On paper, the Liectroux YW810 is better than any previous window washer, but in reality?
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Introductory
I am no longer a complete virgin on the window washing front. I've had a few types and types, I've also met other machines from Lietroux. So I know what I know and what I don't know, but I know for sure that washing windows with a window washer is quite convenient!
The HCR-10 that was a guest here before was a good machine. There were minor glitches in the operation, so on one occasion it came in very handy that it was untied, because he didn't notice that the frameless tub screen was over. But, anyway, there wasn't much else wrong, maybe you could have watered the glass a little more effectively while cleaning.
In the meantime, however, the current top-of-the-line machine, the Lietroux YW810 (who comes up with these names?), has arrived, which promises much better glass detection, more advanced cleaning functions, and control via a phone app. These are good sounding things, I had to try them out to see how much truth there is!
Exterior, accessories
The shape of the Liectroux YW810 does not differ significantly from the HCR-10. A large baby sponge mold with two rotating MOPs at the bottom. That's it for the first time. Of course, the second time you notice that there are sensors at the bottom, that there are already water spray nozzles on both sides, and the shape has also become more modern, or perhaps a little more elegant. Let's say the latter does not have many advantages in the case of a window washing robot.
We get a stack of MOPs as an accessory. It's not a mistake, there are two on the plane and we will get 4 more pairs as a spare. In other words, there is a total of 10 MOP for the machine. My hat is off to you for such generosity!
There is also an external adapter. There is an extension cable, which is necessary, because I think the one on the machine itself is not enough, but so the total cable length reaches 6 meters, which is probably enough for everything. There is also a manual and two small bottles. One can be used to spray the water, and the other can be used to fill up the Liectroux YW810. Oops, and don't forget, there's a remote too!
There is nothing else, there is no need, only the Liectroux YW810 is waiting for us in the box so that you can finally start washing windows. But before we release the robot onto the field, let's check the specifications!
Specification
The machine works in such a way that a brushless motor sucks out the air at the part below the MOP with a suction force of 2600 Pa, and the vacuum created in this way "sticks" the machine to the glass. The manufacturer says it uses a Japanese motor, I wouldn't be surprised if it was made by NIDEC, like most robot vacuum cleaners.
In order to avoid accidents, the machine also has a battery that can operate the engine for a few minutes, so in the event of a power failure, the Liectroux YW810 warns with a loud beep to take it down from the window, but it will not fall as long as the battery lasts. It is supposed to last for 20 minutes.
The main capabilities of the Liectroux YW810 that the manufacturer emphasizes are the low noise level (below 65 dB), fast cleaning (up to one square meter every 2 minutes), the 70 milliliter water tank equipped with two nozzles, which according to the description will be enough for a window surface of 170 nm. the low consumption, which is only 72 watts.
There are 3 automatic cleaning modes, there is a phone application through the Smart Life app, an advanced cleaning algorithm (whatever that means), an automatic return to the starting point, a reliable anti-drop algorithm and a sensor for frameless glasses with an air pressure gauge.
You have to admit that it all sounds pretty good, but the test of the pudding is eating, the test of the Liectroux YW810 is cleaning the window, so let's see the experiences!
Experiences
I'll start with the bad stuff!
There is a rope on the machine, which serves to prevent it from breaking if the machine somehow falls off the window. This is good so far, as well as the fact that, according to the advertising material, the rope can in principle support a six-kilogram elephant. Why aren't there six-pound elephants? Well, that's how we went.
Well, the problem is that the rope is connected to the bottom, not the top, point of the machine. So, if you want it to go all the way around the window, you need to adjust the length of the rope so that it reaches the bottom edge of the window. However, if you set it this way, the machine will fall on the ledge if it falls, there is nothing to hold it. If the rope were tied to the highest point, it would swing on the rope in the event of a fall, breaking the ledge and/or breaking the ledge. Or the tub, if you wash the tub screen.
This is extremely annoying nonsense, since they create a very good machine and do not deal with such "little things". I don't think any of the designers have taken the trouble to actually go out of the lab to a window and test what they've created live. Old mistake!
Second inconvenience: If you don't wet the MOP enough before washing the window, it tends to fall off the plastic frame. In this case, the machine stops, beeps, and breathes fake air. Fortunately, it didn't fall off, even though I forgot to water the MOP at least three times during the test. The small spray bottle that comes with the machine is very good for this purpose anyway. So you have to wet the MOP properly before use!
The third inconvenience is the application. In other words, it's not really unpleasant, we only have to ask one question about it: What is it for?
The application makes almost no sense. The remote control is enough, moreover, it works more reliably than the app, which I pressed many times in vain, the machine did not want to stop, start, or do anything. Sometimes it worked. The remote control, on the other hand, was perfect. So it's good that there's an app, and it's good that there's Bluetooth, because you can write it down in the specifications, but in my opinion, there's no other point in the matter.
