Eufy RoboVac 11S Review, Your Budget-Friendly Cleaning Companion

Modern life moves at a frantic pace, and there seems little to no time for much, let alone the kind of tedious chores cleaning can often be. And so it is that we’re continually bombarded with the latest smart home gadgets to make housework as ‘hassle free’ as possible. Robot vacuums in particular have garnered considerable to seemingly vacuum for us. This category is problematic, however, in that it’s huge and the subcartegorisation is even bigger. Not to mention price. It can be confusing, especially if, like me, you’re ready to pounce on whatever Iridium-coated robot can clean up after me.

If we’re spending the money – and, if you’re anything like me, spending any money at all on a household appliance is painfully frightening – then we want the best we can afford. Enter the Eufy RoboVac 11S. This tiny, lightweight model from the Eufy line of Anker robots saw a ton of competition in the budget arena, and we were impressed by its performance for the price. The Eufy RoboVac 11S is a strong performer in its price range. It’s also very affordable, which makes it an attractive middle ground if you’re looking for both functionality and affordability. We’re here to take a deep dive into the features, performance, and value for the Eufy RoboVac 11S to help you determine whether it’s right for your budget and your cleaning needs.

Eufy RoboVac 11S vs. Eufy RoboVac 11S Max: What's the Difference?

The Eufy RoboVac 11S Max is the upgraded version of the Eufy 11S and comes with several features and improvements over the standard model. For those wanting a little more power and features, this is a great upgrade that doesn’t break the bank. If you’re on the fence about spending the extra few dollars for the Max, hopefully this helps clear up the differences. Here they are:

• More Suction Power: 11S Max’s suction power has gone up to 2000Pa — this makes it an excellent option for cleaning carpets and rugs, lightly scrubbing stubborn stains off your couch, picking up larger pieces of trash, or tidying up after your pets. It’ll get the floors cleaner and faster. This extra suction is great for households with pets, or simply those who live in places with a lot of dust and debris.
• BoostiQ Technology: Customises suction power to the environment … The sense works like this: When the device is over hardwood floors, carpets or rugs it will automatically choose the best suction power to provide the best performance. 11S Max: Larger dustbin:With the larger dust bin, you don’t have to empty the vacuum so frequently. Bigger homes and families with shedding pets benefit.
• Good News: The larger expands clean time and makes the robot much more friendly to those who don’t want vacuuming becoming a hobby. 11S Max has enhanced 2.5D navigation for a highly-optimised cleaning experience: It uses advanced technology to build a more accurate map of your home, for increased of missed spots; The enhanced 2.5D navigation system helps the 11S Max clean your home more thoroughly and fully.It into corners, in this way reaching more surface area, more deeply and more reliably.

Which to choose, the Eufy RoboVac 11S or the 11S Max, is up to your needs and what you consider your money is worth. Instead of just telling you, I’ll proceed with a little Table I made up for further clarification. Read on. Table of which Eufy RoboVac you should get Standard budget friendly cleaning Specs Enjoyable but not necessary for most households Based on prior experiences (this writer has owned two vacuums from Eufy, and one from iRobot previously), the Eufy model being recommended here is a highly-likable option that is quite a good deal at its price point with solid specs across the board. 

Eufy RoboVac 11S Battery Life and Charging

The Eufy RoboVac 11S is equipped with a long-lasting battery that gives it up to 100 minutes of runtime on a single charge, which means it can clean virtually and entire room without needing to make a recharge return to the charging station stance. With this runtime, the RoboVac 11S can clean multiple rooms back-to-back or even an entire floor of your home without requiring a recharge if you exist your rooms or floors quickly. If it does run out of battery power during a cleaning session, the RoboVac will automatically return to the charging station to recharge itself and then resume cleaning where it left off. The charge time for this vac is approximately 3-4 hours.

Eufy RoboVac 11S App and Control

The app you use to take control of your RoboVac 11S is called the EufyLife app, available for both iOS and Android devices. The app is intuitive and easy to use. Cleaning tasks can easily be set up to suit your schedule, and for any given date you just have to select a frequency between daily, weekly or monthly. Applying an ‘auto’ setting allows you to clean your abode even while you’re post-vacation shame-spiral. More than just a scheduling planner, the app tracks progress so you can see in real time how your robot is moving. Utilizing your smartphone feature of tracking your location, you’ll be able to, for instance, launch a robot clean and, once it disappears under your sofa, pull out your phone, check your app and locate your noisy vacuum using the mapping feature.

Updates on line connectivity with your robot will draw a little icon of it sucking on your app screen. You can also switch through the cleaning modes, mark ‘do not disturb’ zones (like an open banquet dining room), or even track performance over specific time periods. Moreover, it can be controlled by your voice or connected with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. You can use simple commands to start the automated task. You can instruct your gadget to begin cleaning, either via preset schedules or with voice and stationary commands. All this makes the RoboVac 11S the ultimate connected gadget for easy household chores.

