Ecovacs' WINBOTs: OMNI with a station, PRO on a cable
Ecovacs' WINBOT models differ mostly in suction and in how they are powered. The WINBOT W3 OMNI, W2S OMNI and W2S PRO OMNI run from a station with its own battery, so the 5.5 m cable is to the station rather than a socket, and all three clean corners: the W3 OMNI at 10,000 Pa with an 80 ml tank for about 50 m² per fill and 130 minutes of runtime, the W2S OMNI at 8,000 Pa with 80 ml for about 50 m², and the W2S PRO OMNI at 10,000 Pa with 120 ml for about 75 m², both for 110 minutes. The W2 PRO OMNI, the earlier OMNI at 5,500 Pa, and the W2 PRO, the same robot on a plain 5.5 m cable at 5,300 Pa, both clean about 40 m² per 60 ml fill. The WINBOT MINI and the WINBOT mini 2 are the small ones, on a 3.5 m cable: the MINI at 7,500 Pa, 25 m² per fill and panes from 22 by 25 cm, the mini 2 at 8,000 Pa, 30 m² per fill, corner brushes and panes from 25 by 25 cm, where the others need 30 by 40.
What to check before buying a WINBOT
- Power. The OMNI models carry their own battery in the station and state 110 minutes, 130 on the W3 OMNI; the W2 PRO, the MINI and the mini 2 hang on a cable, 5.5 and 3.5 m long.
- Safety. Every WINBOT holds on for 30 minutes after a power cut and detects the pane edge, so frameless glass is fine.
- Pane size. Ecovacs publishes the smallest pane each model handles, 22 by 25 cm for the MINI, 25 by 25 for the mini 2 and 30 by 40 for the rest, but no largest pane; our tables say so.
- Corners. The W3 OMNI, the W2S OMNI, the W2S PRO OMNI and the mini 2 state corner cleaning; the W2 PRO, the W2 PRO OMNI and the MINI do not.
- Noise. 63 dB on the W2 PRO, the W2 PRO OMNI and the MINI, 66 on the W2S PRO OMNI and 68 on the W2S OMNI and the W3 OMNI; Ecovacs states none for the mini 2.
The rankings this hub draws on: best window cleaning robots, safest and best value. Every score is computed as described in how we score.