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larrya said:

I’m still not sure why I would buy this over a Roomba. It’s the same argument as Android- why buy a knockoff that gets stuck under furniture, especially with no price advantage?

I had a Roomba 980 and just got the D7 last week. Roomba needs some sort of light in order for its navigation to work as it uses a camera to map out the room, where neato uses a laser so it can work in a pitch black room. As far as price the Neato series goes on sale very frequently, I was able to get my D7 for $549 at Bed Bath and Beyond where iRobot wont allow any coupons or sales on its new i7 model. Overall they are both GREAT vacuums. In my test the Neato picks up WAY more dirt and hair than my roomba ever did, However the neato gets stuck on my shag rugs where the roomba would glide right over it. Roomba also doesnt have the no go lines as of right now so you still need the light house/invisible walls which sucks. (An update is said to come Q1 of 2019).