Neato is going out of business
Neato is claiming they will give 5yrs of support, but the product is already glitchy YMMV in real word use. Neato has always over promised and under delivered IMO
Best use of this deal is to buy for parts
Multiple reports of recently sold Neatos that will not update to No Go lines, so, assume you will not be able to update the robot. YMMV
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expiredaepro | Staff posted Apr 29, 2023 10:49 AM
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Vorwerk, the company that bought Neato, just officially announced they're killing the brand though existing products will be supported for 5 years. You'll find if you go on the Neato Subreddit the level of support for the past few years since their acquisition has been laughable at best. I can't imagine it will be any better now as it sails off into the sunset.
FWIW we have had our D3 for almost 5 years now. It's been getting a little wonky lately with navigation and getting stuck or lost in the middle of rooms. We attempted to replace it with the D6 from the Lowes deal posted here last year but I couldn't get the firmware update to work due to errors on Neato's side. Tried manually flashing the firmware posted on Reddit but I was never able to find the right combination of OTG cable and flashdrive to let the machine accept it and ended up returning. I was unable get any support from Neato.
Vorwerk, the company that bought Neato, just officially announced they're killing the brand though existing products will be supported for 5 years. You'll find if you go on the Neato Subreddit the level of support for the past few years since their acquisition has been laughable at best. I can't imagine it will be any better now as it sails off into the sunset.
FWIW we have had our D3 for almost 5 years now. It's been getting a little wonky lately with navigation and getting stuck or lost in the middle of rooms. We attempted to replace it with the D6 from the Lowes deal posted here last year but I couldn't get the firmware update to work due to errors on Neato's side. Tried manually flashing the firmware posted on Reddit but I was never able to find the right combination of OTG cable and flashdrive to let the machine accept it and ended up returning. I was unable get any support from Neato.
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Vorwerk, the company that bought Neato, just officially announced they're killing the brand though existing products will be supported for 5 years. You'll find if you go on the Neato Subreddit the level of support for the past few years since their acquisition has been laughable at best. I can't imagine it will be any better now as it sails off into the sunset.
FWIW we have had our D3 for almost 5 years now. It's been getting a little wonky lately with navigation and getting stuck or lost in the middle of rooms. We attempted to replace it with the D6 from the Lowes deal posted here last year but I couldn't get the firmware update to work due to errors on Neato's side. Tried manually flashing the firmware posted on Reddit but I was never able to find the right combination of OTG cable and flashdrive to let the machine accept it and ended up returning. I was unable get any support from Neato.
Why would they kill Neato, the mapping is fantastic...
Why would they kill Neato, the mapping is fantastic...
I never found third party batteries for the D series. Only the older VX ones.
Why would they kill Neato, the mapping is fantastic...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LLH5ZMI
On a hunch that many customers order batteries and return them, we bought "like new" and saved money that way. Just as the reviews mentioned, the battery fit just fine.
We end up doing a factory reset about 1x per year but are not looking forward to the next one after reading the comments here.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LLH5ZMI
On a hunch that many customers order batteries and return them, we bought "like new" and saved money that way. Just as the reviews mentioned, the battery fit just fine.
We end up doing a factory reset about 1x per year but are not looking forward to the next one after reading the comments here.
Allegedly, Neato finally fixed the certificate error on the update file and the robot will update the firmware through the app but don't quote me on it.
Probably should've tossed it and upgraded to something self-emptying.
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The battery on my old vacuum needs to be replaced again but now I shall retire the old bot and get this upgraded version for about the same price.
It's sad to see what has happened to the Neato company. My vaccuum with LiDAR and room mapping was 5 years ahead of roomba. And the D shape is so much better then round shapes for getting into corners.
I'm still going to keep an eye out for a deal on a Roborock with mopping, and then I'll locate this one to my second floor. If you don't have a robot vacuum or if you have a dumb one that doesn't do mapping, this deal is a no brainer.
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