I've been watching robot cleaning videos for two days, trying to decide which of these to buy. Your video is by far the most detailed. This is one of the first channels I've actually subscribed to in the past few days.
Thanks so much for that in depth analysis. I never would've had the patience to sit and watch a roomba for 40 minutes counting how many times it hit each square. And getting to see the neato do a whole room sped up was great.
you sir have just stopped me in my tracks from buying a robot vacume. Nice job buddy! Very thorough review. You saved me 800 hundred bucks and that deserves a like, subscribe and a comment.
After watching many UA-cam videos on the Roomba and Neato, yours is the best. I especially like the coverage analysis with the color coding of squares.
I have watched a million of the robot vac videos to try and make a decision and this was THE BEST!!! Thank you. You got to the point and then gave a VERDICT. That is all I needed :)
This must be one of the best reviews I've ever seen, especially the recording in the end of the room from the top is very helpful. Thank you very much, I know now which vacuum I should buy :-)
Holy cow you put some serious effort into that. Thank you so much! Hubby and I have been going back and forth for several months now about Neato vs. Roomba, and whether or not we can even justify purchasing a robot vacuum in the first place.
I have a Neato Botvac 80 and recently purchased a Roomba 880. I only used Neato in my kitchen, dining room, and laundry room/bathroom. The rest of the house, it had to work too hard and it was always getting stumped on something so I had to vacuum it with my regular vacuum. The Neato was like watching a 2 year old and I had to get up constantly. My roomba is so much better. When I first had it up and running, I put it in the most complicated room that Neato couldn't do. The room has two tables, a free standing bar, 4 bar stools, and 2 lazy boy chairs and an end table. It went through the room like a hot knife through butter and I love it MUCH more than my Neato which I will keep for about 1/3 of my house. I thought it cleaned better as well. I'll be a Roomba customer from now on.
I'm a new owner of a basic Roomba 650. For the first week I ran it twice a day for an hour and 20 minutes each time and dumped the canister into a standard basic plastic bag from the grocery store. The Roomba filled the bag in that week. If you can imagine the dirt and dust in the bag, you'll appreciate how happy we are with the iRobot Roomba 650. Now we run it just once a day and it shows it's worth each time.
This is so incredibly helpful. I always know that Roomba may be overcharging (paying for its heavy marketing effort, I guess), but this video just gave me the solid proof I need to buy a Neato.
based on this vid i bought the neato. the room was much less organised and has a lot of strange curves. first i thought a lot of spots were missing, but at the end he did the whole room. it's really quite impressive so far. thank you!
Excellent review dude. A small side note for anyone reading... I have a Romba 600 series which moves significantly slower then the 800 series shown in this video. Slower might mean it actually cleans better since the airflow is so low on a Romba. cheers.
very thorough. I do product videos and know what it takes to make them. This had to take you a long time, so thank you very much for making it. This was informative and is helping me make a decision.
This is one of the best review videos I've seen on UA-cam. - To the point, quick, no hyperbole - Compares two like things. - Smart simple tests. I already own the Neato, after doing my own research, but was reviewing these again because CostCo is selling Roomba 805 cheap. I would stick with Neato. I have lots of complaints about all Robot vacuums, but we are in the dark ages still.
I bought a Neato eight years ago and it's still going strong. It's the most powerful robot vacuum on the market. I'm looking for a hardwood floor wet mopper now.
A fantastic review. This video may have saved a ton of money for me as I am looking for a gift for my mom's 60th Birthday. I know Neato is loud but hey, we need great performance from vacuum cleaners!
I really enjoyed your scientific methodology, especially in your sky-view camera and showing how many times it hit each spot. I subscribed to your channel based off of this video.
I've got a Roomba 772e for my apartment and a Neato Botvac D85 for my office. Both work very well. I preferred the random navigation of the Roomba for the dynamic and changing environment of my apartment (small daughter, toys, chairs left every day in different position) and the systematic laser navigation of the Neato for the more fixed environment of my office. I'm really impressed with both devices. They definitely make a great job in reducing mine... ;)
+Nessunego - thank you for sharing your experience. By the way, the Neato scans the room every time you start it, like it is a brand-new room. So if toys are here today and gone tomorrow, it does not care. It looks around the room, maps out the obstacles, and vacuums around them.
Very impressive how thorough you were. I would have been interested to also see how they performed with picking up dog hair, and how clogged the brushes of each became (and then how easy they are to clean off).
