Neato Robotics D7 Connected Laser Guided Smart Robot Vacuum - Wi-Fi Connected, Multi Floor Mapping, Zone Cleaning, Ideal for Carpets, Hard Floors and Pet Hair, Works with Alexa
- Laser smart technology intelligently navigates and maps your home, cleaning in straight lines instead of a random pattern
- With zone cleaning, you can target the trouble areas in your home more frequently. Charge Time- Up to 150 minutes
- No-go lines lets you tell your robot where not to go avoiding things like cluttered rooms or a bunch of cables
- Multiple floor plan mapping lets you save up to three maps, one for each story of your home
- Turbo mode boosts suction to pick up the dirt you can’t see
- Ultra performance filter captures up to 99Percent of dust mites and allergens as small as 10 microns. D-shape design and large core brush gets into corners round robots can’t
- Up to 120 minutes of battery life, perfect for even the largest homes. Sometimes your robot wants a little extra power to finish a long cleaning run. With quick boost charging, it calculates the amount of power needed to finish the job, and charges accordingly
- Get new features through regular software updates
Watonia Downing
BEST robot vacuum you can get!
While this review is under the D7 model, it likely can be applied to other Neato D-series vacuums (at least the D6). I've waited a few weeks to do this review, as I didn't want to give a shining review prematurely, as so often happens with reviews. In a nutshell, we are beyond pleased with our Neato Botvac D7. Here's why.... We wanted a robot vacuum to help keep the house clean in between regular vacuuming with our normal vacuum. So, I did A LOT of research (probably more than necessary) when choosing which robot vacuum to buy. My parents and brother have the Roomba 960. My other brother has a Shark ION. They all are happy with their robots. But, I wasn't impressed with the random nature of the cleaning patterns or the small brush heads they use to pick stuff up with. The Shark's price was not very expensive, while the Roomba was top of the line in price. But, for us, price wasn't as much of a consideration as was the overall quality. I just wanted something that worked well. And if it was low or high priced, it didn't matter. So, I dug in and watched video reviews, compared features, looked at prices, and really gave it some good thought. My conclusion was that the Neato Botvac D-series vacuums were the BEST overall. Here's what sold me... The suction for the D5 to D7 models are better than most robot vacuums. It has a D-shape that allows it to get into corners better than all the round vacuums. The brush head is the widest out of ALL robot vacuums, AND it has guards to keep it from pulling up loose rugs. It has one of the larges dust bins. (larger than Roomba and Shark) The battery lasts longer between charges than many other robots. It is MUCH smarter than either the Roomba or Shark, thanks to it's LaserSmart LIDAR system which sees MUCH better than the cameras on the Roomba can. It uses smart technology to go in an orderly pattern in the rooms. (see photo) The app is better than what I saw with my parent's Roomba. The D7 can be programmed to do zones/rooms in the event you want a certain area done and not the whole house. As for the price, depending on the model you go with, the pricing varies from mid-range (D3) to expensive (D7). Satisfied with my findings, I purchased a Neato D6, which I felt was a better choice than the D5 but not as luxurious as the D7. Out of the box and set up, it did GREAT! But, I quickly realized that because of the large floor plan our house has, we needed to upgrade to the pricier D7, which would afford us the ability to clean individual rooms/zones and not just the whole house. So, back in the box the D6 went. (It only did about 3 cycles. So, the people buying it from Amazon's returned items are getting a GREAT deal!) The new D7 showed up a couple days later. What follows is our experience with the Neato Botvac D-series robot vacuums. Set-up of the Neato Botvac D-series robots is VERY simple. Just unpack, follow the simple easy-start guide, download the free app, plug in the charging base, set the robot on the base, and you're good to go! While you CAN start the robot by pressing the button on the vacuum itself, I have done this only twice, as the app is so easy to use. The first job is creating a floor plan. This is done by just having the robot clean for the first time. It MUST start from the charging base. (Follow the instructions on where to place the charging base, or the vacuum will get stuck trying to navigate back to it when it needs to charge.) This first cleaning will map the entire floor plan of your house. Don't want it to go into a particular room, close the door. Also, make sure any electrical cords are up and out of the way or close along the wall. Otherwise, the vacuum will get tangled in them. I suggest you follow it around as it does this first cleaning so you can see where it gets stuck and where it has difficulty so that you can set up the virtual no-go lines via the app once the floor plan is created. You can also use the no-go lines to keep it out of rooms you don't want it to go into. I've used this to keep Oscar (we named ours Oscar, after Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street, because they both like garbage.) from going under some low chairs it initially got stuck under, and into a closet that my wife often forgets to close. So far, he has yet to cross any of the virtual no-go lines. You can set up LOTS of no-go lines (I think up to 