Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 – Detailed Comparison

This Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 comparison is between two solid robot vacuums from trusted manufacturers.

Neato Robotics is a company that is specialized in designing and manufacturing robots that will make your everyday life easier. You know what they say about focusing on just one thing.

That Neato focuses only on robot vacuums might be its secret for being so awesome at it. Some of its robot vacuums are at the top in their respective categories.

Samsung, on the other hand, needs no introduction. However, the brand is one of the earliest manufacturers of robot vacuums. So, you can rest assured it knows its onions in this field.

With how successful Samsung has been in the many other areas it has involved in, there is no doubt it is doing great here too.

 

 

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Comparison Overview – Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350

By many standards, these two robots are evenly matched even though there is a gap in their prices.

This Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 comparison is going to tell you all you need to know about both vacuums. By the time you are done, you will find it easy to choose which suits you best.

The D6 costs less and we are pretty sure that would count for something. It can also store up to 3 different floor plans.

Another good thing about this robot is that it gets updates that can potentially make it more than the robot vacuum it currently is.

The Samsung R9350 too has some cool features up its sleeves. Its cyclone vacuuming technology and its new motor give it a powerful suction. It also has a cleaning path that can compete with some upright vacuums.

If you are clear about what you need a robot vacuum for, you won’t have any difficulty choosing between these two.

 

 

Comparison Table – Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350

	Neato D6	Samsung R9350
Battery Life	120 minutes	90 minutes
Navigation	Laser mapping and navigation	Visionary Mapping Plus and Full View Sensor
Filtration System	Ultra performance filter	Washable foam filter
Weight	8 lbs	14.9 x 14.3 x 5.3 inches
Dimension	12.6 x 13.2 x 3.9 inches	10.8 lbs

 

 

 

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What Situation Is Each Best For? – Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350

Neato D6	Samsung R9350
If there are parts of your home you need the robot to stay away from, the Neato D6 can help you achieve that, easily.   You can set up as many virtual boundaries as you want. All you have to do is to draw lines on the map of your floor plan and your robot will see it as a wall and not go beyond it. The best part is that you can do all that from your smartphone.	If you want power from your robot vacuum, the R9350 has power. Samsung even touted it as the robot vacuum with the most suction power.   That might not just be gainsaying, some tests measure the suction at a whopping 40W! That is a lot for a robot vacuum.
If you need a robot that will last the extra minutes of runtime, then the D6 is the one for you. It has a runtime of 120 minutes. That is a long time and it might be sufficient to complete its task provided your home is not too large.   If it is, don’t worry, the Neato D6 can recharge and resume from where it stopped.	If you like the bells and whistles as well as the magical features, you will like this about this Samsung robot.   The R9350 comes with remote control, even though you can still control it via the app. One unique thing you can do with the remote control is top point the laser as a spot on the floor and the robot goes there to clean. That’s cool, right?

 

Common Features – Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350

These two have a lot in common even though their approach might be different. Neato D6 and R9350 are high-end robots from both brands and it is only expected that they are packed with features.

 

Advanced Navigation

Both robots adopt different technologies to help them find their way around your home. They follow different paths to reach the same endpoint essentially.

The Neato D6 uses an invisible laser mapping system to scan its surroundings and create a map of your floor space. It then navigates around the area with the use of this map.

The Samsung R9350 uses the Visionary Mapping Plus and Full View Sensor to approach its own navigation.

This is just Samsung’s way of saying the R9350 has a camera that scans your home and stores a floor plan of it too.

Furthermore, both robot vacuums follow a definite pattern of movement. This is where you know that these robots are smart and actually know what they are doing.

They both follow a serpentine type of movement (an end to end, back and forth sort of movement) which ensures that they cover the entire floor. With this, you can rest assured there won’t be patches of dirt the robot missed.

 

The Sensors

The Neato D6 and the R9350 both have a collection of sensors on them that they use to detect objects in their surroundings.

The Powerbot has a visual sensor in front of it that can ‘see’ there is an obstacle ahead and avoids it.

On the other hand, the Neato notices the object, slows down, and mostly maneuver around it.

