Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge robot vacuum review

Our Verdict

The Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge is a very quiet cleaner, only it could be improve on carpets.

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Quiet
Easily fits nether furniture
Lots of options and info in app

Confronting

And so-so carpet performance

Tom's Guide Verdict

The Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge is a very quiet cleaner, but it could be meliorate on carpets.

Pros

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Tranquillity
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Easily fits nether furniture
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Lots of options and info in app

Cons

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So-so carpet performance

Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge: Specs

Size: 12.viii inches ten two.85 inches
Dust cup capacity: 0.6 liters
Weight: 5.8 pounds
Smart home compatibility: Alexa, Google Assistant

Among the best robot vacuums, Eufy may non accept the marketing pizzaz of Roomba or Shark, just its line of robot vacuums take consistently been strong cleaners that perform nearly as well as their higher-priced competitors. Eufy'southward newest robot vacuum, the RoboVac G30 Edge, is yet another such product.

Priced at $349, the RoboVac G30 can map its surroundings and is paired with an updated app that's pleasant to use and more intuitive than previous iterations. But does the Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge have what it takes to be one of the best robot vacuums?

Eufy RoboVac G30 Border: Price and availability

The Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge went on auction on Amazon in July 2020 for $369. A very similar model, the RoboVac G30, was released at the aforementioned time for $319. The G30 Border model includes support for magnetic boundary strips, which helps keep robot vacuums from straying into unwanted areas, just aren't especially attractive. Two strips are included with the G30 Edge.

Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge: Pattern

Eufy'due south robot vacuums have always had a distinct, mostly refined look and that hasn't changed with the RoboVac G30 Edge: shiny blackness plastic around the edges, blue accents on the dustbin and blue lights up summit. The G30 Edge greatly tones downward the Tron-look of its predecessor, the RoboVac 30C, with subtle bronze concentric circles radiating out from the middle of the top of the vac. A Wi-Fi indicator lite sits higher up three physical buttons: a play/break button that looks borrowed from a CD player; a recharge button to dock it; and a spot cleaning button.

Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge robot vacuum review — (Image credit: Tom'due south Guide)

The Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge is identical in size to its siblings, the RoboVac 11s and the RoboVac 30C. It's a mere 12.viii inches in bore and two.85 inches high, making it an inch shorter than the Neato D4. It volition also glide under more low clearance article of furniture than the 3.four-inch Shark Ion R85.

Flip the vac over and you'll observe a pocket-size roller brush fix between two rubberized wheels. The rubber and bristle combo roller on the RoboVac G30 Edge is identical to that on the RoboVac 30C and the 11s. The beard are thick; we had a much harder time removing dog hair from information technology than we did the thinner bristles on the Neato D4. A tri-spoked spinning brush sits at the height left corner of the G30 Edge. A path-tracking sensor sits on the upper correct corner.

Unfortunately, the dustbin on the Eufy RoboVac G30 Border is besides identical to the bin on the RoboVac 30C and 11s. It pops open way as well easily, and more than than once we sent dust particles flying everywhere on our way to the trash bin.

Eufy RoboVac G30 Border: Setup & App

One of the biggest advantages of the Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge is its app, EufyHome (Android and iOS). The app has been massively updated from when we used it with the RoboVac 30C and it's impressive. For starters, setting up the Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge was a cakewalk. Following the directions on the app, our iPhone 11 Pro quickly continued to the bot.

The EufyHome app has straightforward controls placed on the lower third of the home page. From here you tin can outset a cleaning, choose the suction power, recharge the bot, initiate spot cleaning, ready up a schedule, and view cleaning history. In that location's an blitheness that plays when the bot is running, along with a running timer, square footage cleaned, and battery level. Though unnecessary, the animation is cute and adds personality. Hey, if I tin name my bot Vacky McVacface, why shouldn't Eufy add a little whimsy, too?

Eufy placed its newest feature, mapping, in the lower right corner of the animation. Tapping on the icon displays the most contempo map in a pop-up screen. The map shows the location of the vacuum and the dock, with the foursquare footage cleaned and run fourth dimension above it. You can zoom in on the map… and that's it. In that location'south no virtual boundaries or rooms to be gear up. The map only exists. Then why include mapping capability? The idea is that once the robot creates a map, information technology's able to complete hereafter cleanings more than quickly and more thoroughly considering it knows where information technology's going.

While the G30 Border is cleaning, a white dot representing the vacuum moves around the screen, creating a map equally information technology goes. This could exist useful when you're not home and the vac gets stuck somewhere. Like the Neato D4, the Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge tin only concur ane map in its memory at a time.

Tapping the Settings menu on the EufyHome app reveals several additional features. First, y'all can share control of the bot with friends or family members who have the EufyHome app installed. Some other characteristic, "Find My Robot," causes the bot to play a loud tune until it's located, helpful if it gets stuck under a couch. There's also manual controls, which gives the user complete control over the G30 Edge's movements forward, left and right. You have to concord downwards the virtual buttons on the phone in order to keep the vacuum moving, but it's a fun way to chase the dog.

