There aren’t a lot of new features left to discover in the vacuuming world, but the Kalorik Home HUVI R1 Robot Vacuum has one suggestion: aromatherapy. The HUVI R1 features air-purifying technology with a spot for essential oils, offering a new twist to your household chore schedule.
What’s in the box of the Kalorik Home HUVI Robot Vacuum R1?
In the box of the Kalorik Home HUVI Robot Vacuum R1, you’ll find the vacuum and a very small charging base, along with a charging adapter, manual, and cleaning tool. The HUVI comes in fairly compact packaging, which makes it great for gifting and moving.
On the underside of the HUVI R1, there is a removable brush roll and a large, bagless dustbin. The bin features a removable HEPA 13 filter and a UVC sanitizing light, and the underside of the vacuum has two attachment spots for side brushes. Four side brushes are included in the box; two for thin rugs and hard floors, and two for thick carpets.
On the side of the HUVI is something I’ve never seen before: an aroma diffuser. Also included in the box of the HUVI is a bag of aroma strips (felt pads) and a bottle of Sweet Orange essential oil.
What are the features of the Kalorik HUVI Robot Vacuum?
The Kalorik HUVI Robot Vacuum R1 features quiet 2600 PA suction and a double-sided filter. On one side of the filter, a medical-grade HEPA 13 filter is designed to trap 99.95% of allergens. On the other, copper wire is meant to filter large particles. When this vacuum is running, UVC technology inside of the vacuum’s dust bin aids in disinfecting the contents of the dustbin to prevent viruses and bacteria from recirculating into your home.
The HUVI R1 advertises a maximum runtime of 110 minutes before it will return to its charging base, as well as Wi-Fi, Alexa, and Google Assistant compatibility. You can turn on the vacuum’s ION cleaning function to help clean the air in your home and scent the area with essential oil, and use the Kalorik Home smartphone app to set the HUVI’s suction strength (low, medium, high, or max), view past cleaning history and maps, schedule future cleanings, and modify speaker volume.
I’ve reviewed a lot of robot vacuums here at the Best Buy Blog. Back in the day, when robot vacuums were new, it was normal for them to take quite a while to clean your home. Every one used a random cleaning pattern. So, some days they might take an hour, while other days, they might take three or four.
Nowadays, vacuums usually (but not always) use a straight line cleaning method, which helps to standardize how long they take to clean. Because that’s what I’m used to, it felt a little strange that the Kalorik Home HUVI R1 still uses a randomized pattern. If it bumps into an item or surface, it will bounce against it three times to try to get through the area. And it does so pretty firmly—I have to reposition all of my lights, plants, and shelves after the HUVI vacuums, and it sometimes gets itself wedged underneath furniture. (It even managed to tip over my cat’s automatic feeder once and pop its bowl off!)
When the HUVI hits an object, or if it decides it’s been cleaning in a straight line for too long, it turns a random number of degrees and heads in that direction. This is particularly strange to me because the HUVI has the ability to create a map of your floor plan, but it doesn’t learn from those maps in future cleans.
How long does the HUVI R1 take to vacuum?
Because the Kalorik Home HUVI robot vacuum doesn’t use directional navigation, it was difficult for me to work it into my home’s schedule. My apartment is about 700 sq ft, and most robotic cleaners take about 50 minutes to thoroughly vacuum or mop it. Some take up to two hours, but it’s rare for a robot cleaner to take that long in my home.
Despite its advertised 110-minute runtime, the Kalorik HUVI R1 vacuums in my home for a maximum of 90 minutes. After 90 minutes, it heads back to its base to charge, which takes 20-40 minutes. However, these numbers aren’t consistent from one cleaning session to the next, and they aren’t recorded accurately in the Kalorik Home app’s cleaning history.
Sometimes, the HUVI R1 will vacuum just my bedroom (where its charging base is) again and again for the full 90 minutes, and then go back to its base to charge. In the time I’ve been testing and timing it, only once has it managed to vacuum my entire 700 sq ft apartment without being repositioned. That cleaning session took 90 minutes, but what struck me as odd was that it was recorded in the app as a 33 minute, 269 sq ft cleaning session.
On average, this vacuum takes 3 hours to vacuum my home, split into two 90-minute sessions with a manual repositioning in between the sessions. If I lift the vacuum from area to area, I can cut down that time by up to half.
How does the Kalorik Home HUVI handle rugs and cords?
The HUVI R1 gets stuck on both rugs and cords, which is not reflective of my experience with other robot vacuums. It can make it over the edge of heavy mats (like my memory foam kitchen mat) and raised edges. However, even though it comes with two different sets of edge sweepers (one for hard floors and thin area rugs, and one for thick carpets), it gets stuck on the edge of area rugs.
Because the HUVI R1 uses random path planning, it can get stuck on the same rug again and again. I lifted and repositioned it a dozen times before I gave up and rolled up all of my rugs!
My experience with the Kalorik Home HUVI R1 Robot Vacuum
The Kalorik Home HUVI R1 Robot Vacuum offers some very unique features, but it didn’t fit my lifestyle. I like to turn my robot vacuum on right as I get into bed or as I head out the door, so a vacuum that can quickly clean without supervision is important to me. I wasn’t able to do that with the HUVI, as I could never know for certain that it would make it to every room in my home.