Eufy RoboVac 11S Cleaning Performance

The Eufy RoboVac 11S is designed to provide great results on almost any floor type, including hardwood, tile, carpet and area rug. It powefully suctions up dirt, dust, pet hair and debris from hard surfaces and carpets alike. It tackles embedded dirt and dust bunnies while zipping back and forth for 1500 sweeps per hour. the sophisticated iPath Laser Navigation helps the RoboVac 11S to methodically cover your entire home, avoiding the gaps some robotic vacuums can leave behind.

It can smartly manoeuvre around objects and furniture, as well as your precious pets. It adapts to the landscape of your home, making sure there aren’t any missed spots. The cleaning versatility that the RoboVac 11S provides really comes in handy in areas where you have more mixed flooring, like tile and carpet or a nice hardwood floor that leads to a plush living room rug. Within these constraints, the RoboVac 11S is still able to clean the basic dust, dirt and pebbles from your living space, remove shedding pet hair, and clean up messes. So, whether you have a modest studio or a sprawling mansion, a hectic work schedule or a busy family with two football-playing pugs, the RoboVac 11S is a worthy cleaning companion.

Eufy RoboVac 11S Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Slim design: The slim design enables it access the dusty areas where the larger and bulkier vacuums may not access. The thin profile of the vaccum allows it easily fit under your furniture to access hard-to-reach areas. Clearance is not a problem for this incredible design.
•  Strong suction: enable to work efficiently – the strong suction power removes dust, dirt, pet hair and other impurities from all kind of surfaces. Which is great for all the homes that have pets or live in the dusty places.
• Silent option for noise-sensitive homes: works great in homes where noise is a concern, especially for people with family members who work nights or sleep, and allows for vacuuming without intrusion, a the noise pollution of the normal vacuum cleaner.
• Smart navigating addressing cleaning in totality: Mapped your home by iPath Laser Navigation for comprehensive cleaning coverage.  It conducts cleaning in an intelligent way, so that any area would not be left untreated.
• Different cleaning modes for different cleaning needs: Auto, Spot and Edge………. Three different modes are available for different needs, giving you a choice of how to clean.
• Long battery life for longer cleaning sessions: Up to 100 minutes of runtime.You could use it to do touch up spot cleaning anytime on any day. Long battery life makes tiresome, frequent charging unnecessary. usage period allows uninterruptible cleaning.
• Easy to use and control through the app and voice assistants: easy remote control and voice command, with an interface both on the app and the voice assistant making it convenient for all levels of tech-savvy users.
• Low price point: An amazing deal for a robot vacuum that does 95 per cent of the work for you. For people who are interested in a low-cost robot vacuum it’s a clear winner.

Cons:

• May not have adequate suction for very thick carpets: anything more than a sort of medium pile might be too much for the unit’s suction power. This is true for most robot vacuums, especially the cheaper ones – if you have a mainly carpeted home, a more powerful model could be in order.
• No self-emptying feature: Has to be emptied manually
• Ok, I wanted to save money and got a regular ‘Robo’ but now I want the feature. What’s an upgraded model with a self-emptying dustbin?
• No self-emptying feature: Has to be emptied manually
• Pros: More priced at the high end
• This is something I get if I’m spending more money already, right?
• No self-emptying feature: Has to be emptied manually
• Cons: Still a feature I want
• That’s the cherry on top of the robot vacuum flavour ice-cream! OK, let’s go with the RoboVac 11S, though! It’s such a good fit. The features I want but not too expensive!
• Limited wall following capabilities: It didn’t clean quite as close to walls and edges as some other models do.Daniel’s iPath Laser Navigation system is good, but wall-following capability does vary from robot vacuum to robot vacuum. If you’re looking for something that really takes the cake when it comes to edge cleaning, you might need to shop around a little more.

Conclusion: Is the Eufy RoboVac 11S Right for You?

All in all, the Eufy RoboVac 11S is a pretty solid, reasonably priced robot vacuum that delivers impressive cleaning results. I like the slim form factor, reliable power and smart-enough navigation, so it’s a good option for any home with various floor types, as long as you avoid very thick carpets. It’s also a great option if you’re looking for a convenient, hands-off way to keep your floors clean for around $300. That said, the RoboVac 11S probably won’t work for homes with really thick carpets or complex floor layouts. Or if you’d like the added self-emptying feature or more aggressive wall-following, check out either the Eufy RoboVac 11S Max or explore other higher-end robot vacuums.

The RoboVac 11S is a solid, inexpensive, easy-to-use robot vacuum that’ll keep your floors clean with minimal fuss the first time you use it. (The RoboVac 11S costs more, but if you can find a less expensive model, it’s probably a good bargain, too.) While the high-end Samsung bots I tested over the next few weeks cost almost 10 times as much as the RoboVac 11S, I thought long and hard about returning it in favour of one of them … only to find that the fancier bots weren’t that much better.

That makes the RoboVac 11S a great value. And it makes Anker’s RoboVac 11S one of the most compelling offerings in the difficult-to-serve space of robot vacuums. After testing more than a dozen of these bots – cheaper, costlier, and in-between – Anker’s RoboVac 11S finds a balance between functionality and affordability that others in my comparison have mostly overlooked. If you just want a really good, easy-to-use robot vacuum for an incredibly low price, this is the one for you.