30-50), unlike the Roomba where you are limited to buying extra sensor towers if you need more than the two that are included with the Roomba. (BTW, I don't think the sensor towers for the Roomba work very good. Didn't when I tested out my parent's Roomba at my home, anyway.) The D6 model doesn't have the ability to create zones, which are handy if you want to just clean a certain area and not the entire house. The D7 DOES have this feature. We use it for cleaning areas that get more traffic during the week, like entry ways, or after a party in the living room, or whatever. We even schedule it to clean certain zones on certain days of the week, while on other days we schedule it to clean the entire house. The ONLY thing I wish it had the capability of doing is being able to select multiple zones to clean in one run. As it is, if you have two rooms you want cleaned, and they are two separate zones, only one will be cleaned before it goes back to the charging base. You then have to tell it to go clean the second zone. This is kind of a pain, as you have to pay attention to when it's finished so you can start the next zone cleaning. (first world problems, right!) Relative to this, there is something I wish the Neato would address in future software updates to the robot (yes. They have software updates to your robot! SO COOL!) Currently, when sending the robot to clean a zone, the brush head and suction is turned on and runs until it gets to the zone to be cleaned. Once the zone is cleaned, the brush head and suction turns off and it just drives back to the charging station. It would be nice to have the brush head and suction OFF until it gets to the zone to be cleaned, so that it doesn't put unnecessary wear and tear on the brush head and suction motor. Plus, it would help extend the life of the battery. It's off when it's done cleaning or needs to go back to recharge. Why not when it goes out to clean a zone? But, I digress. One thing we have noticed is that if it gets stuck somewhere and the wheels spin a bunch before it gets unstuck, for some reason it screws up it's internal mapping of the floor plan, and it will start cleaning places it's already done and then won't be able to find it's way back to the charging base. In those cases, we have just set up virtual no-go lines so it stays out of the places that cause problems like that. But, how does it clean? WONDERFULLY! Our hard floors (tile and laminate wood) actually feel clean afterward, and it picks up TONS of stuff off the carpets. Recently, we sent it to clean our teenage son's room. He had a bunch of air-soft pellets under his bed and in hidden corners. It was so satisfying to hear the rattling of a bunch of little pellets getting sucked up! Now his room is nearly pellet free! (Nearly, because NO robot vacuum can get into every little corner.) I'm really particular when it comes to cleaning, in that if something is left behind, someone didn't do a good enough job! I find VERY LITTLE left behind after Oscar does his cleaning. It's surprising how much stuff is in the dust bin after each cleaning cycle. And we are NOT messy people! It's just that effective! Is it PERFECT in it's cleaning? NO. There are sometimes things left along edges of walls or in tough to reach corners. But we didn't get a robot vacuum to replace our normal vacuum which DOES get everything. The Neato D7 is just to help keep our house more tidy between regular vacuumings. It navigates really well on hard floors, and just fine on carpet. The ONLY thing we have found it doesn't do well on is deep pile carpets/rugs. It seems to bog down the brush head and stops it from moving. Eventually, it will give up on that area and move to a new place to clean. But, set up no-go lines for that area, and you won't have to worry about it. We have found that when navigating around dining/kitchen table chairs, that it will frequently get stuck under them trying to figure out how to get back out. Leave it alone. It will eventually figure it out. The REALLY cool part about when it gets stuck like that, is that it will turn of its brush head OFF until it gets unstuck and moves to a new place to clean! Maintaining the vacuum is pretty simple. Emptying the dust bin is easy. The opening to the dust bin is nice and wide, so everything dumps out easily. Make sure you wipe down the outside with a damp paper towel to keep things nice and neat. Cleaning of the brush head is simple. The bottom guard snaps off easily and the brush head comes out quite easily. Neato includes a brush comb that has a string cutter on it so that you can easily cut the strings, threads, and hairs that get wrapped around the brush head. Once everything is de-tangled, just use the comb to clean the lint out of the brush! We do this about every 3rd or 4th cleaning. Make sure you keep the cliff sensors and the wall sensor clean, too. Again, a little preventative maintenance goes a LONG way. People who have given these robot vacuums a bad review likely aren't doing their due diligence in maintaining their robot properly. IT'S A FREAKING ROBOT, PEOPLE! High technology! Treat it as such, and you'll be happy! That about sums it up! We absolutely LOVE Oscar, our Neato Botvac D7. It's a lot of fun to watch, and has helped keep our house more orderly and cleaner looking. In my opinion, it's the best robot vacuum on the market. If I can think of anything to add to this review, I will. Should you decide to get one, you won't be disappointed. Just remember to follow ALL the instructions, treat it right, maintain it properly, and you'll be a happy camper!
