More Leisure Time – The Ultimate Christmas Gift
Time, it’s the one thing we all want more of, yet we can’t buy it no matter how well our shares have been doing. Time would also make such a great Christmas present for the person who has pretty much everything else as it’s a safe bet that someone that successful won’t have a lot of spare time rolling about.
But how do we get our hands on this precious commodity for either ourselves or on-gifting purposes? Simple, we look at our lives and find innovative ways to free up time that is being gobbled up unnecessarily and liberate it. And, surely Exhibit A has to be household chores: Typically we sink perhaps an hour a week into doing dumb tasks like vacuuming and/or mopping floors – imagine if we had that back? Add in the time we waste procrastinating in silent protest at the upcoming chronic waste of precious personal time about to be shelled out on common chores and you have a tidy sum.
‘But that’s a false economy!’ I hear you cry; ‘the carpets still need to vacuumed and the floors mopped!’ I agree – but with the following rider; not by you they don’t. And especially not when we now have access in New Zealand to some rather marvellous domestic chore bot technology courtesy of the global leader in home robotics, ECOVACS ROBOTICS.
Over the past 25 years ECOVACS have developed a series of amazing robots that are all about subbing in for some of the most mundane tasks we have around our homes, namely; vacuuming and floor-mopping. What’s even better is that these bots don’t need any supervision, you just tell them (literally!) what to do and let them go about their business freeing you up to do whatever it is you’d rather be doing. Here’s a selection of their latest and greatest products available here right now:
DEEBOT N10 PLUS
Jampacked with value this DEEBOT features a strong suction power of 4300Pa, advanced TrueMapping navigation technology, up to five hours of run time and an auto-empty station that holds up to 60 days of dust and a new antibacterial filter, all controlled through the easy-to-use ECOVACS Home App.
N10 PLUS
4300Pa suction power
OZMO Mopping System
TrueMapping navigation
Auto-Empty Station
Up to 5 hours battery life
RRP $1199
DEEBOT T20 OMNI
Powerful in terms of both cleaning and battery, the T20 OMNI features 6,000Pa of suction power and a 5200mAh battery to deliver more than four hours of cleaning on a single charge as well as ECOVACS’ strongest OZMOTM TURBO rotating mopping system. Housed in its unique OMNI station this DEEBOT is able to empty its dustbag, and wash and dry its mop pads while it recharges. The AI Voice Assistant YIKO lets you tell it what to do while the advanced TrueDetect 3D 3.0 Obstacle detection and TrueMapping 2.0 mapping technology gives it the capability to get it all done – all by itself.
DEEBOT T20 OMNI
6000Pa suction power
OZMO Turbo Rotating Mopping System
Up to 4 hour battery life
TrueDetect 3D 3.0 Obstacle Avoidance Technology
YIKO AI Voice Assistant
Automated dust collection & drying OMNI Station
RRP $1999
DEEBOT X2 OMNI
Square rather than round, the all-new DEEBOT X2 OMNI was designed to get its sweeping brushes even tighter into corners. The Lidar, or light detection radar system – how the robot ‘sees’ where it’s going – is built-in so the DEEBOT can get under more furniture units like couches, beds or dressers if there’s a 9.5cm clearance. Suction has been boosted 60% to 8,000pa which gives it the oomph to get into the most awkward crevices and tackle even the most challenging carpet stains and patches. The X2 also features Object Avoidance technology to ensure the unit won’t collide with stationary objects in its way. The DEEBOT X2 OMNI also has an upgraded 3D map which helps it to identify and clean specific areas. This can be controlled via the app or your own verbal commands through the enhanced YIKO 2.0 voice assistant.
DEEBOT X1 OMNI
8000Pa suction power
OZMO Turbo 2.0 Rotating Mopping System
Built-in Lidar sensor
AINA machine learning
Upgraded interactive 3D map
Enhanced YIKO 2.0 voice assistant
Automated dust collection & drying OMNI Station
Extended battery life
RRP $2999
WINBOT W1 PRO
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the view – there’s never been a more enjoyable way to save time and energy. You’ll be in the good-books for good by gifting sparkling clean windows thanks to the WINBOT W1 PRO. This window cleaning robot suctions onto the window, shower screen, or other glass surfaces and intelligently maps and cleans its way around it, just like a robot vacuum would on your floors. Safety features such as high suction, a physical tether, plug in power, edge-detection, anti-slip, air pressure compensation and more ensure peace-of-mind while simultaneously ensuring a firmer wipe and clean. And the whole process can be followed along via the user-friendly app!
WINBOT W1 PRO
ECOVACS WINBOT W1 PRO WINDOW CLEANING ROBOT
RRP $899
Retailers: JB Hi-Fi. Mighty Ape & PB Tech
Chores aren’t for us to do anymore – not when there’s sexy bots that can do them even better than we can. Give yourself, or someone close, the gift of free time this Christmas with an ECOVACS DEEBOT. The full range is available now instore at select Noel Leeming, JB Hi-Fi Harvey Norman and Godfreys stores.
