Hi everyone!
I currently have a Neato D7 with a broken brush motor. It’s 3 years old, so no more warranty.
Given that Neato is shutting down, I want to buy a new vacuum altogether.
Here’s my wishlist:
- Home Assistant integration (duh)
- Vacuum + mopping
- Local control would be cherry on top
- LIDAR navigation (we run it mostly during the night)
- Easy to service & reliable (should be easy to service the robot and buy replacement parts)
Any suggestions / recommendations?
Shoutout to @[email protected] for a very detailed and helpful answer. For some reason I can’t reply to your message, so I’m creating a new comment instead. Hope you see it ;)
Wow, thanks a lot for your detailed answer and suggestions. You kind of convinced me to go for Roborock!
The fact that local control works (after cloud setup) is great. I read somewhere that the robot will reboot if it’s been disconnected from the cloud for a long time, but that’s fine for now. Good to know that there’s a backup solution in the rare case my internet connection goes down.
I hope one day someone will make a great vacuum robot with an open-source firmware. Imagine having something like ESPHome for vacuum robots. Wet dream!
You’re welcome. If you are more of and advanced techie there is an alternative firmware for Roborock vacuums but I hear it is more difficult to install on newer models. I owned the S5 before the S7 and never tried it because i think the local integration works just fine.