hi I'm Chris and this particular Robot vacuum brand here shellbot is new to me and their model
here which is the sl60 so this is a two-in-one robot vacuum it's got vacuuming and then the
mopping part to it as well and it can do both at the same time however it is a more advanced
Robot vacuum because it does have the lidar the laser mapping on the top of it to give us accurate
maps and very fast and efficient cleaning but also a camera and sensors at the front of it to
detect common household objects for example shoes socks USB cables it can detect them and go around
them so it's using AI obstacle avoidance now the suction performance of this model here the sl60
is up to 4000 PA it does have a run time up to 200 minutes that of course is using the lowest setting
with the lower suction performance and the battery capacity is 5 200 milliamp hours so this is what
we get in the box you'll find our mop here with a microfiber cloth that you can easily take off
to wash we get a spare microfiber cloth we do have a remote now most models don't have the remote but
you can use this instead of having to log into the app to control it you can also use it to manually
control it we do get two side sweeper brushes the vacuum itself the sl60 only uses one but
we do have a spare which is good our instruction manual and then our power supply and the charger
so it does come with two dust bins this one is in the vacuum when you do get it so this is
the combination ones we've got our Dustbin and then a 260 milliliter water tank so that's for
the mopping the two in one mode so if you don't plan to mop the floors this is the dust bin to
use because it has a much larger capacity this one's 500 milliliters now you can easily get to
that washable filter that you'll find right here so it's just a single stage filter there is no
plastic mesh that is in front of it that we do see with some other models and it's very easy to pull
it in and out and then to empty the dust bin that is quite easy to as well so you just simply need
to pull on this little Tab and then that opens right up and you're able to then shake out the
contents of this dust bin now the little remote that is included is quite handy to have now as I
mentioned that most brands don't have this but it's quite easy then to manually control it so
we do have our scheduled controls here we've got our directional controls start and stop you can
adjust the suction performance to go home and then adjust the mop witness so there's three different
levels for that now just very quickly demonstrate it and I can move forward for example on this or
left and right and control the vacuum so you'll hear it work so there it is in the background
so I can easily turn this around get it to go forwards or backwards or to start the clean so
that's why it is actually quite handy and I wish more Brands would include these little remotes
we have our two wheels here so they are suspended and the main brush here is also a floating main
brush which is what you want in these type of vacuums always look for that because it will
adjust to the different levels and floors and in carpets so maintenance wise very easy to pull out
that main brush and to clean it which you will have to do of course and eventually you need to
replace these brushes because they are consumable they do wear out just like the side brush too
which is very easy to remove charging contact points here 360 degree wheel that you can remove
now this vacuum can handle climbs of up to two centimeters with the different levels and say a
different carpet now the run time of this is up to 200 minutes that's on the lowest suction setting
of course with that like other vacuums it does have all these sensors on the underside to make
sure it's not going to fall down a stairwell for example and attaching the mop it is very simple so
you just need to line it up with this slot right here and you will then hear it click into place
the sl60 does use lidar navigation so this is laser distance mapping so we'll map out
everything efficiently and very quickly and then up the front here we do have a set of more sensors
and some cameras so using this it does have ai obstacle avoidance to go around and avoid
common household objects like shoes and socks and I will be testing that out later on in this video
the sl60 does not have a lid that you lift up on the top like other brands to remove the dust bin
or the two in one Dustbin and water tank it's just simply here there's a little tab here in
blue you pull on that and then the whole Dustbin and water tank compartment slots out like so
on the right hand side that is where you will find these side sweeper so that gets
right into the edges and sweeps things into the main brush and there is rubber around the
outside here for a sensor so when it does bump into anything it will detect that and then end
up going back and around things on the top there's the power button and then our home
button if you need to do more with the vacuum for controls use the remote or the application
the application for the sl60 is called shellbot so once you log into it you do need to add the robot
vacuum you'll see it then once it is added you need to register create an account and pair it
up with your Wi-Fi 2.4 gigahertz band in order to then get it all set up it does not run after
five gigahertz band which is Wi-Fi AC not at all so you need to just get that all done once
you've done it you can then log in and you've done the first map it will then automatically
label all your rooms here so you've got controls down here to start cleaning the type of cleaning
you want to do selecting rooms zoning the last clean the last cleaning time battery life at
the top here and pressing this you can find out where the robot vacuum is it's actually handy
if you happen to lose it it gets stuck somewhere it might be under one of the Beards but you don't
know where they simply press that and you'll hear in the background hopefully I'm here
he just told me I'm here so you can locate where it is they've got different maps that you can save
up to three different levels here and then you can go along and edit maps for example you can edit
zones areas or set up a no-go Zone you can put the virtual wall in for example I don't want it going
