"If the sweeping robot has a position, the stone G20 is definitely king."
I knew earlier that this year's stone will have a flagship sweeping robot upgraded from the inside out, the North American model S8 Pro Ultra, the domestic model is unknown at that time, and it is positioned as this year's flagship product.
Yes, it is not the G10S Pure released some time ago, G10S Pure is a cost-effective and functional all-round sweeping robot, but for the sweeping robot industry boss such as the stone is definitely not their own flagship product, the real flagship is often the technical crystallization of the brand show muscles, both to have the top configuration of the stack, but also to a new understanding and design, so that the use experience is more outstanding, the use down, the stone G20 to my most intuitive feeling is "unprecedentedly smart and clean." ”。
In this article, I will show the stone G20 as much as possible from many aspects such as product unboxing, design features, navigation and obstacle avoidance, cleaning test, etc., many friends have been looking forward to the annual flagship sweeping robot of the stone for a long time, I hope this article can help you get the product information you want to know before buying.
Part 1: Robot host (robot host design, lifting inner roll double roller brush, lifting double vibration mop, sweeping and dragging do not interfere with each other, navigation and obstacle avoidance)
Part 2: Base Station (Mop cleaning, cleaning base station, hot air system, dust collection, robot water replenishment, automatic cleaning liquid addition)
Part 3: New Systems (Full Scene Perception, Customization, AI Assistant)
Part 4: Smart Water Supply and Drainage Edition (Unboxing, Installation)
Double Lift Double Roll Robot
The appearance of the stone G20 robot host is still the classic design of the stone sweeping robot, the white overall is embellished with silver decoration, from the top to distinguish the stone several sweeping robots mainly look at the area where the silver decoration is located, and the silver decoration of the G20 is outside the LDS radar cover.
The iconic auxiliary wheel in front of the stone sweeping robot has been retained, the function of the auxiliary wheel is to ensure that the robot enters and exits the base station more smoothly, and the three slightly raised three arcs above the dust box cover are also the exclusive details of the G20 as a flagship model.
The robot body water tank of the stone G20 has been changed from the previous removable external to built-in, and the appearance of the robot is better integrated, and a black translucent area is added to the original water tank position, and the built-in pile return sensor.
The Stone G20 adopts a new AI 3D structured light obstacle avoidance module, which is also slightly different from other models in appearance.
The top of the robot may be a small change in details, but when the bottom of the robot is turned over, you can see the newly designed sweeping and mopping module of the stone G20 at a glance.
△Lifting inner roll double roller brush
For any good sweeping robot, the ultimate goal is to be able to thoroughly clean the floor or even the dust hidden in the gaps in the floor or in the carpet.
The factors affecting the sweeping ability of the sweeping robot mainly include: roller structure, roller material, and suction power. The Stone G20 uses a luxurious configuration that has never been used in the history of stone sweeping robots: lifting inner roll double rubber brush with 6000Pa super suction power.
The all-rubber roller brush material itself has the advantage of not being easily entangled in long hair or animal hair, and even after winding, it is easier to clean.
The inward inhalation of the two full-rubber rollers on the stone G20 keeps the garbage straight and inward, which further reduces the probability of long hair or animal hair wrapped around the roller.
In order to ensure that the all-rubber roller brush can be close to the ground and the dust adsorbed on the ground is more thoroughly cleaned, the omnidirectional floating roller module used on the stone sweeping robot in the past has been retained on the G20.
Dusty garbage common on the floor, or dry waste with large particles, can be cleaned smoothly, even without the use of power mode.
With Power Mode on, the powerful suction and the double roller brush against the floor are also effective for cleaning dust between tile seams or dust hidden in carpets.
In addition to the new inner roll double roller brush and the classic omnidirectional floating design, this is also the first lifting main brush module in the history of stone sweeping and mopping robots, which further improves the cleaning ability and experience of sweeping robots.
△Lifting double vibration mop
Stone sweeping and mopping robot is a sweeping robot industry relatively early equipped with lifting vibration mop module, the lifting of mop in the mopping link has two main functions: 1. to avoid the clean area by dirty mop secondary pollution; 2. The robot can go up to the carpet area to complete vacuum cleaning.
