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1st Robot - After four total uses it completely died. I believe they suspected a battery issue. I contacted neato, tried all their steps and they agreed to send me a new robot (after I mailed the robot back and they received it). They were slow with responses and it took around 3 weeks to get a new robot sent out.
2nd Robot - Ran 3 times before it's left bumper (detects collisions with objects) became stuck in place, making the robot believe it was constantly in contact with a foreign object, which led it to constantly drive backwards before ultimately shutting down and telling us that it was stuck. Neato's only solution for our brand new robot was to quickly and aggressively tap the bumper for 30 seconds hoping it would free itself. It did... temporarily. This became an ongoing issue to the point that before each run (and sometimes midway through the run) we would have to perform this procedure in the hopes that it would make it through the vacuum. This was unacceptable for a brand new $700 machine, so we contacted Neato and asked for a refund (which they explicitly declined), and ultimately settled upon yet another replacement, which we had to push for.
3rd Robot - This one has been a real lemon. I have attempted to run this thing 6 times since we got it. Not once has it come even close to vacuuming the house. Each time it's tried it has fumbled around the house, occasionally violently bashing into things, and running it's battery into the red, before clumsily trying to dock with things on the other end of the house from the actual charging station. I came in from working outside to find that it was attempting to dock with our couch. The dock is placed in a clear area with no obstructions. Despite the issues with the previous robots, they could at least vacuum the house well AND dock themselves independently without an intervention. Each of the 6 times I've tried to use this robot I've ultimately had to stop it, pick it up, and manually place it in the dock to charge.
I contacted Neato and they said what they always say: Clean the brush, clean the sensor, blow out the laser with compressed air. Today I diligently performed the suggested steps AGAIN and have been documenting the catastrophe that is this robot with my phone. It has given me the "clear my path" error no less than 7 times, and each time has been nowhere close to being stuck on ANYTHING. Once it gave me the error when it was literally in the middle of an open floor with nothing around it for 5 feet. It would almost be comical if it weren't so frustrating.
I didn't want to unfairly judge Neato after the first robot, or maybe even the second... but this is my THIRD robot. We have gotten maybe a grand total of 20 vacuums out of our 3 different robots, many of which were incomplete or fraught with errors. WHEN it worked, it actually worked well, and we were happy with the level of cleaning it provided, but the issues we have experienced FAR outweigh the occasional cleaning.
I WOULD NOT recommend this robot to anyone. For ~$700 I expect better... but hey, at least it's on sale right now ;)
I've also been trying a Deebot R95, which, in theory has more features available with regards to the mapping functionality. However, it is a much less capable navigator than the Neato D5. If I hadn't tried the D5 first, I would have thought maybe this was a standard problem. The R95 was not able to climb onto a mat at my front door which isn't more than 3/8" high. It also wasn't able to climb onto the anti-fatigue mats in the kitchen at all. Surprisingly, it made it over a 5/5" wooden threshold between rooms. By comparison, the D5 went up and down, over the mats like nobody's business. The R95 is also a lot quieter which seems to correlate to less suction.
There is no perfect robot vacuum, although i think the D5 Connected with better software is heading in the right direction.
Turns out part of the problem was my robot itself. Had to send it back to Neato to get it fixed. I just got the robot back and it's working well again. Overall, I'm happy with the cleaning functionality of the robot but the privacy concerns remain. The customer service was actually great - 5 stars for that.
My original 1-star review is below.
I did not know this when I bought the D5 and for a long time after that the robot needs to be connected to the Neato servers for it to be able to clean or do anything. They have had on and off server issues for months now and I haven't been able to use my robot consistently at all.
To me, there is absolutely no valid reason for it to have to connect to their servers other than software upgrades. It's DRM/spyware gone mad. Who knows what they're doing with all the floor plans?
When it stopped working a month in to use, I was crushed. I figured Support was going to tell me to pound salt.
Instead they took my little dude back, fixed him up super quickly and under warranty, and shipped him back with surprising speed.
I also got a really nice follow-up e-mail from their support making sure he was running as he should.
Nemo surprises me on a daily basis.
Daily, because that's how often I run him.
I am disabled and can't vacuum, so having this bubbly little dude to putter around my apartment for me is a Godsend.
I'm also allergic to dust, so having him take care of the little things for me means that I'm less exposed to allergens.
