The latest robot vacuum innovation will have carpet and upholstery lovers drooling

Robot vacuum manufacturers are constantly trying to outdo one another. One company develops a detachable cordless vacuum for the robot’s dock, and the next makes the robot’s dustbin a detachable cordless vacuum. Now Eufy is upping the ante with the first robot vacuum to also have a detachable spot cleaner for carpet and upholstery. 

The Eufy Omni E28 is a robot vacuum and mop with a portable spot cleaner for carpets and upholstery. You can run your robot vacuum as you would any other, but you can also pick up the top with a built-in retractable handle and do some deep cleaning on carpets, rugs, or upholstery. 

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Essentially, the deep cleaner you carry is the Omni station’s clean and dirty water tank, so it’s where the robot autonomously sources clean water for its mop when it’s at the dock. The deep cleaner has a handle for spot-cleaning with a hose, so you can set it down near where you want to clean and plug it in without holding it as you clean. 

Aside from detachable cordless vacuums, a mop roller system is another big thing for robot vacuums; many makers, including SwitchBot, Yeedi, and Ecovacs, are moving away from detachable rotating mop pads and using mop rollers instead. Eufy’s also done this before with the flagship S1 Pro. 

The Omni E28 also has a mop roller, which looks similar to the S1 Pro but not identical. The S1 Pro is unequivocally the best mopping robot vacuum I’ve ever tested, so I was pretty excited to see the new Omni E28 feature the same system. 

Eufy is also launching an E25 robot vacuum, which features the same HydroJet self-cleaning mop system as the E28. The robot’s mop roller is continuously scraped clean as it spins, and it keeps clean and dirty water in separate tanks within its body, so it only mops with clean water. This mop roller also puts 3.3 pounds of downward pressure on the floor to ensure deep cleaning. 

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Both the E28 and E25 robot vacuums have 20,000Pa of suction power and anti-tangle technology, including a DuoSpiral double roller brush to remove pet hair and avoid hair entanglements. The robots are self-emptying robot vacuums with a self-washing mop roller. 

The Eufy Omni E28 is now available for pre-sale on Eufy’s website, but it will be available for retail sale on April 23 on Amazon for $999. I’ll be testing this robot vacuum over the next couple of weeks and will report on its performance. 

The Eufy E25 robot vacuum and mop will be available in June for $799.