Stone G20 still uses the mature technology of lifting vibration flat mop configuration, mop vibration up to 3000 times / min, the faster the vibration, the more times the floor is wiped when passing through the unit area, the stronger the ability to remove stubborn stains.
The lifting vibration mop module has been completely upgraded, in addition to retaining the lifting and vibration functions, it has increased from one vibration area to two vibration areas, and the increase in the area of the vibration area also means that the cleaning power of the mop is improved.
Mop material is a very affecting cleaning power but easy to be overlooked factors, stone sweeping mop robot uses silver ion antibacterial material mop, with 99.99% antibacterial rate, in terms of water absorption and wiping ability is also better than the so-called flat mop; The G20's mop is also designed to match the new vibration zone.
The mopping system composed of double high-frequency vibration, highly absorbent, antibacterial mop and constant humidity water tank of the robot body can easily wipe the dirt on the floor.
For areas with large dirty areas and stubborn stains, such as kitchens, fine mopping can be set up in the APP, and the G20 mops the floor in a Z-shaped manner, and it is effortless to clean stubborn stains such as dry soy sauce and coffee stains on the ground.
The stone G20 robot host is equipped with a total of 6 cliff sensors and an ultrasonic carpet sensor in the front 4 rear 2, with three different cleaning schemes: 1. Adaptive: suitable for short-haired carpets, mopping modules lift and stop the water to vacuum carpets; 2. Avoidance: suitable for long-haired carpets, the robot automatically avoids sweeping; 3. Disregard: suitable for mats that are not afraid of moisture such as foot mats and crawling mats to vacuum and mop the floor.
When the stone sweeping robot performs floor cleaning, the ultrasonic carpet sensor detects the short-wool wool carpet in the home, and the lifting and mopping module automatically rises and stops the water to avoid carpet pollution caused by wetness.
When the robot leaves the carpet area and returns to the floor area, the ultrasonic carpet sensor receives new feedback, the mop holder is lowered, and floor cleaning resumes.
RRmason 10.0 for the use of the Stone G20 has a new carpet mode, that is, the fourth scheme deep cleaning carpet mode: first lift the mop to clean the carpet area, after the other areas of the whole house are cleaned, clean the carpet area again, and finally complete the cleaning of the whole house.
△ Sweeping and dragging do not interfere with each other
Most previous sweeping robots only have a lifting mop module or a lifting roller brush module, which cannot avoid interference between the sweeping module and the mopping module during the cleaning process.
The roller brush and the mop on the sweeping robot often become a minus to each other, and often can only achieve "1+1<2", such as the sweeping robot has not finished cleaning, there is more dust on the ground, and the mop will be "live mud"; Or the ground that has just been dragged by the sweeping robot is stained by the dirty roller brush that clings to the credit; The roller brush and mop of the Stone G20 can be lifted, and the combination of three different cleaning modes (sweeping and mopping, sweeping, mopping) can avoid cross-contamination between the sweeping modules and reduce the reverse influence between the two.
In the "sweeping and mopping" mode, the side brush, roller brush and mop are carried out at the same time, which is also the most efficient and shortest mode for daily cleaning.
In the link of the "mopping only" mode, the roller brush in the middle rises, on the one hand, to avoid the roller brush staining the ground, on the other hand, to avoid the machine inhaling moisture to affect the cleaning of the robot dust box and air duct, and the fan stops, which will greatly reduce the working noise of the robot and achieve quiet mopping.
In the "sweeping only" mode, the mop is raised to stop working, and the side brush and roller work together, which can effectively avoid mop and mud when there is a lot of dust.
In addition to these, when the stone G20 needs to be backwashed through the cleaned ground, the mop and roller brush will be automatically lifted to avoid contamination of the cleaned ground area and the base station floor by dirty mops and rollers to the greatest extent.
△Navigation and obstacle avoidance
As a fully automatic floor cleaning product, sweeping and mopping capabilities are meaningful only if they can avoid all obstacles to reach the place that needs to be cleaned to remove dirt.
