This post is sponsored by ECOVACS. All product opinions are my own.
When it comes to pet hair, this mama just can’t take it. A few years ago, we had two cats, and I vacuumed every other day – anymore and my husband would have thought I was slightly crazy.
When we adopted Lucas, a sweet black lab, the thought of more animal hair in our house was almost enough for me to not agree to take him in.
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And then, there are the three active kids that stomp through the house and don't always take off their shoes from being outside -and when they do, they leave them in the middle of the kitchen. They trail more dirt in than the dog does from his walks and don't even get me started on when they grab snacks – it's crumbs everywhere.
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For years, my friends have been telling me that keeping up with pet hair wouldn’t be so bad if I invested in a robot vacuum. And my response was always the same “I’ve got too much floor space to clean for one unit, and I have several types of flooring in my house.”
Until I found the ECOVACS DEEBOT OZMO 930, the first robotic vacuum that can change cleaning modes based on its current function. It not only vacuums our pet hair and crumbs; it also detects non-carpet areas when in the mopping mode.
Doing research on robotic vacuums can be a bit intimidating but when it came to it, I trusted Consumer Reports when it came to choosing to an ECOVACS unit.
Specifically, the DEEBOT OZMO 930 has:
- Smart navigation mapping. This technology enables the DEEBOT OZMO 930 to navigate and map your floor plan. The map is interactive allowing you the freedom to customize where you want the vacuum to go, it allows you to draw virtual boundaries or pinpoint specific areas to clean or avoid.
- Mopping: The DEEBOT OZMO 930 has an integrated mopping system which conveniently mops your hard floor even as the DEEBOT vacuums.
- Carpet identification. The DEEBOT OZMO 930 can automatically identify your floor type boosting its suction on carpets and avoiding carpets when mopping.
- Adaptive floor sensing. With ECOVACS’ latest Adaptive Floor Sensing technology, the DEEBOT OZMO 930 will change its cleaning pattern on the fly depending on whether it is in vacuuming or mopping mode, all without intervention. On carpet, the DEEBOT OZMO 930 will increase suction power automatically for a deeper cleaning.
- App enabled. You can start, stop or charge your DEEBOT OZMO 930 with Amazon Alexa and or Google Assistant. A voice reporting feature provides you with real-time updates.
You can also see a map of your house as the robot sees is and identifies areas of cleaning.
At first, I thought I’d get a robot vacuum to just take care of the vacuuming but after a little research and thinking through it a bit more, the option to have the robot mop too was very appealing. I mean, if you’re going to buy a robot vacuum unit to save you time from vacuuming, why not have it do both?
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In this mama’s mental load, housework and chores can typically take up a good chunk of time each week. And it can sometimes feel like I can’t keep the house clean with three kids (and their friends), a dog and a cat, no matter how many mopping and vacuuming sweeps I do.
As a full-time working mom, I can’t vacuum during the day either, I’m that crazy person that vacuums after dinner before the kids go to bed a few times a week; because after two days, I can see dust balls starting to form throughout the house.
While everyone wishes they could just hire someone to do the weekly cleaning for them, that’s just not possible for everyone. Plus, when I asked most of my friends what household chore they’d want to delegate first, the bathrooms topped the list.
Not for this gal, when you have 3,000 square feet of flooring, vacuuming and mopping were at the top of my list of things to offload. With my new ECOVACS DEEBOT OZMO 930, vacuuming and cleaning my floors are now off my list!
Thanks to my DEEBOT, I’m saving about 3 hours of housework per week and thanks to smart technology, I can program it to do the cleaning cycles when we’re not home.
To learn more about the DEEBOT OZMO 930 and to check out all ECOVACS models, check out Ecovacs.com
Diane Draveski says
Ooohmy goodness I need this robot vacume so badly because my 89 year old mom fell last year and broke her hip, her dementia told her mind not to walk. I had taken care of her for ten years ( had to quit my job). And this time I could not help her and had to find assisted living. I visit her everyday and advocate for her. While I’m grateful, thankful and blessed to have her my house is a disaster. What used to be clean and organized now has grown and multiplied dust bunnies and dirt. It’s very hard to keep up The vacuuming. If I won the robot those dust bunnies would be so much easier to vanish! Thanks for the consideration.
Connie says
2 cats, 2 kids, foster dogs and full time work do not make for the cleanest house, especially when you live in an older home (1940’s). I have never seen dust and hair pile up so quickly! I have heard these are great and would love to try one, but they are above my budget.
Terri L Radziewski says
Winning this vacuum would be AMAZING! Between working full time, being a full time mom and wife to both a husband with a chronic disease and a pre-teen son with a chronic disease, and everything else going on in life, it would be awesome to have this to take just ONE chore away in my busy week!
Jo Peters says
I was recently looking into robot vacuums after hearing about how some of them mop as well. I was so excited, until I saw the prices. Even a regular vacuuming one is not in our budget. I just gave birth a few days ago, adding child number 5 to our, now, family of 8 (including our dog!). The children are a huge help when it comes to keeping up with house hold chores, but I just never feel confident that our floors are clean enough, with the dog and my husband working construction, it always seems like I can just feel the floor germs everywhere. A robot that keeps my floors clean would really just be every to me right now.
Lisa Mahon says
Four kiddos and a husband, loves to volunteer, but not mop!