At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month, Eureka unveiled its latest flagship robot vacuum, the J15 Max Ultra. And we were there to see it. This model builds on the technology of previous iterations—and addresses some limitations of previous models—with some thoughtful, problem-solving features.
What is the J15 Max Ultra?
The J15 Ultra is an upcoming mopping robot from Eureka. It will be the brand’s top model.
When will the J15 Max Ultra be available to buy?
Eureka’s new flagship Robot Vacuum will be released in the US in June 2025. We don’t know the UK launch date yet.
How much does the J15 Max Ultra cost?
The US launch price is $1,299. This compares well with rival flagships from other brands. Dreame’s flagship X50 Ultra, which has a similar feature set, has a US launch price of $1,669.99.
We’ll update this article when we know the J15 Max Ultra’s UK launch price.
What features does the J15 Max Ultra have?
What we like about the J15 Max Ultra is that it has been thoughtfully designed, with technology created to address robot vacuum limitations and minimize the annoyances – dust left in corners and hair tangled around the brush bar – making robot vacuum owners confronted.
Here are some of the best features:
Intelliview 2.0
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Eureka’s Intelliview system, already available on models prior to the J15 Max Ultra, uses AI to help the robot identify spills – and distinguish between wet and dry messes. When it encounters a spill, it uses an intensive cleaning process over the entire area.
But users found a flaw in the system: the robot found it difficult to recognize clear liquid spills or, for example, milk on white floors. Enter Intelliview 2.0, which cracked this problem.
In use both an infrared vision system and an FHD Vision sensor. This gives the robot two ways of seeing and by using AI to analyze these images, it can essentially see texture, allowing it to see the water and other transparent spills that previous models would miss.
22,000 pa suction power
A few years ago top models had 8,000 pa suction power, so it’s incredible how quickly this has been brought up. This level of suction should leave hard floors spotless and also give carpets a decent cleanliness.
Sweepextend and scruxextend
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One of the biggest bugbears of robot vacuums has always been that they don’t clean up to edges and in corners of rooms. Eureka’s fix for that is an expandable side sweeper that the brand has cunningly called SweepExtend. This is matched by a MOP trail, which also extends to wet beauty to walls. Guess what? It’s called Scrubtextend.
Speaking of the sweeper, it’s called the Dragonclaw, thanks to the claw-like design (more like fingers than a wheel) that is created to ensure that long hair doesn’t get wrapped around it, like with a traditional sweeper.
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Flexirazor
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In fact, removing tightly wound hair from various parts of a robot vacuum has to be the most unpleasant part of maintenance. The J15 Max Ultra has another feature to minimize this task: the flexirazor, a set of metal teeth, cuts hair away from the brush roll.
Obstacross
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Recently, a number of brands have tackled the problem of raised thresholds and small steps between rooms, which have traditionally made areas of the home inaccessible to robots. Roborock’s Qrevo curve can now cross thresholds of up to 4cm, while the Dree
Eureka’s robot has extending wheels that allow it to exceed a single step of up to 1.18 inches (2.99 cm) or combined steps of 1.57 inches (3.98 cm).
We’ll review the J15 Max Ultra to see how well these features work in everyday life. But in the meantime, check out our top recommendations of models we’ve already reviewed in our roundups of the best robot vacuums and the best cheap robot vacuums.