As someone with cat allergies and a cat, it’s also essential to me that any vacuum in my home filters effectively. The HUVI is designed to do this, with a HEPA 13 filter, UVC dustbin sanitization, and ionizer technology, but I found that it made me quite sneezy whenever I ran it without emptying the dustbin beforehand. So, especially if you have allergies, it’s important to always empty this dustbin after use.
If you don’t mind a vacuum that gets a little lost at times, the HUVI R1 is a quiet robot vacuum with unique aroma diffusing and UV-cleaning technology. It has a large dustbin, an easy-to-navigate app, and excellent battery life.
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My favorite feature of the Kalorik Home HUVI R1 robot vacuum is the scent diffuser, and I would start with the orange scent.
The HEPA filter and I’d use the orange scent
The feature of this vacuum that is my favourite is the aroma diffuser and the scent I would use in the diffuser would be sweet orange.
This would be fun to try, especially for the cat hair.
With allergies – especially to dust – the feature that really appeals to me is the ION cleaning function to help clean the air! A two-fer – clean house, clean air!!
I like that it can do carpets, and has side brushes. I would use an orange scent in the diffuser.
The aroma diffuser is a neat feature and I would use lavender for daytime use, but eucalyptus for late night shifts.
I like that the filter is a medical-grade HEPA 13 filter and is designed to trap 99.95% of allergens.
aroma diffuser as well as cleaning by itself are great !
My favourite feature is the aroma diffuser and I would choose sandalwood.
The HEPA 13 filter is my favourite feature to trap dust and dog dander. I would like to try the orange scent.
suck up the cat dander and make all smell orange
The Hepa 13 filter would be my favourite feature of the Kalorik robot vacuum. I think I would first try the orange scented oil that comes with it, then try peppermint, lavender, and jasmine scents.
My favourite feature is the medical-grade HEPA 13 filter. I would use a lemony fresh scent diffuser.
My favorite feature is the HEPA filter and I’d use the orange scent.
I like the mapping abilities. I would use Sweet Orange
My fave feature is the aroma diffuser and I would choose sweet orange as the scent
I like that it cleans for 90 minutes, although as she states it can clean 110 minutes and then returns to charge for 20-40 minutes. That is a good cleaning time and and after the charge you could still use it again if there is a spill. I would use Lavender as it would be nice to have it vacuum the bedrooms in the evening.
I like that it has a HEPA filter and I would use the orange scent.
quiet 2600 PA suction and we would use the orange scent
I like its quietness, as well as the HEPA 13 filter. I would use lavender in the diffuser.
I like the Google Assistant compatibility feature.
Hepa and the fact it incorporates aromatherapy is a real draw for me! I’d pick lavender.
My favourite feature of the Kalorik Home HUVI R1 robot vacuum is the HEPA 13 filter. I would use the sweet orange scent in the diffuser!
My favourite feature is the medical-grade HEPA 13 filter that traps 99.95% of allergens. I would use a lemon-based scent.
My vacuum now is SO loud. I like that it is quiet. I would love a lemon scent because lemon is so refreshing and makes me think and feel clean, but if it only comes with sweet orange, that will do!!!!!!!
I like that it has a Hepa Filter.
runtime of 110 minutes – Sweet Orange
My favourite feature is the Wi-Fi and Alexa compatibility. I would use the sweet orange scent.
My favourite feature of the HUVI R1 robot vacuum is the HEPA 13 filter. I would use the orange scent in the diffuser.
My favourite feature is the medical-grade HEPA 13 filter that traps 99.95% of allergens. I would love the sweet orange scent they supply, it would be so fresh.
My favorite feature of this Kalorik robot vacuum is its long runtime of 110 minutes.
My favourite feature is the Wi-Fi and Alexa compatibility. I would use the lavender scent.
My favourite feature of the Kalorik Home HUVI R1 robot vacuum is the HEPA 13 filter. I would use the sweet orange scent in the diffuser!
My favourite feature has to be the essential oil diffuser! I would use a citrus-based scent 🙂
I like the Wi-Fi, Alexa, and Google Assistant compatibility. I would go with a refreshing lemon scent.
The UVC dustbin sanitization is my favourite feature and I would use a citrus scent.
My favourite feature is the Wi-Fi and Alexa compatibility. I would use the sweet orange scent.
My favourite feature is the medical-grade HEPA 13 filter that traps 99.95% of allergens. The scent I would use is neroli.
The vacuum’s ION cleaning function that helps clean the air is my favourite feature, and I the scent I would use is lavender.
I love that it has an aroma diffuser and the orange scent would be my preference as citrus always makes things smell clean
Lilac scent and the diffuser is my favourite feature!
For carpets, wood and ceramic – the bagless idea is the best. The ability to climb levels from carpet to floor and floors to carpets. I would get two scents for the diffuser – lemon and lavendar. I like the idea that it’s getting cheaper knowing that IBM is also working on these vacuums to remotely control them without a mobile.
I like the HEPA 13 filter, cause my carpets are old and dusty and I would use Lilac as the sent for the diffuser.
Lavender and I like that it’s quiet!
A bagless dustbin – I like a clean lemon scent.
I like the fact that it is a quiet robot vacuum – I would use white sage scent
Favourite feature is the quiet 2600 PA suction with multiple strength settings – would use a pine scent.
The 110 minutes runtime should be enough to cover my complete apartment and by leaving a fresh sweet orange scent everywhere!
My favourite feature is the medical grade HEPA filter. I would choose eucalyptus.
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