[moepstar]

I've a Xiami / Roborock S5 for almost 5 years now (give or take a few months) and their LIDAR implementation is absolutely genius - no issues whatsoever, no matter what gets moved around or not...

Must've been Neatos implementation i suppose...

On top of the really top-notch LIDAR the S5 is beautifully engineered as well - basically everything is a module (i.e. wheel+motor) which is plugged in and secured with a few screws - really good repairability and also spares are available (needed so far: 1 LIDAR motor, 2,50€; 1 resettable fuse for charging).

[nerdjon]

I have been eyeing the new Roborock S7, but that has both lidar and camera I think.

Interesting that others handle this better. I had heard great things about Neato before so that's why I went it. But it just ended up being more frustrating and not worth it.

Guess I just had a really bad experience.

[KptMarchewa]

I would not complement S5 that much. Mine can never return to the dock alone, which is pretty basic - it knows where it is, but tries to move there from a weird angle, repeats this few times and ultimately loudly fails. Also, it always gets stuck on dryer rack.

The engineering on the modularity is neat though, I agree.

[moepstar]

Hm, that's strange - i've even used mine in 2 apartments now, on 4 floors no less..

No issues whatsoever - on the floor where there is no dock it just goes back to the point you dropped it off and started cleaning...

> Also, it always gets stuck on dryer rack.

Have you tried to put some magnetic tape (barrier) on to the legs?

[fomine3]

For Dreame Z10 (it also has LiDAR and Xiaomi sub brand), I confirmed the same. Moving objects is not a problem.