Neato Botvac Connected D5

Relatively compact. Good at cleaning edges and underneath cabinets. Excellent battery life. Sleek, easy-to-use app.

Pricey. No steering options. Dustbin is small and finicky to remove.

At $600, the Neato Botvac D5 Connected is an all-around solid robot vacuum. Its laser navigation is excellent and you get a good clean, app control, and excellent battery life. That said, the Roomba 690 costs less, and while its navigation capabilites...

Great at corners, edges, and hard floors, navigates well

Average at carpet, little harder to use

The is a great pick for those that want a good product for slightly less, rather than paying for the best of the best. This also is a good pick for those that are comfortable with their phones, and have it on them at all times, as this group will find...

Good design ; Great cleaning abilities for a robot vacuum ; Good battery life and auto-recharge docking station ; Smartphone notifications and control ; Easy-to-use and schedule via the app

Some connectivity issues ; Gets stuck every now and then ; No manual control ; No turbo or eco mode ; Expensive given Botvac Connected price

The Neato Botvac D5 Connected is a good little cleaner, it's just not as good as the Botvac Connected, which is now cheaper and therefore around the same price as this newer model.

The Neato Botvac D5 Connected costs less than some competing robot vacuum cleaners, especially those with an app connection. It has few extra accessories beyond what you get with the lower-end Neato D3.

The D5 picks up less animal hair than other machines. It lacks special cleaning modes, Alexa support, coverage maps and other advanced abilities on board Neato's flagship Botvac.

Neato's midtier Botvac D5 offers plenty robot vacuum for the price, but you're better off spending extra on the most capable robot vacuum the company offers.

I have to say I’ve been impressed with the versatility of Neato’s Botvac D5 Connected. It could do with a camera and manual remote control so you can extricate it from awkward situations remotely, but it gets on with the business of cleaning generally...

Easy to use.

It gets stuck on lower clearance furniture.

- strongest hoover among the vacuum bots that I have tried; the Neato cleans impeccably even in just one sweep, when most other bots need several sweeps to achieve the same result. - definitely the smartest ― though still not unfallible ― of those I...

- for a robot that is designed to be controlled via WiFi, it is remarkably bad when it comes to maintaining a WiFi connection. - the Neato is ridiculously bad when it comes to finding its base again, even much cheaper vacuum robots that I have tried...

Great at keeping the floor clean despite pets.

Not the greatest in corners.

Great at keeping the floor clean despite pets.

Not the greatest in corners.