weird. I've had the same Botvac D80 for so long I can't even remember. Only issue has been changing batteries. Flawless for me.

I've had an older Neato for years, it finally died, so I ordered a D9. None of them (maybe all robot vacs?) like wires on the floor or sloped chair stands. I have to "prep" my house before I run the vac, but that only takes about 5 minutes and then the vac works fine. Your apartment sounds like a Neato-nightmare, you have everything it doesn't like. If you buy another completely different robot vac I'd be curious to know how it compares.

I still use my xv-11 just reoiled the fan and checked the lidar belt and it's going strong . 2011 model

9:10 I had the same types of issues with my D10. I ended up returning mine and purchased a second D7 for our basement (I love the current D7 we have). The new D10 needs a lot of firmware bugs worked out. It eventually mapped my house, but navigation was very erratic. As far as your cables and chairs go, you're going to have that problem with any robot vacuum. If you do want to try another robot vacuum, you will probably need to create no-go lines / zones for your cables and chairs.

thanks for this! Helpful in making my decision.

Neato loves to hump round base objects. I have an old connect that does it continuously. Round base chairs and fans it will always mess with it's mine. It is an internal issue.

i switched from D7 to roborock s6 max V a year ago. its navigates perfect. not stuck for a year, even if i mess around closing door. ,lifting it to another room while it cleans it still AI figure it out. and also bounce door open. "chines spy inside"... The bad side of Roborock only works OK on hardfloor. but it weigt up with it can MOP. plus remove controll from phone with live cam. perfect for a pet owner like me. but i miss the cleaning of rugs. that d7 had. D7 is even better than Dayson V11 pet edition on rugs... i want roborock navigation and camera with D7 pickup rooler.. too bad d10 cut cables....

Those sort of bar stools screw up many vacuums but I've never seen them get scratched by one before!

You have to keep a clean house. I haven’t had an issue with my robot in over 5 years.

I noticed you did not remove the clear plastic from the sensors.

Not sure if this matters, but there is a piece of tape that runs around the top edge of the robot, which looks like you haven't removed yet.

Thanks for the review, the s5max from roborock might be your solution

It is really strange that the robot has a radar but they don't use it for avoiding objects. Radar is expensive but while it has it why they use only for mapping and localization which also doesn't work well! The whole planning and mapping can be done as a simple university project and it is amazing that such a company cannot handle it! I am sure it would work much better if Neato lets programmers to program it themselves 🙂

I really like my D7, so much that I've repaired it about 5 times. Was really looking forward to the new D8-D10 but the reviews are so bad. Wish Neato had some object avoidance tech on the front. Very disappointed in the vacuums and had to purchase the Ecovacs Deebot N8 Pro which does not clean as well as my D7. Neato used to be top of the line now it's bottom of the barrel. ☹️

for 600 €you could buy ecovacs t8 aivi, with self emptying bin and obstacle avoidance via ai. Shame, cause I really like Neato, I own 2 d85 and d7. was planning to buy d10, but not any more. My irobot s9 cleans the same as Neato, but is shit with navigation. No problems with ecovacs ozmo 930 in my second home tho.

I can't believe my eyes .

Great honest review and I hope Neato sees this. I've had the orig neato and up to the bot80. But that was my last and I will NEVER by another. Main reason? It just beats the crap out of my furniture, not from the front, but from backing up on it. I think Neato's robot's time has come and gone. They make a decent machine line but it does eat items like you showed and it's been doing that since the first generation. I'm in the market for a new robot and looking at Deebot N8 Pro + and the Roborock 7+. Neato, not even on the radar.

Of yourse robot will get stuck if you have stuff on the floor, especially cables. but still, it should work in smarter way

Just buy Roborock S7 MaxV. Whole other league - currently best one on the market. It will feel like an alien technology to you after Neato. Sad you bought one of the worst there is as your 1st robo vac. The seller should be fired for saying this is the best one.

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Hi, very interesting "review". Did you finally keep the Neato ? I use Neato robots (and other brands) since 2014. You have to adapt your environment to the robot. No cables, and check every trap and fix it. Your chairs and table with bars on the floor are not compatible with most robots. Anyway, my old Neato D85 performs better that this new D10 as I see. It has no app, no wifi, but it vaccums all my house perfectly. I will review a smart IA robot in the next weeks, a CECOTEC 9090ia. This robot is supposed to detect cables and things on the floor. it could be the solution for you. I have already reviewed a CECOTEC robot, it works fine. But the main brush is smaller than the Neato. If you have only hard foors, it is ok. But if you have carpet, Neato will be better along the walls. But I don't know if you can buy CECOTEC products in Sweden.

You gave up too quickly. The bot takes a few tries to complete a map of your floor. Took me 4 tries. Once you get the completed map it gets easy. I also have d6 that is much easier to use. However you need a longer lasting battery pack of d10 to clean larger spaces.

This channel is basically a thief who breaks into people's houses and records a youtube video reviewing the stuff he's about to steal. He doesn't look like anything other than that.