Tiffany Pettitt-Porter
Convenient, easy to use, powerful and fun!
0:00 0:00 This video is not intended for all audiences. What date were you born? JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993199219911990198919881987198619851984198319821981198019791978197719761975197419731972197119701969196819671966196519641963196219611960195919581957195619551954195319521951195019491948194719461945194419431942194119401939193819371936193519341933193219311930192919281927192619251924192319221921192019191918191719161915191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903190219011900 Submit Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Install Flash Player The Neato D7 has been an awesome addition to our home. It was incredibly easy to set-up and quickly learned the nuances of our space. It has consistently picked up all dirt and other small objects in its path and can cover all 2k+ square feet in one single charge. I highly recommend this robot to anyone looking for this type of product.
Regina Lehnen
Worth the money!
1:02 0:00 This video is not intended for all audiences. What date were you born? JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993199219911990198919881987198619851984198319821981198019791978197719761975197419731972197119701969196819671966196519641963196219611960195919581957195619551954195319521951195019491948194719461945194419431942194119401939193819371936193519341933193219311930192919281927192619251924192319221921192019191918191719161915191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903190219011900 Submit Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Install Flash Player The D7 is my second robotic vacuum and I love it. We started with a EUFY 12 which did a great job but I was looking for something that was more thorough and that I had more control over. Here are the things I love about the D7, that I think puts it above all others on the market: It has an application that you load on your phone and you can see the map that the bot has made of your house. You can see where it’s been, and more importantly where it’s NOT able to get to. If it gets’ stuck, it will text you and show you on the map where it’s stuck. It’s actually very cute and says “Help me I’m stuck - please come free me”. You can set up No Go zones on the map to keep it out of sensitive areas where your dog's food is located or where ever you don’t want it to go and there’s not a door available. - You can use the magnetic strips to set a boundary, but the application allows you to make the virtual boundaries which I LOVE You can create ZONES and then assign it to clean only a zone, which lets you focus on high traffic areas and not the whole house which may not need it that often. You can set up different schedules and multiple floor plans. This is a great feature for setting days for turbo cleaning and then eco cleaning the other days. Most bots only let you set a time, and not a day (Eufy did it that way). This thing is SMART. When it first starts up, it locates itself on the map and determines its surroundings. It uses a laser to map the house, so it doesn’t need lights on. Once it makes a map, it knows where (and where it hasn't) been yet. This is GREAT and is very efficient. It will stay to a specific room until it’s finished and them move to the next, unlike the bump and find wanderer type bots. If it gets stuck, it starts shutting down the rotating brush etc to conserve power while it’s trying to get free. Once it does the perimeter, it then goes back and does a more efficient criss crossing method to get the rest of the room. It does well with carpets, rugs and hardwood floor. It communicates with you - If it gets stuck, if the bin is full, it will let you know. So far, I’m very pleased at the performance of this robot vac and I can not believe how much stuff it finds on the floor. It’s very thorough at getting into the corners and keeping the baseboard areas spotless and does a remarkable job at keeping up with about 1200 square feet of my house with 3 dogs and 2 grandkids tracking dirt in from outside.
