eufy Clean - X8 Pro Robotic Vacuum with Self-Empty Station - Black

Fantastic vacuum, it has great suction and the mapping works flawlessly, just be careful if you have high tile carpet it will try to kill himself if near stairs

I really enjoy using eufy products and the X8 Pro Robotic Vacuum is no different. However, I had hoped that the roller brush would be better at self cleaning as it relates to hair--which was one of the features that helped my decision to purchase this style of the vacuum. It does a great job at mapping my house, completes each level of my house quickly and fairly quietly, it vacuums well and I appreciate the notifications that are enabled into this system as well. The battery appears to last long enough to clean one level of my house at a time and self empties when needed independently. I have not tried the mopping feature yet, but wish that eufy had a self emptying feature for both the mopping and vacuuming features in one unit as I would have opted to purchase that product instead. While the item is a little pricy, I was able to purchase for a discounted price during a Black Friday sale! Nonetheless, I absolutely love the item and wish that I had purchased sooner.

The Eufy - X8 Pro Robotic vacuum with self-empty station, in black, is a great concept that mostly executes its mission to vacuum and mop, hard floors, with low sound that does not irritate my dog. In fact, he lies like a rug as the round, mobile cleaner is running around him, either cleaning and mapping as it goes by, or certainly around and around his vicinity. The self-empty tank is great, and it is amazing how the cleaning unit can find home base and park itself to either re-charge or come home after completing its assignment. This unit, in its entirety with the dock and unit, is fairly low-profile and can easily fit in that area that is accessible to the electric outlet and still be among the user's decorations, as well as, out of the way and not an obvious sore thumb. That is very important to me because I have a highly decorated home, but still this unit needs to be in a centrally located area and easily accessible, period and done. So, how was the set up? That part went fine, easily connected to Wi-Fi, figured out from the plastic mat beneath the docking station to the buttons on top of the moving unit, and the installation of the smartphone app from the Google Play store since I have an android phone. I easily connected the unit to my phone's new app and then I ran into a little problem. There are 3 modes on the app in which to use for your job-room, auto, and zone. I have a large, 2 story home with an "L" shaped stairway that has at least 15 steps. Therefore, in my case, I would either need 2 separate units or use the same one and carry up and down to do the different floors. I now have all hardwood floors except in a small area off the master bedroom. So in my case I would like to not only vacuum but mop. You need to initially let it go, possibly several tries to get a good mapping and that is where I am having trouble. I have about 2000 sq ft on the upper level and It took over 60 minutes, staying charged above 20%, before the unit had to return to the docking station for re-charge. After it did that, it did launch on its own again to finish the job, but I need guidance on this mapping process since I am not sure of the individual rooms on my upstairs map. I found myself following the unit to see how it made its way around the upstairs. If you do what I did, you will need to hang out for the whole mapping process, at least for the first few times. I do like that it sweeps up dust and debris not only among the open and obvious surfaces, but it uses its rotating brush wheel to sweep next to the base boards the dirt into its collection bin. I literally followed it, not getting in its way, to watch the whole process. No, it did not fall down the steps at the top of the stairs-it went to the edge and then retreated back to the hallway to keep cleaning and access the bedrooms off the common area. It went into and over hardwood thresholds from hardwood bedrooms to tiled bathrooms and properly cleaned it all. There is a separate piece you attach to the underside if you want to mop the hard floors. Additionally, in order to mop, there is a separate tank that comes out and a rubber-covered opening that you put just plain water in. The mop pad is washable and easily replaceable on the mopping attachment. I have hard tap water so I decided to use purified bottled water to fill the reservoir. However, my first time out I did have it only vacuum. The first time in the master bedroom, it did get stuck under my king bed, and I had to retrieve it. It might get stuck in certain situations until it learns your floorplan. Make sure to get things off the floor, doors between rooms open, cords out of the way, etc. Obviously, that is a given. This unit has twin turbines for great suction power to do the vacuuming and the roller brush automatically detangles pet hair, thank goodness, because I currently have 4 dogs and some of them shed. The unit self-cleans out the debris when it backs up and connects to the docking station and there is a female voice that speaks when doing certain maneuvers. Eufy's robovacs have only a 1-year warranty, which at this price point is not long enough. I did call the toll-free number to have them send me the owner's manual and they also sent some YouTube videos on how to use the unit. Customer service is easily accessible, they are open M-F all day, and Saturday until 3:30 pm, PST. In fact, I will be calling again to get more help with the mapping feature. I do think this self-vacuuming machine is very good and has a lot of great features. However, I think that there is a learning curve to learn the mapping features to really make it work the way it was meant to. Good thing that I can call Eufy's toll-free number and ask them questions as much as I need to. Oh, by the way, the mopping feature is not meant to go in areas that have carpeting, you can make those no zones with the mapping. However, if you need the robovac to seamlessly go from carpet to hard floors, there is a different model that can sense the carpet and elevate the mop piece all on its own.

