dustinlh00

I don't want to be "that guy", but I am having a hard time following some of the points made in this article. It seems like the article is just a copy/paste from a press release? I am in the market for a robot vac, so that is why I dug so deep here.

First, from reading Neato's site it sounds like the regular Neato Botvac Connected has a feature that maps the floorplan called "Cleaning Summary with Coverage Map". Is MyFloorPlan replacing this? What is different between the two mapping features?

Second, it looks like all of the Connected models use LaserSmart technology, so that is not "new". Have there been improvements made to this technology specific to the D7 model?

Third, the entire Botvac line is D-shaped, so I am not sure how this will allow the D7 to approach walls closer than previous models. Is there something specific to the D7 that allows it to do this?

Lastly, it is not clear what "the app update" that "applies to the entire Connected line" actually provides, since most of the features in the article are hardware and not software related. Is it the MyFloorPlan feature? Is this allowing D5 and D3 to now provide coverage maps?

I am not trying to be super critical, but it just seems like there are several misleading statements in the article and more time could have been spent to look into the current line and how this new product fits in, etc.

Source: https://www.neatorobotics.com/compare-robot-vacuums/