Tabieros Serrano Hanny
Game Changer - We love this vacuum
After years of complaints from my family that there was always dog fur around the house, I decided to get a robot vacuum. I purchased the D7 and I am thrilled with the performance. It was easy to set up and works almost flawlessly. The Pros: - Easy to set up - Gets 99% of the my floor without any issues, missed spots, getting stuck, etc - The Floor map of what it cleans is great - the self-charging is great - it vacuums very well The cons: - I have a big house and a big dog, so the dirt bin fills up after each run. A bigger bin would be nice, but at least I know it’s getting everything - it is as noisy as a regular vacuum. That isn’t a problem for me but you should know that it is not a silent servant - it is definitely vacuuming There customer service is also great. I had a minor issue that they resolved quickly. I am very very satisfied with this purchase. It has really changed my life. It runs everyday when we are at work/school and the house is always clean.
Drella Johnson
First time robot vacuum owner - my expectations could not have been more satisfied
This is my first robotic vacuum and I wasn't sure what to expect. I'm incredibly pleased to report that it performed better than I could have expected. Most of the reviews and demo videos I've seen are for small apartments or well-kept Ikea demo houses. I set the D7 loose on my 1,900 square foot first floor with lots of irregular edges and obstacles in the way. It navigated them skillfully. I have four barstool chairs at a kitchen breakfast area and the D7 scooted in between each chair and wedged itself between the legs to clean as well as it could. It took two runs and ~3 hours (plus 90 minutes to recharge halfway through) to clean the floors on eco mode, which it turned on to do the initial mapping. During the run, it never once got stuck under anything and surprised me at how easily it got under the couches and chairs in my living room, office, and media room. The only thing it couldn't get under was a particularly low entry table. I had to empty the bin once during its run (cat and dog hair) and remove a sock and a USB cable that managed to get picked up, but that's a user issue. The noise level on eco is just a bit softer than its turbo mode which itself is pretty loud but not unbearable. While watching it go, I became worried a few times when it would do half a room or ignore an area behind a chair or under a shelf, but the D7 always came back and finished the job. My floors are almost all hardwood with a bit of tile in the laundry room so it didn't go over any carpets, but I can say that it worked amazingly on wood. I tested out the pause/resume function and the return to base and both worked just the way I'd expect. It does a cute little wiggle when docking itself, which I found particularly amusing. The floor plan reports on the app are nifty to look at and it did an super good job at recreating my house. I can see all the little dots where solid objects were (couches, table legs, etc.) and each room is more or less true to accurate dimensions. I wish I could label the rooms and tell Neato to go to a specific area, but maybe that's coming in a future release. Anything that it drove over was picked up and the only places left dirty were the very corners of the room, which it got close to but never quite reached. If I added all the corners up, it would be less than a square foot of space that was missed. Sometimes it's a bit over sensitive when detecting objects, like a low hanging drape that it could have easily pushed aside (I did not have the 'careful' mode enabled) but I suppose it's better to be on the safe side. After only a few days of use I can't say that I have a complete picture of how the D7 works, but the first few days of ownership make me feel completely justified in spending the money on the D7. Its continued performance probably relies on proper maintenance and frequent cleaning of the filter and brush, but that's a few minutes that I'm happy to spend for the quality of this little guy.
Jill Davis
If you’re on the fence, just do it. You will be happy with this purchase!!
I hesitated this purchase for a few weeks. I read a lot of reviews on this and competitors vacs. I had narrowed it down between this version or the d5. My requirements were that it was connected and I could control from my phone away from the home; virtual no go lines - I have a crazy dog that I worried would mess with the magnet lines when unattended; and adequate for a pet home. I liked the multi floor plans because I have 3 levels. It was a bonus that this is the only brand that allows firmware updates via WiFi. As a single mom, this comes at a hefty price. We just got new carpet and I wanted to keep it newer longer, a hard task with children, 2- and 4-legged, but was unsure I wanted to invest so much money. I made sure to get the extended warranty and I’ll tell you what, this vac was the best purchase I’ve made in a while, maybe ever!!! Vacuuming is a tedious task, that is not hard, but time-consuming. Being the one and only running the house, I’d rather spend that time with my toddler. I come home every day to fresh vac lines and it takes 2 seconds to empty the bin. I run it daily on our main level and she is able to keep up on the pet hair to a point that the bin is only ever half full. The noise level is less than a regular vac. I was also concerned about the “rubber brush” just clumping the dog hair but it is actually more of a hybrid brush and rubber and does a great job. She transverses between different floor types wonderfully and I’m very impressed watching the navigation when we do happen to be home when she is cleaning. I have medium pile carpet that is a milk chocolate speckled with black. Other reviews of different brands made mention that the dark carpet causes problems for their vac. I have had no issues with this one doing anything like that. Overall, very pleased.
