Conga 4090 vs Xiaomi Vacuum 2, which is better?

Today we are going to face 2 robots that have a multitude of followers: on the one hand, the Xiaomi Vacuum 2 (or Roborock S5), a best-seller that has been one of the market dominators in the last two years; and on the other hand, the Conga 4090, a recently presented robot, which incorporates some interesting new features.

To what extent are the innovations presented by the Conga? Is it worth buying a new generation robot? We tell you in this review.

And if you want to see it another way, we invite you to do so in the video we have made.

Navigation system

One of the most relevant aspects when deciding to purchase a robot vacuum cleaner is the navigation system.. Basic robots have random navigation, which leads them to be inefficient and go through the same place many times (and leave some areas uncleaned), while the most advanced ones incorporate navigation systems that allow them to map the home.

In the case of the robots that concern us today, both have the most advanced navigation system, based on laser. The laser is used in various sectors, such as engineering, aeronautics or medicine, precisely because of the great precision it allows.

Robots with laser navigation create precise maps of the home, thus managing to cover 100% of the surface and not leaving any corner uncleaned.

In the case of the Conga 4090 includes, in addition to the laser, an optical sensor, which provides greater precision in its movements, and allows it to be even more tidy and adjust more when cleaning corners and corners., or around furniture legs.

If you want to see how the optical sensor provides extremely high precision, go to minute 01:10 in the video, or click here.

In the tests carried out, Both robots show fluid and orderly movement. The speed with which they clean is also notable., since they manage to clean approximately one square meter per minute on surfaces that include several rooms (in tests carried out when cleaning a room, they are even faster).

The efficiency of both robots is very similar in this regard. Although the Conga 4090 includes the optical sensor, this provides greater precision and refines very well in cleaning around the legs of furniture, but the speed of cleaning is very similar to that of the Roborock S5, we do not see significant differences.

Power

Suction power is another important section when choosing one robot or another. In this case, we are talking about two high-end robots, with high suction power.. The Xiaomi Vacuum 2 has 2.000 Pascals, while the Conga 4090 raises the figure by 35%, to 2.700 Pascals.

It should be noted that they have very high suction powers, capable of doing excellent work on all types of surfaces. Besides, Both robots have automatic turbo on carpets, so that they automatically increase the power when they detect that they are on one.

In practice, the work done by both the Roborock S5 and the Conga 4090 is very good. Both pick up a lot of dirt, both on hard floors and carpets. Perhaps in this section the greatest power of the Conga, achieving a better result overall, picking up a little more dirt, but, in any case, both robots do it very well.

Autonomy

These two robots have a large 5.200 mAh lithium battery, which provides them with great autonomy. However, the Spanish robot manages it much more efficiently, so that, While the Xiaomi reaches 2,5 hours of autonomy, the Conga reaches up to 4 hours, positioning itself as the leader of the category.

Brushes

Many of the robots on the market include a multifunction brush, which combines bristles and silicone to provide good performance on both hard floors and carpets.

Some, as in the case of the Roomba, have a rubber brush that effectively traps dirt and largely prevents tangles.

In the case of the Xiaomi Vacuum 2, opt for the first option, the multifunction brush. However, the approach of the Conga 4090 is different, and much more complete.

Why settle for a “do-it-all” brush? The Conga 4090 includes 3 brushes:

The brush multifunction.

A BestFriend Care rubber brush, ideal for homes with pets, as it minimizes tangles.

And the innovative Jalisco microfiber brush, which achieves up to 3 times greater effectiveness in cleaning hard floors.

Thus, la Conga 4090 not only provides a global solution, but also offers you specific brushes, which also do a great job together, but do it especially well in certain circumstances..

If you want to know more about the brushes, you can go to the minute 02:22 of the video.

The BestFriend Care brush has been added to some members of the range Conga with excellent results.

Thanks to its design, it not only greatly prevents tangles; In addition, hairs that may get wrapped around the brush attachment shaft can be easily removed, unlike what happens in other robots. since it can be removed easily, without tools, as we show you in this photo.