Today, the obstacle avoidance ability of the sweeping robot has been very powerful, and the two major factors (hardware configuration and system algorithm) affecting the navigation and obstacle avoidance ability of the sweeping robot are still developing, Stone G20 as the flagship product of Stone, equipped with Stone's own top navigation and obstacle avoidance hardware, equipped with the latest RRmason 10.0 system.
△AI 3D structured light obstacle avoidance module
The AI 3D structured light obstacle avoidance module in front of the stone G20 sweeping robot can measure the distance more accurately, from the obstacle avoidance test performance, for common items in the home, G20 can carry out excellent obstacle avoidance, for different types of items obstacle avoidance is slightly different, the most obvious is that the distance between the robot and the chair leg is obviously closer than the distance from the line group.
Turn on infrared fill light in a dark light environment, the stone G20 can still maintain the same obstacle avoidance ability as during the day, whether it is at night or under the bed, cabinet and other dark environments, the robot can complete the cleaning work without pressure.
True all-round base station
Half of my friends around me buy sweeping robots on the one hand to see the brand and word of mouth, on the other hand, to look at the appearance of the sweeping robot, because most users who do not use the water module will put the base station of the sweeping robot in the living room space, whether the robot base station design is beautiful, and the home decoration style is not very important.
The exterior of the base station of the Stone G20 has been completely redesigned, and the water tank and dust box have been changed from the previous fully exposed design to a semi-exposed design.
The water tank and dust box cover are still exposed, but the color changes to white of the same color as the base station shell, which not only ensures quick and easy access, but also improves the uniformity of appearance.
Not only the appearance changes, but also the functions of the base station have been upgraded in all aspects:
△Automatic mop cleaning
The cleaning process of the stone flat mop is similar to the cleaning and scraping dry of the flat mop commonly used in the home.
When the robot returns to the base station for mop cleaning, the self-cleaning device first sprays water on the flat mop, and the scraper scrapes off the dirty water and dirt on the flat mop.
While cleaning the mop, the excessive water on the mop with super water absorption is also scraped off, and there will be no situation where the robot has just cleaned the mop and the mop is too wet, and the solid wood floor family can use it with confidence.
△Automatic cleaning of base station
The cleaning compartment details of the stone G20 base station have been improved, and the bottom of the sink, drainage and post-maintenance have been optimized.
The double scraper scraper can not only scrape the mop, but also scrape the dirty water and dirt at the bottom of the base station cleaning bin.
By adding an S bend on the side of the sink filter, the natural height difference (the lowest position of the sewage outlet) can effectively reduce the water accumulation on the right side and avoid the odor problem caused by the stagnant water.
This can be seen in the obvious change in the shape of the bottom of the filter that fits the bottom of the sink.
The lower layer of the sink filter screen of Stone G20 adopts a finer design, which can filter finer sediment, and the upper and lower layers of the filter screen can be disassembled, making regular maintenance and cleaning more convenient and thorough.
△Hot air system drying mop and base station
The base station of Stone G20 has a built-in hot air drying system, which can not only dry the mop, but also dry the cleaning chamber of the base station, and keep the cleaning compartment dry through the hot air circulation, reducing odor and bacterial growth.
Another obvious difference between the stone series sweeping robot and other robots is that after completing the cleaning, the robot turns around and re-enters the base station to charge, at this time the mop is lifted and outside the base station, the air flow accelerates drying, and also avoids the breeding of bacteria in the base station.
△Automatic dust collection
Central dust collection is undoubtedly a great boon for pet families and all "clean star lovers", 2.5L dust bag claims to achieve 60 days without care, only need to take out garbage 6 times a year.
Although the frequency of replacing dust bags in my family will increase due to the amount of hair shedding of hairy children, the experience is definitely better than that of sweeping robots without central dust collection, at least no longer have to endure secondary dust pollution when cleaning dust boxes.