Jennifer Treviño Muñeca Azteca
I love it
Read all of the reviews. My expectations were managed. This vacuum is higher than than its competitors... I was informed of this before buying. I did have to put little rubber pads under legs of furniture to prevent Neato from getting stuck. It is noisy... but we have the timer for the middle of the night, and have white noise, so not an issue. We need to run daily, as the bin gets full within an hour of cleaning after two large dogs and three kids. I need to clean brush once a week. Again, previous reviews set my expectations... glad I got it.
Christine Keirs
Dream Machine!
Amazing product. Our only issue is that we didn’t buy one years ago. We’ve had it for three weeks and run it daily. We have a four bedroom place with three late teen boys and two dogs, one of them awesome in every way including the shedding vast amounts of white hair. The D7 nails it . . . importanyly, including the dog hair. Super easy to use, cleans thoroughly and is relatively quiet. I am not sure what more one could ask of a robo vacuum. Our place looks so much cleaner with very little additional effort! We are very pleased that we did our research and chose this model.
Kypriani Thoma
The best "Mapping" in the industry!
Mapping, Mapping and Mapping. It really works well once you get it figured out. We got the D7 and it came needing an update that was released Dec4th. That is the update that gives it zone cleaning ability which is way cool. You really had to stumble through the software application to operate it and also the update was a pain as it did not want to update without erroring out. Finally got it done and once we it it works amazing. I can be in on the couch with the phone and send it off the base down the hallway and have it clean just the right side of the bed. Amazing! It works like no other. One time it did get stuck in the hallway and got "stupid" on us as it wasn't really stuck. there was nothing around it. We put i back on the base and it did it again. So we got into the app and told it to "relearn the floor plan" It did that and worked flawlessly after that. We had a couple vacuums this month we sent back because they didn't map right. This Neato is much smarter. The other thing you can do with it is make "no go lines" which is also way cool. If there are cords behind the tv and it would get tangles then all you have to do is draw a "no go line" on the map and it'll run right up to it then go around. The cleaning aspect is good a little inconsistant on the sound it puts out. Another good thing is it almost never gets stuck going over throw rugs with no issues. I'm a hard reviewer and I give this machine a 9. it'd got a ten if the suction sounded a little stronger. We had a Samsung last week that was a beast in the suction department. It just didn't map correctly and parts fell out! Lol The Neato is the far superior machine. It is the only one out of the three we kept this month.
Carmen Bxc Loyd
Extremely impressed with our Botvac D7
0:00 0:00 This video is not intended for all audiences. What date were you born? JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993199219911990198919881987198619851984198319821981198019791978197719761975197419731972197119701969196819671966196519641963196219611960195919581957195619551954195319521951195019491948194719461945194419431942194119401939193819371936193519341933193219311930192919281927192619251924192319221921192019191918191719161915191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903190219011900 Submit Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Install Flash Player This thing has amazing power with both the vacuum and the brushes. It transitions over multiple surfaces with no effort. Needless to say the smart side of this vacuum is it’s greatest achievement. It’s amazing how it knows exactly where to go, when it needs the vacuum and brushes and when it doesn’t. And of course, the No-Go Lines are amazing! A feature I would love to see would be, after it has mapped the floor plan, allow me to name the individual rooms so I can tell it to go clean just that room. This robot is smart, powerful, quick and long lasting on a charge. But it does not come cheap. Well worth it in my opinion. I’ve owned two roombas in the past. They both did a great job but nothing compared to the BotVac D7 Ours is named Buffy. The cat is not so impressed. 😆