Narwal Freo X Ultra vs TP-Link Tapo RV50 Pro Omni

IEEE 802.11b/g/n on 2412-2472 MHz, per the Narwal user manual

The manual's radio table lists only the 2.4 GHz band

BLE 5.0 on 2402-2480 MHz, per the Narwal user manual

Bluetooth 4.2, used for setup only.

Child Lock is switched on and off from the base station touch panel, which carries its own indicator, per the Narwal user manual

The Narwal Freo app follows the robot on the live map and reports the cleaning progress

Cleaning schedules and per-mode parameters are set in the Narwal Freo app

Narwal lists Amazon Alexa voice control for this model

Narwal lists Google voice control for this model

The station meters detergent from its own reservoir into the mop water, and the app decides whether to add it

Warm air drying at 40 C (104 F) after the last mopping run

Warm air drying at 50°C (122°F).

Lifts the mop pads 12 mm when it detects carpet

Lifts the mops 12 mm over short-pile carpet and leaves them at the dock before cleaning high-pile carpet.

The station washes and rinses the mop pads, and cleans its own tray at the same time

Hot water mop washing at 60°C (140°F).

A bottle of Narwal dedicated detergent ships in the box and slots into the base station

Ships with a hard floor cleaning solution that the dock dispenses.

Dual Reuleaux triangular mop pads press down with up to 12 N and spin at 180 RPM, with EdgeSwing swinging them out to reach the walls

Dual spinning mops with the DeepEdge extending mop arm.

Five infrared ranging and anti-drop sensors on the robot's underside, per the Narwal user manual

Four anti-drop sensors.

Builds 3D maps that can be edited in the app, and stores up to 4 maps for multi-level homes

Up to 3 saved maps plus 1 temporary map.

LiDAR SLAM 4.0 gives a 360 degree scan of the room, backed by tri-laser structured light sensors for obstacles

dToF LiDAR mapping, with front and side lasers for obstacle avoidance.

No-go zones are drawn on the map from the Narwal Freo app

Structured light forward and edge sensors let it recognise objects as small as 1 cm and clean within 5 mm of them

Dual-laser precision avoidance (front and side line lasers).

The robot navigates itself back to the base station when the task ends and charges there, per the Narwal user manual

Recharge & Resume: returns to the dock when the battery runs low and picks up where it left off.

An ultrasonic carpet sensor detects pile and lifts the mop pads 12 mm so the robot switches to suction only

Carpet detection with automatic suction boost.

Two side brushes alongside the certified zero-tangling floating roller brush

Anti-tangle side brush.