eufy 11S MAX Robot Vacuum Cleaner Super-Thin 2000Pa Super-Strong Suction Quiet Self-Charging Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Black

24 reviews for eufy 11S MAX Robot Vacuum Cleaner Super-Thin 2000Pa Super-Strong Suction Quiet Self-Charging Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Black

1. Rated 5 out of 5

   Mad Cow – January 21, 2022

   I just can’t.

   Full disclosure, I drunk-shopped this vacuum. Drunk shopping is one of the great pleasures in life. Admit it, you’ve done it too. It’s always a great surprise when something randomly shows up on your porch you forgot that you ordered. Adult Drunkmas. Anyway, I asked Alexa what the best robot vacuum was (between asking her if she really works for the CIA, and opening another beer). She told me it was this one, and it was on sale for under $200 too! Well heck, my electronic friend, order that Bad Boy up and do your thing with the super fast delivery. So, bottom line, I didn’t read about this vacuum, and really didn’t know what I was getting.

   Backstory. Every good drunk-shopping experience has one. If you don’t like backstories and want together right to the review, skip the next couple of paragraphs. I had another robot vacuum a couple years ago, paid well over $500 for it. It worked pretty well initially, and was a “smart vacuum” that memorized my floor plan. If it ran out of juice before it was done with the whole house, it went back to the docking station for a fill up, and then started where it left off. Cool stuff right there. It also marched like a Union Soldier in boot camp. Beautiful straight lines, and perfect 180 degree turns. Never missed a spot. Until it had a stroke, that is. Wally (what we named it, you know why, Pixar Fans) went crazy and lost the floor plan. It’d randomly get stuck, and call for help in its little electronic voice. We’d have to rescue it from dead center in the middle of the living room with nothing in the way. We’d reset it, reboot it, update software and it’d work for awhile, and then stroke out again. Then, the gears for the wheels stripped, and it was dead. Only lasted a year or so. Poor Form, Wally, poor form indeed.

   So, I thought I was buying another smart vacuum at less than half the price! What a deal, huh?!? Yeah. Not so much. If it seems too good to be true, it is. This vacuum (Goofy, more on that later) is a stupid vacuum. It doesn’t memorize anything. It’s basically a bumper car that flails about until it hits something, then randomly turns around and sucks somewhere else. Hey, at least I know this one isn’t uploading my floor plan to the CIA, right? Okay, check that. It does have some sense, it’s not totally random. It somehow sees walls, chairs and stuff and manages to clean around the baseboards. It also finds its way out of the back bedroom where it sleeps, marches down two different hallways, and pretty much gets every room in the house. Not sure how it does it, but it does manage somehow. Maybe it’s an idiot savant?

   It’s quiet too, very quiet. I have it set on “Boost IQ” so it’s supposed to suck more when it needs to. Again, I don’t know how it is supposed know when to suck harder, but you can randomly hear its suckage increase. If you set it on Max, it sucks all the time. Big suckage drains the battery a lot faster, and it is considerably louder, so we leave it on medium suck. There’s a trade off for the quietness, it does’t suck as much stuff up as my expensive vacuum did. Don’t think this vacuum (or likely any robot vacuum for that matter) is going to retire your Dyson. They just don’t suck as much. Still, I get a lot of stuff in the little bin, and it goes under the bed and other places you wouldn’t suck with your Dyson. So it sucks about right. Leave it in Max if you want it to suck more.

   *Note* “Suck” is a good thing in this review. Saying your vacuum sucks, is one of the few products this works with.

   I dig the remote, makes programming easy, and you don’t have to be on your knees to do it. It’ll only let you vacuum every day, there is no setting for every other day, weekends off or the like. It also has a “dock” button, so you can send it home anytime. Another nice thing that Goofy does is it finds the dock 99% of the time. Something the $500 vacuum didn’t do. Goofy got stuck under two nightstands in one room, so I blocked them off, and it is fine everywhere else. Climbs bath mats, throw rugs and transitions between tile and carpet great as well. The other one didn’t. Bin is easy to empty, just don’t tip it or it’ll puke out what it ate. The brusk is only about half the width of the machine. It has whiskers to flip crumbs into the brush, they work okay, but sometimes it just kicks crumbs out of the way. Kinda wish the brush was wider.

   So, I though I was getting a $500+ vacuum for $200… I didn’t, I got a $200 vacuum. My mistake, it does work, so no bad review. Oh, why Goofy? Because of the stylized ‘E’ on the lid. Wife saw that and thought eufy was gufy. Therefore Goofy. That, and it’s randomly goofy wandering about….

2. Rated 5 out of 5

   Amazon Customer – January 28, 2022

   Well this robocac worked well for about a week. Since then it’s gone downhill. I take excellent care of the vacuum- cleaning it regularly, replacing filters, etc. The vacuum is SO loud it rattles and squeaks when it runs. It will randomly turn on in the middle of the night and won’t run when scheduled. Overall the suction and efficacy has drastically declined in the few months I’ve owned it.

   Update! I contacted Eufy support. They were fantastic. They sent me a brand new robovac free of charge and it is working great. They even sent a follow up email weeks after I received the replacement to check in and see how the new vac is. My review changed from a 1 star to a 5 star!

   Update! About 3 months after I received my replacement Eufy, it is no longer working. It is extremely, loud, slow, and doesn’t pick things up anymore. I watch it go over a crumb and not pick it up or it gets brushed away to another spot by the vacuum. I contacted support again and they are sending me some “replacement parts”. So we’ll see if this helps.

3. Rated 5 out of 5

   Safety Officer – January 28, 2022

   I know this looks disgusting, but here is the proof of the power of the Eufy. I have an Australian cattle dog that sheds like crazy and it shows on my dark hardwood floors. I run the Eufy every day and now not embarrassed if someone drops by unannounced. My floors are clean. I showed my aunt this weekend and she bought 2. The Eufy gets around better than the Roomba, doesn’t get stuck under furniture and is quiet. I run it at 1 am and my floors sparkle when I get up. A must have if you have a dog. Best purchase ever!

4. Rated 5 out of 5

   SPV Gardens – January 28, 2022

   Forgot to mention that eufy support was delightful to work with, both on the phone and via email. Both my concerns (squeaky wheel and lack of replacement filters) were addressed. Sep 9 2019
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   The filters for this model showed up today. There was a problem with a squeaking swivel wheel and Eufy support sent a redesigned one to replace it. In hindsight I would have stayed with the older 11S. It’s plenty powerful and the filter system is better in my opinion. Sep 8 2019
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   I love this machine and will change to 5 stars as soon as this replacement filter issue gets worked out. I would return it for an 11S but am beyond the return window.

