Author: Jennifer Allen / Source: reviewgeek.com
- Great Suction Power
Having spent my summer trying out the eufy BoostIQ RoboVac 11S, I looked forward to trying out the next model—the eufy RoboVac 30C. It promises to rectify the few complaints I had with the earlier model. Metaphorically revving up the suction power, I took it for a spin.
With a list price of $269, the eufy RoboVac 30C is a small price bump from the $229 asking price of the eufy RoboVac 11S. On the surface, it seems like a very similar unit to its predecessor. However, it comes with some neat new features.
Namely, more powerful suction (1500Pa compared to 1300Pa), boundary strips, cable ties, and (most importantly) smartphone app connectivity and support for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Here’s my experience with the new and better RoboVac.
The Setup: Super Simple
Like its predecessor, the eufy RoboVac 30C takes mere minutes to set up. Its packaging is still fairly uninspired looking, but it’s well arranged. A quick start guide puts you through your paces but, essentially, you slot in the two brush components, plug it into the charger, and stick a couple of batteries into the remote. Not that you’re entirely dependent on the remote now but hey, options are useful, right?
Poke around in the box and you’ll notice a few added extras. There’s 13 foot of magnetic boundary strips, for instance, along with a few cable ties. You don’t have to go straight into utilizing these but I’d recommend it. One of the key issues with any robotic vacuum cleaner is they’re frequently a little too keen and liable to get themselves into a bind. Whether that’s by making a beeline for your charging cables or by trying to head to an area of the house that you don’t want them to go to, they love to get into trouble. Kind of like a really helpful toddler.
It’s important to robot-proof your home so stick the eufy RoboVac 30C on the charger and spend a little time planning out your route. I set up boundary strips between my living space and what I’ll politely call the junk room that would be too tricky for the RoboVac to negotiate safely. I also tied up some pesky charging cables with the cable ties, which was a job that was long overdue anyhow.
New to the eufy RoboVac 30C, there’s also the matter of setting up the EufyHome smartphone app. It’s another step that really doesn’t take long. The app guides you each step of the way. If you’re used to setting up gadgets over Wi-Fi, it’s a breeze but even if you’re not, it’s hardly much hassle to figure out due to the app’s clear instructions.
Overall setup should only take you about 30 minutes in total, and that includes arranging boundary strips and so forth. Oh, and do expect it to attract fingerprints like, well, the eufy RoboVac 11S did before it. You can brush the dust off easily enough, but fingerprints are like something out of CSI.
In Action: Speedy If Overly Keen
The downstairs of my home remains like it did while I used the eufy RoboVac 30C’s predecessor — the 11S. It’s not exactly the dream setup for a robotic vacuum cleaner. Both my living rooms have short carpets, but they also have quite thick mats strewn around. As a fairly typical old British house, the hallway is a narrow corridor (but has hardwood flooring at least), and I couldn’t blame a robotic vacuum cleaner for being less than keen with negotiating such areas. Oh, and of course there’s the cat that loves to shed fur whenever possible.
Predictably, the eufy RoboVac 30C goes above and beyond what the 11S provided—understandably so given it’s roughly the same unit, only more powerful. It’s still…
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