comfortable doing so. The data security of Eufy’s robot vacuums has never been questioned, but security vulnerabilities have been found in Eufy’s security cameras. Additionally, Eufy collects some data about its customers, so you may prefer not to use this feature.
The X10 Pro also features smart tracking. Once activated, press your foot on the front bumper for three seconds and it will follow you as you walk, cleaning every step.
In the app there are also the usual ‘do not disturb’ and child lock settings, and an accessory services page that gives you the remaining life of your side brush, roller brush, filter, sensors and dust bag, along with videos of how to change them. You can also control the X10 Pro with voice commands via Alexa and Google Assistant.
Price and availability
For its $799/£799 price, the X10 Pro Omni does a huge amount. And does it all at a high level. Buy it and you get high-end features for a mid-range price.
In the US you can buy it from Amazon or directly from Eufy.
There are several purchasing options in Great Britain. Get it from Curries, Terribly, Amazon or directly from Eufy. However, there is no price advantage to buying from a retailer.
If this isn’t the right robot vacuum for you, check out our review of the best robot vacuums we’ve tested for more recommendations.
Should you buy the X10 Pro Omni?
The If you need a robot vacuum and mop that can handle a less-than-perfectly organized home, and you don’t want the hassle of emptying and refilling tanks every day, then the X10 Pro might be just what you need.