   I have 11S and 11S Max. I think the 11S is superior because the filter has a screen and foam layer over it that prevents it from getting plugged up. The Max filter is open to the dust, causing a need for more frequent replacement. I wonder if that’s how some of the additional suction power was obtained.

5. Rated 4 out of 5

   BG golfer – January 30, 2022

   This is our first robovac we’ve purchased. Seems to work well in our 2800 sq ft one floor house with a mixture of porcelain tile, carpeted bedrooms and 4 area rugs.

   Ran it the first time. My wife is a clean freak and cleans the porcelain tile daily with a dry Swiffer. The Eufy ran its 110 minute cycle and the dust tray was filled. Yes…filled. So, it found a lot of dust and hair that was missed.

   Next day, it ran again. Previous to that, my wife use the Swiffer again. And again there was plenty of dust and hair in the dust tray.

   I’m thinking a lot of this has to be from underneath the furniture and bed, as the Eufy is slim enough to easily go under chairs, the sectional, our bed and dressers. Nice.

   The remote works well, but after setting the time of day and the start time for the schedule, you probably don’t even need it again. The schedule mode works well too, but it has to be scheduled for every day. There is no option to select days of the week to run. I set it for 9 am and sure enough, exactly at 9 it started up.

   When finished, it found it’s way back to the home base with no problem and started the charging process with no intervention on my part.

   You do have to make sure all cords are out of place and secured, as the robovac will get caught in them or suck them up a bit and get stuck. And we have a floor mirror that it gets stuck on as it rides up the beveled base and I have to manually move it. I need to find a solution there.

   The noise is minimal on the Standard setting…moreso on the max setting and in between for the IQ setting. Much less than a standard vac.

   Aside from that, what does drive me crazy is that there seems to be no rhyme or reason on the pattern of cleaning. It’s here, it’s there, it goes back. Does it clean every square inch of the entire floor surface? I highly doubt it.

   I’m one of those OCD people who likes those nice clean lines in the carpeting when I vacuum. This won’t give you that.

   So, it gets an A+ for cleaning capability, but probably a B for efficiency. Thus, I docked it one star. I would like to see the vac “learn” the outline of the rooms and go from there. Most users won’t care one bit about this.

6. Rated 5 out of 5

   S.V. Hawk – February 12, 2022

   I only had it for a few days and It’s been working really good. It goes around different rooms and seems to be fine coming back for charging when it’s done. It doesn’t seem to have a problem with the stairs as well – it goes to the edge, but then stops and reverses. The suction power seems to be good and it’s fairly quiet for a vacuum. It has no problem picking up shorter hair, but really long hair would wrap around the brush, as you would expect. But it’s easy to clean up, so not a big problem.
   The only somewhat negative thing to mention is it doesn’t seem to be the smartest robovac out there. It just goes around the whole floor from room to room, without cleaning one and going to the other. It just cleans a bit here and goes to another place, cleans a bit there and then moves to some other distant place. But overall when it’s done – everything is clean, so I can’t really complain about it. It also seems to be doing a bit better as time goes on. So maybe it’s still building up an internal map or something.
   Overall great robovac, especially considering the price. Definitely worth it.

7. Rated 3 out of 5

   J. Whiteside – February 13, 2022

   I always thought these robot vacs were kind of a silly gimmick, too expensive for not enough gain. After a couple friends raved about their robovac’s, I made excuses like “My home layout is too complex!” and “I’ll need three of them to vacuum my home!” But, the robot wars have made them cheaper and better, so I decided to finally give in on a good deal with this new model from a well trusted brand. I wasn’t willing to pay for units with home mapping features and no-go zones, but with this unit, I don’t feel I even need it. Turns out, I am absolutely thrilled with the performance and price point of these Eufy’s.

   There is little doubt this unit is just slightly smarter than a bag of hammers. Thank goodness I can make it do it’s work at 4AM when I don’t care how many times it goes over the same spot or misses something that is just “right over there you stupid bleeping robot!” But, day after day, this hunk of electronic sensors strapped to a vacuum comes home with a bin full of stuff. I’m at the point where I don’t even know where it gets the stuff and I’m seriously questioning my ability to clean my house. And also somewhat ashamed of the filth that I’ve lived with and didn’t even know about.

   It goes places it probably shouldn’t and if you have any degree of OCD, it will hurt your brain to watch it. It goes under furniture and shelving where it barely manages to escape, plays ping pong with table/chair legs for a bit and it has an inexplicable infatuation with the clear storage totes under my guest bed. It’ll really like one area/room for awhile, but then will go elsewhere, only to be back 2 minutes later…and you’re like, “Well, that was the *least* efficient way to do that. Whatever, a goldfish is smarter than you.” Whenever I’m in the kitchen doing something, it has the whole lower floor it could be cleaning, but it will insist several times on cleaning the spot right under my feet. It loves to chase my cats and in turn, my cats will engage it in a battle of home domination, swatting it and trying to eat the spinny brushes while it charges. One cat will lay on the lower step and lazily swat at it as it goes by. Just when you think there might be the slightest sense of intelligence and you’re having this “It’s alive!” moment, it reminds you how dumb it is by gently ramming itself into a piece of furniture. I don’t know how it does it, but despite looking like it couldn’t find it’s way out of a paper bag, it somehow manages to find home base for charging most of the time.

   But, it gets around, even in an ever changing layout. It deals with my wood floors, several area rugs and a section of medium pile carpet without much incident. It hasn’t once tried to go over a stair in my home. It gets probably a good 70%+ of a complex, 1,000 square foot U-shaped layout of my main floor, with plenty of furniture making navigation much worse. But, it does that 70%+ every day and I don’t even have to think about it. Based on the sheer amount of cat hair and dust this thing picks up daily, I’d say the suction and pickup mechanisms are pretty good. I can’t tell you if they’re better than older Eufy or other branded units, but the spec’s say so.

   I was worried about how much of my lifestyle I’d have to change to adapt to this thing. Turns out, very little. I can still leave stuff around if I want and it won’t try to eat everything in its path. It does occasionally try to commit robot death on various cat toys the kitties leave about, but that’s maybe one 1 out of 10 times it needs saving. I have a rug in my kitchen that it loves to push into a pile, but that’s only a minor annoyance and doesn’t cause it harm. I have to be careful not to leaving charging cords and such about. Once every couple weeks it won’t find it’s way all the way home, but it’s usually pretty darn close to the charging station by the time it dies. I thought it might become inconvenient to “save” the unit from it’s self-inflicted stupidity, but the value it provides exceeds the inconvenience.

   I can see why people like these things. And there’s a good chance I may buy the three I need, maybe this one or maybe others. But, for now I’m pretty happy with this one. It’s a 5 out of 5 cat toy and a pretty useful home appliance that will save you time and improve your home’s upkeep. I’ll update this review with any significant changing opinions, but for now this “dumb, smart thing” gets 5 stars.

