Ecovacs Deebot T80 Omni vs Ecovacs Deebot X8 Max Pro Omni
By Emma Walsh
Ecovacs sells these two a price band apart, and you'd expect the dearer one to be the better robot all round. The specs are closer than that. They share most of their spec sheet, the cheaper one has the higher suction and the longer runtime, and the extra band buys two things. Whether you need either of them is a quick question to answer.
Where they differ
- $500 to $1,000Price band$1,000 to $1,800
- 18,000 PaSuction16,600 Pa
- Empties the bin, Washes the mop, Dries the mop, Refills the waterDockEmpties the bin, Washes the mop, Dries the mop, Refills the water, Adds detergent
- 297 minutesLongest run252 minutes
Choose the Deebot T80 Omni if
- You don't need the dock to add detergent
- You have a big house: it runs for up to 297 minutes against 252
- Your floors are mostly tile or timber, where the extra carpet handling would sit idle
Choose the Deebot X8 Max Pro Omni if
- You want the dock to add the detergent for you
- Your house is a patchwork of rugs and hard floor: it lifts the mop, side brush and main brush separately
Put these two spec sheets side by side and you’ll spend a while hunting for the differences. Both mop with a roller that lifts 1 cm on carpet and extends sideways to reach edges. Both are 9.8 cm tall, climb a 2 cm sill with the mop on, carry a 6,400 mAh battery and a 220 ml bin, and steer around clutter with a front camera. Both have an anti-tangle side brush that doesn’t extend. The docks are the same size, 34 cm wide and 50 cm high, with the same 4-litre clean tank, 2.2-litre dirty tank and 3-litre dust bag. Each washes the roller in water heated up to 75°C and dries it with hot air over two hours by default.
The X8 Max Pro Omni sits one price band higher, and that band changes two things.
The detergent
The X8’s dock adds the detergent for you, and the T80’s dock has no dispenser.
That’s the clearest thing the extra band buys, and what it’s worth depends on how much you want the dock to do without you. If you want a robot so that nobody has to think about the floors, that may matter a lot. If detergent was never high on your list, the band buys you less.
Carpet and rugs
Both robots lift the roller 1 cm when they reach carpet. The X8 goes further and lifts its mop, its side brush and its main brush separately.
In a house that’s nearly all tile or timber, you’d seldom see that working. It makes sense where the robot is on and off rugs all through a run, such as a lounge with a big rug, runners down the hall and carpet in the bedrooms.
Suction and battery
The dearer robot loses this round. The cheaper one has more suction, 18,000 Pa against 16,600 Pa. It also runs longer on the same size battery: up to 297 minutes in its quietest vacuum-only mode, where the X8 manages 252 in the same mode. A full charge on the X8 takes about three hours.
Noise leans the same way, just. Vacuuming in standard mode, the T80 is 63.4 dBA and the X8 is 64.5 dBA.
None of these differences is large, and none is a reason on its own to pick one robot over the other. They do all favour the cheaper robot, though, and that’s worth knowing before you pay for the extra band.
Which house suits which
The T80 is the one for a home that’s mostly tile or timber with a rug or two, where a 1 cm roller lift is all the carpet handling you’ll use. The X8 suits a house where hard floor and carpet keep swapping places from room to room, and where you’d like the dock to look after the detergent as well as the washing and drying.
Every spec, side by side
Shaded rows are where the two differ. "Not stated" means the brand doesn't give that number. Each product's spec sheet shows where its figures were read.
Final thoughts
Buy the Deebot T80 Omni. It's the same height, climbs the same sill, washes its roller at the same temperature and carries the same battery. It also has a little more suction and 45 minutes more runtime from a price band lower.
The X8 Max Pro Omni is worth the step up in one kind of house: lots of rugs between the hard floors, and an owner who wants the dock to handle the detergent too. If that isn't you, the extra band buys very little.
