what's happening everyone my name is alex and welcome back in today's video we're checking out
the latest robot vacuum from ilife called the a11 this is a robot that can vacuum and can also mop
and it also does mopping a bit differently than most other robot vacuums available on the market
inside it we have a 5200 milliamp hour battery that will keep the vacuum going for up to three
hours depending how you use it of course because if you're gonna be using it at the maximum suction
power like myself you're not gonna be getting that three hours of vacuuming time but if you do lower
the suction power a bit you can get up to three hours of vacuuming time talking about suction
power this one has plenty of suction more suction power than most other robot vacuums available on
the market so it only has to go over one area once and it will pick up everything from the
floor so a really powerful vacuum and one of my favorite features for this vacuum and really most
robot vacuums out there is the lighter navigation system so this one will map out your entire house
of course there is an app that you can control it from it will map out the entire house it knows
exactly where it is it knows where it has to go it's not gonna go over the same area twice unless
you want it to go over the same area twice so very helpful having a lighter navigation system
all right then next we are going to start um by doing a bit of an unboxing just so you can
get an idea of what comes in the box with it all right so the vacuum comes in a pretty big box and
inside the box you're going to find everything you need so you can start vacuuming and mopping
right away plus you get a few extras you're gonna find a replacement air filter you're
gonna find a replacement side brush there is even a replacement main brush and the
replacement main brush is made out of rubber so this one may work better than the one that comes
installed on the vacuum depending on your setup at home if you have carpets or hard floors and there
is also a replacement mop pad aside from that you're gonna find the twin one water tank and
dust bin so if you plan on having this vacuum mop as well you're gonna use that twin one
water tank and dust and of course you're gonna have to fill that one with water but if you only
plan on using the vacuum for vacuuming you're gonna leave the original dustbin so the one that
comes pre-installed in the device the clear one that's the bigger dustbin and that's the one that
you would use if you plan on using the vacuum just for vacuuming aside from that you're gonna find
that the mop pad attachment that basically goes at the bottom of the vacuum and then we have the
charging dock so this is where the vacuum will sit most of the time the vacuum also knows how
to go back to its um charging dock if it's long power for example or um if it's done a cleaning
cycle whenever it's done a cleaning cycle it will just go back and start recharging and of course
you're gonna find the power adapter that has a pretty long cable but you can hide that cable in
the charging dock the vacuum itself is mostly made out of plastic and it has the same round
shape that we've been seeing with a lot of robot vacuums lately at the top here we have a couple
of buttons so if you don't use the app for example you can just press the power button and the vacuum
will go on a cleaning cycle then we have the lid that lets you access the dust bin you can take out
the dustbin so you can clean it or you can replace the dust bin with that twin one water tank and
dustbin that i mentioned earlier and of course we have the lighter navigation system at the top here
on the front we have the bumper the bumper has some sensors inside of course if it bumps into
something it will sense that and the bumper also has this rubber strip around it so if it does bump
into some furniture for example it will not damage the furniture because we have that rubber strip
there and on the back of the vacuum we have the charging contacts turning the vacuum around there
we have some sensors so the vacuum is not going to fall down the stairs it will sense some stairs
and it will not fall down the stairs we have the side brush that pushes the dirt towards the main
brush and the main suction hole the main brush can also be removed and clean that will catch a
lot of hair on it depending on your environment at home of course but in my case it does catch a lot
of her and i have to clean that um once a week or something like that and um the driving wheels and
that's about it uh underneath and as i said you can attach that mopping module underneath there
as well like most robot vacuums these days this one will connect to your home's wi-fi network and
you can control it from an app that's available for android or ios so you can find that in the
play store depending on the device that you have i've personally used the app on my iphone
from the app you can basically change any settings for the vacuums you can set the suction power so
you can select different suction powers you can select different modes so let's say that you just
want the vacuum to clean a certain part of a room you can select like spot cleaning in that
particular room you can see the map so the vacuum will map out your entire house it has to go around
the house the first time when you set it up but then it will map out your house you can change
the names of those rooms so then you can have the office here the bedroom there so you know exactly
to what room you may want to send the vacuum so let's say that you spill something in the
bedroom or in the kitchen or something like that you can just open the app and send the
vacuum from the app to that particular room so it doesn't have to clean the entire house
it just cleans whatever you need cleaned from the app of course you can also set do not goes on so
for example you can make do not go zones whenever the vacuum is mopping because you definitely don't
want it mopping your carpets so you can set do not go zones you can also set schedules for it
so let's say that you start to work at 9am you can have the vacuum start vacuuming at 9 30 a.m
so you're not home whenever it's vacuuming so you have access to all the controls
for the vacuum so that's how you kind of interact to the vacuum through the app you can also control
how wet the floor will be whenever this goes mopping and basically when this goes mopping it
will go and drag a wet cloth around your floor now compared to not having any type of mopping
of course that's going to be great but there are other devices out there that are more professional
for mopping unfortunately the price of those is three times more expensive than this one so for
what this season the mopping that you're gonna get from it is the best that um you can possibly
get but if you want something that has much better mopping well unfortunately are gonna have to spend
three times the money i feel that this vacuum is mostly intended for vacuuming and for vacuuming
it does really well over carpets or hard floors mostly because it has so much suction power so it
can easily suck up everything from the floor it has no problem going over carpets you know some
carpets are a bit thicker so some vacuum struggle going over them no issues with that and this one
is also low enough that it can go under my couch now this may not be the case with all couches
but in my case it can easily go under the couch and under the bed personally i use this as the
maximum suction power at all times because i just wanted to go over one area and pick up everything
from the floor but there is also a quiet mode in there so if you are working from home for example
and you don't want that much noise around you can have it on the quiet mode but again on the quiet
mode it doesn't have as much suction power so it depends on your setup it depends if your home
and so on so far i haven't had any issues with it it goes over one area and it cleans up everything
from the floor the carpet or whatever so really really good at vacuuming like most robot vacuums
out there it is recommended that you clean up the floor a bit before having this go vacuuming for
example if you have cables on the floor if you have your phone cable on the floor the charger
for your cable you're probably better off to remove that because otherwise the vacuum will go
over it and it will um get caught in that brush at the bottom the same kind of goes for toys so
it is always best i recommended to clean up the the floor a bit before having the vacuum vacuum
so there you have it this is the ilife a11 a really good vacuum for vacuuming mostly i'm gonna
say mostly because it has a lot of suction power the lighter navigation system definitely helps
so the vacuum doesn't get lost doesn't go over the same area twice so it's fast and efficient
i'm gonna say for mopping well that's the best mopping that you're gonna be able to get from a
vacuum like this but as i said earlier if you're looking for more advanced mopping
you're gonna have to spend at least three times the money that you've spent on this one alright
guys hopefully this video was useful thanks for watching and i'll see you in the next one