   Update: About 4 months after running this thing daily, one of the side brush motors started to malfunction. Normally, a product malfunctioning that soon would irk me to reducing my review stars immediately, but I sucked it up and contacted support. I requested, specifically, to do a self repair of the brush motor right out of the gate. They didn’t request for me to send it in for repair, demand an expensive cross shipped replacement or question my self-assessment to repair equipment that I owned. They just told me they have the part in stock, requested I send them a video of the problem, asked for the address and put the brush motor in the mail. They then confirmed that if this didn’t make it work right, they would still support me until it did. They worked with me exactly how I wanted them to, stood behind their product 100% and for that, not even a single star will be reduced from my original review.

   Update 2: I knocked two stars from my review. Not because of the unit, which is still great, but because of the replacement air filters. They are $11 for TWO of them! That’s nearly 3 times the price of the previous filters, or about a $65 annual operating cost when changing them out once a month. IMO, that’s simply too expensive for a vacuum and even my high end upright isn’t nearly that expensive to operate using *HEPA grade* vacuum bags. Not just that, they are incredibly terrible for the environment by requiring you to buy the substantial plastic filter housing every time. Had I known this at the time of my purchase, I would have selected a different unit – probably the initial version of the 11S.

   Final Update: I’ve decided to just let this thing die a slow and painful death. Both of my side brush motors went out, as did the one that I replaced. It’s still marginally effective without them, but definitely not as good as having them. Eufy’s support reached out to me several times, which was great, but I have better things to do than rip this thing apart every few months to fix plastic parts that will fail again in 3 months. I expect more from something I’m paying $200+ for, definitely not three of the same exact failures within a year. Oh, and there’s much cheaper 3rd party filters available for this guy now.

8. Rated 5 out of 5

   Amazon Customer – February 17, 2022

   I purchased this robot vacuum cleaner 3 days ago. This is the first time I have one of these than the traditionally vacuum. I really enjoy it. It’s a nice looking slick black little guy, and it gets the job nicely and quitely done! I am impressed with its suction. It does a great job cleaning all the long hair and scattering doggy fur, it absorbs well the dust and dirt too.

   Pros:
   It works fantastic. Easy to charge and turn it on (downside) with the remote. It’s fairly much quieter than all my old vacuum cleaners. And it’s really fun to watch.
   (1) It’s super easy to remove the dirt from the unit and clean the brushes.
   (2) It is thin and slim, so it can get under furniture without getting stuck.
   (3) It returns to its dock by itself so no hassle.

   Now for the cons: 
   (1) It bumps into wood furnitures, but slightly enough to NOT cause damage.
   (2) It tends to clean the same repeatedly sometimes, but in the end, it DOES clean everything. I just left it run around and find its way back.
   (3) Not really a con, but the wheel sometimes got stuck on a cord. I’d suggest to move the laying around cords and small objects before using it. There is a “cable tie” in the package which you can stock the cables together.

   All in all, I really enjoy it. I haven’t reached out to Eufy’so customer service yet, but based on my previous experience with Eufy and Anker, they have very responsible communication and customer service. I will definitely purchase more eufy products.

9. Rated 5 out of 5

   Syphigh – February 24, 2022

   Summary: I read a LOT of reviews about a LOT of products of a similar nature before I leapt in to buy this, my first robot. Overall, this product was good SOLID value for the money.

   I have now owned it for for OVER a year now, used daily and this analysis is based on close observations during that period. NOT one of those folks who buy it an write a review five minutes after they pull something out of the box. Here are the key points you should consider when buying a Robot to sweep your floors.

   1. Price – Look…Price was definitely a consideration at buy in. I studied many models before I bought this one. These kinds of robots overall cost money. $$$. Of course, I am old school. These days some folks buy a Cell phone that cost $500 dollars to $1000 and think nothing of it. To me that is WAY too much. Ditto many models of similar robots. At the time I bought it the robot was on sale so I got a price that was $100 cheaper than competitors whose reviews read about the same as this one did. So the buy in pricewise was a good solid deal that was in what I consider the medium to upper low cost affordability range. Perhaps you would think nothing of spending $850 on a robot. Not me. Like goldilocks, this one was just right.
   SECRET Costs you may not think about: Some reviews address this, but consider these things as being costs IN ADDITION to buy in:
   Filters: This thing has a filter. I recall one review whining that filters cost too much. Let me be clear. If you want a new HEPA filter for it every week or two, they will cost you. Me? The filter does not seem to me to very critical since I do not really plan on the robot cleaning my air. It gets dirty and dusty. As a result, I pull it every other use and wash it out under a faucet in my kitchen (a two minute job), let it dry a bit and then put it right back in the machine (Which is super easy to do…no tools or anything – just pull out – click in.) After reading one alarmist review prior to buying, I bought one spare filter at the same time I bought the robot thinking I might find it was true. So far, after a year or more of use, I STILL have not replaced the filter. Just keep using the original. Think about it.
   Brushes – I bought a kit with spare brushes when I bought the robot. Glad I did. Buy at least one set just to you have them around when you need them. The brushes twirl around and shove cat hair into the maw of the thing as it races around. Somewhere. Somehow, as it toodled about around the six month mark, it threw a brush. (They snap on and off easily) Like a horse throwing a shoe, this is to be expected. This thing runs all over on its own so I could not find where it lost it. To this day I STILL have not found the missing brush. No problem. I just grabbed a spare, snapped it on and it kept on going.
   Tools – The kit I bought early came with a little cleaning/maintenance tool. See my section on Maintenance below about tools.

   2. Utility – Utility to me means ease of use. Based on a year of hard use for my robot you should consider the following lessons learned about utility:
   CLEANING FLOORS
   a. Does is really sweep ALL the floor? Read a lot of reviews and looked at a variety of designs. Some reviews that I recall said “This thing finds a LOT of dirt. Where does it get it all?” After a year of emptying it (You DO need to empty its evening sweep into your trash, usually every day – VERY easy to do – again click out- click in) I totally agree! This thing finds a TON of dirt and dust that is NOT obvious to the naked eye. Frankly, that is its job and I need to make clear here that it does its job really really well. VERY SATISFIED
   b. To be utter clear however… I have a three story house. To define that though that is two stories with WOODEN and some tile Floors and a third floor that is mixed wood, carpet and concrete.
   PRO: I cheat. One robot for three floors of my house! Every day or two I pick it up from its charger, move it from floor to floor to let it clean a different floor whenever the mood strikes me. Works great! More, this thing cleans almost all of those floors flawlessly – especially the wood, tile and concrete bits. It sneaks into lots and lots of corners, under furniture and stuff and it never, ever runs off the edge of stairs. Completely satisfied. I admit I may be so satisfied because wood, tile and concrete are 92% of my floors and it is flawless on those types of floors.
   CON: This is a real review, not a feel good propaganda babble. If there is a con to this robot it is carpets. Specifically, it WILL work across modern carpet. That is carpet that is tight, laid level with the rest of the floor and has nothing to hang it up on. However, it struggles to go over edges, so if there is an edge to your carpet, a strip that it has to ride up over OR (Like me) you have a carpet or two that are Persian Style rugs with tassels at the end, just be advised that it WILL choke as it tries to cross these barriers. You can still do these surfaces, but you will have to stay nearby and bail it out when/if it hangs up… which feels time wasting. This should not make you hesitate to buy based on this review UNLESS you have a lot of these carpet barrier things about your house, in which case you will be annoyed by this robot. To be fair however, you may be annoyed by ANY robot under those conditions. Just think about it before you buy.
   ******** Utility NOTE! This is a final note on utility. The REAL Nemesis of any robot is WIRES/Cords. Once you own one, you will figure this out pretty quick. You will need to get your cords under control since the robots will find power cords on computers, lamps etcetera and choke up on them. 80% of the time when it does not return to its charger at after you program it to clean (Smart folks program that between 1AM and 3AM – unless you tell it to go manually for some reason) you will have to track it down to find it hung up on wires. Once again, to be fair, I think this is true of virtually all robots. They are not too bright about wires. The other 20% of hang-ups comes from some oddity in your furniture. I have particular chair in my study whose side supports are JUST a bit too short for the robot to go under, so it drive in there and wedges itself into the spot and cannot get free on its own. Just to you know, this is fair enough, robot makers cannot anticipate every single possible piece of odd furniture. Just figure it out through trial and error, but enjoy all the cleaning it does WITHOUT you paying the slightest attention. A small price to pay.
   *********Utility NOTE 2: The control – Comes with a remote. To be frank, I only use two or three features on the control. I tested them all at the beginning, but I’ve forgotten what the rest do. Most used? Manual use button. Because of how I use it on other floors, the automatic run feature is only good on one floor. Works flawlessly as far as I can see. I tote it to the second floor, put it down, hit the manual timed button and off it goes. I wander back up an hour two later, hit the off button and walk it back to its charger. Second most used? The recharge button – This tells it got back to recharge station manually. If you you do not want it to keep going you can interrupt its cycle and it will go back to its recharging. Usually use this when I am watching a show, it starts on its own and I find the noise distracts me from watching. Third most used feature? The manual steering controls. One review I read said this machine is really stupid. That is half true. It does fine most of the time, but if you want to steer it manually on occasion you can. I have a table I want to make sure it does under in a certain way, so I just point and click it to drive it into the bits when I want them to be cleaned.

   3. Maintenance – Look. Old soldiers will tell you. Preventative maintenance will allow you to keep using your equipment day in and day out. This robot IS reliable IF you know you will need to maintain it! If you are lazy you will hate doing maintenance. I just make it part of day’s routine and do not resent it. Thus I am very satisfied. My routine is to pick it up about 5 PM, sit and work on it for three to five minutes WHILE I watch TV. WHAT? You cry! Why so much work! The work is there because the robot does its job. All you are doing is making sure it keeps doing the job without hassle. Once again, whatever nonsense if advertised, I imagine ALL robots require this kind of looking after. PLAN on it. This one I suspect is no better or worse than any other. Do not go into it blind though.
   Here is what you need to know:
   a. You will need a little tool to do maintenance. If you buy the little kit with filters, brushes and a tool in it, know this. The tool is a hokey little plastic thing that CAN work… but takes a bit more time to use. Specifically it has a comb to clear tangle in your brushes. This works well. It has a little brush to brush dust off filters, off the inside of the dust/dirt collection box, etc. This works adequately. It ALSO has a little razor blade letter opener thing on one side intended to clear hair from rotors (Two types) This is a weak tool that works, but is time consuming and tedious to use. You are better off getting a little tool with steel blade or hook on it. Something you can use to really dig hair out of spots where it winds itself around a brush or rotor. Dig through your kitchen drawers, tool boxes or the $2.00 bins a the hardware store until you find something that works better for you.
   Maintenance: Enemy number one if long hairs. I have two women in the house. I am sure they do not mean to shed, but shed it they do somehow. This is what happens. As the little brushes turn they pick up hair and push some of it into the bin…BUT they also wind around and around the spinning brushes. Every other cleaning I find a wad of it around both brushes. There is also a rotor on the bottom the turns and does the sweeping up.. It ALSO picks up long hairs. Some will wind around the rotor proper and must be cut off or pulled off. This is the easy part. The hard part is that some will wind around at the ends where the bristles stop. This is where the recommended tool I mentioned will pay for itself as the hair tends to knot up tight in wind after wind. You will have to dig it out and cut it loose. You must also empty the bin at the same time. I also wash the bin out now and then along with the filter. Once a month or month and half the front wheel may also need to be tugged out (It pulls out and pushed back in easily) It ALSO gets hair down in there around its axle, though not nearly as fast as the rotors and brushes do. That is it. I will only close by saying I have NOT owned every robot in the world, but I imagine these periodic maintenance requirements will be very similar for ANY robot… NOT just this one, so if my maintenance picture here appear to be too gloomy, don’t let it be.

   OVERALL: I am totally sold on having a slave machine keep my floors swept. Rather it than me! Call me lazy bones. A little maintenance now and then is well worth this machine. Go ahead and buy one. Jump in the water’s fine.

10. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kirk – February 24, 2022

    This is our first robot vacuum and we love it so much! My friend received the previous version (1300 Pa suction) at Christmas and has not manually vacuumed since then. She raved about her “Bob”. This model (2000 Pa suction) was backordered Sat but arrived yesterday, a day earlier than expected. I’ve never been so excited about a product. We have 3 kids, a dog, and 2 cats. My wife is very OCD, so the house stays clean. It’s hardwoods and carpets. But it’s still a lot of work, even with all of us cleaning! Most of our furniture is wood and have space underneath, being a pain keep clean. “Kiki” has taken care all of that! She’s named Kiki because she loves us and we’re down for her always (Drake-In My Feelings). Her height of 2.85 inches gets her under EVERYTHING! We rearranged where she has enough room. She’s smart enough to figure how to get in and out. She ran last night for an hour and half throughout the common areas. We watched tv the whole time as Kiki, in BoostIQ mode, drove around. She is much quieter than expected. Afterwards, she lightly bumped her way through all the dining room chairs back to her charging station. Her dust bin was so full. It really surprised me since we did a deep spring cleaning over the weekend.

