CES 2025: Eufy’s New Three-in-One Robot Vacuum Left Me Scratching My Head
Today at CES, Eufy announced a new robot vacuum cleaner with a twist: it’s also a handheld vacuum cleaner. Not only is it the first three-in-one robot, it’s also a winner of the CES Best of Innovation award. Having said that, I picked up the E20 in the last week or so and found it a bit confusing and disappointing.
Euphie has created some of my favorite security cameras over the past few years, however when it comes to vacuum cleaners I am often underwhelmed. Much was said about the Omni S1 last year when I tested it, and while the design was interesting and it performed reasonably well, I felt it was overpriced. The most compliment I’ve ever given Eufy was to the X10 Pro Omni, which I said was “pretty good” for its price point.
I’ve been excited about the E20 from the very beginning. It comes in a delightfully small and light box, which may seem uninteresting, but most robot vacuum cleaners come in huge, heavy boxes. After unpacking the box, I continued digging around for the missing robot cover. I soon realized that he was gone. The robot’s face is open, revealing the removable part of the vacuum cleaner with a handle. In my opinion, it looks unfinished. When you remove the arm from the robot, it becomes so unbalanced that the robot has difficulty staying docked. I also found it odd that there is no place to secure the stick and attachments when not in use, which seems like a real missed opportunity.
Once I fired it up, the E20 did a good job of mapping the space. However, he had difficulty navigating it. Something about the weight of the handle makes the robot clumsy, so it gets stuck a few times.
As a vacuum cleaner, the E20 worked fine. It’s a little short, and since I’ve done most of my testing of vacuum cleaners with computer displays from Dyson, Samsung, and Narwal in the past year, it felt almost strange to hold such a basic stick in my hand. The downside that I immediately noticed was the tiny capacity of the E20. The tower is also small. I’ve had to go back to the dock several times to vacuum the first floor of my very small house, and each time you have to take the vacuum apart, dock the head, wait for it to empty, and then reattach it.
A laptop is just a pen and any tool without a stick. It works pretty much the same way. There’s a multitool, my favorite attachment, but I’d rather have a handheld that I can quickly grab and put back than deal with the E20.
What’s even more curious is that while every robot vacuum cleaner practically explodes with pride, boasting astronomical suction power (we saw up to 22,000 Pa this week), the E20 only has 8,000 Pa. What’s strange is that a handheld vacuum cleaner has 30,000 Pa. So the robot and the stick don’t share a motor, which means the robot is just a place to store the pen. It doesn’t make much sense to me.
What the E20 has going for it is price. It costs just $540 and will be available for pre-sale starting January 6th with a $50 discount from retail. However, since this is just a vacuum cleaner and not a robot vacuum and mop combo, I think there are better options at this price point, like the Switchbot K10+.