After turning on automatic dust collection, when the stone G20 completed all the ground cleaning work, the dust collection function of the base station began to work, I used the "smart" mode of the four dust collection modes, and the garbage in the dust box was almost all sucked away after dust collection, and the dust box was very clean.
If you use a sweeping robot for the first time to open up land or have a pet at home, you can use the "super strong" dust collection mode, which has a greater dust collection suction power.
The dust bag also has a design that automatically seals during extraction, so that garbage will not be scattered during replacement, and hands will not be soiled throughout the process, avoiding contact between bacteria in the dust and the user.
The garbage collection port in front of the base station is directly under the robot roller, and the structure can be removed for washing, which is more convenient for maintenance and cleaning than the fixed structure of the previous model.
△Robot automatic water replenishment
When introducing the robot, it was said that the stone G20 retains the robot body water tank, and the base station will replenish the robot body water tank each time the robot is backwashed.
△Automatic cleaning liquid addition
In the past, the all-round sweeping robot was either a plug-in cleaning liquid, or it could only be automatically added after installing the water supply and sewage module, and the users of the water tank version could only add it themselves each time.
The stone G20 base station is equipped with a new supplementary cleaning liquid addition system, which extracts the drawer-type cleaning liquid box located at the diagonal bottom of the base station, and adds the cleaning solution to achieve full-link antibacterial inhibition, and the cleaning liquid will reach the mop, sink, ground and waste water tank with clean water.
Intelligent control of the dilution ratio of cleaning liquid in different modes, not only to ensure the quality of cleaning and sterilization, but also not to cause waste, when the cleaning solution is exhausted or the cleaning liquid box is not installed in place, it will be prompted in the base information in the APP.
New· RRmason 10.0 system
In the past, stone sweeping robots are known for being smart, which is more about its RRmason system, and the stone sweeping robots produced in 2023 are equipped with the new stone RRmason 10.0 system, and the stone G20 is a full version.
△Full scene perception
With the new obstacle avoidance module hardware, the stone RRmason 10.0 system can help the stone G20 recognition, the official claim can identify 42 common obstacles on the ground in the home, and at the same time can be scene recognition, such as easy card areas, cliffs, etc. can be recognized, and quickly make feedback.
For slippers, thin chair legs, glass bottles, flat scales, regiment lines, and even small boxes on the ground at home, it can be well identified, and a reasonable obstacle avoidance scheme can be adopted.
Families with pets at home, the most afraid thing is probably that the robot can not identify pets, and then..., turn on "pet mode", G20 equipped with RRmason 10.0 system can identify pets and pets, more cautious obstacle avoidance actions will slightly cause a decrease in cleaning efficiency and coverage, but the overall impact is not large, it is still recommended that pet families turn on this mode.
When passing some obstacles with height difference, the G20 will automatically raise the mop bracket, thereby improving the robot's passing ability, easily passing the one-centimeter threshold inside and outside the bathroom, and the officially declared 2cm obstacle crossing ability can ensure that it smoothly passes the threshold in most homes.
You can also mark the easy-to-card threshold in the map, G20 will stop sweeping and dragging when passing the easy-card threshold, and the robot's roller brush, side brush, etc. stop working to avoid unnecessary tossing, and the main wheel will pass with full horsepower with higher efficiency.
△Full scene customization
With the growing user group of sweeping robots, different family environments and user habits have more demand for personalized settings of sweeping robots, and in the new system, users can carry out very rich personalization settings in three categories:
(1) Floor cleaning: the cleaning speed of the robot can be set (standard, fast, fine slow drag); Cleaning intensity (whole house/area/room cleaning suction and water volume); Cleaning direction (for new | along the floor grain); Carpet treatment (4 types mentioned above), identification of pets/squirrels to avoid stopping.
(2) Cleaning strategy: Mijia APP (access to Mijia system can be linked with Mijia intelligent hardware); Stone APP shortcuts (preset complex commands one-click operation, or through Siri voice control);
Differential obstacle avoidance: After the stone G20 recognizes the obstacle, it will mark the obstacle type, and at the same time adopt different cleaning strategies, such as more dangerous obstacles such as group lines, and the robot will avoid obstacles farther away; Non-dangerous obstacles such as slippers and table legs will be as close as possible to ensure obstacle avoidance and improve cleaning coverage; The brush intelligently adjusts the speed, cleans and rotates at high speed along the edge, improves work efficiency, slows down when encountering obstacles, and avoids entanglement.