For its part, the Jalisco brush is an important innovation that Cecotec has included in its powerful broom vacuum cleaners. Conga RockStar, and which has also included in this Conga 4090.

Thank you to your 10 million microfibers (compared to 10.000 that a conventional multifunction brush has), the Jalisco brush is capable of trapping dirt with much greater efficiency, converting all the power of the engine into a flow that sucks everything in sight and taking it inside the tank, even if they are very small particles or fine sand.

cleaning results

As for the results obtained in cleaning the home, in both cases they are very satisfactory.

We are talking about two robots with a navigation system that allows them to reach 100% of the surface to be covered, which have high suction power and automatic turbo when they detect that they are on a carpet., so they achieve a very high degree of cleaning compared to other alternatives on the market.

However, it should be noted that, even though they are two very powerful robots, la Conga 4090 is clearly superior, as it reaches 2.700 Pascals of suction power, 35% more than the very notable 2.000 that the Roborock has.. This allows the 4090 to obtain a better result, all other things being equal.

If, in addition, we add what was explained in the previous section, in reference to the different brushes that the Conga, The Spanish robot is clearly superior as a whole, obtaining better results on all types of surfaces and circumstances.

Management and configuration

In both cases, the robot maps the rooms and is manageable through a mobile application, which provides greater comfort and versatility., since we can start the robot whenever we want and from wherever we are, at any time.

In the case of the Conga 4090, is compatible with 2,4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks, to ensure better and easier connectivity, while the Roborock robot is only compatible with 2,4 GHz networks.

Furthermore, it should also be noted that la Conga 4090 also includes a remote control, in case we want to manage it directly without having to depend on a mobile phone.

In the case of the app, the Cecotec brand provides some advantages over Xiaomi, so that the 4090 is positioned as a robot a little above that of the Chinese brand.

Both robots allow you to interact with the map, and mark, for example, the areas that we want to clean, but the Spanish robot is much more configurable in the cleaning.

To begin with, interprets the map better, so that it is able to know which rooms are in the house, which allows it to include one of the features most in demand currently by buyers of high-end robots, room cleaning.

In the case of the Conga 4090, you can define cleaning plans, in which you establish which room or rooms you want to include, and if applicable, what restricted areas you want to leave out.

From there, we can tell the robot to clean those rooms and define various parameters for that cleaning, such as the power level, the cleaning mode or the water flow when scrubbing.

You can see in the video how easy it is to create a cleaning plan, from minute 05:12:

In addition, la Conga 4090 can save up to 5 maps, while the Roborock can only store 1.

Scrub

The scrubbing section is another of the important differences between these two robots.

Although both include scrubbing functionality, In the case of the Xiaomi, the robot simply passes the damp mop as it goes, and the water falls by decanting, that is, by the effect of gravity, so that you cannot regulate how much falls, or when it does so.

For its part, la Conga 40 90 incorporates the Scrubbing system, the most advanced scrubbing technology of the moment.

Thanks to Scrubbing technology, la Conga It makes a back-and-forth movement, back and forth, while pressing the mop against the floor, similar to what people do when we mop.. In this way, the result is much better.

In addition, la Conga 4090 incorporates electronic water flow dosing, so that we can make the robot not release water even if it has it in its tank, or establish different levels, depending on the needs we have: low level, for mopping wooden floors or for light cleaning; medium level, for day to day; and high level, for when a deeper cleaning is required.

Conclusions

In summary, we are looking at two excellent robots, but with some advantages on the part of the most modern one:

The Xiaomi Vacuum 2 is a robot that has had great success in the last two years, thanks to its good performance and the high performance it offers.

For its part, la Conga 4090 is a new generation, more modern robot. In addition to very high performance, superior to that of the Xiaomi, it provides various elements that distinguish it from this robot and from other competitors., as they are:

Comparison chart

Below, we show you a summary table of the characteristics of these two super robots: