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HOWEVER.... the swivel ball broke a week ago and it no longer stays attached to machine. We lightly use this machine. We were not hard on it. It just broke.
After I purchased eufy the seller contacted me by email and asked me to write a review. The seller also said the following in their email “As always, we stand behind our products and will work tirelessly to put things right if you encounter any problems. Simply reply to this email to get hassle-free support.“
Sounds good right? Except.... I have sent two emails explaining that Eufy is broken and I have not heard back. So much for hassle free support.
I liked Eufy until it broke. $259 for a machine that worked for only 6 weeks is too high a price to pay. Beware
Update: 12/27/17
Eufy seller contacted me after I left review of broken eufy. Said they would help me with broken part on eufy. So far I have not received the part .... but I am hopeful I will get it soon. Too bad I had to leave a review to get their attention. My previous emails to them had gone unanswered.
Customer service is important when you spend this much on a product.

2nd Update: After the 2nd night of haunted cleaning, I turned it off. It was off for about 18 hrs before I got back to it. I cleaned the roller brush, unplugged the base, then set it back up Plugged in the base, put unit back on the base and turned it on. I decided to send it to clean for a quick once around and sent it back to the base via the remote. And waited for midnight. It slept through the night. If this happens again, I'm gong to just turn it off. It does what I want it do which is clean, not be a toy/gadget. I'm really not that interested in the bells and whistles. My upright vacuum is supposed to clean and it doesn't come close to the work this one does. So if it has issues, as long as it cleans, I'm happy.
It makes it back to the base on it's own about half the time, depending on where it is when it starts back. Again, not an issue for me because I don't run it when I'm not at home.
Another tip is about maintenance. After running it about 2-3 times a week for the past 3 weeks, I noticed it was running rough and loud. After a thorough cleaning of the roller brush, it's running quiet and smooth again. I have 3 pets and loads of hair and it's not warm weather yet. You have to maintain it and give it a clear path. Remember you are the human.
Before I made the purchase, I googled top/best rated robot vacs and this one came up at the top of the list over the $900 Roomba. I have never been so happy with a product. This thing is amazing. It's the first day and I'm beyond impressed. Before it got here, I did a thorough cleaning to help it out. I have one dog, 2 cats and 2 people with big feet. It's always a hair/ dust mess. So I swept and mopped. I wouldn't have left that much mess for anything. I got all the wires, cords, and cables off the floor. Took chairs out that we don't use. I prepped the house. It has freedom to do it's job and I don't have to worry about it getting trapped. I wanted success and I got it. It's obsessed. Don't pay the big money for the fancy brand. I like that I can actually direct it to dirty areas with the remote if I don't want to wait for it to find them. When I told my tech son that I ordered it, I got the eye roll. Now he's a believer. Says "this thing is awesome!" It's in the kitchen working away while I sit here and type. Right out of the box it went to work and went into every room of the house like a scout. A friend told me it's learning the lay of the land. I just went to divert it from the kitchen using the remote. I'm thrilled.
I don't have carpet since my dog loves to pee on rugs, so I can't say anything about that. All tile and dark laminate. The dark color hasn't been an issue. It went behind a chair and found a hairball. After that, it worked behind the chair until it was satisfied it was clean. Others have said it works great on cat litter. I won't risk it. Every vacuum I've ever had was ruined with sticky cat litter. I'll take care of that myself to protect this wonderful thing. It's only January and the dog is already shedding. I can't imagine another Spring and Summer of daily sweeping only to look back and see more hair flying across the floor. I'll run it every night if I have to. It's quiet enough to watch TV and talk on the phone. It just finished after running for over an hour and a half and made it's way home. It was pretty far away, but it got there.

The cleaning pattern appears to be random, but by the end of the cleaning cycle, the floor is clean. Once the cycle is completed, the vacuum will roam around the house "looking" for the charging base and upon locating it, will cleverly park itself on the charging pad. All in all, we love our Eufy, and this new model improves upon the prior one. Would definitely recommend!

Pros: Very quiet, picks up a lot! (can't believe my floors were that dirty; you'll be surprised too). You can't beat the price, but Eufy seems to be raising their prices recently whereas other brands are lowering them...
Cons: No way to schedule what day(s) to clean on. You can schedule it, but then it will run at that time every single day unless you turn the thing off. Most other brands have a way for you to schedule it to run, say 3 times per week, rather than 7. I also wish it would go back to cleaning once it dies and has recharged. That's a really nice feature to have. Though I guess if the thing runs 7 times a day, eventually then my whole place should get cleaned. Furthermore, I'm not a fan of having to memorize what all the different light colors, light patterns, and number of beeps mean to understand what my RoboVac needs from me. I'd rather an app notify me that I need to replace a part, or clean a filter, than hoping I'm home and hear 1, 2, or 3 beeps to know what I need to do. My RoboVac had a really hard time finding its way home to the charging base. I put the thing right in front of it with nothing anywhere near it other than the base, and it still went in the exact opposite direction or tried to climb on top of its own charging base. Silly RoboVac. Lastly, and this is important, the path the RoboVac takes is superrrrr random. It went to the same section of my living room 10 times, and completely ignored another section in its entire cleaning. Same story in my bedroom; it refused to go around my bed even though there is a ridiculous amount of space for it to get by.
I have the Power Boost mode turned on, and never hear it come on when I do the carpets vs the hardwood floors. If it is on, it's super quiet which is awesome.
I have 30 days to return this thing, so I'm going to try it out for a few more, and compare it myself to the iRobot Roomba 690. I will return whichever I like least (or give it to a family member for Christmas...)

I found that it did the poorest job of actually vacuuming, even in the boost mode. I have two labs and it left tangles all along the floor or simply pushed the hair into small dams. Then it got stuck under foot rests and sofas that the other robots navigated or avoided successfully. I know the manual warns against letting it go under couches, BUT THEN WHAT HOUSE IS IT DESIGNED FOR? If you have futons or couches or foot rests or TV stands with low clearance, forget it. It looks to me that this bot has no sense of height. Between poor vacuum power and getting stuck continuously, I returned it. We have the replacement Neato and are happy again.
On the positive side, it was the quietest rob-vac I have tried.
I really can't understand the overall positive reviews based on my experience.
Floors were mostly wood with some thin carpets.

Cleaning: he cleans alright, but misses big sections in my house. It seems like he cleans one area like 10 times and misses 10 ft away entirely.
The remote: eats up batteries, in the 3-4 months I have had eufy the remote is on it’s 3rd set of batteries. I don’t use the remote that often, maybe once every 2 weeks.
Recommendation: If you have a small area, Eufy might serve all your needs.
Update 1/7/17:
Eufy customer service has contacted me and they are sending me a new remote for free. Excellent customer service. will change from 2/5 stars to 3/5 for the customer service. will update when i recieve the remote and test it.

On a good note, I called the manufacturer and explained the problem. They answered the phone right away. They immediately emailed me a return shipping label so I could return the unit with no cost to me. They will ship a new unit (hopefully not refurbished) as soon as they receive the defective one. If the replacement unit functions for a reasonable period of time without failing, I'll change my rating.
Update Number 1 - Changed the rating to three stars from one star. The replacement unit (brand new) was received today which is only three days after I shipped the defective unit back to them at the manufacturer's expense. I appreciate the quick turn around.


When RoboVac became non-functional, customer service, while quick to respond, would not consider extending the warranty beyond 12 months "because it wouldn't be fair to other customers." Further, their suggestions for remediation were ineffective, and their communicative style suggested either an AI platform response or people for whom English was not their primary language. Either way, they had canned, useless suggestions and were unhelpful in the extreme.
I am unfamiliar with other models but based on this experience would not consider purchasing another Robovac (and NEVER the Eufy RoboVac 11) until functionality was vastly enhanced.

Original review: Just got this yesterday and decided to try it tonight. Mind you, I just swept my floors on Saturday and they looked pretty clean to me. Today is Monday. I can't believe all the dirt, dust, and debris that this little gadget collected. The collection bin was almost full and I didn't even let it go the full cycle. We have laminate floors with area rugs in the living spaces; carpet in the bedrooms. One cat, 2 adults.
This is quite the guilty pleasure and it did a great job. Not sure we will keep it since I kind of felt like I had to babysit it but that could be because I've never used one before and don't know if I really trust it yet. We have a few learning curves to work through. The bot got stuck a couple of times between the edge of the kitchen area rug and the toe kick of the cabinet. Adjusting the rug placement seemed to solve that problem. It did a decent job on picking up the cat liter in the bathroom once I used the remote and set it to spot clean on the area rug. That was nice. The most worrisome issue was it seemed to have trouble finding it's way back to home base. I felt bad watching it wander around so I picked it up and placed it close and that worked. That might have something to do with where I placed the charger though so we'll play with that and see if it does better after I relocate it.
The product description says not recommended for thick carpet and dark floors. One of our area rugs is pretty plush and I feel like the bot did a decent job. I didn't even expect it to climb up there but it did! Our floors are a dark walnut color and again, no problems.
This little robot vac works very, very well and overall we are quite impressed. I'll use my full 30 days to figure out exactly how lazy I really am to determine if we will keep this or not.

[EDIT 4/1/19] The thing is completely useless now. Leaves the charging station and runs for a few minutes and then dies completely. Thought I would have a few months of the short 45 minute cycle where it would get back to the charging station but I guess not. Do not buy this thing. Debating on what to get next but it won't be an Eufy product unless it has a replaceable battery and is on sale for a pretty good discount.
[EDIT 4/30/20] Had a request to answer a question for this pop up and figured I should update this review. I eventually did take the thing apart to see what could be done about the dead battery. In the end, I cut a hole in the bottom of the thing to create an access hatch to replace the battery when it goes bad and 3d printed a cover for it. The battery is just a standard NiMH that is used by other vacuums, but you will probably have to cut and then solder the connector from the old one to get it to work. Still staying at 1 star since there really is no excuse to force a customer to have to do this.

Updated 11/8/17 - Great customer service. Got an email with some tips on setting the clock and programming start time. This worked perfect. Turbo is now right on schedule. Also, I forgot to mention 2 more impressive things. Super quiet. I can hear it, but I don't mind it cleaning the same room I am watching tv in, talking on the phone, or with another person. But, sometimes I feel like he is following me! Lol. Lastly, cleanup is a breeze. Well thought out design to remove and empty the debris bin, but also super easy to clean hair and gunk off the roller brush and other brushes. The end even slide off the roller brush and wound hair comes right off! for the hair wrapped around the middle, the little handy cleaning brush is perfectly equipped with a protected razor to cut right thru it. I guess I didn't replace the bin once and found that Turbo had left it behind on the floor while he went on cleaning the house. I thought it was a little odd that he still runs with the bin not attached, but I have to accept at least some responsibility for putting it back in place properly. The only annoying thing so far is how often he gets caught under my kitchen cabinets. I am going to try to find some small discreet bumpers of some kind to stick up under the trouble spots so he can't get under there. I'm sure I'll come up with something. Overall, I still love it! Now that he can tell time to auto start, I'll upgrade to five stars.


PROS:
1. Out of the box it's easy to setup and charge.
2. It works GREAT on bare floors
3. The brush roller gets clogged with hair and fibers but it is easy to take off, clean, and replace
4. It does pull up some dirt and hair, but it's not full after a normal run. Our regular stand-up vacuum does a much better job
5. It tends to work its way out of trouble if there's enough room.
CONS: So far the only down side is that it gets stuck frequently for no apparent reason. The 3 beeps seem to be saying "HELP. ME. PLEASE" and then someone has to go over to it and press the reset button and it goes on its merry way. I think this wouldn't be a big deal if it were just one time but it occurs multiple times on each run, sometimes to the point where it's so annoying we just put it back on the base. The funny thing is, when it's actually stuck on something, it keeps up the good fight and won't beep! Yesterday it got stuck on an inclined cat scratcher and just sat there, spinning its wheels but going nowhere, but not letting us know. This only occurs when it's on carpet. Our carpet isn't short (like office carpet) but it's not shag either. Just standard carpet. Bare floors are the Eufy's playground and it will zig-zag happily the entire time. It would be nice if it were better at getting the corners in the kitchen but it gets close enough.
I had seen others tape over the sensors but in our case, that just made it stop completely. It takes a couple steps backward and beeps immediately.
Based on other reviews we thought the bin would be full all the time but it has yet to pull up a whole lot of dirt and we only have to empty it every other day or less.
Overall we're underwhelmed by Eufy and are deciding whether to send it back or not. In a perfect world it would just do its job and return to base but we find ourselves managing its quirkiness every day.