In the eventuality of a collision, you can rest assured it will not cause any damage. Since the robot will slow down, the impact is negligible, unlike some other robots.

One cool thing about this is that they don’t just detect these objects, they will also clean around them the best way they can.

There is also a sensor under both robots that help it detect changes in floor heights. Once these robots get to a stair, for instance, the sensor detects the difference in height and it turns back.

 

Wi-Fi Capability

Both vacuums have Wi-Fi compatibility as a lot of other robot vacuums nowadays. Robot vacuums are ‘smart things’ too so, don’t let it surprise you that they have Wi-Fi.

The Wi-Fi is what allows the robots to connect to your smartphone so that you can use it to control and monitor it.

These robots have a dedicated app that you need to download on your phone (available for both Android and iOS).

Afterward, you will then need to pair your robot vacuum with the app which is one of the ways the Wi-Fi does its thing.

 

Smart App

There are quite a number of things you can do on the app of either of these robot vacuums.

Firstly, both app will not take up much space on your phone. Their interfaces are fairly easy to use and follow.

That’s not all, for both robots, you can also set a future date for your robot to do its job.

For instance, on the Neato D6, you can schedule the robot to clean at certain times every day.

With this, you only need to remember to empty the dust cup every once in a while.

Let us hope you are home when the indicator comes on. Yes, you will get notified on the app too.

When that happens, unfortunately, the robot will shut off and stop cleaning. This is a good reason robot vacuums should have a large capacity dust cup

It is worthy of mention that what you can do on the app is different for both vacuums.

For instance, on the Neato D6, you can create virtual walls from your app. On the Samsung, you can only curb your robot’s movement using magnetic strips.

 

Smart Home Compatibility

Everything is becoming advanced. Even robot vacuums were not this smart 5 years ago. Nowadays, even your doorknob can be smart, and there are some that are!

Smart homes are fast becoming commonplace and you can have your smart home appliances connected together.

Both of these robot vacuums are smart and do not want to be left out. So, if you already have a smart home, you can add either of these robots to your hub of smart things.

With that, you can talk to them and give instructions just with your voice! These robots can work with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.

 

Multiple Suction Modes

Both vacuums can clean on both hard floors and carpets. As you can guess, it takes more to vacuum on carpets than on hard floors.

You can switch to a higher power on the Neato D6, especially when it is going on a carpet. This will help it comb through the fibers of carpets and lift off the loosened dirt.

The Samsung R9350, on the other hand, has three power levels. You can go from low to medium, and then high when you need maximum suction power. However, you will have switch power levels yourself.

It is important to note that the runtime reduces as the operating suction power increases.

 

Recharge and Resume

This feature is quite important for the autonomy that robot vacuums have to offer. Imagine you have to fetch your robot and physically take it to its docking station every time its battery runs out.

Both the Neato D6 and Samsung R9350 will spare you the effort of having to worry about charging your vacuum. They can take care of that themselves.

There is another awesome part of either of these robot vacuums. Once it is done recharging, it simply goes back to where it stopped working and continues to complete its task.

This is an awesome feature especially for those who will schedule the robots to work when they are not around.

 

Virtual Barriers

There are always good reasons why you will not want your robot vacuum to get to certain areas of your home.

Both robot vacuums have what it takes to keep the robots from where you don’t want them.

You can curb the movement of the Samsung R9350 by using the magnetic tape that comes with it.

All you have to do is lay the tape on the floor and when the robot gets to it, it simply turns back.

To the robot, this is a barrier it cannot pass through. This is how it is supposed to work. Whether it works that well might vary.

As for the Neato D6, you don’t need anything physical to prevent your robot from going where you don’t want it.

You only need to use the app. The D6 uses no-go lines to create virtual walls. You can draw as many straight lines on the map creates of your floor plan on the app. This will indicate to the robot not to cross those lines.

Due to its laser navigation, these no-go lines are very accurate. This makes it ideal for those who like to schedule tasks for their robots.

Though this robot is not able to do zone cleaning but with a little creativity with the no-go lines, you can make that happen.

