Robot vacuums have come a long way since their invention. They have better suction, improved navigation, and self-emptying docks. But they haven’t been able to overcome one of their inherent limitations: They aren’t good at tackling an immediate mess. Instead of watching your robot dance around a pile of spilled flour or the glitter bomb your child set off, it’s always quicker to grab a manual vacuum cleaner and take care of the chaos yourself.
And that’s okay, as long as you know what you’re getting from a robot vac, and you don’t mind shelling out for another vacuum — a cordless stick, a handheld vac, or an upright model — to complement your robot. That can add up quickly, though. If you buy our top robot vacuum and cordless stick picks, you’ll spend close to $1,000. Plus, owning two to three vacuums to clean one home is not the future we were promised, is it?
Eufy, the maker of our budget robot vacuum pick, is attempting to solve this issue with the Eufy Robot Vacuum 3-in-1 E20, a robot vac that can quickly convert into both a stick vac and a handheld one. Can a single vacuum work well enough across three functions to make it worthwhile? We put the E20 to the test to find out.
Originally published on Source.
