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Robot Vacuum Cleaners Buying Guide
Our buying guide will explain which type of robot vacuum cleaner would suit you most, how much you can expect to pay for one, and which features are worth looking out for.
MeganQueensland
- 2 reviews
Excellent little machine!
Our first Neato lasted four years with only one battery replacement and one roller replacement required. Works very well on hardwoods and carpets. Large enough dustbin for daily cleans. Second machine recently purchased is more powerful and quicker to return to charging station. We are very happy with our machine.
Purchased in March 2021 at Australian Robotics for $699.00.
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MichaelCanberra Central 2602, ACT
- Botvac D80/D85
- Verified purchase
Great vacuum, terrible quality
Bought the Botvac D in Sept 2016. It required fixing and 2 new batteries before the entire unit was replaced in Feb 2018 because the navigation system died. Replaced another battery that year and now the wheel drive has died on the replacement unit. Neato robotics (Dean in Dublin) thinks 3 years is a reasonable build quality for a $1000 machine and refuses to replace it.
Purchased in September 2021 at Myer for $959.20.
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- Botvac D80/D85
- Verified purchase
Neato bots designed to break- 2 BROKEN - do not buy
Cleans great until it failed. First robot failed just inside warranty. They couldn't replace as they didn't have it anymore. Had to pay a little extra for a different one. Second one has failed just outside of warranty. Company is of no use to help. Pricey and designed to break.
Purchased in July 2021 at Myer for $879.00.
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Musch from the BushPerth, WA
- 5 reviews
- 5 likes
Only Buy This If You've Got Money To Throw Away
I had the neato replaced after only 8 months and now the replacement has lasted 9 months. Neato are telling me the replacement isn't covered under manufacturer warranty, so they don't even expect it to last a year. When it did work it constantly got stuck or couldn't get out of a corner. So after having it scheduled to vacuum while I was at work I'd still come home to have to manually vacuum. I feel so ripped off. Never ever will I buy another piece of American junk.
Purchased in January 2021 at Appliances Online for $900.00.
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RicoloSydney, NSW
- 2 reviews
- Botvac D80/D85
- Verified purchase
Bad quality, poor service
On the 16/9/2017 I bought at MYERS a Neato D8500 Botvac Robotic cleaner.
It worked satisfactorily until June 2018. I contacted then the agents of Neato listed in the warranty. I was told by a representative, when requesting repair under warranty, that the warranty was almost over and that the battery was not covered. I managed to get the unit serviced under warranty. It came back, it worked one day and then failed. It took 3 tries over several weeks to get it fixed.
In September 2018 It started playing-up intermittently about one failure ever...Read more
Purchased in September 2021 at Myer Retail Stores for $1,100.00.
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Chelse XPeel, WA
Terrible. Been through 2 vaccs in 20 months
Trouble with this vacc from 3 months old. Not charging, not completing vacuum of the house. Replaced under Myer warranty. New vacc is now not charging too. So the headache begins again. My mum had the same issues and got a full refund after having it firstly replaced and then same issues with the new one. So 4/4 vacuums not even making it to two years. I dont know how they have the nerve to keep manufacturing these unreliable products. I will NEVER buy neato again. Do not buy!!!
Purchased in August 2021 at Myer Retail Stores for $999.00.
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BenPerth, WA
- 2 reviews
OK to start with then has issues
Pros: It cleans well on wood and tiled floors, great for dog hair.
Cons: After a year the battery dies and will need a new battery every year after that!! $100 for a replacement battery. then after 2 1/2 years the spinning brush stopped working, looked up to but a replacement but too hard to replace and you have to completely dismantle the unit to do it. now sitting and collecting dust in the corner!!
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ClaireMelbourne
- 3 reviews
- Botvac D80/D85
- Verified purchase
What a piece of junk!!
After 5 months the robot stopped working.It kept saying it was switched off when it wasn't and would not go at all. Attempted to have the issues rectified with Neato. After multiple calls and emails where I would constantly be asked to provide the same details I already had provided multiple time they still failed to do anything about and I went over a month with no vacuum. Kindly appliances online gave me a full refund for this faulty product, I will not be purchasing another Neato. Absolutely terrible customer service!!
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Third time lucky
Our first Neato Connected failed after about a year or so, which made me devastated as I relied on it so much. We searched the market at the time and couldn't find any other model that has decent size dust bin. I bit my lips went back to buy another Neato Connect. The second botvac failed after a month, which we brought back to Harvey Norman, who replaced us with a new one. This time the botvac worked so well without any hitch for more than a year now. I realised that we didn't change the filter often enough the first time. We now change the fi...Read more
lter monthly. We have floorboards and rugs which the botvac clean reasonably well, it picks up lots of the dogs hair and climb over obstacles like table feet etc without any problem. Very happy that we finally find the one.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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KNRPerth
- 6 reviews
- 3 likes
Keep your house clean with the neat-o Neato!
Neato (say it with an Aussie accent, it is not Ne-ya-tow!) is our family best friend, cleaning the house while we're at work, and keeping the cats amused, so we come home to a clean home and content kitties! We've used Neato in a 100sqm apartment and now house, and it takes about 45 mins for a thorough clean in one battery hit, and makes its way back to the base station. After a few months we had a problem where it wouldn't charge, and the company was fantastic dealing with the problem, sending out a new battery which resolved the problem. We love coming home and seeing the carpets freshly vacuumed and the floors free from cat hair. Thanks Neato! I've been recommending it to all my friends.
