Neato robotics D750 cleaner premium pack, this exclusive D-Shape design mimics corners of your home for a precise clean that round-shaped robotic vacuums simply can’t do. Protect valuable decor, pet bowls or heavy messes by creating “no-go” lines through the app which work as virtual boundaries so that the automatic vacuum knows what objects or areas to avoid. Choose your clean – The Eco option gives a longer, quieter energy-saving clean while Turbo option provides a super-powered cleaning, with maximum hair pickup for a deeper clean. Get more in Neato robotics D750 cleaner premium pack review.
Specs – Neato robotics D750 cleaner premium pack
- Brand Neato Robotics
- Model Number D750
- Colour Silver
- Item Weight 3.4 Kg
- Product Dimensions 33.6 x 31.9 x 10 cm
- Capacity 0.7 litres
- Power / Wattage 61 watts
- Number of Speeds 2
- Noise Level 69 dB
- Runtime 120 minutes
- Compatible Models Amazon Alexa, Echo, Google Home
Key features – Neato robotics D750 cleaner
- Hygienic filter,
- Bagless,
- Part detection,
- Multi-stage floor, Area cleaning,
- Brush length: 28cm,
- Lithium-ion battery with up to 120 min cleaning time on one charge,
- Alexa compatible, Application control,
- Combination spiral brush
Compare Neato Robotics D750 vs Neato Robotics D650
| Neato Robotics D750 | Neato Robotics D650 | |
| No-Go Lines | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Floor Plan | Yes | Yes |
| Quick Boost | Yes | Yes |
| Runtime per charge | Up to 120 min | Up to 120 min |
| Manual remote | Yes | No |
| Turbo mode | Yes | No |
| Zone Cleaning | Yes | No |
Neato robotics D750 cleaner premium pack review
Design and features
The Neato robotics D750 cleaner sticks with the design of the existing line of Botvac models, with only minor tweaks to the color scheme. It’s the same, D-shaped cleaner with the same brushrolls, the same accessories, and the same general approach to covering your floors.
Covering the main section of the body is a very aesthetically pleasing brushed-metal plate. This is a vast improvement on the previous models from Neato, which had an easily-marked and dust-hungry plastic plate.
The large panelled section lifts off easily to reveal the bin, which is made of see-through plastic so you can easily ascertain whether it needs emptying.
As on most robotic vacuum cleaners the bin is smaller than those on a traditional vacuum cleaner, but it’s a decent size in comparison to those on other robo-vacs. We do wish that the bin was bigger than the one on the Botvac Connected, however, and that it had a ‘bin full’ sensor, as it does end up overfilling and blocking the brush mechanism even when doing a single cycle in an already relatively clean (and not vast) apartment.
Alongside the main brush is a smaller brush that rotates at 90 degrees to the main brush, and which helps to kick up dust and dirt hiding in crevices and along skirting boards.
Neato robotics D750 performance review
We run lots and lots and lots of cleaning tests when we evaluate robot vacuums. There are different types of floors to test on, different types of debris to test with, and different cleaning modes to test out. All in all, I sullied and cleaned over 30 floors with the Neato Botvac Connected, carefully weighing the results of each run. And I’ve come away convinced that it’s the best performer we’ve ever seen.
Let’s start with rice — a good analog for the typical crumbs and clutter that you’ll find on a floor in need of a good cleaning. We sprinkle 2.5 ounces of it onto each flooring surface we want to test, then let the robo vac do its thing. When it’s done, we weigh what it picked up, then clean out the bin, give the floor a thorough cleaning, and run the test again. After three runs, we take the average, then move onto the next flooring surface.
Rice
Neato cleaned up in more ways than one. On all three surfaces we test — plushy midpile carpet, berber-style low-pile carpet, and hardwood — the Neato Botvac Connected posted a higher average than any other robot vacuum we’ve ever tested. That includes our first ever perfect score on hardwood (and our first perfect rice score on any surface).
I also ran the tests with the Neato switched over into Eco mode. It did seem to run a bit quieter, though only slightly, but it still performed well, managing another perfect score on hardwood and a slight downtick to 2.35 ounces on low-pile carpet. And midpile carpet? In Eco mode, the Neato actually exceeded the Turbo average of 2.48, instead scoring a perfect 2.50.
Pet hair
Next up: pet hair. A local groomer kindly donated a trash bag full of the stuff (shampooed before trimming, thankfully). For our purposes, we spread a fifth of an ounce of it across each of our test floors, then see how much each robot vacuum can sweep up.
Again, the Botvac Connected performed admirably, essentially finishing in a dead heat at the top of the leaderboard with Neato’s previous generation cleaner, the Botvac D85. Its perfect score on midpile carpet was another first among the cleaners we’ve tested.
Those scores ticked down a bit in Eco mode, though. The Neato still managed a perfect score on hardwood, but could only get about three fourths of the fluff into the bin on both carpets. However, the floors all still looked clean to the naked eye, which raises a question. Where did that other 0.05 ounce of hair go?