    This morning I ran Kiki again. Max mode is louder but not terrible. We drank coffee and watched the news without issue. She found the master bedroom and gobbled up the dust bunnies under our bed. Then she purposely made her way into our bathroom. Came straight in, edged under the the double vanity getting all of my wife’s hair, then jetted out. Eventually she found her way back to her station. Instead of going through the chairs, Kiki twitched side to side like she has echolocation. Didn’t bump into anything and rolled into her charging station like the good girl she is!

    A dirty house stresses my OCD wife and this little vac is an answered prayer. After one day Kiki has made an impact. It’s fascinating to watch her work. She did get stuck once because I didn’t secure some power cables between the couch and wall.

    Buy this Eufy!!! I already recommended to a friend! – Jake

    ***Update – After 5 months of top notch cleaning, Kiki’s suction dropped. She was great at moving the dirt, but none was vacuumed. I emailed Eufy Support and they were so great! I followed their troubleshooting instruction and provided a short video of the problem. They sent me a return label for my Eufy. Once they received it, we got a brand new replacement! Kiki 2 has our house looking great again!! Thanks Eufy! Love the support and your RoboVac!

11. Rated 5 out of 5

    Ivy Colon – February 25, 2022

    My Eufy started messing up after about 7 months. It was making a loud noise and not picking up anything no matter the size. Fortunately there’s a 12 month warranty. I contacted customer service and not only did they send me a NEW Eufy the very next day, they also didn’t require I send in my defected one! So glad they took care of our problem!

12. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kaytie – February 27, 2022

    I originally bought a different brand that amazon had on a lighting deal and returned it promptly. So I didn’t know what to expect with this one basing it off my first robot, but wow what a difference. I have 2 dogs, who are non-shedding but still manage to track in half the backyard with them, and so keeping up on the floors is a constant job. I am very impressed with this little robot. It picks up an entire bin of dirt and who knows what else all while I’m gone at work. It is very easy to program with the provided remote. I thought I would miss not having an app to use with it, but the remote basically gives you everything you need. It seems a little sporadic in its pattern, but somehow it manages to get all the edges and everything in between so I have stopped questioning it. When the battery starts to die, it finds it’s way home and I never have to worry about it being charged for the next day. I’ve made it my routine to empty the bin when I get home from work and that way it’s ready to go again whenever. It does a better job vacuuming my house than I do, and I’m a bit of a perfectionist. I highly recommend this to anyone on the fence about buying one. Now I just hope it lasts cause it’s my new favorite toy

13. Rated 4 out of 5

    History Buff – March 3, 2022

    I live in a 200 year old house that has has good-sized thresholds between the rooms. I also have a Bloodhound and a longhaired cat that shed. I own a Roomba 980 and a Dyson. Generally, the Roomba cleans so well that I very rarely use the Dyson. I bought the Eufy to use upstairs. Here is a comparison between the Eufy and the Roomba.

    Pros:
    • Less than half price of the Roomba.
    • Very quiet. You hardly know it’s running (Roomba is much louder)
    • Bumbles around, but in the end gets everything clean, especially around and under furniture.
    • Can get under lower furniture than the Roomba
    • Has no trouble getting over thresholds, unlike the Roomba
    • Long run time between charges
    • Has no trouble getting back to its charging station. My Roomba does have trouble.
    • No trouble running on black carpet, as you can see in the photo. The rug is wool. Maybe that makes a difference. The Roomba has no trouble either.
    Cons:
    • Not as powerful as the Roomba 900 series (doesn’t get medium height carpets as clean). I ran the Eufy on the black carpet. It got up the hair, but the nap was still matted down where the dog lies. Then I ran the Roomba. It got up half again as much dirt (sand), and lifted the nap back to normal. I have lower pile oriental rugs that get cleaner.
    • Runs until the battery charge runs out, not until it is finished, like the Roomba (you can set the run time to 30 minutes if you have a small area.
    • Has trouble with thin rugs. I have a 3×5 silk Turkish carpet that the Eufy folded over the corners and got stuck a couple of times
    Conclusion: I will run this vacuum more often, because it is quiet and can get from room to room without help. The Roomba will continue to clean the black rug.

14. Rated 5 out of 5

    Brian Curlin – March 4, 2022

    I’m in shock every time i open Eufy to clean it. The first pic is the dirt Eufy picks up daily! The second pic is just for perspective to show what it looks like empty. I never believed it would clean like this. It’s very random and you wouldn’t really think it would do the job – but it does. For the price, you absolutely can’t beat it. These auto cleaners have been priced at 600 dollars and this does the job for $250. It has a remote that you easily program for the start times and it cleans for what seems to be about 2 hours a day before it goes back to it’s charging station.

    CONS: it is just a bit on the loud side but not even close to the level of a vacuum cleaner. You have to clean it everyday but it’s just dumping the dirt in the trash can. If you have cords laying around, it will get hung up and stop but thats a user problem.

    Overall, this is a great investment and we don’t have to vacuum anymore. Definitely worth 250 dollars.

15. Rated 5 out of 5

    Britny Hughes – March 5, 2022

    So far I’ve only had our eufy robovac for 2 days, but I must say it is amazing!! I had a different brand prior to this one that was more expensive that didn’t do a great job and broke less than a year of having it. I’m hoping this one will continue to do great. I put this thing to work after I fully charged it. I hadn’t swept in a few days and with a family of five, my floors were in desperate need of cleaning. This robovac got EVERYTHING in the first day of cleaning. It had to charge once and I let it run once more after that. It fits under my kitchen cabinets and it gets all the little crumbs that get under there. As well as cleans great in the corners. I turned it on after leaving home for the first time today and it didn’t get stuck anywhere (I leave bedroom doors closed… because kids and their small toys). It is so quiet! All in all, I’m super impressed!!

16. Rated 4 out of 5

    Amazon Customer – March 5, 2022

    My previous robovac was a more expensive model which died of overcomplication. The Eufy began work two days ago. It does indeed clean well and does find its recharging station. It is surprisingly quiet, especially compared to the loud screech of the robovac it replaces. It is easy to empty the sweepings bin. The remote control makes it possible to direct it to go where you direct it, which is sometimes all that’s needed to free it when it gets stuck. Best to have wiring off the floor. I recommend it; very good value.

17. Rated 5 out of 5

    AmazonCustomer_AB – March 9, 2022

    I opted for this product over similar brands based on reviews and cost comparison, and I’m so glad I did! With two dogs and a young child it can sometimes feel impossible to keep up with the constant shedding, crumbs from dropped snacks, dust, etc. but now that has changed! Set-up was easy, instructions were clear and easy to follow, has great suction the entire run time and returns back to its base when it needs to recharge.
    Side note: I read some reviews about people concerned with the space needed around the base but I have mine under a table and have no issues with the vacuum returning on its own; hence the photo.