+David Gulbransen - Good point. I forgot to cover that, but it is pretty much a non-issue on both vacs. We flip them over, every couple months, pop out the roller brush (5 seconds. No screws) and clean off the hair. One is no more or less clogged than the other. Roomba's roller takes about 10 seconds to pop back in. Neato's takes more like 20, because you have to get one end under a little belt. We have two long-haired cats and a long-haired teen. If you have more hair, you might clean the rollers a little more often. Thanks for the comment.
I just replaced my first Neato with another. The first lasted 4 years, running every single day. Picked up a full load of birdseed each day (we have 5 birds including a macaw parrot and 5 cats at one point). Fabulous product! I bought a new battery for the old one and it is back in service in the sunroom.
Neato wins. I've had Roomba's for over 10 years. From the start I loved them. One thing I can say is they last a long time, they are easily upgrade-able, and they can be fixed fairly cheap and easy. I've had my Neato Botvac for about 3 year now. Works like new still. Way stronger, picks up more, takes less time, gets everywhere. Neato wins. Neato much lower cost as well than the newer 'mapping' Roombas. I haven't tested Roombas models over 800, so maybe their newer models are better (although much higher cost than Neato). Neato is the way to go in my opinion. Sad because I loved Roomba for over a decade and still do. But, gotta go with the best, especially when it's even lower cost!
@@rockl79 Robots with navigation are for sure best for multi room use robot vacuums! I still have my 15 year old Roomba Red (have only replaced the battery a few times). I use it in a single bedroom and it does great for that! I also have a Roomba 530 that's over 10 years old (again, nothing needed to be replaced but the battery) that I use in my furnished basement, which it navigates just fine (we have a kind of 'TV' room down there as well as laundry room and bathroom). But, for my main floor of my home with 3 bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, living room, the Neato is the only one that will get everywhere, every time!
@@earthling1984 its because of the weird carpets in my house. They don't go all the way to the wall and it always gets stuck there or on the cat scratcher. I plan to keep using it downstairs, or buy an older broken neato and fix it.
There are two kinds of brushes for Neato. Some models come with both of them, some only with the rubber brush without the bristle which is noisy. However, if you are using it on the floor where you are not at the time i.e. basement, it is helpful to know what is Neato up to. Sometimes it gets stuck and after a few beeps is it quiet. Good time to go downstairs and see what's the problem (Neato will tell you/on the screen). If the noise of using Neato with rubber brush is bothering you, you can order additional brush with rubber and bristle. Available on Amazon. You can also try to complain about the noise to the Neato company (see their website and on line communication with their consumer service person). You can use these better filters (as in the video) for very long time. Make sure you have several. You should hand-vacuum them after you empty dust bin and in-between use you can wash them with water + detergent using a surgical brush, having enough time to make sure it is dry before next use. Please note: It seems that some advertising makes you believe that you can time your vacuuming and it will be done when you return home. Perhaps a small and reasonably clean, uncluttered bachelor/studio apartment (if it doesn't get stuck and waits till you rescue it). Any place larger will not happen. Neato works well, but dust bin is not very large. Therefore, dust bin gets full rather fast and needs be to emptied - so be aware of that. Also, servicing places are not everywhere to have Neato repaired and Company is helpless, cannot give you advice where you can find the notarized shop. So, you are on your own. You will love your Neato and consider him your pet. In few days, you will talk to him like other owners do. He is not always perfect, but he is always a great help.
Thanks for doing a more scientific comparison than most! Other reviews seem to just parrot the companies’ marketing materials, for the most part. I’d love to see how the Neato stacks up against the new Roomba 980, which uses vSLAM to map out the rooms via video camera. By the way, I’ve owned two Roombas and a Scooba in the past, and they all needed replacement batteries fairly often, so if the Neato has the same problem, I wouldn’t be surprised.
+macnlz - Interesting! It sounds like the competition from Neato finally got the Roomba engineers to wake up and make a robot that actually thinks about where it is going instead of just bouncing randomly around the room. I wonder if they also raised their game in the suction and cleaning department? Those were really the most important differences I found. Yeah, both bots seem to ship with cheap batteries. I replaced the Romba's already
El Sato I have 3 dogs and the botvac 80 is made for pethair. It picks up all of it, very easily. I have a roomba and it is now back in its box. The Roomba dosent even compare.
Lightning X Hi I went with neato and after four months continuous use I am so glad I did. The neato is on every day and it cleans downstairs with a Rottweiler and a cat lol they all get along great. I have quite a large house and it manages the job without battery running out and the house is so much cleaner as it vacuums at 7am every single day and sunday it vacuums on eco mode so much quieter. overall one of the best purchases I have ever made for my home and definitely recommended.
Thanks a lot. I bought neato yesterday beside roomba, just because store manager recommended it. But I wasn't sure about my choice till I watched this video . Спасибо!
