eufy Clean (EufyHome)

This new Robovac L70 works really well. The navigation is excellent. My only suggestion to the first time user is to watch it the first time you vacuum. If it gets stuck anywhere you can set “no zones” for that area. For example you may want to avoid small door rugs as they sometimes get caught just like they would with an upright vacuum. Move all small objects out of the way the first time including toys, clothes, and even ottomans etc. You can put the ottoman back after the first time. The vacuum will go around or under it if it fits. This thing even goes under my kitchen table, around kitchen chairs, and through all the chair legs. It goes around dog toys etc... Don’t leave clothing on the floor. Basically don’t let it vacuum over anything you normally wouldn’t vacuum. It’s that simple.

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This app is necessary to the operation of your Eufy device, so a review is almost pointless. The devices seem great, but the app itself leaves little to be desired. The biggest fail in my mind is the scheduling utility. For example I have the lightbulbs. I have to go to each individual bulb to create a schedule. I have yet to find a way to group and set a schedule for that group. Which brings me to another point...it’s kind of clumsy finding your way around some things; it’s not very intuitive. But anyway, once I create a schedule for, let’s say a time to turn on my bulbs, I have to create yet another schedule to turn them off, use the app or switch to manually turn the lights off. I have six bulbs at the moment so creating a schedule for something as simple as turning on when I get up and off shortly after I leave becomes overwhelming and complex very quickly. A duration and group scheduling feature would be very very convenient for those of use with multiple devices. Again, if the features are available, it’s not very intuitive to find them...and I’m in IT. Be warned....I guess it makes sense now after thinking about it, but it didn’t occur to me until setup. Because the lamp or fixture has to always be in the on position, if the outlet or fixture has multiple devices then you will have to put a bulb in every outlet to work properly. I will say setup was very easy. Took a minute or two to setup each bulb.

Carrying on the name, but not the issues. We have named our succession of many robot vacuums “Hobbes” after the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon character. The reason? They would all play loudly and boisterously at their vacuuming, but at the least provocation, would get hung up, conk out, play possum, quit just as Hobbes would do when the adults came around, leaving Calvin holding the bag. Well, we are no longer nearly so vexed, thanks to eufy! While still affectionately calling him Hobbes, he takes care of the vacuuming very well, gets his work done, rarely getting indigestion, and is much less noisy. Since we are relatively new to eufy, the jury is still out on battery life, so we will report back as that unfolds.

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The original smart bulb setup was already plagued with issues but I’d figured out a way to work around it by selecting “manual setup” & entering out wifi name n password. The current app update has made this option useless and after being forced to reset our bulbs I can no longer get them connected to our wifi, they just show as an unprotected option in wifi settings. After trying every possible way to get them re-set for 3 days I’m BEYOND frustrated & throwing them all in the trash! I’ve tried: •Regular Setup: entering 2.4gHz wifi password, selecting the eufy lumos bulb when instructed too, & going back to app. All it does is come up with a processing circle for a minute and nothing else happens. No connection to bulb, no option to go any further. Nothing. •Manual setup selection- The update now makes this option useless since it just switches from the app to the wifi settings (where I assume your supposed to select the eufy bulb since there’s no instructions) but once connected to the bulb there’s nothing further to be done. I’ve even gone into the bulb’s wifi info screen & manually entered our IP, DNS, etc info. I’m on an iPhone XS Max with the latest iOs- if I could go back in time and prevent this app from updating I’d do so in a heart beat. If you ever have to reset your bulbs & connect them to your router/smart home manager like alexa...GOOD LUCK!

Overall the app is easy to use and configure. One nice feature that I would like to have more control over is the random on/off functionality. I have 2 switches - one in a bedroom and one for the outside porch at the entrance. The random on/off works well for the bedroom as it gives the impression that the house is occupied. The outdoors light is an issue though, as I’d like the light to be always on so that when we come home it’s on. With it randomly turning off, we sometimes come home and the outdoors light is not on. It would be nice if this feature could be disabled. That’s the reason for 4 stars, otherwise it’s a very good app and switch.