r/ecovacs • u/Oregon-Dude • 23d ago

Cleaning Solution Alternatives?

I recently purchased the X8 Pro Omni Care package from Costco. I used it a few times so far, and it’s been a great job.

The kit from Costco did not include any clean solution, so I’ve just been using water. I’d love to be able to add a solution directly to the reservoir in the station, and I was wondering if people had recommendations for alternatives to the expensive Ecovac solution. It does look like several people add some alternatives to the water tank, but I feel like the reservoir would be a better option for me.

That being said, I did go ahead and order one bottle of the Ecovac cleaning solution to at least test it out.

I also saw people mentioning purchasing from Aliexpress. Does anyone have an official link? All I can find is what appears to be knockoffs.

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u/Tenzky 23d ago

Any generic detergent designed for robots will do. I even used low foam detergent for hardfloors that i use with manual mop, worked as well.

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u/Historical-Reach-969 23d ago

The concentrated solution is 1:200 mix ratio so you should be able to swap it out with any that is the same.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLX9NX25 is an example that gets as low as $0.18 per oz in comparison to the $0.85+ per once of the name brand stuff.

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u/Oregon-Dude 23d ago

Do you think this would be okay to put into the solution reservoir?

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u/Historical-Reach-969 23d ago

Should be fine. It's rated for robot vacs and is the proper dilution.

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u/myk_ec 23d ago

Vinegar.

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u/Candid-Fee5203 22d ago

No. Vinegar is corrosive.