Neato Robotics - Botvac D80

Same experience, I have 2 of those exact same vacuums. Besides routine maintenance, I've never had an issue and it always gets all of the area clean.

\+1, Lidar is everything you need, no app or other gimmicks necessary. Bought a Neato Botvac 80 in 2014 - it still does it's job perfectly. It goes room by room, follows the walls first, then does the rest of the room, straight lines in free areas. I returns returns back to base (to charge in between or when it's finished). Everything without internet, apps or any firmware updates required. Last month it got a $30 lithium battery upgrade. Sad to see Neato go out of business.

I have a Roborock self emptying one now and mostly got that because it could vacuum and mop. Before I had a neato bot vac and dir just vacuuming the neato is far superior. That did a way better job of throughly heavy duty vacuuming, when I had that vacuum I had 3 German shepherds and a black lab so I definitely needed a ton of suction and power that didn’t clog, get tangled etc. but now I live in the north and with snow and ice and mud I needed mopping too. I also now only have one German shepherd, my other dogs don’t shed as much. But I also have a pot belly pig that always brings in mud. So the Roborock works great for that but for straight vacuum and suction power the neato is better.

Just to add to your excellent analysis, we had matted carpeting under a standing desk even though we vacuumed regularly with a powerful central vacuum with an electric powered head. After a few months of running a Neato robotic vacuum 5 days per week, the carpet was no longer matted.

We had a matted area in carpet where we used a standing desk even though we vacuumed with a strong central vac that has a powered carpet head. A few months after using a Neato 5 times per week the area was no longer matted. So robotic vacuums can actually do a heck of a job.