The Ecovacs Deebot N30 Omni offers a fair bit for its mid-range price, including a self-cleaning, self-emptying dock and an anti-tangle brush. While vacuuming performance impressed on hard floors and was adequate on carpets, its mopping capabilities fell short compared to similarly priced competitors, some of which deliver better results for less.
Pros
- Self-cleaning and self-emptying dock
- Excellent hard floor vacuuming
- Anti-tangle brush
- Comprehensive app controls
Cons
- Buggy software
- Mopping struggles with tough stains
- No detergent included
- Average carpet performance
Ecovacs Deebot N30 Omni: Introduction
- Type: Robot vacuum cleaner with mopping
- Docking: Self-clean and self-empty dock
- Navigation system: LiDAR

Because of its price-tag, the Deebot N30 Omni is considered somewhat of a mid-ranger but the progression in tech when it comes to robo cleaners in the past few years means you’re getting a wealth of cutting edge features, for a price-tag that would have cost twice as much just a couple of years ago.
Tech like a 10,000Pa suction rating, ZeroTangle Anti-Tangle 2.0, hot water mop washing, and a TruEdge Adaptive Edge mopping system.
Ecovacs has been a pioneer in robotic mopping, being one of the first brands to introduce spinning microfibre pads for a deeper clean.

However, with the Ecovacs Deebot N30 Omni, it’s clear the market has evolved.
The Deebot N30 Omni is part of a super congested space and it faces stiff competition from brands that have refined their offerings to provide better all-around performance.
So while there’s nothing particularly ‘bad’ about the N30 that should discourage you from buying, you may want to look at similarly priced options – such as the Eufy X10 Pro Omni, the Roborock Q Revo Slim or the Dreame L40 Ultra – all of which performed better in our testing.
Read on for our full Ecovacs Deebot N30 Omni review.
Design and components
- Self-cleaning and self-emptying dock
- Camera-based obstacle avoidance
- Anti-tangle brush design
As mentioned in the intro above, the Deebot N30 Omni highlights just how advanced robot vacuum cleaners have become.
This mid-range model includes a docking station that not only empties the robot’s dustbin but also refills its water tank and washes the mopping pads – features that, until a couple of years ago, were only available on the very top-end models.
And it’s not just basic mop pad cleaning either, you get a dock with 60°C hot water mop washing, alongside and 40°C hot air drying too – so you shouldn’t ever have to deal with the dreaded damp smell.

Up top you’ll find two water tanks; one tank – 3.5 litres – stores clean water, while the other – 3 litres – collects dirty water.
The dock also lets you add detergent, though none is included in the box, which is a bit annoying.

Dust is emptied into 2.6 litre disposable bags, which Ecovacs claims can last for up to 75 days. Replacement bags cost around $20 / £20 for a pack of three.

The Deebot N30 itself has a fairly standard design, featuring a LiDAR dome up top for navigation and mapping, as well as a front-facing sensor for obstacle detection.
Underneath, there’s an anti-tangle brush for carpets, a single side sweeper, and dual mopping pads; one of which extends for corner cleaning.

These pads lift 9mm off the ground to avoid low-pile carpets, but they can’t be fully removed, making thick carpets a challenge. In our US test lab, there’s an extremely shaggy carpet and the mopping maps were definitely making constant contact.
That long carpet also caused issues with the N30 finding its dock, although those issues were eradicated when placing the dock on our trusty branded mat, or on a hard floor surface.
The app and features
Everything is controlled via the Ecovacs app, which is pretty comprehensive and comparable in terms of features to heavy hitters like Roborock. It is a touch cluttered though with some of the usual community and voucher driven nonsense that is often the case with Chinese brands.

When first pairing the N30 I had big issues with a mandatory firmware app getting stuck and constantly resetting. It eventually worked, but took more than 24 hours to update and I was unable to use the robot in that time.
Once you have got it all synced up the app you’ll be prompted to create a map before anything else.
Creating and managing maps is very similar to what we’ve seen from the big names in the space, such as Roborock and Dreame.
You can merge or divide rooms, give rooms names, create no go zones and a whole lot more.

The cleaning modes are extensive, with options for vacuum-only, mop-only, or a combination of both and there are also four vacuum modes (quiet, standard, strong or max), three water flow modes, and a choice of three cleaning speeds (quick, standard or comprehensive), plus you can choose a single or a double pass for a clean.
You can also tweak settings like suction boost power for carpets, areas to avoid, and edge-cleaning behavior too, tailoring the robot to different cleaning scenarios.
You can, should you wish, have the extendable mop constantly out – although I found it worked out when it needed to extend its reach by itself.

You can also use the saved maps in the app to create different cleaning methods for different rooms.
In the app you can also manually start dock actions like mop cleaning and drying, and there’s also a Solid Floor Cleaner mode, which uses the solid detergent option for a deeper mopping application.

You also have complete scheduling flexibility, with the ability to create custom scenarios.
These scenarios let you choose which rooms to clean and which cleaning modes to use, perfect for quick cleanups like after meal times, or for more thorough deep cleans if the dog has got his muddy paws all over the hallway… again.
Performance
- Struggled with tough stains
- Good vacuuming on hard floors
- Decent obstacle avoidance

During testing, the N30 Omni navigated pretty well, avoiding most obstacles, though it occasionally bumped into items near its dock.
On carpets, it handled surface dirt reasonably well, removing most flour in Max mode after two passes with its 10,000Pa suction.
However, it struggled with embedded debris, requiring additional passes to achieve only a moderate improvement.
Hard floor performance was better, with the N30 Omni efficiently picking up loose dirt like dried mud or kitchen crumbs.
Edge cleaning, aided by the extendable mop pad, was pretty good, though some smearing occurred on wet spillages, falling short of the likes of the Roborock Qrevo Slim and Dreame L40 Ultra.
Mopping tests on dried stains further revealed its limitations. Coffee and wine stains needed multiple passes to fade (image below is after two passes), and tougher marks like ketchup and mud proved much too challenging.

While the spinning mops helped, they lacked the pressure or cleaning power of leading rivals to really get a sparkling clean.

Back to vacuuming and hair pickup was excellent, with no tangles during testing.
Noise levels were a comfortable 62.9dB, making it easy to work in the same room.
Battery life, rated at up to 320 minutes on low power, easily covered a pass of our pretty large – 1,815sqft – US testing lab ground floor plan; and that was a mix of vacuuming deep carpets and mopping tiled areas.
Final thoughts
The Ecovacs Deebot N30 Omni offers solid features and good value, but it struggles to stand out in what is a very crowded marketplace.
While vacuuming is decent, mopping performance lags behind models like the Eufy X10 Omni and the Dreame L40 Ultra, both of which offer better overall cleaning.
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