In 20 19, Cloud Whale released the first automatic mop cleaning robot on the market, named J 1. Since then, sweeping robot products with increasingly mature solutions (SLAM+ obstacle avoidance) have begun to develop rapidly in the direction of automatic washing and dragging.
From left to right: Cobos X 1 OMNI, Cloud Whale J2, Zhui W 10, Stone G 10.
In 20021year, Xunmi released its first automatic mop cleaning robot, W 10, which fired the first shot of "involution", and then Stone launched G 10 to compete with it. Then J2, the cloud whale, arrived late and finally "replaced" J 1 which had been sold for more than two years. Finally, Cobos wrote a "king bomb", which ended the fierce competition in the new field of 202 1 sweeping robot with the double flagship of X 1.
From left to right: Stone G10Pro, Cobos T 10 TURBO, Xunmi W 10 Pro.
In the early spring of 2022, the "good play" was staged again: preemptively still chasing, upgrading on the basis of the previous generation W 10, and launching W10 Pro; Cobos then threw out the T 10 series of pure visual obstacle avoidance in a very low-key way, which was considered as the second flagship model; Finally, referring to Cobos's previous double flagship strategy, Stone brought two new products, G 10s and G 10s Pro, in one breath-from then on, Cobos X 1 also had a real competitor.
The reason for analyzing the products of these four brands is also very simple: Cloud Whale is the "originator" of the category of automatic mop cleaning robot, with a large number of fans, and J2 is equipped with automatic water outlet and water outlet components for the first time, once again highlighting the differentiated selling point; As for the rest, Cobos, Stone and Zhuimi are the only brands with mature active obstacle avoidance schemes among all domestic sweeping robot brands on the market at present, and the importance of active obstacle avoidance for a sweeping robot is self-evident.
In addition to the above four brands, Zhimi, which made fans "out of the circle", also brought an "egg" to everyone and launched its first sweeping robot product, named "Pioneer A 1". Different from all the above models, Zhimi's new product uses the same roller brush as the floor washer to clean the floor, which can realize dry and wet garbage at one time and is quite creative in design. At the end of the article, the landlord will simply show you this product.
Generally speaking, the hardware configuration and performance of the products launched later are definitely better than those launched first. For example, from W 10 to W 10 Pro, we can know that it was upgraded on the basis of the former. The same is true for stones from G 10 to G 10s and G 10s Pro.
But it is a little different for Cobos, which has a huge family business: the X 1 series launched by 202 1 belongs to the brand's brand new flagship, directly facing the "machine emperor"; T 10 just released a while ago belongs to the flagship of T series, and its positioning is slightly lower than that of the new X series.
Therefore, according to the hardware level, the sought-after W 10, Stone G 10 and Cloud Whale J2 are competing products of the same level; The sought-after W 10 Pro, Stone G 10s, Cobos T 10 TURBO and Cobos X 1 TURBO are all competing products of the same level. At present, Stone's G10Pro and Cobos's X 1 OMNI are the pinnacles of this category.
I briefly summarized the machines mentioned above and divided them into three echelon sequences according to the hardware configuration.
But this is in the case of simply considering the hardware configuration and not considering the price. If arranged according to the selling price, the situation will be different:
Summary: On the basis of hardware configuration, the product naturally forms three echelons, and Cobos X 1 makes it half a position higher than competitors at the same level through pricing strategy; The pursuit is the opposite. Through "self-lowering", the new product W 10Pro has a very high cost performance among competing products at the same price, and at the same time, the price of W 10 is further reduced, forming an independent fourth echelon.
However, the above comparison is relatively primary, and only some key parameters are listed, which cannot represent a comprehensive evaluation of a machine. I happen to have all the new products of automatic mop washing robots launched in the past two years mentioned above. In this article, I will give my comments on these products one by one.
Comments contain advantages and will speak frankly about disadvantages. It's biased, please correct me ~
X series is a brand-new high-end flagship series just opened by Cobos last year.
As the first work, this Cobos X 1 OMNI really didn't crash. As a product of 202 1, it has made a lot of breakthrough progress-the most typical one is to realize automatic vacuum cleaning and automatic mop washing on one machine for the first time, and truly achieve "omnibearing". Looking at the time dimension of 202 1, it is not an exaggeration to call it "Wang Fried". At the same time, its price also set a new industry record.
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You can buy it with sufficient budget. Most of the shortcomings of user feedback in the early stage of this machine can be solved by OTA upgrade in the later stage. This is not a big problem, and there is no fatal flaw. In addition, the machine has a good face value and a strong sense of technology.
Stone G 10s Pro is a newly released product, which is still in the pre-sale stage.
To tell the truth, the new flagship of the stone gives me the feeling that it is "reasonable and unexpected"-it is reasonable to upgrade the obstacle avoidance scheme to the most advanced structured light+visual scheme with automatic vacuuming and automatic mop cleaning; Unexpectedly, it also has optional automatic water supply and drainage functions, which can be said to be more versatile than Cobos X 1.
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The main differences between G 10s and G 10s Pro released at the same time are color matching and camera type (G 10s is a black-and-white camera, and G 10s is a color camera, which supports video calling). No special requirements, G 10s is more cost-effective. In terms of comprehensive pricing and hardware configuration, Stone G 10s is more "capable" than Cobos X 1 TURBO.
