Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've owned many Anker and Anker-related items and have only once disliked one of their products. The eufy Robovac 11S is not that product. This is without a doubt one of the best values in vacs on the market. Had I purchased an earlier version I might have thought differently, but the extra power and slightly slimmer design on the 11S is what makes this one hard to resist. This is my first robot vac, but many of my friends have various brands. Some rave (iRobot owners, mainly) and some whine (Neato and Samsung owners). None has had a eufy, so it's been interesting to be the first of my friends to own one. My wife didn't feel this was anything we really needed to purchase; we either have to get out the big Bissell vacuum (on loose pile carpet), the Shark (mainly for steps) or a broom (for hardwood/tile/linoleum areas). Cut and dried. A robot vac wouldn't be of much use with it's far less powerful motor. Gimmick. Then she watched as the Robovac went to work over the course of a week. I have 1450 sq. ft. upstairs, 70% hardwood/tile/linoleum, 30% loose pile carpet. Downstairs I've got 100% loose pile carpet in 1100 sq. ft. of finished space. I run the vacuum upstairs for 2-3 days, then I move the charging station downstairs and run for 3-4 days, then repeat the cycle. On the hardwood areas, a greatroom of kitchen/dining/living room, hallway, and a bathroom, then two bedrooms and a den with carpet, the vac runs around/under the couch, two reclining chairs, coffee table, end tables, clawfoot pedestal table and four chairs, some area/throw rugs, etc. with no issues. I always run the device on AUTO, which allows it to ramp up the motor when it detects it's on carpet. The vac runs through its various "programmed" patterns randomly as it runs for 90+ minutes. It's quite mesmerizing to watch, actually. The remote is handy to use when you have a specific area you need run over and you can see the dirt/dust/leaves/cereal; you can just steer the vac over the area a few times, then let it go back to doing its own thing. I would say that each randomized run on my 1450 sq. ft. area will average about 65-70% coverage. That doesn't sound very good, right? But think about it running EVERY DAY doing 70%, and you'll see that the entire area will likely get fully vacuumed at least once during the week. My wife was shocked when, after the first run, I emptied the dust bin and it was completely FILLED. She and my daughter have long hair; I had to peel that all off the beater brush, as well. After each run, I empty the bin and "trim" the brush of hair. It ALWAYS has a fairly full cup! I have a dog, a Havanese, but he doesn't shed at all, so the mess in the cup is almost scary to look at! Yuck! After the first two weeks of running the Robovac around the house, I no longer run it daily; now it's on a manual shift, running upstairs for a couple of days a week, then downstairs for the same time (I usually run on the carpet an extra day). It does such a good job at quickly picking up the obvious junk that you just don't need it running daily, which should extend the life of the battery. So it's not a smart device, but it's never once hit the edge of the stairs and fallen off; it always finds "home" before the charge runs out (and it takes some stupid long walks around the rooms to get home, sometimes), and it has to be cleaned after almost every run. We do have to make a walk around the area to pick up blankets and charging cables and dog toys, and put a couple of squeezy toys under the coffee table to stop the vac from getting stuck under it (it's on a tight pile area rug, so the wheels dig in and it gets stuck under the edge). But is it worth it? Yep. My wife is now a huge fan, and has bragged about it to our friends on several occasions. The price was perfect, the quality of the device's build is excellent, it runs fairly quietly, and it does a great job of hitting every area of your house even without a huge brain or blockade devices. We don't even get out a broom any longer, unless we notice buildup in corners (and really, that's rarely happening). It's just one less thing we need to worry about in our busy household!