From opening the box to operating the first cleaning session, everything was easy and simple. The box does not come with unnecessary packaging and the app syncing set up is fast. I already have an eufy security system and I am happy I was able use the same account without a problem. I live in a 1250sqft apartment, and I was pleasantly surprised by the suction power of the twin-turbine. For seeing the results, I have run multiple auto cleans sessions, and then use my handheld vacuum to see how good of a job the eufy Clean X8 Pro did, and so far the handheld vacuum rarely picks up any more dust, hair or missed trash. Very happy so far. It used to take me about 20 minutes to my handheld vacuum to do all my house and this X8 Pro does it in about 30 minutes. My dogs hair is long and I have found that the vacuum does a good job in both the carpet and hardwood floor. I really like the feature in the app that allows you to run an auto clean or select a room or multiple rooms in the map you want to clean. This is great and a new feature for me which I am enjoying a lot. The self-empty station that comes with it also works great. Once it’s done cleaning it goes to the station and makes the deposit. The suction power and sound is loud but it does not go on for long. It’s quick and does a decent job of getting everything from the vacuum. My only complaint here is that they designed the bags to not be reusable, but I will probably try and reuse mine as much as I can because I don’t want to pay a fee each time it gets full. Overall, I am extremely satisfied and would recommend this to family and friends!

I have been using/testing the X8 Pro for a week and am equally happy and disappointed for a few reasons. First, I will say it has been a few years since I have used a robotic vacuum and things have improved drastically since. For starters, the room mapping is excellent. After running an initial setup, I was able to differentiate all the rooms (1st and 2nd floor) and even specify if I want a particular room vacuumed, mopped, or both. The suction has also improved greatly in recent years, and it feels like it really digs into the carpet to get all the dust/debris. After the current clean is complete, the X8 will return to it’s home base to automatically empty the bin and occasionally detangle the brush. The auto-empty can be adjusted if you prefer to empty after every 1, 2 or 3 cleans or at set times of every 30, 45 or 60 minutes. The auto-detangling can be manually run anytime you see fit by selecting it in the app. Onto some disappointments that you wouldn’t expect with a top tier robotic vacuum…speaking of detangling, it doesn’t work as well as advertised. It seemed to only loosen hair a bit, but it didn’t really help to detangle or remove it (see photos). I end up manually taking out the brush and removing hair after every run-through even when I run the auto-detangle twice. As mentioned, the vacuum/suction is excellent, but the mopping mode has its flaws. The mop pad is stationary, so it basically just coasts over the hard floor leaving a wet streak. I am not sure how much pressure is being applied to the floor to actually clean. I would have preferred the motorized round spinning mops that some other brands feature. Also, it seems the mop pad is only using its middle section to clean. There are about 3 inches on both sides of the pad that don’t do much because those sections are a lot thinner than the middle portion. When mopping the outer border of the room, it misses 3-4 inches from the wall that remain dry (see phots). Overall, I will continue to use the X8 because of the convenience of features versus any complaints I may have.

I have tried other robotic vacuums before and they have been just OK, however this product is awesome. This robot has very strong suction, and the best feature is that it automatically cleans our dog's hair from the roller brush. Glad I upgraded to the self empty station too, as it's nice to know this will clean for weeks on end without me having to constantly clean the vacuum unit. Highly satisfied and definitely recommend! I didn't realize that Eufy was owned by Anker - I have some of their chargers and they are great too!

Very efficient. does a great job and definitely does not get stuck anywhere of course because it maps out everything all in all a very good vacuum.

I haven't had a robot vacuum in a long time so i am comparing to an old iRobot. This vacuum is awesome. It clean thoroughly with the mapping of the house and i love the self emptying. The app is really good. It vacuums along a pattern and does a good job overlapping and catching the entire area.

I have multiple robot cleaners from different makers and I must say this is the easiest one to setup out of the box. The build quality is very durable, it does not feel cheaply built...it appears to be made to last. The footprint it takes up is minimal and the cable length is adequate for placement. SETUP The setup is very simple, download the software, scan for devices, add and connect to network. I updated the software and performed a mapping session and then it was time to edit the map/rooms and begin cleaning. APP The app is very easy to navigate and it allows for merging rooms or editing them into smaller sections. I did wish it allowed you to clean certain rooms but it appears as if once engaged the whole map needs to be cleaned. CLEANING I took a look at the area near the edges of the baseboards and corners in order to evaluate how thorough a cleaning is performed. I have to say it did a very nice job getting to the corners and edges. It cleaned very well and I have maintained a clean floor utilizing the scheduled cleanings. I genuinely recommend it for light to medium cleaning performed on a regular schedule.