Ecovacs wants to kill the awkward mid-clean pause that comes with robot vacuums. Its new flagship, the Deebot X11 OmniCyclone, leans on a neat piece of hardware chemistry — GaN fast charging — and a redesigned base station to top up its battery every time it docks to rinse its mop. The promise: fewer long charging breaks, fewer interruptions, and a robot that can tackle bigger homes without sulking halfway through the job.

If you’ve owned a robovac for more than a week, you’ve probably seen the same pattern: the bot cleans, runs low on battery, wanders back to the dock, and then sits there for a long time while it charges. For large houses, that pause can turn a single clean into a multi-stage chore. Ecovacs calls that problem “runtime anxiety,” and the X11 is built to address it by harvesting short, high-power charging bursts during the routine maintenance the robot does at its station — mop rinsing, drying, and dust-emptying — instead of waiting until the battery is nearly empty.

Ecovacs has stacked a lot of specs into the X11’s marketing sheet. The headline numbers: 19,500Pa of suction, an upgraded OZMO Roller 2.0 mop that extends up to 15mm to get into edges, and a 4-wheel-drive system with mechanical climbing levers, Ecovacs says, can handle up to 4cm changes in floor height. The mop unit itself can lift about 10mm to avoid dragging over carpets or obstacles.

The other big hardware trick is what Ecovacs calls PowerBoost Charging — GaN-enabled fast charging built into the dock. Instead of slow trickle charging, the base fires quick bursts of power while the robot is doing other maintenance tasks (like washing the mop), which the company claims is enough to keep the robot moving from room to room without prolonged downtime. Tech outlets note that those short bursts can meaningfully top up the battery during a three-minute mop-clean cycle, which matters in real-world multi-room cleans.

Ecovacs also redesigned the dock into what it calls the OmniCyclone station. It ditches disposable dust bags for a bagless, cyclone-style auto-empty system that the company says keeps suction consistent and improves multi-stage filtration. The dock can also soak the nylon roller mop in hot water and dry it, which is a neat convenience upgrade for folks who actually want a hands-off mop cleaning cycle.

All of this comes at a flagship price: Ecovacs has listed the Deebot X11 OmniCyclone at $1,499 in the U.S., with availability through Ecovacs’ store and major retailers like Amazon. That puts it squarely in the premium tier, alongside other all-in-one mop-and-vacuum combos. For a device promising fewer interruptions, you are essentially paying for the convenience of not babysitting the robot between rooms.

Ecovacs’ angle is clearly convenience-first: reduce the human friction of keeping floors clean across large or multi-surface homes. If the PowerBoost charging and OmniCyclone station deliver as advertised, the X11 could sidestep one of the most annoying limits of current robot vacuums — the long charge pause — and push other manufacturers to rethink docking behavior. For buyers, though, the question will be whether that convenience justifies a premium price compared with proven alternatives.

The Deebot X11 OmniCyclone is one of those products that feels like a logical next step: faster charging, more robust mobility, and a cleaner base station. For early adopters with large homes, pets, and a tolerance for bleeding-edge features, it’s an exciting option. For the rest of us, it’s worth waiting for real-world tests to answer the obvious practical questions: does the fast charging really keep the robot moving all day, and does the convenience outweigh the price?