All you have to do is to draw lines around the area you want the robot to clean and it will clean within that area alone. Smart, right?

 

D-Shape

It is almost a standard that robot vacuums are round as most of them are. Although there are few exceptions and other shapes are getting common nowadays.

The Neato D6 and Samsung R9350 are D-shaped. This is not because their manufacturers just want them to stand out. Their shape actually gives them an added advantage over the round ones.

If you have seen one of those round robot vacuums at work, you probably would have noticed that some of them have issues cleaning corners especially.

This is mainly because of the way they are shaped. However, some of them have innovative designs that enable them to handle dirt in corners.

Now, imagine how either of these robots will fit into corners because of their shape. The side brush (the R9350 does not have one) is also strategically placed so that it can reach into corners to clean it out. How is that for innovation?

That’s not all, the D-shape also gives the Neato D6 and Samsung R9350 another advantage, a wider cleaning path. The brush roll is located at the flat end of the robot.

Both vacuums can boast of some of the widest cleaning paths on a robot vacuum.

A wide cleaning path means that the robot can cover more grounds in a shorter time. Not only is their brush roll wide, but they also have a specialized design.

Both robots have spiral-like brush rolls which make the comb into carpet fibers better. They are also lined with rubber so that they won’t get tangled with hair.

 

 

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Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 – What’s Unique To Each Product?

Features Unique To Neato D6

Multiple Floor Plans

The Neato D6 can now store up to 3 different floor plans and show them on the smart app. This is great news if you live in a home with multiple floors.

When this robot vacuum was released, it did not have this feature. It was only included with the software upgrade that was released in the Fall of 2018.

The manufacturer suggests that you get a charging dock for each floor for optimal performance.

This is one great thing about Neato robots, they actually keep getting better with software upgrades.

Who knows, there might be an upgrade soon that will make the D6 capable of mixing you a Martini.

 

Spring Loaded Wheels

Just like its successor, Neato D7, the wheels on the Neato D6 can retract and extend depending on the situation. This makes the robot move smoother and deal better with uneven floors.

The springs serve as a sort of shock absorber similar to the ones in vehicles. This allows it to transverse obstacles easier.

The ledges at your doorway will not be a barrier preventing this robot from getting its job done. Transitions from hard floors to carpets will also be much easier.

 

 

 

 

Features Unique To Samsung R9350

Point Cleaning

This is an awesome feature of the Samsung R9350 robot. We don’t know of any other brand of robot vacuum that has it.

You can also find this feature of the Samsung Powerbot R7090.

Let us assume that your floor has already been cleaned and your kid tracks in dirt. You can simply grab the remote control and point its light beam on the dirty area.

The robot will respond by following the beam and clean the floor as it moves. You could just point the light across the area you need to be cleaned and it does so. Now, how cool is this feature?

 

Easy Pass Wheels

The Samsung R9350 has large and sturdy wheels underneath it to aid its movement across floor types.

These wheels help it to transition from one floor type to another. Some robot vacuums are known to get stuck often, but with these wheels, this one does not get into that kind of trouble.

Even if there are cords in the way, the wheels will scale over easily while other robots might get stuck. If your doorways have ledges, they still won’t stop the wheels.

 

Cyclone Force Technology

If you have been reading our reviews for a while, you would understand the cyclone technology in vacuum cleaners. However, we will touch on it again.

The cyclone technology refers to how a vacuum cleaner handles the dirt it sucks in. It is a method adopted by bagless vacuums and it is one of the most effective.

How it works is pretty simple. When dirt and debris get sucked in, the dirt spines at high speeds. Something similar to the centrifuge machines used in labs.

This causes the dirt and dust to settle at the base of the dust cup. The purpose of this is to ensure that there is always sufficient airflow in the vacuum. The airflow is what is responsible for maintaining the suction power.

So, with the dirt and dust at the bottom, there is sufficient space for the airflow at the top. With airflow at optimum, the robot will not lose suction power even when the dust cup fills up.

Furthermore, this technology also reduces the rate at which clogging will occur.

That way, you will get a good performance out of the Samsung R9350 Robot from start to finish.

