Opening the box of this product reveals a minimalist design. This is meant to be an easy-to-use product, beginning with unpacking it. Inside the box is the cleaner itself, a charging base, a wall plug, an owner’s manual, and a cleaning brush. It couldn’t be much simpler to unpack and set up. Overall the design is sleek while avoiding too much flair. It is a tool to aid in cleaning and whether it gets the job done is ultimately more important than having flashy colors and overwrought flourishes. I like the simplicity here, as I use a lot of tools, and the way they look is never very high on my priority list.
While the visual design is understated and simple, the engineering is rather advanced. For one, the total weight of this machine is just 8.16 pounds, and because it is battery-powered, it lacks a bulky cord, avoiding one of the biggest hassles with floor cleaning machines.
At the heart of its is a BLDC motor, a type of brushless DC motor, that Eureka claims the be capable of up to 15,000 Pa (15 kPa) suction. The Pa stands for Pascals (while kPa stands for Kilopascals), which means nothing to me on its face, but for comparison, of the most powerful cordless vacuums available, they top out at just under 30 kPa. Considering those are made for only vacuuming carpet, 15 kPa for a dual-purpose machine sounds competitive to me.
