BoostIQ RoboVac 11S (Slim)

I have had my Eufy for four years. I do not believe robovacs replace real vacuuming but they sure help. Mine goes under dressers and shelves that are too heavy to move except once in a blue moon during a real deep clean, so it gets some stuff I would miss.

Here is the one I have but it’s not available now. Maybe you could find a similar one (there seem to be companion models listed with this one on Amazon but they cost more). My carpet is actually high pile and it does fine. I vacuum with a real vacuum every two weeks. eufy BoostIQ RoboVac 11S (Slim), Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Super-Thin,Powerful Suction, Quiet, Self-Charging Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, Cleans Hard Floors to Medium-Pile Carpets

Eufy S3 never blocks

TLDR: my Roomba sucks and I want to upgrade. We have had a J7 for about 3 years now. The first 6 months to a year, it was fine. Then started experiencing small problems here and there. The tread disintegrated at one point, then it kept getting disconnected from wifi. Within the last year, it has become completely useless. Object detection doesn’t work at all. It eats socks or cords that are touching the ground and then gets trapped, the map gets messed up and it has to be factory reset. And it loses wifi connection halfway through a run, and ends up wandering or ending its job early, only to not be able to find the dock. This has been after a factory reset, after a new map run, after wifi reset, after disconnecting from my phone, and after ALL parts including a battery were replaced. So I’m pretty much done with the Roomba. Before the Roomba. We had a Roborock S5 that was fine other than not being able to handle our shag rug at the time. And before that, we had a Eufy 11S that was terrible at object detection. It was slim enough to go under some of the furniture, but was just the right height to get itself aggressively wedged under most of our lower furniture. What’s a good upgrade I can get? My home is a smaller house, only 1 floor. Mostly tile/hardwood. Some medium thickness rugs. 2 long haired pets that shed a ton. A kid that drops crumbs. Specifically, my highest priority would be I’d prefer something that is good for all of the pet hair and dirt. And good at obstacle detection (especially cat barf or a forgotten toy or sock. Or a cord end that is dangling onto the floor). And app usage that is pretty good. I’d need a map with the ability to create boundaries to avoid. I do not care about a mop and would likely never use the mop feature.

Gotta vacuum daily. Robot vacuum is a fantastic option for many reasons. We have the Eufy 11S and love it. Gets used at least once a day.

I only look at robots every 5 years or so. I test them a ridiculous amount during the return period. Any doubt, and it goes back. First one was a Neato in 2016 which already had Lidar and worked really well. Didn't bother to fix the lidar when it broke (stupid call in the end), and bought a cheap Eufy 11S which worked, and still does, although it's dumb as a rock, kept getting stuck on my furniture so after 5 years of frustration went with a CurvX, no issues with that but I figure my furniture is hard on robots as I had to put in 3 small no go zones even with that one. Then got tired of moving the whole thing between floors, and that's when I went with the Saros 10R, honestly if they would have simply swapped mine which had issues I would have been happy with that, but they could only offer a refund/new order. If you're in the EU, the DJI is still on sale through Amazon Germany, don't bother looking at the A or P though - pricing is ridiculous.