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Only built to last one year
Just within warranty it has broken with the please clean my dustbin warning. They sent replacement battery to no avail. Poor customer service and the unit remains sitting broken in our garage. It basically cost us $100 a month to clean, and we used it a lot, so I guess it has been ok but expect to get 2 years minimum out of a unit
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Only buy it if you are a lucky person for the rest of us my advice is "don't"
I bought my Neato on September 16th last year and it worked fine until the end of last month. Then it failed. After having it ‘repaired” under warranty by Neato support it was sent back to me with no information about the repair. Finally, I learnt that the display board was faulty. It worked for a couple of days and then it failed again. After arranging another pick-up, I went through another wasted day at home waiting for the courier. It came back again with no information and when asked for details I was told that it was an intermittent faul...Read more
t and that this time the ‘main board’ was the problem. This second time It worked for exactly 2 days and today it failed again. It says: “Please open my dirt bin and push switch DOWN to ON”. Of course, the switch is ON already. It is stuck in this mode no matter what I do. After 22 days in this situation, and reading other similar negative reviews here, I think it is useless to contact again the so called ‘NEATO support’. I definitely would no recommend this brand as the product is bad quality and the ‘support’ team even worse.1 comment
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CraigSydney
Ok
Purchased in May broken down in late July due to blocked fan. Warranty advise this is not good and will need replacement unit. But whilst operating Neato was great amazing how much dust gathers over one day. Time will tell how warranty goes regarding replacement unit and life of replacement unit.
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Selda Uykun
- 3 reviews
- Botvac D80/D85
- Verified purchase
Could be better
I thought it was going to be a lot better then what it is. Doesn’t clean the corners very well as the side brush is very small. Filter is cheap and needs replacing every few months. It’s pretty noisy too. Other then that it’s ok the coolest feature is it goes back to its base
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LisaClearwater
Poor customer support.
Purchased a neato December 2016, Sept 2017 it stopped working. Went thru all the steps and neato ended up sending a new battery. Now it is no longer working again, but am told the battery only has a 6 month warranty. They sent me link where I can purchase a new battery.
What you pay for these and they don't support it, waste of money!!!
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AngMelbourne
- 8 reviews
- 2 likes
makes my life real easy
The vacuum is very easy to use. I'm quite lazy usually and this vacuum makes my house so much cleaner. It is able to vacuum while i'm not at home which i believe is one of its best function. it literally picks up everything and works very well so far.
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Monica00SYDNEY
- 2 reviews
Best idea ever
This vacuum picks up everything. One perk of having a robot vacuum is that it makes me keep clutter off the floor . I haven’t used a regular vacuum in a year . I run it most days and am quite horrified at the volume of dust and garbage that we drop in a day .
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JodiSydney
Warning don’t buy if you have dark rooms or carpets
What I didn’t realise until I received the product and looked at the manual was the vacuum doesn’t work well on shiny or dark floors we have both. supplier said as I had opened the box the product was now a “second” and full refund would not be issued. So we tried it
It is docked in our main bedroom which has dark carpets and I had to put the lights on and the curtains up to give the vacuum assistance it has vacuumed most of the room. Upon my return home the bot was out of battery in the middle of the bedroom floor. From what I can tell it h...Read more
as done two rooms and I was surprised to find the bin full since the floors were vacuum a couple of days ago. We have a large wide house polished concrete floors which it doesn’t seem to have a problem with and carpets in bedrooms. the media and main bed have dark carpet. It won’t go into the media as the room is too dark. I can see that I will have problems in winter when it is darker in the house. I had a deebot previously which worked perfectly for a month before issues arose and from what I can see at this point the deebot actually worked better and would even go under the bed for a fraction of the cost. It is quiet by comparison but doesn’t come with a remote control. From my point of view if you have a light bright house with light floors this will work well. If you have a dark, shadowy house or dark floors give it a miss.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
LaurenDarling Downs, QLD
- 7 reviews
- 6 likes
- Botvac D80/D85
- Verified purchase
Love this little cleaner
We moved at the start of the year to a house that has online tiles. I started researching vacuums and was tossing up between this one and roomba. Went with this once as it's meant to handle animal hair.
It's made us get into a good routine, every morning we pick up everything off the floor and while at work it does it's thing. I love coming home to clear floors.
It has gotten itself stuck a few times but by using the magnetic strip we're able to keep it out of danger.
Also it does need a little more maintenance (mostly cleaning) than the average vacuum, but with the amount of time it saves me in vacuuming I'm happy to oblige. Wish I bought one years ago.
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HairyQLD
- 9 reviews
- 2 likes
Life changer!
This is one of the best purchases I've ever made. It saves me SO much time. It does a very good job at navigating the home and cleaning up. My floors have never been so clean. I love at the end of the day I can turn the Neato on and put my feet up! Brilliant invention.
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Questions & Answers
CREZasked
Is it supposed to shout off if the bin gets full? The one time my got full it did not shut off.
3 answers
Mine does, beeps a lot to let you know.
Thank you Lisa, maybe mine beeped and I wasn't in the area. I know it didn't shut off but I really can't say it didn't beep. That is good to know.
It should beep
Dianeasked
I have a shag rug & wondering if it can handle that ?
3 answers
Not very well. It's not really powerful enough to deal with this & the wheels will struggle to drive it around. You can place the magnetic strips under the edges of the rug to keep it off if you'd like, I suppose.
I've got a super high pile rug and after trying it a few times it now just avoids it. Normal low pile rugs it handles no problem.
Use the orange brush that comes with it
gljasked
Shut off the "return to dock", now can't find where to reinstate it. Any help?
1 answer
I would just place it back on the dock & press the start button again. If this does not work, turn off the switch in the bottom left hand corner under the bin lid & turn it on again. Hope this helps.
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Ricolo
I found out that by resetting the unit : holding the 'house button" down until the error message clears, It comes back to normal. I have to reset it about once a week. Apart from this it works fine. I... Read more
have inspected other brands but they are 'toys' compared to the Botvac