A budget self-emptying LiDAR vacuum for hard floors and low carpet in homes without pets; its poor pet hair score rules it out for shedding animals.
Amazon $279
For small homes that want one machine as robot, stick and handheld vacuum. It’s getting hard to buy new.
- Self-emptyDock
- 80.5% measuredCarpet pickup
- LiDAR + 3D lightNavigation
- 4.6 inHeight
- 3 hRun time
Price checked October 26, 2026. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
- The robot’s vacuum unit lifts out as a stick and handheld vacuum, so one purchase covers stairs and cars too
- Picked up 97% of pet hair from carpet with no hair wrapped on the brush in Vacuum Wars’ tests
- Self-empties into a 3 L bag, so you rarely touch the bin
- Out of stock at Amazon and gone from eufy’s US store
- Lifted only 80.5% of sand from carpet
- Covered about 780 sq ft per charge, so larger homes need more than one run
- No mopping
How it scores
The rating comes from 4 measured or published factors, each scored 0-100 against fixed reference points for its type. How we rank explains each one.
Independent tests
What independent testers measured, on their own test floors with their own units. Carpet deep clean and pet hair are the share of debris lifted; these feed the Cleaning score.
| Tested by | Carpet deep clean | Pet hair | Hair tangle (0 = none) | Area per charge | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacuum Wars | 80.5% | 97% | 0 | 784 sq ft | Embedded sand in medium-pile carpet; flattened 2.5 in pet hair on carpet, two runs; 7 in hair tangle on hard floor (0 = none wrapped). |
Specifications
| Vacuum | |
|---|---|
| Claimed suction | 8,000 Pa |
| Main brush | Roller brush with Pro-Detangle Comb |
| Mopping | |
| Mop | None |
| Dock | |
| Dock | Self-empty |
| Self-empties | Yes |
| Dust bag | 3 L |
| Navigation & app | |
| Navigation | LiDAR + 3D light |
| Obstacle avoidance | Dual line lasers |
| Voice assistants | Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri |
| Build | |
| Height | 4.6 in (118 mm) |
| Retracting LiDAR | No |
| Battery | 4,200 mAh |
| Run time | Up to 3 h |
| Weight | 5 lb (2.2 kg) |
| Warranty | 1 year |
| Released | 2025-02 |
Alternatives in this type
A no-frills LiDAR vacuum with a bagless self-empty base for people who don’t need mopping and want to stay under $500.
Amazon $439.95A good self-emptying vacuum in its day, now discontinued. eufy points buyers to the Auto-Empty C10 instead.
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