Neato Botvac D80 Review
Neato Botvac D80 is a one of the best robot neato vacuum with mid-range price currently available on the market robot. Botvac D85 has the exact same features as the Botvac D80 and the only difference is D85 have 2 extra replacement filters. Neato D80 provides all the standard features that Neato Botvac Connected robot provide except the neato APP.
Neato Botvac D80 Review
Neato Botvac D80 is a one of the best robot neato vacuum with mid-range price currently available on the market robot. Botvac D85 has the exact same features as the Botvac D80 and the only difference is D85 have 2 extra replacement filters. Neato D80 provides all the standard features that Neato Botvac Connected robot provide except the neato APP.Size and appearance design for Neato Botvac D80 are very similar with the higher end Neato Botvac Connected, Neato D5 and D3. Compare with Neato Botvac D3, Botvac D5, Botvac D80 doesn’t have wifi-connected feature and have difference Filters. Quick compare as follow:
| Botvac Connected | Botvac D80 |
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| WiFi-Conneted feature and has an APP to schedule and monitor the cleaning process | Without WiFi-Conneted feature and control device by control pannel |
| Use Lion-Ion battery and provide long running time | Use Ni-MH battery |
| Two cleaning modes: Eco and Turbo | Only one cleaning mode |
| Price up to $699 | Price up to $499 |
Also, D80 performs very well especially on clean walls and corners with D sharp. Compare with Neato Botvac Connected, D80 can clean up to 3000 square feet per cycle and less 1500 square feet than Connected but much cheaper.
Key Features & Technologies
The Neato Robotics Botvac D80 Robot Vacuum brought professional care to home. And design to clean an entire level of your home, recharging and resuming until the job is done. It has good performance on carpets and rugs by new technologies and cleans up to 800 square feet in one cycle. It has less square feet per cycle than Botvac Connected and Botva D5. But compare with Roomba 980, Roomba 980 has much better performance on carpets because of “Boost Carpet” feature but much expensive.
LaserSmart Navigation Technology
Helps the robot to finish the clean job in a short time.Breakthrough laser floor plan mapping and course navigation mean a deep, thorough, methodical cleaning in less time.
LaserSmart Mapping Technology
Helps Neato Botvac D80 to scan and map the room with high performance and provide the most efficient course to finish cleaning job in a short time.
SpinFlow Power Clean Technology
Use a combo brush and help to pick up hair and carpet easier. But compare with Roomba 980, Roomba 980 has better performance on the carpet.
Side Brush Clean Technology
The side brush, the D-Shape and the CornerClever technology all help keep the corners and edges clean.
D Shape with Corner Cleaning Tech
D sharp allows for a front-brush design with a 50% bigger brush than the competitions. It gets much closer to the walls and into corners. At the same time, Roomba 980 still have dirt bin and small size, it has good performance on cleaning corner too.
Automatically to switch models to vacuum all floor types
Neato Botvac D80 has various settings which allow you to customize how to clean your home and keeps carpets and hard floors clean. Carpet, pet hair, hard surfaces, dust, suction dirt, and even some large debris from your floors but it not suitable for clothing, toys, and other big objects. And home have many carpets, Roomba 980 has better performance.
No App Control and don’t support Voice control
Compare with Neato Botvac D5 ,D5 and Connected. D80 don’t support APP and voice control.
Schedule Cleaning
You can schedule on control panel.
Automatically recharges and resumes
Runs for up to 60 minutes if the battery is fully charged.Neato Botvac D80 Connected will automatically return to its Base to recharge and resume cleaning as needed. Need to place the Base in An Open area and flat against a wall can help to clean more efficiently. Always keep the Home Base Plugged in and always connect wifi coverage.
back to menu ↑Neato Botvac D80 Design
The Neato Botvac D80 use a “D” shape to get into corners better and size and appearance design are very similar with The Neato Botvac Connected.It’s at the top of the fuselage there is a small LCD screen with touch controls, four buttons, a large Home Button and a Sport Clean button.
Design on appearance
Among the largest is the clean button, next to two smaller, respectively is the Home button and key Spot patterns.When pressing the clean button, the Roomba will be awakened, and prompt after pressing it will begin to clean again. Click the Home button, after the Neato Botvac will return charging base; The Spot mode button allows the Roomba clean again and again in a fixed position.
back to menu ↑Botvac Connected vs Botvac D5 vs Botvac D3 vs Botvac D80
The Neato Botvac D80 use a “D” shape to get into corners better and size and appearance design are very similar with “D” series. We compare them with construction and performance to find the suitable one.
| Neato Botvac Connected | Botvac D5 | Botvac D3 | Botvac D80 | |
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| Neato Product | ||||
| Robot Shape | D-Shape | D-Shape | D-Shape | D-Shape |
| WiFi-Conneted | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Entire Level Cleaning Map Base Navigation Scheduling Spot Clean Auto-Charge and Resume Control Panel | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Brush Types | Blade / Combo / Side | Combo / Side | Combo / Side | Blade / Combo / Side |
| Filter Type | Ultra Performance | Ultra Performance | Standard | High Performance |
| Control Panel | Screen & Button | Screen & Button | Screen & Button | Screen & Button |
| Warranty | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year |
| Alexa Compatible | Y | N | N | N |
| Battery Type | Lithium-Ion | Lithium-Ion | Lithium-Ion | Ni-MH |
| Vacuuming Technology | SpinFlow / Turbo /Eco | SpinFlow | SpinFlow | SpinFlow |
- D5 vs D3: delivers a more “spotless” clean than the Botvac D3 Connected. Its main brush spans the width of the robot vacuum, allowing it to have a wider sweep.