The answer, as you might suspect, is that it didn’t make it past the brushroll. With the motor running slower than before, the Neato didn’t have quite enough suction power to keep the hair from clinging to those brushroll fibers, and created a bit of a tangled mess. It wasn’t too terrible to yank the stuff out, and in fairness, the Neato comes with a handy multitool to help with this exact chore. Still, it was annoying enough that I’d steer clear of Eco mode if I had pets to clean up after.
Sand
Our final test is to see how well each vacuum can sweep up 1.25 ounces of sand. This is our most challenging test — particularly on the carpets, where no cleaner to date has yet managed to pick up even half of what we throw down.
The Neato Botvac Connected struggled similarly, finishing more or less in a tie for third with the XV Signature Pro, a Neato cleaner that we first tested back in 2013. The strongest performer here is still the iRobot Roomba 880, which costs about the same as the Botvac Connected.
On the other hand, the app-enabled Roomba 980 — the Botvac Connected’s closest competitor — finished towards the back of the pack. Despite selling for $200 more than the Botvac Connected, the Roomba 980 ended the day getting outperformed by Neato at every turn.
Neato robotics D750 cleaner premium pack customer review
I bought 2 of these (one for upstairs and one downstairs) to replace my EUFY Robovac 30C’s (which were about 6 months old). My decision was partly because the EUFY’s had an issue with leaving clumps of hair when they ran out of battery and also because they had no smart navigation (they would simply stop cleaning even if they hadn’t done the whole floor).
I bought the Neato D750 when it was on sale on Boxing Day at £399 (twice the £189 I paid for the EUFY’s), upon setting them up I realised there were some minor tweaks to how the Neato’s operate (e.g. the base doesn’t give off an IR signal to help navigate the RoboVac back, therefore if you start and then immediately stop a clean the Vac can become “lost” because it hasn’t passed the charger at least once).
I was particularly impressed with the pickup ability of the RoboVac, it really does a superb job at picking up bits of dirt in the carpet. This is helped by the greatly enlarged spiral brush, enabled by the D-Shape design. Also, because the vac maps your floor design it makes sure every part is covered.
I had to create some virtual no-go lines on the app (I used an iPad and Pencil for this as using the touch screen was very imprecise), I’ve included photos of the areas I’ve marked no-go to help readers understand the areas they may wish to also mark out. The Christmas tree was blocked out because the Vac would often try to mount the base of the tree, getting stuck. The fireplace was blocked off because of the candles on the hearth and finally, the step from the kitchen to the dining room was just a little too steep for the Vac to successfully climb (although it would spend 20 minutes trying!).
The absolute bonus of this Vac is its integration into the Samsung SmartThings system, as you can see the Vac appears as a device allowing me to set the Vac to run when I leave the house each day. You also get a nice map after every clean to confirm which areas were cleaned (shown in light blue).
One minor point that they could improve on is their Alexa skill, in the app you can set cleaning “Zones”, e.g. Living Room, Kitchen, etc – it’s a shame you can’t say “Alexa, tell Neato to clean the Kitchen”.
Otherwise, I’d fully recommend this Vac – the D750 comes with a charging base, a spare spiral brush, 2 spare filters and a cleaning comb.
By Amazon Reviewer
Life Changing
This robot is quite simply amazing in how flexible it is and they really did an awesome job of making a hands off experience.
We have an open plan house with hard floors, so there are lots of large pieces of furniture to navigate and an open plan kitchen with breakfast bar at the island. We have a large Labrador who loses a lot of hair at this time of year.
I was initially worried I’d need to be “considerate” of the robot, making sure some movable items of furniture were in the same place as when the floor plan was created, but i didn’t need to at all. It basically doesn’t matter whats around it just navigates around stuff dynamically.
This Robot (which we called Crumbs!) has really changed the way we deal with hoovering. Where it was a big task to get the Dyson out and go around the hole area, the zone feature means I can spot clean very quickly exactly when it’s needed. So for example, every day Crumbs will do a full run of the whole house, but after I’ve finished cooking, I’ll dispatch him to the kitchen to just go around the area I’ve been cooking at. It takes minutes, so I can do this whilst I’m dishing up/laying the table and he doesn’t disturb mealtimes. Then after dinner, when clearing the table, I’ll send him over to hoover up around the dining table.
This way of hoovering as the mess is created whilst enabling me to be doing something else at the same time is really transformative. The only problem I had with him so far: I get really distracted watching him work – it’s quite amazing how he moves with conviction!
He can be a little clumsy around the chair and table legs, but I guess his laser vision isn’t accurate enough to navigate them without triggering the bumper sensors. Overall I really can’t fault this thing – the app is dead simple and the benefits he delivers exceed my expectations!
By Amazon Reviewer