This pursuit W 10 Pro is upgraded on the basis of W 10 released last year.
The appearance of this W 10 Pro is exactly the same as that of W 10 except for the color matching of decorative strips. In terms of hardware, there is no suspense to upgrade the active obstacle avoidance, but surprisingly, the ToF+ vision scheme is adopted for the first time, and the obstacle avoidance effect is unexpectedly good. It is the product with the highest success rate and the smoothest movement I have ever seen.
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This should be the product with the highest comprehensive cost performance at the price of 3,999 yuan (the performance and hardware are equivalent to the price of 4,999 yuan for Cobos X 1 TURBO). If there is no need for automatic vacuuming and automatic water supply and drainage, it is highly recommended to start searching for W 10 Pro, and the powerful obstacle avoidance effect will definitely surprise you.
This product was used by Cobos to fill the gap in the price range of 3-4 thousand yuan. So although the release date is 2022, the product positioning and hardware configuration are slightly lower than the X 1 series released by 202 1.
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The direct competing product is Xunxun W 10 Pro, which is also equipped with active obstacle avoidance, but it has no automatic vacuuming and automatic water inlet and outlet functions. There are obvious advantages and disadvantages in the details (as mentioned above). Personally, I think that the comprehensive cost performance at this stage is not as good as chasing W 10 Pro, and the biggest advantage is that its obstacle avoidance performance will be greatly improved through OTA upgrade in the future.
As the originator of the category, perhaps because of the long-term lack of competition, the first-generation product J 1 of Cloud Whale was sold for more than two years, and it was not until last year that this J2 was launched with the intervention of friends (reluctantly). Compared with J 1, J2 has not been greatly upgraded in hardware, mainly adding the function of automatic loading and unloading.
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If the budget is insufficient and there is a strong demand for automatic water supply and drainage function (it needs to be purchased separately), you can consider starting. Especially for the elderly, it is more important to completely liberate their hands than to actively avoid obstacles and other powerful functions.
This is the first automatic mop cleaning robot. As a manufacturer who has mastered the mature and stable active obstacle avoidance function, it is somewhat surprising to launch this machine with mechanical obstacle avoidance (random collision) function. Now, after actively reducing the price, it is also a good choice for the low-priced segment.
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Personally, I think this is a product that is quite satisfactory and reactive. If the budget is not high, if you want to start with products such as automatic mop washing robots, you can consider it.
This G 10 should be regarded as the most "failure" of all stone products. It looks like a "semi-finished product" without active obstacle avoidance function, and its vibrating mop is somewhat "alternative" when all friends and businessmen use rotating mops-of course, this actually has advantages and disadvantages.
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Not equipped with automatic water supply and drainage function;
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Similarly, the price of 3999 yuan has no advantage compared with the pursuit of W 10 Pro and Cobos T 10 TURBO, and it is also a little weak compared with the optional cloud whale J2. In the case that the price is slightly higher than chasing W 10, you can choose according to your understanding and preference of vibrating mop or rotating mop.
At the end of the article, I will help you sort out the relationship between the positioning and price of several products:
Finally, I would like to share with you the highlights of my understanding of the category of sweeping robots.
First of all, one thing needs to be affirmed: the current sweeping robot is not the machine when it first appeared. There is also a "corpse" of irobot hidden under my guest mirror cabinet, which I bought at 20 14 for 3000 yuan. From today's point of view, this is completely "industrial waste", but it was the second flagship of the industry at that time.
To be honest, if there is demand, it is really reliable to buy a sweeping robot at this stage. I also compiled a detailed shopping guide in August last year. At that time, automatic mop washing robots had not yet appeared. Please refer to. If you only need a basic model, according to the budget, it is absolutely right to buy it according to the list.
Another question I want to discuss with you is: Is it really reasonable to combine automatic vacuum cleaning with automatic mop washing?
If we look at all the mainstream sweeping robots mentioned above, it is not difficult to find that in the direction of robot travel, there is a dust suction port first, and then a mop. Sweep first and then drag, in the same order as our manual cleaning. Does it look reasonable?
But in fact, we can't ignore a problem. If there is really a lot of water stains or wet garbage on the ground, will there be a lot of wet garbage sucked in by the dust suction port under the current design of the sweeper-it is difficult to take care of, but it will damage the motor!
What should I do if I put the mop module in front? That is even more unreasonable.
So if the budget and exhibition space are enough, I personally suggest separating the sweeping and dragging functions. An automatic vacuum cleaner, an automatic mop washing machine-but this is not perfect, and it will greatly increase the cleaning time if you spend money.
Therefore, Zhimi recently launched its first sweeping robot pioneer A 1. Completely different from the traditional design, it adopts the same rolling brush structure as the washing machine, which can treat dry and wet garbage at one time.
From a clean point of view, this form really solves the pain point I mentioned above. But after using it, I think there are still many problems to be solved in this machine. The most typical example is that there is no large water tank and no base station to change water automatically. Including battery life, self-cleaning, etc. Are issues that cannot be ignored.
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