The eufy E20 won a CES Best of Innovation award for its FlexiOne design, and the reason becomes clear the first time you use it. This is a single system that works as a robot vacuum, a stick vacuum, and a handheld unit. The robot handles daily floor maintenance on its own. When you need to clean stairs, car crevices, or above-floor dust, you pull the detachable canister from the dock and use it as a cordless stick or handheld. It solves the problem of owning multiple devices that each require their own charging and storage.

Performance holds up in real homes. The 8,000 Pa suction is more than enough for carpets and hard floors. The self-emptying dock holds debris for up to 75 days before you need to touch a bag. The hair detangling technology actually works on long hair and pet fur without you having to cut strands off the brush roll. Smart obstacle avoidance helps it navigate around shoes and cables, though it isn’t perfect with very small objects like charging cables.

The trade-off is that the stick mode requires you to manually attach the handheld unit to the extension wand. It takes about five seconds, but it’s not as seamless as a dedicated stick vacuum. For most households, the convenience of having one system that handles everything from under-couch dust to ceiling cobwebs outweighs that minor step.