Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Updated Review: here we are more than 2 years later. I now own the Neato Botvac D5 and the a Neato Botvac D7! We replaced the Roomba that had been banished to the basement because we tired of going around trying to find it (it was always getting stuck or couldn’t find/,make it back to its base). We love our Botvacs so much! We even purchased the Botvac D7 for our son as a housewarming gift! He loves his too! His floors are all wood with two large (thick) area rugs and it has no problems navigating the different surfaces and patterns. I can’t say enough wonderful praises about the Neato Botvac! On another note, Roomba recently launched a new commercial that shows the stand sucking up the dirt out of the vacuum. Really? Is it that difficult to lift the lid and dump the debris and simply set it back on the Botvac? SMH🤦🏼‍♀️ I might be considered lazy because I have a robot that vacuums my house, but who would vacuum their house every other day? I wouldn’t, but my robots will! They will even do it while I am snuggly in bed asleep saving me tons of time to do all of life’s other wonderful things! Hands down, Neato is still in the lead when it comes to robotics!!! Original review: Okay. This might be lengthy but our Neato D5 Connected has earned the praise. Like others, we too have the best Roomba. But it was banished to the basement because it can't handle carpets with any black in the pattern. I have several very expensive carpets from 12' x17' and smaller sizes but they all have black in the pattern so Roomba gets confused and thinks it's a cliff then swirls around helplessly trying to turn around until the battery wears out! Now let's talk about the Neato Botvac D5 Connected. This vacuum does it all! Black patterns in the carpet are no match for the Neato! Our first floor is quite large so more than one run was necessary. But she goes right back to where she left off when the battery is charged up. We love be he way she glides over the carpets in a methodical way (unlike the Roomba) and gets up everything off the floor. We have three Great Danes and there is no trace of them in the house when my Neato Botvac is finished! She runs in the dark with no problem at all! We have a very large open floor plan and I was concerned the Botvac wouldn't get all areas cleaned. But she did! It's also quite amazing for it to know how to lower herself to go under my sofas! She shrinks down if she is too tall! We have a large round table with six chairs. How she managed to maneuver around the pedestal and chairs amazed us! She can even lift herself to get out of a jamb! (Not the Roomba. Even in the basement we have to go hunt and find the Roomba because it always gets lost and stuck.) I also have to mention when she goes back to her base to charge she literally backs her back side in and wiggles until properly connected! Too funny!