- The side brush, the D-Shape and the CornerClever technology all help keep the corners and edges clean
- The Botvac D5 Connected is pricier than the Botvac D3 Connected but it has better features
- The D5 has a side brush that allows for better cleaning at wall edges or corners. It also uses ultra performance filters that trap smaller dirt and dust particles and works with boundary markers
- The D5 has a high-capacity lithium ion battery
- The D3 Connected, on the other hand, has no side brushes and no support for boundary markers
- The D80 doesn’t have wifi connected feature and have shorter running time.
What’s more, the Botva D80 can cover 3000 sq ft, while the Botvac D5 can cover 4500 sq ft and the Botvac Connected can cover 5000 sq ft.The Botvac Connected version also has “Eco” and “Turbo” mode (Eco can extend the battery life up to 2 full hours).
back to menu ↑How does Neato Botvac D80 work?
Neato Botvac D80 is designed to intelligently navigate and clean an entire level of your home but needs to remove excess clutter from floors before cleaning, After each use, empty the bin and clean the filter. Neato Botvac D80 cleans your room strategically instead of a random path.Here’s a look at how it does its job:
- At the start of a cleaning cycle, Neato Botvac D80 uses LaserSmart Navigation and Mapping technology to scan and map the room with high performance and provide the most efficient course to finish cleaning job in a short time. Using this map, Roomba tracks where it has and has not been to ensure complete coverage.
- Neato Botvac D80 continues this process until it has cleaned an entire level of your home. Once Neato finishes its cleaning cycle, Neato returns to the Base to recharge.
- If the cleaning cycle hasn’t finished and the battery is low, Neato Botvac D80 will recharge itself by the return to the Base. After its battery has been recharged, Neato automatically resumes, completes the cleaning cycle, and returns to the Base.
- Cheaper Than Roomba 980, Roomba 960
- Cheaper Than Neato Botvac D5, and Neato Botvac Connected
- Mid-range Neato
- Will not scratch any furniture
- Gentle touch comes at the expense of superior cleaning.
- 60-minute runtime
- Can Operate in the Dark
- Close to edges and around furniture
- High-Performance filter
- No Wifi connect feature
- No Turbo /Eco mode
- No “Carpet Boost” mode
- slightly larger noise
- Sometimes will be stuck
- Side brush will sweep some big solid fly
- Cost more time on clean the robot
User Guidance & Neato Regular Care
The Neato Botvac D80 is very easy to use. Just press the [HOUSE] start button to wake up it and start a cleaning cycle or press the SPOT button to do a quick cleanup of a smaller area. It will clean an entire level of your home during one cleaning cycle. When the battery gets low before finishing the job, Neato Botvac Connected will return to BASE to recharge and automatically return to where it left off and continue to work until it finishes. To keep Neato Botvac D80 running at good performance, we need to regular to care the product. Such as empty the bin, clean the filter and clean the extractors when you found Neato picking up less debris.
Packages and Accessories
The Neato Botvac D80 Robot Vacuum, Charge Base, Combo Brush, Power Cord, Spiral Blade Brush, High-Performance Filter, Side Brush, Lithium-Ion Battery, Boundary Markers, Brush and Filter Cleaning Tool and User Manual in the box.
Choose Neato Genuine products from Authorized Resellers is the only way to protect your warranty. And unauthorized parts such as batteries, filter, and brushes may have a negative impact on product performance even damage your robot.
Warm Prompt
The Neato Botvac D80 Connected is an electronic product and brings great help to home. In order to reduce the risk of injury and keep the Neato Botvac D80 running good, we need to keep following tips in mind.
- Product may not be used with any type of power converter. Use of other power converters will immediately void the warranty.
- Use only accessories and replacement parts are Neato Genuine parts. used 3rd parties may have a negative impact on product performance and can cause damage to your robot and also void your robot’s warranty.
- Don’t sit or stand on this device.
- Don’t pick up any burning or smoking objects
Conclusion
The Neato Botvac D80 has the same features as the older and more expensive Botvac D5 and Botvac Connected but have no WIFI connected function. Botvac Connected version has “Eco” and “Turbo” mode (Eco can extend the battery life up to 2 full hours) and Botvac D5 can cover 1500 sq ft more floor area on a single charge compared with higher price. Also, you can choose D85 which extra the same with D80 but have 2 extra replacement filters.
If you need more features on the mobile APP or have bigger spaces to clean you can choose Botvac D5 which you should pay $100 more. If you want the richest features you can choose Botvac Connected which you will pay $200 more.
Neato Botvac D80 is not perfect because of the lower price.Occasionally it would miss the debris on the ground and no wifi feature, you may need to take on the ground before it starts to work may be in the way. In contrast, Roomba 980’s “carpet boost” feature is better than Neato Botvac Connected but the price is high nearly $300. If you don’t have many carpets and do not need the richest feature you can choose Neato Botvac D80.
