Alfawise V8S PRO E30B Smart Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Living alone, I’d been toying with the idea of getting one of these robot vacuums for some time… work would leave me exhausted by the end of the day and when the weekend finally arrived, the last thing I felt like doing was housekeeping. My folks had recently bought a home alarm system through Alfawise (on Gearbest) and I was quite impressed with the quality, so when I saw this unit going on Flash Sale for 32% off (coupled with a $10 coupon I found online), I finally gave in and bought it. Very impressed so far! Pros: Cleans more than I thought – I ran it for about 30 minutes and the bin was absolutely full! That doesn’t say much about my housekeeping skills, but it does mean that this thing works! Connectivity – Using data or a wifi signal from anywhere, I can call up my vacuum, turn it on, activate a particular mode and change the cleaning power. What’s also great is the “Show Map” feature, which lets you see the progress of the vacuum and also if there are any problem areas Value for Money – This normally retails for ~$250, which means it’s a bargain at full price (seriously, with 1800Pa suction power, other units are often twice the price). Considering I got it at a Flash Sale and with a coupon, I paid $159.99 Mopping – Actually does a better job than I thought it would Auto-Recharge – I realize this is quite a common feature amongst robot vacuums, but it’s still very cool and a massive plus for me Cons: Furniture – In order to maximize it’s potential, you may need to spend some time placing furniture out of the way so that it doesn’t cause chaos for the vacuum. I have some bar stools that I put up on the counter and it turns a very crowded space into a much easier environment. That said, I have to move furniture when I vacuum normally too, so it’s not really a con Rugs – I have some throw rugs and a few of them are quite light. The problem is when the vacuum goes over the corner of one of these rugs and gets it wrapped around its roller brush. On the two occasions this did happen, it sorted itself out pretty quickly, but I’ve taken to picking up the throw rugs before running the machine now Pros: – excellent value per quality of products. – Dry cleaning is good (have 3 mods: low, mid, high) and collects a lot of dust. – Don’t miss a spot and cleans everything. Cons: – Wet cleaning is average. – App is poor. – Can’t set virtual walls. – Map resets every time it starts cleaning. Also after cleaning, it map shows wrong spot of my robot, which is in a dock station nat hthe moment. – If robot gets confused, he stops working and says “place me in an open area”, then he starts cleaning everything again (even if he cleaned 90% of your place). – going home function is not very clever. Robots just goes by edges to dock station. – cant clean just the room you want. So this is my first robot i bought. At first I was disappointed, cause he didn’t wanted to work normally – in narrow corridor (1.4meter width) he got confused and just stopped working saying open me in open area. But somehow, later he started working normally. It cleans my rooms (~40 square meters) in about 30mins and uses 20% of battery. This is in Auto mode which i use usually for cleaning my whole flat. Modes: – Auto. This is the mode I use daily. Robot just goes kind of ‘randomly’ but also ‘line by line’ everywhere. – Spot. Tried it once, but didn’t noticed pros of this mode. – Room. This mode is more for cleaning a single room i think. just leave it in a room ant it will clean it and also will do edge mode by running twice on edges. – Edge. Runs o edges only. – Recharge. Robots goes back to its dock station. Robot just goes by edges thought the rooms until he find a dock station nearby (like a meter away). So it can take like 5 minutes if he is at farthest room. The dust tank is quite big and it lasts me for a week, and i use it every day. Tried wet cleaning once, but it’s not as effective as cleaning by my yourself. Robot don’t bump to the walls, just to the table legs or other smaller parts. Remote control. Sometimes i control my robot with it, but you have to be near a robot ant point to it directly in order for it to work normally. And also it loses control many times: you press to go forward but after 1 meter it just stops. App. I personally don’t like it. Overall, i think it’s a good product for a price. But I wont buy it again – I would choose more clever robot (which don’t have cons i wrote above).