18. Rated 4 out of 5

    John M. – March 10, 2022

    This vacuum is the best purchase we have made in a long time as far as cleaning goes! Don’t waste your money on the fancy-pants competitors that do the same thing. Dog hair – GONE. Gravel – GONE. Dust bunnies – HASTA LA VISTA. We did have to use the warranty on it as the side sweeper quit functioning properly. I got on the phone with the manufacturer and I had a new one at my door within a few days. I wrote the following letter to the manufacturer with the original vacuum I returned:

    “Dear RoboVac Gods,

    First off, I would be remiss if I did not express my sincere gratitude for you in this matter. Your attentiveness to the healthcare of our little helper is unparalleled. That being said…this is no RoboVac – no. This is family. This is Fran.

    Fran loved to frolic through our home with such delight! Her playful personality would keep her A-Okay when she would run into furniture; bumping our couch over and over was her favorite, the little devil! Fran is truly what made our house a home. Without complaint, she would clean the floor not because she wanted a clean house, but because she wanted a happy family. I changed her when she was dirty, I picked her up for rest when she was too tired to make it to the charger, and I guided her when she was misled. Fran had such a free spirit.

    Our Little Angel would scream loud beeps if she were to be stuck and I would care for her as I would an injured baby bird. It turns out that this baby bird has a broken wing. I couldn’t bare to see her push through the pain. Fran’s dedication to a happy home keeps her working when her body couldn’t work. Just like Fran, my heart is broken. They don’t make warranties for hearts though. My heart is in a million pieces and it crushes my soul that Fran can’t clean those pieces up any longer like she has before.

    Thanks to you, we have our new RoboVac that seems to have the ambition that Fran once had, but she is no Fran. With Fran in our hearts, we’ve taken kindly to LaShanda, our new family member. Fran wouldn’t want us to be sad she is gone – only happy for the time she did spend with us. Please contact me with questions, concerns, or if you just need to talk.”

    It’s rare to find a company that backs their products as well as this one. Maybe our first model was defective – who knows? It doesn’t matter because it really does make a huge difference in how nice our floors look.

19. Rated 3 out of 5

    Amazon Customer – March 10, 2022

    Overall this product is not worth the money for me. A few disclaimers: we have two German shepherds that are indoors. We have medium pile carpet in our living room. We have multiple floor heights and types of flooring. I am meticulous about my cleaning standards. That being said this Eufy is acting as a secondary to our dyson animal. Or it’s supposed to. We’ve had it less than a week and I’ve ran it every day. Set up and instructions were super easy. However-we have a fairly simple set up in our house. Minimal furniture and around 800 sq ft for the Eufy to work with. If I wasn’t home when the Eufy ran it would be virtually useless to me. It constantly is getting stuck-under our couch which dips down in the back so I placed board games back there to help but since it spends more time vacuuming under the couch than anywhere else it manages to get stuck, under the recliner which I now have to leave reclined in the mornings before it runs and on the edge of our entertainment center-which now has a book under it to prevent the vacuum from wedding itself in there. So I have to make my house look ridiculous to accommodate the vacuum. The Eufy tends to do really well on edges and borders but often misses the whole middle of the living room. It also goes back to the same locations over and over. Like under our couch and our dining room for some reason. I haven’t made a decision to return it yet as it does seem to cut down on how often I have to get the dyson out but I’m giving it one more week to sort out the kinks and if it’s still the same I’m returning this product and will vacuum my own floors for less hassle.

20. Rated 5 out of 5

    tlfalconer – March 13, 2022

    Bought this not expecting much, but with three dogs and a cat, I need all the vacuum help I can get. I’ve had it about 3 months now and run it daily for approx 1 hour (it will last much longer on a full charge). It picks up an enormous amount of hair and fine dust/dander each time. The slim design lets it clean under the sofa and chairs where hairballs used to grow to the size of rabbits. Not only is the hair now under control, but dust in the house has been reduced tremendously. Couldn’t live without it now — it has made life with pets so much more pleasant.

21. Rated 5 out of 5

    J. Mertz – April 1, 2022

    I am a first time robo vac owner. I must admit I was a little skeptical, so after seeing glowing reviews on the eufy, I decided to take the plunge on a less expensive model. I fell in love!! Keep in mind, I don’t have an app for this, it, Alice (our nickname), does not have a strict pattern, and she doesn’t know the layout of my house. However, somehow, she does a great job cleaning my floors.
    I have 4 rooms upstairs that she is assigned. They consist of wood, ceramic tile, and a heavy shag 8 x 11 rug. I was a little nervous about the rug and planned to set up blocks to keep her off of it. However, she just powers right over it. (No doubt using more energy as she goes slower). (This eufy does not have a way to set up technical boundaries. I would kind of like this ability, but for the cost and results, I can manage. )
    I also have a great dane in the house. Alice loves picking up the dog hair! My favorite part of Alice is drinking coffee with her. She happily cleans as I enjoy the morning show!
    Negatives: She does not do deep cleaning in the shag rug, but I really didn’t expect her to.
    She gets stuck on my wooden air vent covers. I just take them off.
    She doesn’t dust.
    Pros:
    She doesn’t fall off the step going downstairs.
    She is quiet.
    She does a great job on edge cleaning.
    Somehow she navigates through all the legs on my dining room table.
    And best of all.. she loves dog hair, random stones, and paperclips.
    For the price of this robovac, you can’t go wrong! Alice is the bomb and my new best friend!!

22. Rated 5 out of 5

    Mark – April 6, 2022

    This Robovac far exceeded my expectations and is amazingly quiet, even on turboboost. There’s no rhyme or reason to its vacuuming pattern in the house but it does seem to cover every square inch. It may vacuum a little bit of one room then turn around and go vacuum another room, but it will come back and finish the room it started.
    I have carpeting and tile floors and it crosses the thresholds just fine, same thing with the floor heat/AC vents. As other reviewers have commented, it does get hung up occasionally. Mine gets stuck on coffee table/end table legs and of course any lamp or computer power cords on the floor will often get it stuck. The nice thing about it is that when it does get stuck, it turns itself off and beeps to let you know there’s a problem so you don’t need to watch it every minute. I’ve chosen to use mine (on auto) when I’m home as opposed to scheduling it to run when I’m not here for that reason, but as I learn what it most often gets hung up on, I can move the item so that it can run when I’m not at home.
    I was amazed at how much pet hair and dirt/dust it picked up. It does an excellent job at vacuuming, every bit as good as my expensive upright vacuum but without the lower back pain that goes with it. The only downside if I had to mention one, and its solely due to my living room furniture arrangement, is that if it doesn’t have easy egress out of a particular room it sort of gets “trapped” and will vacuum that same room for like a half hour or so until it finally finds its way out to go to another room.
    Other than that minor and correctable issue, I’m very impressed with it and highly recommend it.