 

Unique Edge Cleaning

The cool of the Samsung R9350 is not over yet. There’s one more! Though there are lots of robot vacuums that are good with edges, we doubt if there is any that approaches it this way.

Once the R9350 detects a wall, it deploys a ledge from its side that lowers close to the wall and pulls the dirt towards it.

The suction power and brush do the rest by sweeping and sucking it up. This is a really cool feature and it is surely useful.

 

 

 

 

Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 – Unique Pros

Neato D6

i. You can create virtual boundaries from your smartphone.

ii. The robot can memorize up to three flop plans.

iii. It uses an ultra-efficient filter.

iv. It does not need light to navigate because it uses laser technology.

 

Samsung R9350

i. It has unique and practical features.

ii. The suction is really powerful.

iii. It uses effective vacuuming technology.

 

 

Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 – Unique Cons

Neato D6

i. We would have loved it if it could smart charge like the D7.

 

Samsung R9350

i. It is not low profile by robot vacuum standard. So, if you have low profile furniture, it might not be able to get underneath.

 

 

 

Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 – Pros Common To Both Products

Neato D6	Samsung R9350
The Neato D6 has a dust cup that is easy to access and also easy to empty. These are good features of a robot vacuum as this is something you will be doing time after time.   That’s not all, the dust cup also has a decent capacity which means that you will not have to empty it every now and then.	Same as the Neato D6.   In the case of the R9350, its dust cup is even larger.
The Neato D6 has an impressive runtime at 120 minutes per charge. This affords the robot to keep cleaning for long enough to cover most of your floors before needing a recharge.	Same as the Neato D6.   But the Samsung R9350 has just 90 minutes of runtime which is still okay considering its suction power.
The Neato D6 has powerful suction which is one of the reasons it cleans so well. With its level of power, it will clean up pet hairs, large and small debris off both hard floors and carpets.	Same as the Neato D6.   The R9350 has more suction power though. From our measurements, it has about 40W of suction which is quite high.
The Neato D6 has a D-shape which gives it the advantage of getting closer to edges and into corners. This makes it clean corners better than round robots will.	Same as the Neato D6.
The Neato D6 uses an ultra-high efficiency filter which protects you from inhaling allergens and dust. If you are asthmatic or allergic, this is a nice feature to pay attention to.	The Samsung R9350 uses a foam filter.

Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 – Cons Common To Both Products

Neato D6	Samsung R9350
There were some complaints about the robot not making it back to its docking station for one reason or another. This is quite circumstantial as some other users never had this problem. The best anyone can do about this is to read the instruction manual for the correct way to locate the docking station.	Same as the Neato D6.

 

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Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 – General Feeling Among Users

Neato D6	Samsung R9350
The Neato D6 got a lot of praise for its smooth navigation and its ability to detect obstacles and clean around them.   It also got some praises for its vacuuming performance. Users said that it cleans well on both hard floors and carpets. Pet owners like how well it deals with pet hairs on all floor types.   We are really not surprised at these reviews. We know quite well the D6 is a fantastic robot to have.	The R9350 also got applause for its navigation and how well it transitions from hard floors to carpets. Some users also liked that door ledges do not stop it.   Some users also said that it cleans all types of debris on all floor types. With its kind of suction, it is bound to clean so well.
Some users love how long the battery lasts as well as its ability to return to where it stopped for a recharge.	There were users who complained about the app. A certain user, who claimed to be a software developer, said that the floor planner does not work so well. Although he also said that the robot clean really well.
Some users pointed out how well they love the dust cup. They say that it is easy to empty and it has a large enough capacity that you won’t need to empty too often.
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Neato D6 vs Samsung R9350 – Bottom Line

Neato D6	Samsung R9350
You have read about all the Neato D6 can do. Does it match what you need a robot vacuum for? Does its unique features impress you enough to want it?   If so, don’t wait any longer, go ahead and take a chance with it.	The R9350 might cost a bit more but that really should not matter if its offerings meet your needs. Value for money is what is important here.   Do you think the robot is worth its price from what you have seen? If yes, you know just what to do.

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