Under Settings, you'll also find Car-render cleaning. Should the G30 Edge run out of power before its task is complete, information technology volition recharge itself on the dock, then head off to stop the job. The G30 Edge is rated for 110 minutes of runtime, which we found to be adequate for cleaning the offset floor of our house, only it's a nice feature to have for larger homes.

Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge: Functioning

Is this thing on? That was our outset impression of the Eufy RoboVac G30 Border. I dropped a peanut in front end of the bot to check if its suction was agile. Indeed it was; it's just an uncommonly quiet cleaner. I was able to agree a chat at normal volume the unabridged time the G30 Edge was running. It was a very pleasant alter from the Neato D4 and the achingly loud iRobot Roomba s9.

Watching the RoboVac G30 Border make clean, it's obvious that Eufy has done its homework. The scattershot cleaning patterns of the RoboVac 11s and 30C have given way to an orderly back and along blueprint. It was more reminiscent of the Neato D4 and college-terminate robots like the iRobot Roomba s9. While nosotros appreciated its methodical cleaning approach, we noticed that it still seemed to make clean a few areas with more gusto than others. For instance, it spent a lot of fourth dimension vacuuming around one chair in our living room, but gave the area effectually our kitchen table a mere in one case-over before calling it washed.

Though we greatly enjoyed the Eufy G30 Edge's quiet demeanor, nosotros wish its functioning in our lab tests was improve. The G30 Edge was a middling cleaner, earning an overall pick upwards boilerplate of 88.94%, which is lower than both the Shark Ion R85 and the budget-friendly iLife V3s Pro. However, it did trounce its sibling, the RoboVac 30C, and the Neato D4 always and then slightly.

It should exist noted that the G30 and the D4 were tested in a different infinite than the R85 and 30C; we will update these figures in one case nosotros've had a hazard to re-test the R85.

Combined cleaning performance scores
	Overall Score	Cereal	Kitty litter	Canis familiaris hair
Eufy G30 Edge*	88.94	98.7	eighty.85	87.25
Neato D4*	85.viii	98.v	lxx.5	88.5
Shark Ion R85	94	100	94	88
Eufy 30C	87.5	99.75	89.one	73.five

*Like test performed in a smaller five ten 5-foot area.

If your home is primarily hardwood floors and true cat free, the Eufy RoboVac G30 Border might just be the robot vacuum y'all've been waiting for. The bot picked up 97.four% of the Cheerios spilled on our test area-- normally an first-class result-- simply only shy of the perfect scores obtained by the Shark Ion R85 and the Eufy RoboVac 11s and 30C. But what impressed usa most is how the G30 Edge didn't shell or pulverize the cereal every bit it vacuumed. Almost of the Cheerios were undamaged when we opened the dustbin.

We were likewise impressed by the G30 Edge's operation with pet pilus on bare floors. The vacuum collected 96.v% of the canis familiaris pilus on hardwood, though a fair corporeality of hair was wrapped around the roller brush. Even still, information technology picked up more the Neato D4 (93%) and the Shark Ion R85 (77.5%).

Hardwood Floor results
	Cereal	Kitty litter	Dog hair
Eufy G30 Edge*	97.4	89.two	96.five
Neato D4*	97	lxxx.85	93
Shark Ion R85	100	95	77.5
Eufy 30C	100	95.6	72

Like many of the robot vacuums we've tested, the Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge picked upwards 100% of the Cheerios nosotros dropped on rug. Unfortunately, its cleaning of smaller particles wasn't as good. Kitty litter was particularly challenging for the vac as it only picked upwardly 72.six% on carpet, falling beneath the RoboVac 11s (85%) and 30C (82.six%). It was nigh 20 percentage points below our current favorite, the Shark Ion R85.

The RoboVac G30 Edge's pet hair operation on carpet too elicited a "woof." It picked up 78% of the Gilt Retriever pilus strewn on the soft surface, 6 points below the Neato D4 and 20 points beneath the Shark Ion R85.

Carpet Floor results
	Cereal	Kitty litter	Dog hair
Eufy G30 Edge*	100	72.6	78
Neato D4*	100	60.two	84
Shark Ion R85	100	93	98.5
Eufy 30C	99.5	82.6	75

Eufy RoboVac G30 Border: Verdict

There is a lot to like about the Eufy RoboVac G30 Edge. It's repose, it's meaty and its accompanying app is piece of cake to use and total of options. At less than $300, the G30 Edge is cheaper, quieter and more attractive than the $429 Neato D4, but it lacks the latter'south ability to create virtual no-go zones and fantabulous edge cleaning. The G30 Edge also adds basic mapping and a slew of other "dainty to have, but not critical" features that are superior to the $349 Shark Ion R85, which is why it's one of the all-time inexpensive robot vacuums. The G30 Edge is a bit more than fun to employ—which isn't something you tin often say almost the job of vacuuming.

Meghan McDonough is a journalist who currently tests and writes near robot vacuums. Since 2008, she's written about laptops, mobile phones, headphones, speakers, and other consumer tech. When she sees an unfamiliar device, Meghan has a habit of request complete strangers, "What is that? Does it work well for you?"

In her spare time, Meghan enjoys seeing live music, tending to her garden, and playing endless games of fetch with her Goldendoodle, Duke of Squirrel.