into bedroom number two or I don't want to go into a certain area then you can adjust and set that up
and save it which is quite good you can of course just do the room cleans so if you don't want room
two to be cleaned you can go and select all the other rooms and you can select the audio you
want to do that so it's pretty straightforward there and quite clear on how to use it other
settings which I won't go into because they're all straightforward you've got cleanup records
you've got schedules that you can set up do not disturb the mop mode you can set the different mop
water levels the vacuuming mode carpet mode Auto detect 2 as well does have that voice settings
and you do have firmware updates which I am on the latest firmware at the time of this review
as I mentioned at the start it does have the laser mapping lidar the cameras and 3D light
structures that how it forms and detects things so the mapping on it is excellent it's very quick you
can actually put it into a map mode it'll go into the rooms and will automatically go and label all
of those rooms like I showed you when we looked at the application so that process is quick then it
proceeds to go around all the outer edges pretty much like any other lidar Robot vacuum and it's
quick in doing so and then it zigzags back and forth cleaning the floor so it's very efficient
in doing so and it doesn't leave any gaps so I found with the hard floors especially that very
good the clean not a problem really great with that now carpets I've got a mat that's about
one and a half centimeters tall now this can clean up to two centimeters and I was happy to
see that the sl60 did not have a problem getting up this mat other more expensive robot vacuums
that I've tested out for example like d-bots X1 turbo had a few issues with this mat going around
in circles on top of it it didn't happen at all with this now my carpet test was to lay down some
excessive dirt so that's cat fur here dust dirt Corn Flakes all on top they're not a normal kind
of dirtiness that you'll find in a house now it did quite a good job so the first pass going over
everything didn't get it all a second pass did a much better job but in between the imperfections
in this map well the different levels of the map and why I actually like to use it as a test map
for these robot vacuums it did leave a little bit there now that is very common most of the robot
vacuums will leave a tiny bit of dirt in between those different layers it's very difficult for
them to get right in there you basically have to use a normal vacuum and the end of the hose
to clean that really good so no surprises there that it actually did a good job so it does well
on carpets and mats hard floors the mopping with it then so dragging around a microfiber
cloth it's not advanced in that area so it's not an oscillating mop that we see on others and not
one that has the circular orbital scrubbing mops no it's applying a bit of pressure yes pulling
along that cloth and it actually does a bit better than you would think because the way it's textured
the cloth there so my test again was not real kind of World stuff here very dirty floor I
put down some dirt smeared it in let it dry there are some very stubborn stains that were actually
spilled coffee and a little bit of milk with it too that had been there for a day I intentionally
left it didn't get that but the first pass did a very good job of cleaning all of that dirt second
pass looks pretty good there's little tiny black dots you can see are actually little chips and
the tile so the wiping performance it's good it's going to maintain the floors looking a lot better
before you go around and do your say weekly or fortnightly manual mop now obstacle avoidance
it's got the advanced system in there and this is where it did surprise me again performing better
then a vacuum that costs twice the price of the sl60 and that is again the d-bot X1 turbo the
obstacle avoidance on this was pretty good so it went around the shoe the sock it would sometimes
touch it and the power supply with the attached USB cable not really that much of an issue and it
did a good job to detect those items it surpassed that of more expensive models so quite surprised
there with the performance so overall I think for what it is selling for you are gaining some of
the features that yes models that cost twice the price have apart from when it comes to the mopping
so the mopping I wouldn't say is its greatest strength but it's okay very good at hard floors
very efficient and it's clean and very good with its obstacle avoidance but it can't be all perfect
right there are a couple of things so one of them is that the Dustbin the combo one here that I have
so that's the water tank with 260 milliliters and then you get a reduced capacity of course
with having both in one here it doesn't have a little flap on the side here where the Dustbin
is where it sucks everything in and then stores it whereas the larger one if you're
just going to be doing normal cleans and not mopping definitely want to use this one it has
a little plastic flap that when you pull it out you pick it up it doesn't have all the dirt spill
out everywhere but this it can happen if you're not careful with the Dustbin because there's no
plastic flap it's a very minor con from me and people will probably say hey you're nitpicking
you just have to be careful when you pull it out to keep it level because if you accidentally just
angle it down a little bit the dirt comes out and that's what I accidentally did and so that's
just one area of complaint the other is at its 4000 PA it's a little loud it's definitely not
the quietest so that's when you can get it to detect when it goes on top of mats and carpets
increase the suction performance here is a sample of it in action at the full 4000 PA
and that is it so it's just two little things there the noise that's kind of normal other
robot vacuums are just the same when they're at 4 000 or some of them with 5000 PA so overall does
a very good job and what has surprised me as I've mentioned is the fact that it's obstacle avoidance
is better than the more expensive model so thanks a lot for watching my review of shellbots sl60