My boyfriend and I speak of him as if he were a pet. (We called him Nemo in case he ever got lost. He did twice, and it was entirely my fault.)
My cat isn't his biggest fan, but he's learning to ignore it.
The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because it did have to be sent in for what I suspect was a known software issue. I also don't quite understand why my Ultra Performance filter was switched out for a High Performance one, but on the other hand; new filter!
Thank you to the Neato Robotics Support team for the fantastic service.
I'm so glad to have Nemo in my life.
You must remember to pick up any stray socks or anything lying on the floor though because it will get stuck on it.
You can pick it up to different floors to clean them, very useful to clean under the bed ;)
A lot of my friends have a Roomba and this Neato is so much better. Would definitely recommend!
I run my robot vacuum every weekday, while I'm away at work. More than 95% of time it has worked perfectly without issue.
My suggestion is for the first few times run it when you are home and can help it if the vacuum gets stuck or has another issue. If you do use to you will have to pick any cables or clothing off the floor before the vacuum comes on, otherwise the vacuum will destroy cables and could rip your clothes. I have also found that bundling electrical cords and other cables together using velcro stops the vac from doing anything to the cables.
Overall the only issues that has occur is when furniture is moved around the vacuum's base. The robot has difficulty when its start cleaning unless the area around the base (2-3 feet) is free from objects. Removing objects or pushing furniture away from the vacuum solves this issue. It will climb over small objects or bases. So, if you have a pedestal fan it will attempt to climb up the base OR hop over desk/table legs that are less than an inch or so high.
On the positive side, it is the best robot vacuum I have ever had, it does not miss many areas unlike the random navigating vacuums and cleans very well. No-go lines make the bot essentially able to run without anyone around and without any issues. As long as the user maintains the vacuum it should do its job well.
My only complaints are that sometimes the Neato will disconnect from WiFi, needing a restart to reconnect and rarely it will pull off it's dock and clean a very small area infront of the dock instead of the whole house. Although, the latter issue probably relates more to my dock placement. Neato recommends 3 ft on either side of the dock, which I am not able to do.
we bought our neato D5 almost a year ago, everything was good, it cleans very well, it works great, the scheduling is a must, the connection to the internet works great, couldn't be happier.... SO why 1 star you ask?
Well, 2 months ago or so, there was an update that basically broke my neato, it didn't work, it started, then it would do a 369 3x and then it said it was stuck.... long story short (don't want to bother people with a lot of things), Neato recommended me to send it to them, and here was when the nightmare started.
I sent it to them in December so I was expecting a little delay (they said initially 2 weeks) with seems reasonable, so after a month nothing.... I checked the status on the tracking number it was delivered a couple days after the shipping so I emailed them, they reply back (same day like usual) saying do to a very high volume of repairs it was on the line, and do to this fact they were giving me 3 more months of warranty... well it wasn't bad but I don't need more warranty if they do their job properly.
Ok waited for 2 more weeks and I got it by mail so at this point I didn't have it for 1.5 month (roughly) it was bad but, ok.
When I got it I put it to work and it started, and it was broken:
-the side brush works intermittently
-it doesn't clean the entire house, it gets to half and calls it a day.
-it's makes more noise (this it might be just my head.... but I'm scared that it's about to break, well not that it's fixed anyway)
-when it thinks it finishes it can't get back to the base.
-In the settings I have, it set to clean in a greed (house mode) but for some odd reason after a little bit it starts to clean randomly.
-it takes twice as much time to clean half the house
Emailed Neat back and forth 8 or 9 times now, it's been 10 days and they asked me to clean the robot again, and they asked if I was running the floor plan option which I never did, and then they keep addressing the navigation issue disregarding over and over again the other issues.
I don't know how this is going to turn out, but all in all. A great robot just be aware of the updates, and I feel if my robot goes there again is not going to be fixed properly.
To give you an example of the time savings this thing gave me, I have timed myself sweeping the main level it takes about 1 hour 25 mins and has to be done a minimum of 2x a week, (big house 40’x60’) the Neato could do it in 1Hour 15mins (and would do it every day with no complaints lol) and if I’m being honest it did a better job. When you are farming and working on top of that, ever hour of daylight and ounces of energy is used up before you can call it a day. Any cleaning that happens without any effect from me is well worth the price tag. Hope to have it back soon!






