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What eufy do you have, tbh the only “pure vacuum” robo vac that has decent navigation is the eufy e20 which is a robo vac that you can also transform into a handheld vacuum, but if you don’t wanna go with eufy, I would say just get one that has a mop, and the don’t use the mops, there really isn’t that many options.
What’s your budget?
I bought a eufy e20 a few months ago, replacing a roomba that died one month after the warranty expired. The eufy was so easy to set up and mapped so quickly. I had a room i never could convince the roomba to clean,, even though it was on the map. I am really happy with the eufy so far. The app is easy to use.
Edit to add i have 2 high shedding dogs and 2 cats so lots of hair.
I got a eufy e20 a month ago. So far, I love it. I didn't want a mopping feature, so it fit the bill. It is replacing a roomba s7 that died 1 month after the warranty expired. It mapped like a dream, super quick. I could never get the roomba to go into my bedroom voluntarily. I run it 5 days a week and it had never gotten stuck, unlike the roomba. It does a great job on the pet hair. My floors are all hardwood.
This was EXACTLY what i was looking for about a month ago so figured i'd chime in; I have 3 pets, a Shephard mix dog and two shorthaired cats, and we live in a ~600sqft apt that is all hard flooring. I had an older Roomba model until a few years ago that was a gift, but this was my first robovac purchase. My budget was around 1k but obviously was hoping to spend less. My main complaints about the old Roomba was that it needed constant supervision while running bc it was always running into/over stuff and getting stuck, and the dust bin was tiny and needed to be emptied multiple times during each cleaning; it was honestly as much work as just vacuuming the place myself. So, I knew I wanted stellar object avoidance and self-emptying above all else.
I ended up getting the eufy 3-in-1 E20, and I am pretty pleased with it, to the point where yes I would recommend it, and here's why:
1. The object avoidance is indeed stellar; only once in the past month has it grabbed a cord accidentally and needed intervention, and this is impressive bc I do NOT clean or tidy prior to running this vac. I know it would do a more thorough clean if I did, but for me this is the point; it runs every morning, and if I don't have a chance to run around and pick up beforehand, it will still hit the main areas and walkways until I have a chance to prep properly and get a better clean.
2. The self-emptying is magical; if the bot gets full mid-clean, it will pause the run, return to its base to empty, and then resume the run where it left off. Perfection 🤌💋
I will say that with the amount of pet hair around here, the opening where the vac emptied into the base can get clogged, so it needs a check every few days and I sometimes need to manually remove a hairball. The brilliant part about this model, tho, is that the dustbin on the vac itself is translucent, so I can easily see when it's not emptying fully and know when to check the base.
3. The price!! I paid under $400 for it which means I could have easily bought two and stayed under budget. Obviously my place is small and I do not need two lol but saving this much money off of my original budget was a HUGE plus.
4. An unexpected bonus: the 3-in-1 feature; I have realized over my past month with this eufy that there are always nooks and crannies the robovac won't get into, but I can easily hit them with the mini-vac or stick vac features for a truly hair-free apartment. I have even used the mini-vac on furniture and pillows!! The versatility is REALLY really nice and is the perfect add-on to the main function; the robovac does most of the work, then I can touch up manually afterward. I did have a vacuum before this one but the job felt overwhelming so I would avoid it. Also, since I'm checking on the robovac base from time to time anyway, it's that much easier to just grab the stick vac while I'm over there and do a little touch-up in the corners and crevices.
Alright this got way longer than I was anticipating but I really love this little machine lol trying to think of a cute lil name for her so if you have recommendations please lmk 😂
Eufy 3in1 E20 may be an option for you if your home is smaller?
I bought one a few weeks ago on sale at £250, still available for a similar price on their website. Adding extra accessories brought me up to £300.
I have a 2 bed flat with a small hallway and a larger laminate floored living room, long hair and 4 pets.
I've been pleased with it so far and very impressed with its filter! I emptied its bag after the first 48hrs (purely to see how much it had managed to collect) by putting the nozzle of my mains powered shark into it and it BLOCKED THE SHARK! there was practically a full cat in there! It was disgusting and impressive by equal measure!
It cannot do some rugs and is choosey about if it feels like doing the ones it can do.
It has enough battery on a single charge to hoover: the laminate living room- where it can reach, my large bedroom twice on turbo mode, the hall 1x on turbo and my flatmates room 1x on turbo. All carpeted.
It has about 20%battery left at that point which is enough to go and do a quick "zone clean" somewhere if needed.
I also have the IQ boost enabled which detects longer carpets and increases the suction and further decreases the battery. It recharges fully in a few hours.
The initial setup asks if you have pets and automatically sets up the settings to deep dust collect every time, and for it to self empty into the dock every 15mins to prevent blockages. Again decreasing the battery, but pretty ideal for the size of my home.
The mapping is easy enough to do, and it constantly updates its map as it goes, so if you move a piece of furniture it will adapt very quickly. If it misses a room on first mapping, you can put it in that room and tell it to map again or re-map. Once its registered the space it will show up, if it sees it twice, it will prompt you to add it to the map.
You can alter and refine the map space in the app too, set no go zones, set the scheduler with how you want it to clean each rooms floor, and on what power, carpet length etc etc....
finding it somewhere to live in its dock was a little trickier.
Its quite good at getting itself out of a jam and I've watched it "jump" over a laundry rack bar, but then refuse to go on a rug....so it has its little idiosyncracies haha.
I've only had to rescue it a few times- mainly from under the washing rack it insisted on jumping over! Its side brush got tangled in sizal from the cat tree once, so needed rescuing/detangling but again, simple enough to do as the side brush just pops off. (Make sure power cables/phone chargers aren't lying around, it will try to eat them).
It navigates around the cats well, if they refuse to move it stops a good few cm away from them and tries to navigate around them....the main issue is if they sit in the doorway of a room and refuse to move, then it will register the room as "unavailable" to access and you'll then have to send it back to clean sometimes.....if you have it set to do 2x passes of the room and the cat has moved, it will normally figure it out.
You will need to detangle the roller brush weekly, if you also have longer hair, but so far I've not found any pet hair jammed in it, only human, and its easy enough to access/untangle it.
Im very pleased with it for the price I paid overall, but will probably upgrade it in a few years to one with a mop etc. but so far its doing a good job of the main floor areas and is actually helping me keep the house tidier as it encourages me to do quick pickup/tidy ups when I hear it start up.
I only recently bought the eufy 3in1 E20, but I've been very impressed with its abilities so far.
4 pets, one with longer hair. I've been untangling the roller weekly and its 95% my hair.
The sheer volume of pet hair it picked up from my mostly carpeted home in the first 48hrs was insane.
I can't compare to other robo vacs as this was my first one.
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