23. Rated 5 out of 5

    Andrew Bean – April 18, 2022

    This (really long) review is for the Eufy 11S Max robot vacuum (Robovac). Please note “Max” vs regular 11S. They may look the same; but the Max uses a different filter and has the higher 2000pa suction. Otherwise the functions and options (other than suction choices) are the same. I’ve used the 11S Max for the last month on my low pile carpet (about 80% of the roaming area) with the rest being tile or linoleum flooring. It has been quite fascinating to watch so I’ve actually put about 85-90 charge cycles on the unit over the last month (yes, three times a day on most days and it’s still finding more dirt/dust than I would expect).

    Right up front, I’d definitely buy another when it comes time to replace this one. After comparing how I vacuum my flooring, especially to pick up my biggest carpet enemy; short stray bits of dried grass stems, the “random” wandering of this vacuum model made more sense to me than the other fancier choices. Most vacs do a good job with dust, dirt, sand, cheerios, etc. but these stem pieces are only picked up by a vacuum when it comes at the stem with the brush roller pretty much parallel to the stem. That means random directions will more likely get these pesky problems than an organized back & forth cleaning approach. Granted it may take a few cleaning cycles or several passes over the same area during one cycle; but since the Robovac has completed its first 5-6 cycles I rarely find them anymore or if I do spot one it’s not for very long.

    Robovac is a big time saver as well as an energy saver for me. I would use my canister vacuum about an hour each week for routine cleaning and once a month for 2+ hours to do a more thorough cleaning. A watt-hour meter indicated that my canister vacuum used 5-6 kw-hr of electricity each month. Robovac uses about 12 watts continuously for about 4 hours when charging (surprisingly less than the 5-6 hrs listed in the manual; but it is brand new). Once the battery is charged, the power consumption drops to about ½ watt. When Robovac is away cleaning, the charging base uses just ¼ watt for the homing beacon. So if used just once a day; Robovac would only use about 60 watts per day. That means once-a-day cleaning would only use 1.8 Kw-hr energy per month. By letting Robovac take over the regular weekly cleaning with once a day operation (or less), I’m able to cut my electric bill by an easy 3-4 kw-hr/month.

    With that said, there are a few things that I think need improved:

    First, there should be an interlock on the dust bin – Robovac will merrily go off about it’s scheduled cleaning cycle without the bin installed! So if removed for emptying; don’t forget to re-install the bin before the next scheduled operation. Plus, I noticed on a couple occasions, that I wasn’t paying attention and I left one corner was about 1/8” out from fully inserted. Not sure if that will cause suction leaks; but you need to make sure the bin is completely inserted.

    Second, you can’t select “max” (or any power level) when using the remote to manually clean an area. It appears to only operate on “standard” suction with manual operation (i.e., when Robovac is not running a regular cleaning mode and you chose to override it’s direction). In addition, if you select the remotes’ edge or spot cleaning modes it will automatically go to “max” power for the duration of that mode and you can’t choose IQBoost or standard power level on those selections.

    Third, I don’t know why the 20 minutes for edge cleaning or 30 minutes for quick cleaning was selected. Robovac can make it about 60-70% around my home in the 20 minutes of edge cleaning. If edge cleaning mode was permitted to run until it made a trip all way around and back to the charging station where it could dock to finish that mode would work better. An alternate solution would be if I could set the cycle time for edge cleaning and quick cleaning modes. Plus I’d like having an option for it to simply stop when the time is up rather than automatically returning to the base. When I want just one room cleaned; I’ll set Robovac to auto or quick mode in that room, then close the door or put down a barrier, and return later to stop it manually and take it back to the charging base. If I don’t return in a timely manner Robovac will be trying to locate the charging base and running the battery down.

    Fourth, Robovac cleans edges using only its right side pretty much all of the time. It would be helpful to have it randomly choose using either the right or left side whenever edge cleaning. I watched it edge clean a carpet/wall area three times going only in a counterclockwise direction (right side) and it still didn’t pick up all the dust bunnies. I used manual control with it hugging the wall on its left side and it picked them up with no problem. Also, be aware that manual operation, when Robovac is not already working in a selected cleaning mode (overriding current movement), only works while the remote buttons are pressed. Robovac stops all functions shortly after a button is released when used manually.

    Fifth, I really don’t need to run Robovac on a daily schedule – there should be a weekly scheduling capability even for the least expensive robot vacuums. It shouldn’t be that difficult or expensive to update this model to correct this issue. Even if it’s the same set cleaning time, every day for the selected days; just give me the ability to schedule cleaning cycles one to seven times a week.

    Sixth, when the battery runs low, Robovac can take forever, if it makes it back at all, to the charging base. I will routinely go looking for it if I haven’t seen it return within 10-15 minutes after the approximate cleaning time has passed. The age-old solution for solving a maze (your home from Robovacs’ perspective) is to constantly follow along obstacles using just one side (Robovac does recognize when it’s circling something like a coffee table and adjusts accordingly after a 360 degree rotation). This method is how Robovac tries getting closer to the charging station when it’s more than about 15ft away and not in line-of-sight (the charging base emits an infrared signal for homing action – make sure you keep Robovacs’ bumper and the base clean). Sometimes Robovac occasionally gets diverted or the software tells it to try something different) and it will go off in another (often wrong) direction (extremely frustrating!). I highly recommend observing Robovac perform it’s return operation from various areas in your home. I ended up placing a 2×4 along the end legs of my sofa as Robovac was consistently going along the side skirt, under the skirt at front of the sofa, then around the front leg exiting the side of the skirt, and then heading straight across the room. It would then go thru three other rooms and come back to the sofa again. The 2×4 forced Robovac to continue edging under the sofa, along the back wall, and out the other end which has an end table that mimics the 2×4 at the opposite end. Before using the 2×4, Robovac took well over an hour to get back to the charging base (it eventually changes up it’s routine, usually after three tries) and required 5 hrs to recharge. With the 2×4, Robovac has been able to get back from the far end of my house to the charging base in under 20 minutes very consistently. While the ability to improve Robovacs’ return mode is really limited to what you can do, the key point I’m making here is that the battery will always give you more charge cycles (longer life) before needing replacement if you can get Robovac back to the charging base as soon possible.

    Seventh, pay attention to the thin rubber wiping strip on the brush guard. After 60+ cycles I noticed the ends of the thin rubber strip (about 1/16” of it’s height) were tearing away. I believe this was most likely due to moving back and forth over edging from tile/linoleum to carpet or maybe due to the floor mounted furnace registers in my home. I simply trimmed the torn bits off to keep them from getting caught by the brush. After about 100 cycles I noted the rest of the 1/16” strip was now gone. This impacts the tile/linoleum cleaning far more than carpet; but it is something to watch for. I highly recommend checking the rubber strip during brush cleaning and purchasing a brush guard replacement as part of a maintenance set. Hopefully the manufacturer will improve the thickness or type of material used to prevent or at least reduce this problem occurring in the future.

