EyeVac Pro Review for Pet Hair: Why My Wife Loves It and My Dogs Do Not

We have three dogs and a lot of laminate flooring. That combination has a way of creating little fur tumbleweeds that drift around the house as if they are looking for somewhere new to live.

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That is where our EyeVac Pro earns its keep. That kind of household convenience is also what I value in the Lasko tower fan that moves air around the room and the smart plugs I use for simple light control.

We keep it near the spot where the living room meets the kitchen. Every day or two, somebody sweeps crumbs, dirt, dog hair, or those little fur dust bunnies toward the front of it and lets the machine suck everything in.

My wife likes it a lot.

The dogs have a different opinion. When we used the automatic sensor, they occasionally wandered too close and accidentally summoned what I started thinking of as the suck demon.

My short version: the EyeVac is a very convenient automatic dustpan for a house with hard floors and pets. We actually use ours regularly, it handles the dog-hair mess we sweep toward it, and we do not have to empty it constantly. I would buy this type of machine again.

My EyeVac Pro experience at a glance

• Bought: 2022, according to my Amazon order history
• Exact model: EyeVac PRO, 1400-watt model, ASIN B0011G20QY
• Where we keep it: Between the living room and kitchen
• Flooring around it: Mostly laminate
• Big reason it gets used: Dog hair and normal swept-up debris
• Household verdict: My wife likes it a lot; the dogs would vote no

Why a stationary vacuum makes sense in our house

The EyeVac is not a replacement for every kind of vacuuming. It is more like a powered dustpan that stays in one place.

That sounds oddly specific until you live with hard floors. Instead of sweeping a pile into a dustpan, bending down, trying to get the last line of dirt over the lip, and dumping it somewhere else, you sweep the pile toward the EyeVac.

EyeVac currently describes the Pro as a 1400-watt stationary vacuum for hard-floor debris including hair, dust, crumbs, and dirt. That matches what we ask ours to do.

It works well for the kind of dog hair we actually have

With three dogs, hair does not politely stay in one place. On laminate flooring it gathers into little lightweight clumps that are easy to sweep but seem to reappear almost immediately.

We sweep those over to the EyeVac every day or two. I am not claiming it somehow removes hair from rugs, furniture, or the dog. It handles the pile we bring to it.

For that job, it works.

The automatic sensor is useful—unless you are one of my dogs

The Pro can detect debris or movement near its intake and activate automatically. That is convenient when a broom is approaching.

It is less impressive to a dog that has no idea why the appliance beside the kitchen suddenly woke up.

Our dogs sometimes walked close enough to trigger it themselves. Nobody was harmed, but they definitely developed opinions.

That is why the automatic mode is one of those features I like in theory but do not need to worship. The useful thing is that the machine is there when we want to sweep something into it.

How often do we empty it?

Not all that often.

I cannot give you a neat schedule because I do not track the canister like a fuel gauge. We probably empty it more than somebody without three dogs, but it is not something that feels like a constant chore.

EyeVac’s current Pro design is bagless, so the collection canister pulls out for emptying rather than requiring replacement vacuum bags.

Is it worth giving up floor space?

That is probably the most practical question.

A stationary vacuum has to live somewhere. Ours makes sense at the transition between two rooms with a lot of hard flooring because that is where we naturally sweep debris anyway.

If you have nowhere sensible to park one, it could become a fairly large object that you keep walking around. In our layout it has a job and a home.

Would I buy the EyeVac Pro again?

Yes.

The best household products sometimes become boring because everybody simply starts using them. That is what happened here. We do not hold family meetings about the EyeVac. We sweep stuff toward it and it disappears.

My wife likes it. It handles the dog-hair dust bunnies. I do not have to drag out a conventional vacuum just because something needs swept off the laminate.

I would just warn the dogs before enabling the suck demon.

EyeVac Pro FAQ

Does the EyeVac Pro work for dog hair?

It works for the dog hair we sweep toward it from our laminate floors. We have three dogs, and fur dust bunnies are one of the main reasons ours gets used.

Does the EyeVac turn on automatically?

Yes. EyeVac currently lists infrared automatic sensors on the Pro. Our dogs occasionally triggered ours by walking too close, which is why I am very familiar with that feature.

Does it work on laminate flooring?

Our EyeVac sits beside a large area of laminate flooring, and that is where we use it most. We sweep debris across the floor to the intake.

Is the EyeVac Pro bagless?

Yes. The current Pro uses a removable bagless collection canister.

Would you recommend it for a house with pets?

I would recommend it if your main problem is frequently swept debris and pet hair on hard floors and you have a sensible permanent spot for the machine.