eufy Omni E28 Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo

eufy Omni E28 Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo

Reviews

Eufy E28 Omni REVIEW - Is a Spot Cleaner on a Robot Vacuum a Good Idea?

What We Loved

  • 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

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What We Loved

  • Portable deep cleaner attachment
    Dock includes removable Flexi1 portable deep cleaner for versatile spot cleaning
  • Self-cleaning mop function
    Auto-wash and self-emptying present but noisier than the E25 setup
  • Self-emptying base
    Full-featured dock with self-sealing bag and twin water tanks
  • Value-for-money
    Priced competitively considering the added Flexi1 attachment

Just Okay

  • Noise level
    Dock is quite loud; do-not-disturb mode may be needed overnight