[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Purchased in Sept 2019 and out of the box had several issues doing the initial setup, but after about an hour everything linked up. The machine cleaned great for about a month, then it kept getting stuck in places and then it would just stop in the middle of the floor saying it was stuck? It still runs every day, but some days it cleans the whole house and other days your lucky it it cleans 1 room. It’s set to run while we are at work, so you can’t even start it up again when we get home as the battery is usually dead or almost dead from just setting there all day off he charger.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from ecovacs.comBy Customer Care, November 18, 2019
Hello,
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear the DEEBOT has been acting up. If you could please reach out to us at customerservice@ecovacs.com attention Steve we'll be happy to help locate the source of the issue and get the robot back up and running the way it should be.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Runs well, cleans well. Sound is ok and the vac picks up hair well. Make sure to clean the bin often. Did have to return the original purchase but replacement was hassle free.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Deebot 901 seems to do a pretty decent job vacuuming and after the initial making of the map and adding no go zones, rarely gets stuck or lost. The app works reliably however it was advertised as being able to schedule specific areas to be cleaned and this is not an option in the app. I can only schedule the whole house to be cleaned.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this Deebot after owning my N79 which I liked but was basic in terms of no mapping or boundaries.
My appeal to this product was the mapping, ability to set boundaries, and alexa connectivities. The mapping process and setting virtual boundaries was very straight forward. Setting it up yo work with alexa worked flawlessly.
I quickly learned that the mapping features were lacking and rendered the product unusable as the maps kept getting skewed when the vacuum would get hung up or caught on things. This would cause the map and virtual boundaries to shift over enough that the vacuum would no longer be able to finish up and find the charging base.
I ended up returning it and will wait for a better vacuum to come around.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from ecovacs.comBy Customer Care, November 13, 2019
Hello,
We're sorry to hear your experience with the DEEBOT was less than perfect. Should you decide to try our brand again in the future, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at customerservice@ecovacs.com with any questions you may have. We'll always be happy to help out.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I upgraded from a Deebot 79S, and was excited to have a machine that actually navigated the house efficiently. Loved the mapping system and the fact that you can schedule different rooms to clean at different times. However, it would not go over the carpet thresholds from a hard floor, which makes it useless to us. The 79S never had issues and easily went from room to room. When I called customer service, they said that the 900 is a much heavier robot, which is causing the problem of not being able to navigate over a lot of carpet edges, even though the other one had no issues. I also had a problem with it not going under the bed because the metal bed frame is a darker gray (the 79S never had an issue with that either). It just stops and turns around, even though there is plenty of clearance. The suggestion was to cover the entire bed frame with white tape. No thanks - I returned it.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from ecovacs.comBy Customer Care, December 8, 2019
Hello,
We're sorry to hear your experience with the 900 was less than perfect. Should you ever decide to try our brand again in the future, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at customerservice@ecovacs.com with any questions you may have. We're always happy to help out.