Base station features auto-empty bin and self-washing station...almost all the things that you would expect from a top-of-the-line multi-functional dock
Battery capacity it did have a fairly big battery and it was efficient in terms of its navigation as we saw earlier
Bin self-cleaning wash its mop roller with cold water, empty the dirty water tank, refill the onboard clean water tank with a water-detergent mix, and dry the mop roller with hot air—almost all the things that you would expect from a top-of-the-line multi-functional dock
Carpet deep clean performance It was also very good at picking up deeply embedded Carpet Deep Clean Test debris in our carpet deep clean test, getting an 85%, which is way above the average of 75%, and that's even a top-eight score out of well over 150 robot vacuums tested in this way
carpet wetting prevention its mop pad does automatically lift up 10 and 1/2 mm when the robot detects carpets in order to keep carpets dry, though it can also be told in the app to simply avoid carpets
Convertible handheld design novel feature of being able to convert to a handheld spot cleaner for cleaning stains off of upholstery or carpets—something that a pet owner might be able to make good use of
Cordless convenience the same module that houses the clean and dirty water tanks for the robot vacuum can be lifted off the base
Coverage efficiency (how completely a robot covers a floor) above average with both navigation efficiency and coverage
Debris pickup performance it was really good at its main job of vacuuming. It was good at picking Vacuuming up debris from the surfaces of hard floors and carpets in our test, picking up everything from fine to extra-large debris with no issues
Dust-bin emptying when the robot returns to the bin to charge, it will automatically empty the robot's dust bin into a disposable bag in the base
Extending Side Brush It also has an automatically extending front side brush, which really helps with its corner coverage
Filter replacement I do see that they sell replacement brushes, so that's something
Liquid/spill pickup (wet-dry models) did good with picking up our dried-on coffee and dried-on grape juice stains, which I pre-treated first, as well as the wet stain test
Mapping/navigation accuracy (robotics) uses a top-mounted lidar to map Navigation and navigate around, which I think is much more accurate than internal lidar systems
Mobile-app functionality & reliability The app is easy to set up. It's user-friendly. It has many of the top-of-the-line features that I think are really useful—things like virtual barriers, lots of customization options including bin behavior options, obstacle avoidance sensitivity. It has multi-level maps and a lot more. The app is also pretty highly rated on both Apple and iOS
Mop lifting system its mop pad does automatically lift up 10 and 1/2 mm when the robot detects carpets in order to keep carpets dry
Mopping performance (robotic or wet-dry) in our dried-on mopping stain test, it did really good, getting a well above average score of 127, Mopping Tests though it did leave behind a bit more water than average at 1.3 g
Obstacle & cliff avoidance (robots) The Eufy E28 has several sensors in the front of the robot, including a camera to help it recognize and avoid household objects. And the E28 was one of the best we've ever seen at this...the E28 got 23 out of 24 points in the various tests that we did
Self-cleaning mop function I can run the self-cleaning cycle by pressing the self-clean button on the hose, which is really pretty useful, by the way, and I wish other spot cleaners made this so easy
Just Okay
Air-flow consistency as bin fills its suction and airflow numbers...weren't as high as I would have liked to see for a robot in this price range
Anti-microbial soft brush The Eufy E28 has a newly designed two-part brush which is supposed to channel hair to the middle of the brush to prevent tangles, and it did seem to work well with this as we didn't see hair tangled in the brush at any time during our tests
Charging time (cordless) its battery life...was a little below average in terms of battery efficiency
Pet-hair pickup efficiency in our 2 and 1/2 in flattened pet hair pickup test on carpet, it picked up only the average amount
Real world battery efficiency In the various battery tests that we did, it was a little below average in terms of battery efficiency...So, its estimated square feet per charge number ended up being a little above average at 1207. So, I'll call that neutral
Suction Power its suction was lower than the average amount
Needs Improvement
Component durability (spot cleaning module) if someone were to use the spot cleaner a lot, like every day to clean up nasty things, I could see that hose and other components really needing replacing after a while. And it would be important to be able to replace it because the longevity of that spot cleaning machine is now more or less tied to the longevity of the much more expensive robot vacuum
Dust-bin capacity it has a really small onboard dust bin at only 300 ml
Hair-wrap prevention / anti-tangle tech hair got sort of processed behind the brush, and it created what we call hair cigars...even after it returned to its bin to self-empty, these hair cigars were left in the brush housing, which counts against its score in the 7-in hair test, and it got one of the worst scores on record as a result
Mop streaking I think the E28 would be more prone to leaving streaks on floors than some of the other roller-style mops, which tend to use less water than others