(3) Self-cleaning
Mop backwashing can be set in multiple settings by partition backwash or timed backwashing.
The backwash mode has also increased to 3/4, the water tank version supports three mop cleaning modes: wet cleaning, water-saving washing, and daily washing, and the intelligent water version adds ultra-deep washing.
△ AI assistant small stone
Rich functions often mean high learning costs and difficult to get started, the AI assistant Xiaoshi in the new system will be simplified, through reminders, suggestions to help users understand and use the Stone G20 sweeping robot more quickly and better.
Intelligent water supply and sewage set and installation out of the box
Many friends are entangled in whether to choose to install the water supply and sewage module, choose the water tank version or install the water supply and sewage module to consider their own needs, and at the same time before installation, they must also consider whether the base station is placed at home to install the water supply and sewage conditions.
The Stone G10S Pure and G20, which have been released this year, are available in two versions: the regular tank version and the smart water loading and launching set. Choose the version when you buy, and you need to buy the underwater kit separately to avoid idle water tanks after the upgrade.
I chose the smart water loading and sewage set, the overall packaging box is larger than the G10S Pure water tank version, and it is still kraft paper primary color packaging.
Because the water supply and sewage kit involves the installation master visiting the door to check whether the home environment can be installed, there is a "do not open the box yourself" sticker at the packaging seal, purchased through formal channels, if it cannot be installed, it can be returned without reason.
In order to show my friends more quickly, I have already installed several water and sewage kits by myself last year, and I will directly unpack them here.
For large flat-storey mansions, the mop cleaning interval can also be adjusted shorter after installing the water supply and sewage kit, without worrying about the problem of filling the water tank halfway due to the insufficient amount of water in the tank.
A larger capacity water tank can alleviate the mopping battery life problem to a certain extent, and it also means that it is heavier after filling up with water, which will cause a certain burden for ladies and the elderly, and if the home area is too large, or often use fine mopping mode, the water module is the final choice.
Summary and purchase recommendations
Just like when I used the Stone G10S Pro last year, the Stone G20 once again gave me "you have the look I like!" "The feeling that after installing the water supply and sewage module, it can definitely be regarded as freeing your hands and realizing the freedom of your bare feet for the whole family.
Although the new base station appearance design is not as visually impactful as the previous generation, it can definitely meet the aesthetics of more users; The base station is truly fully functional, the mop base station can be cleaned and dried, and the cleaning solution is automatically added and is no longer limited to the water and sewage version.
The stone G20 robot's in-roll double roller brush, 6000Pa suction power, double area high-frequency vibration mop provide unprecedented cleaning power, and the double lifting system allows the sweeping and mop to not interfere with each other.
With the new obstacle avoidance module and the new RRmason 10.0 system, the Stone G20 can make the right strategy for most scenes and obstacles in the home environment.
The new system can also be set up more abundantly to meet the individual needs of different family environments and personal habits, and the intelligent assistant Xiaoshi simplifies the rich functions and improves the user experience, and new users or the elderly can easily get started.
The only drawback may be that the price of the top-equipped ultra-flagship all-round sweeping robot stone G20 is also top-equipped, if the budget is sufficient, and you want to get a more intelligent and excellent experience in one step, then choose this; And if the budget is smaller, then the release of the Stone G10S Pure is extremely cost-effective.
"How to choose between the water tank version and the smart water loading and sewage set?"
As long as there is a suitable location in the home or it has not been decorated, it is recommended that the smart water supply and sewage set, in addition to not manually adding clean water to pour sewage, there is also one more item in the self-cleaning mode.
If there are many friends who pay attention to the complete installation process, installation location selection, and "extreme installation" size of the stone G20 intelligent water supply and sewage set, I will write a detailed introduction later.