    Next, a few helpful hints I’ve learned or didn’t find in the owner’s manual:

    The “bowl” shape on top of the charging base with the white LED is just right to hold the remote control, button-side up. However, I prefer to turn remote controls’ button-side down to keep them cleaner so it’s up to you if you use it or not.

    I’ve had a few occasions when Robovac actually bumped into the charging base so it was no longer sitting square against the wall. This will impact it’s ability to find the base when the battery is low. I took a used rectangular-shaped one quart motor oil bottle from my recycling bin, cleaned it thoroughly, and filled it with sand. It’s now a 3-4lb weight sitting on top of the charging base. I haven’t had the base re-positioned since adding the weight. Normally Robovac does a good job avoiding the charging base; but not always.

    Robovac “parks” about 1/2” away from the charging base tower. If you are careful, you can swipe a cloth over the bumper sensors to clean off any surface dust that has collected (always seems to be some); however, be careful as Robovac might activate while you are doing this. You might also get a solid red indicator without any beeps. This error isn’t described in the manual; but I’ve found if I just lift Robovac off the charging base for few seconds and then replace it, it will change back to the charging orange color. (I suspect the solid red indicates a sensor error) It’s also quite easy to remove/replace the dust bin during charging. Unfortunately you will need to flip Robovac on it’s back to remove/clean the side and roller brushes as well as the bottom IR sensors and charging contacts, so remember to turn Robovac off with the topside button before doing this or get used to it trying to start up while you are cleaning it. Also make sure the blue/orange indicator light is on when you reposition it on the base. Sometimes Robovac will remain off rather than return to charging mode.

    After two or three cleaning cycles I’ll do a regular check on the all the brushes and swap left and right side brushes when they are re-installed; seems to straighten and make them work a little better, maybe last longer too.

    Oddly the remote control spot clean button symbol and the manual indicate a clockwise spiral for the cleaning operation; but when I’ve selected it, Robovac has always used a counterclockwise rotation.

    If the side brushes happen to “hang up” on something, Robovac will stop spinning them while it maneuvers around the obstacle and then restart the brushes when it thinks it is clear. Don’t assume there’s a problem when you see this unless Robovac beeps and the indicator turns red.

    The flat handle end of a spoon or fork works great for prying the filter free from the bin for cleaning. Every time I have tried using my fingers; it pops out tossing dust/lint everywhere.

    The IQBoost mode doesn’t seem to change going from hard flooring to low pile carpet or vice versa in my home. I think this is because the low pile carpet just doesn’t cause enough “drag” for it to recognize that it could adjust the suction level. (I’m still not clear as to whether there’s just two suction levels or if Robovac can vary linearly between the two) While the manual indicates a 40 min run time in “max” mode with medium nap carpet, I’m obtaining about 60 minutes with my low nap carpet. I do find the “max” mode clearly picks up more dust. I ran Robovac 20+ times on IQ mode before switching to “max” for its scheduled operation. The filter has clearly shown a thicker layer of accumulation on the filter.

    When “max” mode is set as default you will occasionally hear the vacuum whining noise change briefly. Best I can figure is it’s a software glitch where the IQBoost code tries to adjust the suction level; but then resets it to max. I normally hear this shortly after Robovac goes from one flooring type to another. It also occurs shortly after it starts it’s routine.

    Robovac does not communicate back to the remote. So if for instance, you press edge cleaning and Robovac doesn’t get the message, the remote will show it should be performing edge cleaning even though it’s not. Similar situation when Robovac is recharging or is returning to recharge; the remote will still show it’s in the selected cleaning mode rather than the “charging” icon. You simply have to pay attention that Robovac has recognized your command by a “beep”.

    I found using the basketball nozzle with my Ryobi P737 inflator does an excellent job cleaning the filter. It takes only a couple minutes to clean both the filter and the bin (outdoors of course!). The original filter has been cleaned well over 100 times now and other than being a little dingy it’s still working great. This should help stretch the recommended replacement interval to more than 2 months compared to the recommended “tapping it” to clean. Do not use the “canned” compressed air as I frequently find it wets surfaces during extended spraying and the Robovac filter is a paper element.

    If you have a sofa, chair, etc, with stiff or heavy cloth skirting down to the floor; I suggest safety pinning up at least a foot or two of the skirting on an open side. When or if Robovac switches to using the proximity mode for cleaning AFTER it gets under the furniture, the skirt will appear like a wall and it will keep running around underneath the furniture until it switches to a collision mode where the weight of the skirt generally will not trip the bumper sensors and stop it from escaping.

    I’m glad I’ve used Robovac during the daytime so I could track it down and figure out what trouble it got into during its normal operation or when I expected it to be back at the charging base. The alarm beep sounds can easily be missed when it’s far away from you. Plus, when it powers down after getting stuck can make it lot more challenging to find! It’s a lot easier to locate when the vacuum sound is still going or even if it’s just the quieter wheel motors running it around looking for the charging base.

    To wrap up my review. I’ve found Robovac to be a well built, nicely designed, and quite durable robot vacuum. The $160 price I paid is quite reasonable with excellent cleaning ability (given it has about 1/10 the suction of a typical canister vac). It has good battery run times (my mixed flooring on IQ mode lets Robovac run about 80-85 minutes before recharging), and it is a wonderful time and energy saver. If you’ve been thinking about a robot vacuum without all the extras (or just don’t like vacuuming), the Eufy 11S Max is a great choice.

24. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jace – April 21, 2022

    We’ve tried much more expensive robot vacuums only to have them die under the onslaught of fur in this house. The roomba and the neato both failed miserably.
    This vacuum was a lot cheaper, and works better than the others ever have.
    The long silicone like sweeping brushes in the front really grab fur and grim from around furniture legs and corners.
    It tracks randomly around the house but always seems to get the floor really clean.
    It hasn’t had trouble transitioning from our wood floors to thicker pile carpets, and it cleans the carpets really well.
    It has unplugged a few electronics in it’s zeal..the motor is powerful enough to get it in to trouble sometimes, but it hasn’t gone off any ledges or over stairs.

    Cons: wheels are a little squeaky on ours..not a big deal as we tend to run it during the day.
    The dust collection bin is kind of small if you have 2 dogs. I let it run for about half an hour, empty it and then run it for the rest of the cycle.

    I am disabled and have trouble bending from the hips. The remote has been a life saver for me. I can steer the vacuum towards me while I am sitting to empty the bin, and it also allows you to send it to a location you need to clean..then hit the spot clean feature and it’s done.

    Really glad we bought this vacuum, saves me a lot of time trying to keep the house vacuumed.