Eufy - BoostIQ RoboVac 11S (Slim)

So my setup for 4 cats and a dog. 1500sq ft. Hardwood and tile, no carpet. Upstairs: iRobot i4 Roomba. Downstairs: iRobot 980. Downstairs: iRobot M6 mop. My Roombas (iRobots) are great to me because they run where I can't easily reach. They go under things (sofa, bookshelves, beds, etc). They run when I'm not home. They keep the "tumbleweeds" under control. When you get the map dialed in and your furniture / cables organized so they don't get hung up, they're great. Are they perfect? No. But can I tell if they don't run for a day? Absolutely. Whole house: Dyson Gen5detect. I *despise* this thing. Purchased in November 2023 when it was their top of the line product. I've had nothing but issues. Warranty replaced the whole machine in May 2025. This one is even worse; feels like a second cheaper run of the product. It even sounds cheaper when it runs (higher pitch), feels fragile, just doesn't suck as well as the first one, auto detect doesn't work, it won't switch to boost when running on auto., pushes around the dog hair... the list goes on and on. It's being replaced AGAIN under warranty as of August 2025. Robots run twice a day; mop runs once a day. Dyson is for every 3-4 days to catch what was missed and the stairs. At this point, my robots are doing the heavy lifting and we're looking at Sebos. Seems like bagless just will not last as long. Full stop. For the robots, yes bin size is important but HEPA is more important to me due to dander. You want something that will pack the bin full. My 980 thinks it's "full" when it's about 1/4 to half full because pet hair is fluffy and it triggers the full bin sensor. They fixed this on the i4 which will PACK that bin to bursting before it triggers full bin. Run time is less important; most robots have recharge and resume now if they map. I've also had an Eufy (I think it was an 11S?) For $200 I was impressed. I just missed the smart map; it was an old style where it bumps and then pivots to cover an area. It was annoying to watch after a "smart" robot vac. I've gifted these for housewarming gifts and the recipients (who also have pets) like them. I hope this helps.

We have Euphy. I would do another brand, I’ve had to exchange it 3 times in one year and once the warranty ended I barely use it because it’s noisy.

I have a Eufy 11S which works well. Have had it for years. On my third battery.

We have the Eufy 11S which is very effective but isn’t programmable short of a few basic functions. At the end of the day it works but not like a regular machine. My grandson loves playing with it so in a house with that many curious kids it may be treated more like a toy than a machine. I use it, a plug in Shark and Bissel stick. The Bissel was a replacement for a model they recalled and I got it for free with the promise to properly dispose of the old battery.

I can vouch for the 11S. I’m okay with a vacuum that randomly bumps into things and daily emptying so something simple like that is perfect for me. It keeps me from leaving things on the floor astray (socks, loose cords,etc) so it kind of makes me keep a neat floor

I have an older eufy 11s. It’s been great on hardwood floor and med pile rugs. I have two shibas; the hair and debris is never ending.

We love our Eufy 11s

Eufy11s is an inexpensive beast, we shed like wookies plus weekly German Shephard visit who manages to shed everywhere while his owner clogs my washing machine with her hair. I have four. You have to make sure there's nothing on the floor but rugs and furniture, no toys, no cords, and no chance of a pet accident. The three on my first floor (a step up/ down to get into an addition) kick on overnight, they get so much, the one upstairs I manually turn on in the morning, run time is up to two hours, it comes with a tool to cut hair, takes only a minute to dump it, really easy to cut hair off. I had a more expensive eufy and I hated it, it unalived itself by eating its own cord the first use. I don't know of any robovac that won't mangle toys, it works well at teaching offspring put your stuff away or it'll get eaten. Mine are all almost three and all work really well, buffs the hardwood, they're used daily.

What about multiple cheap ones? For each level? You still have to empty, and cut the hair off with the tool it comes with, I have multiple cheap ones for each area, I have them run once a day and the floors stay clean, emptying them into the trash takes all of thirty seconds, just pick it up, slide out the bin and empty, pop off the filter and tap into the trash, then let it go back to the base. Unless your lab sometimes has accidents, then you need to supervise your robovac, but I love love love my little cheap eufys, trains everyone nothing on the floor but furniture and dirt catching mats or the eufy will get it. My son visits with his German Shepherd who sheds like a wookie, I'll do a furniture vacuum and let the eufys loose and they get up so much hair, they go for about 90 minutes so I'll grab each at about the halfway mark, empty and let them keep eufying.

Do you have Amazon? Eufy11s runs between a hundred to $150, try it, if you don't like it, return it. They have renewed as well. I don't usually recommend that, but I've bought so many eufy products and all but one have been amazing, you'll likely keep it.

I have 4 cheap basic ones, Eufy 11s, those things are amazing, one for upstairs three bedrooms one bath, the others are on the first floor with uneven step up floors because they can't jump, although they will try to escape out the front and back doors. I love those things, they buff my hardwood floors, we shed like wookies and the floors are always clean, I bust out the spin mop once a week for the kitchen and bathrooms but as long as we go shoeless, the hardwood floors stay clean with an occasional dust mopping. I tried an upgrade and hated it, but it trains everyone to keep everything off the floors except rugs and furniture. Also, if you have pets, an accident would be nasty.

I have 4 cheap eufys (different levels and way my house is set up) and I love mine, they get up so much hair and dust, it's trained everybody to only have furniture and rugs on the floor, I've never had a nasty mess incident but with a walk in shower one tries to unalive itself all the time and will eat bars of soap, but I've washed and dried it and it runs like new. I only bust out the vacuum for stairs and to clean under furniture (inside as well) and before mopping behind stuff like the toilets. I love those industrious little things.

If it's a smaller cord, like a phone charger cord, it'll get mangled and ruined, robovacs have an opening in the bottom on the front with a rotating brush, just like a regular vacuum, so picture running a vacuum over the smaller appliance cord. If you get one with an app and map it, you can exclude that area/ object, my cheap eufy 11s don't have apps (as far as I know), I know most models do have apps.

I love my 11S, those things are workhorses and last forever.

I got a robot vac with no wifi, it comes with a remote. It doesnt get anymore private than that. Eufy 11, it was cheap too less than $200 bones. 

You're probably looking for the "okay-est" since I doubt any could be considered best. You might want to start with a cheapo like Eufy 11s or 11max or whatever their low-end model is called. We ran those for years and they're okay. It's good training wheels for a $1,000 model since you're still going to have to put up with much of the same pain in the ass maintenance. See if you like it and are OK with clearing the brush and banging the filter and digging out the hair and so forth. If you have pets or even more than a few people with long hair, be prepared to clean the brush with scissors or a knife every run. None seems particularly great on carpet. You're just not going to get as good a vacuum job as you will with a power brush on a Miele or whatever.

I like the Roborock brand. I bought a S4 Max 4 years ago and it still works. Recently I bought a Q10 S5+ (wet mop and vac) and it's working pretty good.  My first robovac was a Eufy 11S in 2019. It was a good entry level robovac (~$100) but frequently got stuck around the house. I still have it and it still works, surprisingly, but the battery needs to be replaced; it only has about 20 mins of life at max suction. I frequent this website for reviews and testing of the robovacs https://vacuumwars.com/vacuum-wars-best-robot-vacuums/