What is the best robot vacuum for pet hair? My cats and I have been testing options at home.

Read my review of the Eufy E20 3-in-1.

The Eufy E20 3-in-1 is an awesome find for people who can’t choose between getting a robot vacuum or a cordless stick vacuum — because it’s both. This convertible robot vac is a great way to maximize a tight storage situation, consolidating the automation of a robot vacuum and the handheld freedom to clean windowsills, furniture, and car seats.

Though the Eufy E20 covers three different types of vacuuming, it doesn’t cover mopping at all. The ideal home environment would be mostly carpeting or rugs, where you wouldn’t use a robot mop a ton, anyway.

The entire pro-letting-your-dog-on-the-furniture crowd knows that couches, beds, and car seats get just as covered in hair as the floor. (Cat parents don’t really have a choice — the furniture will be furry.) For such cases, Eufy saw that many folks’ dream vacuum setup would actually be to have both a robot vacuum and a cordless stick vacuum. Thus, the E20 3-in-1 was born. It’s a smart mapping robot vacuum that uses the handled piece of a cordless vacuum as the motor. To switch between them, you can pull the motor out of the robot vacuum body and click it onto the stick vacuum or handheld vacuum attachment.

The Eufy E20 excels as a shedding sidekick because of the variety of pet hair-covered surfaces it can clean — not because it’s the most powerful robot vacuum I’ve tested or anything. The robot vacuum’s 8,000 Pa of suction power is satisfactory for visible crumbs, kitty litter, and hair, fur, or fuzzies that haven’t yet formed a cast on the carpet. For the more stubborn pet hair and better corner cleaning, you can simply whip out the cordless stick vacuum attachment. That bumps suction power to 30,000 Pa, which is stronger than any other robot vacuum in this list.

I had zero complaints about the Eufy E20’s mapping capabilities. It created a highly accurate map of my bedrooms and bathrooms on the first try, and the app’s color-coded map is much more intuitive than the in-app maps for other budget-friendly robot vacuums.