Its increasing suction, adding better avoidance, and getting less tangled with hair.
Narwal Freo X Ultra is the intelligent robot vacuum and mop combo featuring revolutionary technology.
It’s the perfect companion for pet owners and families with kids.
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Price and Availability
The Narwal Freo X Ultra is available now and retails for $1,399.99.
Its already been on sale for as low as $1,199.99, though promotions change frequently.
The robot and its charging dock only come in the color white.
Narwal Freo X Ultra is the intelligent robot vacuum and mop combo featuring revolutionary technology. It’s the perfect companion for pet owners and families with kids.
It also includes a circular screen on the station for basic controls.
Its whole shtick is about trying to simplify the cleaning experience.
All these things are still present in the Freo X Ultra.
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Theres 8,200Pa of suctiona higher number than most other robots at the moment.
And then theres a tangle-free roller brush which the company insists wont get stuck with hair.
Along with a few other tweaks.
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The biggest problem, however, is its premium $1,399 retail price.
White rice simulates bigger dirt pieces, while cereal dust simulates the finer dirt that collects around the house.
In the rice test, the vacuum scattered fewer grains of rice than other vacuums Ive tested.
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To my eyes, this helped it pick up a few more pieces of the rice.
Again, not bad, as it got most of it, but it wasn’t perfect.
In the end, the unit fared very average across both tests.
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A little better in one and a little worse in the other.
The results were closely aligned with what I see from other similarly priced products.
Thats not a glowing statement but more of an acceptance of where the industry is at with autonomous cleaners.
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The unit can exert up to 12N or force and a spring rate of 180RPM.
It will attempt to determine the different strengths based on floor bang out.
Two areas of the cleaning experience I was thrilled with were the devices volume and its object avoidance.
Even at its strongest suction level, the vacuum wasnt overly loud.
At its moderate level, it was downright quiet.
Its one of the few robot vacuums Ive occasionally forgotten about when it was running.
It ate fewer cables and generally avoided common household items with more skill than Ive noticed in other competitors.
It has a tri-laser avoidance system which Narwal says has millimeter-precision.
That same level of noise isn’t here though.
In other words, there is no dirt collection inside the base station.
It stays in the robot.
The unit I received came with three disposable bags.
The caveat to the quiet docking operation was the mop-drying.
Because of the frequency range, it could be heard throughout most of the house as well.
The high-pitched noise didnt bother me much.
There are options for fast or quiet drying modes, but neither of those stops the high-pitched buzz.
I appreciated its presence so that anyone could stop a cleaning job and return the robot to its home.
I never had an issue with the Freo X Ultra completing a long, vacuum and mopping job.
The problem is that everything is packed in tight.
The mobile app is another case where Narwal is on par with other vacuum companies.
Roborock and Ecovacs, just to name a couple, have similar app designs packed with functionality.
Should You Buy the Narwal Freo X Ultra?
I like theNarwal Freo X Ultraas it compares well to other high-end, premium robot vacuum mop combos.
It has all the expected functionality built-in and does a remarkable job at object avoidance.
I also appreciated that it was quieter than a lot of similarly-specced vacuums.
The cleaning robot did a fine job of vacuuming and mopping, but not a great one.
It was about average for a comparable unit in this price range.
The more simplified your furniture and floors are, the better these devices work.
If you understand the limitations of these cleaning robots, then this one is a solid choice.