The next idiocy is the placement of the power button. It sticks out from the top of the machine. How bad is this? If you take it off the window, you want to put it somewhere, say on the table. You don't put it on the wet MOP, because then the table will be wet and dirty, so what do you do, put it upside down. Yes, but in this case you put it on the power button, which turns on the machine immediately. So you turn it over, put it on the wet, dirty MOP, because you can't do anything else, and then you clean the table.
Well, I can only warmly congratulate you on this design miracle!
Advanced route planning is another bullshit. There's nothing like that here. The machine works just like machines without AI. It goes, it turns back at the end of the bottle. He goes down the window, goes, turns back at the end of the glass. Perhaps I would just say that it is wise to always start cleaning from the top, not from the bottom, so when you start, you go up to the top of the window.
If it were the other way around (I've seen such a machine before), the water would continuously drip onto the already washed window. So it's smart, it starts at the top, anyway I don't detect either AI or advanced route planning here. Let's face it, it's not a robot vacuum cleaner...
The fact is that the machine approx. it will return to the starting point when you are done with the window. That's why the red dot is there, because if it were to stop at the top of the window, in some cases you would need a ladder to remove it from the glass, so it always stops cleaning at the bottom, where you put it on the window. That is, you can easily take it off.
Well, that's all the bad, but what's the good?
The good thing is how it cleans. Although the manufacturer is proud of its low noise level, don't expect to be able to sleep next to the Liectroux YW810. It really can't be, it's like a standing vacuum cleaner approx. However, it does not fall out of the window.
During the test, it didn't want to fall down even once, even though I put it on a bathtub screen in addition to the plain window, which is a much thicker glass than the window on the one hand, and has no frame on the other.
There is a sensor on the bottom of the Liectroux YW810 that detects the glass, but I suspect that it is much more important that it detects extremely accurately and quickly when the vacuum is reduced under one of the MOPs. This indicates to him that part of the MOP is in the air (meaning the end of the bottle), in which case he quickly changes direction.
This air pressure sensor also helps to prevent the machine from falling due to a MOP accidentally left dry. The suction is so strong that even though it sucks in false air when the MOP falls down, the vacuum under the other MOP still holds it in place.
So the operation is really good!
According to the manufacturer, there are 3 automatic operating modes. It really is, but I don't know what the difference is between the three. Perhaps there is a little more water in one, and the third one is different in that the cleaning does not stop automatically, but always starts again. So these cleaning methods, to put it mildly…
What else is good?
Well, for example, water spraying. It doesn't just spray some water smoothly, it atomizes the water and sprays it out like that. It breaks down water almost as finely as ultrasonic cold humidifiers. Alternatively, you can break it down so that there is only a small plate at the spray head that directs the spray onto the glass, maybe that's why the particle size seems larger than in a vaporizer.
The watering of the window is really effective. Even on the outside, while the wind was blowing, enough water got on the window to make the dust disappear. It's very frank!
The last question is the quality of the cleaning.
Well, limescale doesn't come off the bathtub screen, but that's not surprising. It removes the fly that has dried on the window, as well as the dust on the outside. Of course, this also depends on how much dust there is, because if the MOP is filled with dirt, from then on, watering here, watering there, only smears the dirt on the glass. So, if the windows are very dirty, it is worth washing out the MOP sometimes and then continue cleaning.
Before I forget, the rain marks are gone too. The only mistake here is that since the MOP round cannot clean the very corner of the window, it has to be replaced by hand. One more thing, when you take the machine off the glass, have a soft cloth in your other hand, the glass remains wet under the MOP, which when dry leaves two circular marks on the glass. So wipe those two watery rings off the glass when you take off the machine!
Conclusion
Okay, I've described everything, let's decide, is the Liectroux YW810 a good machine or a bad one?
Well, it's a fact and undeniable that some of the new stuff is bullshit, approx. they make no sense. However, it is also a fact that it feels noticeably better and safer to clean with it than with its predecessors. Why?
The cleaning itself is also more efficient, because watering the glass is very efficient and also economical. The glass detection and the air pressure (or vacuum) detection are also great, they work perfectly, as does the bottom glass detection sensor. This means that I used the Liectroux YW810 cautiously in the first few minutes, but by the end of the test I had left it on the window, and I wasn't even in the room, because I was sure that it wouldn't fall.
In terms of efficiency, honor requires me to describe that if the window is very dirty or very dusty, it will not be enough to go through it once, and if you do not want to mess around, then after washing the window, gently wipe the glass once with a soft cloth and then it will be perfect.
So overall, I have no complaints about cleaning with the Liectroux YW810, the automation is flawless, that is, the main thing works. While the machine is washing the window, I can for example write an article, as it is now, it is during these last sentences that the Liectroux YW810 arrives at the last part of my last window.
So the article is finished, the windows have also been cleaned in the meantime, joy in the cube!
Okay, the price at the end of the article. You can buy the robot from an EU warehouse, the price is 027X875K4KZQ with a coupon code it will be 106 dollars, which in forints, depending on the exchange rate, is around 38 forints. Purchase by clicking on the link below:
Liectroux YW810 window cleaning robot