Can't believe how thorough this review was. Very helpful; makes me understand why my Roomba seems so schizophrenic; apparently it's designed like that. But it's now time for a new one. Neato seems to be what I'll buy next! Thanks so much for such a well-balanced, scientifically proved review.
Interesting review. As a roomba 560 owner I would like to point out that on a hard level surface the 560 has never left dirt behind as the 880 did. Only times I witnessed anything similar is on uneven surfaces. Using spot clean on a 560 disables dirt detection, which, I imagine, would also be true for the 880. My experience of the 560 on carpets are generally positive, provided the carpet fringes are short. Long fringes inevitably gets wrapped around the brushes which causes the 560 to halt and regurgitate the fringes leading to dust to not be effectively removed from long fringes. Carpet materials varies and mine are home weaved. As such they might not serve as ideal examples. I nevertheless find it somewhat unplausible that a working 880 would be inferior to a 560 in cleaning. My 2¢
Your analysis was excellent. I loved the way you tested everything, it was very scientific.
I've been watching robot cleaning videos for two days, trying to decide which of these to buy. Your video is by far the most detailed. This is one of the first channels I've actually subscribed to in the past few days.
+David Font - Thank you! All my videos (250) are listed by category ant HowToLou.com
Thanks so much for that in depth analysis. I never would've had the patience to sit and watch a roomba for 40 minutes counting how many times it hit each square. And getting to see the neato do a whole room sped up was great.
you sir have just stopped me in my tracks from buying a robot vacume. Nice job buddy! Very thorough review. You saved me 800 hundred bucks and that deserves a like, subscribe and a comment.
After watching many UA-cam videos on the Roomba and Neato, yours is the best. I especially like the coverage analysis with the color coding of squares.
I watch a lot of reviews of different things and this review is exactly what all reviews should look like. Good job Sir!
thank you for giving a detailed analysis. THIS is how reviews should be! subscribed
I have watched a million of the robot vac videos to try and make a decision and this was THE BEST!!! Thank you. You got to the point and then gave a VERDICT. That is all I needed :)
This has been one of the best tutorials I've ever seen. Awesome work!
Best product review I've ever seen. I went with the neato for my home and couldn't be happier. Thanks for your work.
wow, one of the best reviews i have ever seen. Not too long, but many tests and very thorough. I like the math and analytics too.
This must be one of the best reviews I've ever seen, especially the recording in the end of the room from the top is very helpful. Thank you very much, I know now which vacuum I should buy :-)
Wow...you put together a very comprehensive comparison of both robots.....excellent! As an engineer, I really appreciate your thorough review!
+Alex S. - You caught me. I am an engineer :)
+HowToLou ....no wonder....!!!
i dont even know how i got here watching videos on robot vacuums but this review was one of the best reviews on any product. good job.
I know its been two years since your review, but this was amazing and extremely helpful
The best review I have seen across any and all products. Really well done! Thank you.
Thank you for this really good review! It's nice to have someone review a product objectively backed up with facts and measurements!!!
Thank you Lou! This is exactly the kind of test I was looking for to help me decide.
Thank you for a thorough and informative review...this is how reviews should be done, nice job!
Holy cow you put some serious effort into that. Thank you so much! Hubby and I have been going back and forth for several months now about Neato vs. Roomba, and whether or not we can even justify purchasing a robot vacuum in the first place.
I signed in just to make a comment, UNREAL REVIEW ...well done!!
Just the type of technical comparison I was looking for. Excellent. Thanks!
I have a Neato Botvac 80 and recently purchased a Roomba 880. I only used Neato in my kitchen, dining room, and laundry room/bathroom. The rest of the house, it had to work too hard and it was always getting stumped on something so I had to vacuum it with my regular vacuum. The Neato was like watching a 2 year old and I had to get up constantly. My roomba is so much better. When I first had it up and running, I put it in the most complicated room that Neato couldn't do. The room has two tables, a free standing bar, 4 bar stools, and 2 lazy boy chairs and an end table. It went through the room like a hot knife through butter and I love it MUCH more than my Neato which I will keep for about 1/3 of my house. I thought it cleaned better as well. I'll be a Roomba customer from now on.
Your a good reviewer. Your the second you tube review I've witness that prefers the neato. I found your method more precise than others. Good work.
Great job! I liked the way you left the real sound of the robots unlike other reviews on youtube!
Your video very helpful on deciding what robot vac to get.
all my questions answered in one video.
I'm a new owner of a basic Roomba 650. For the first week I ran it twice a day for an hour and 20 minutes each time and dumped the canister into a standard basic plastic bag from the grocery store. The Roomba filled the bag in that week. If you can imagine the dirt and dust in the bag, you'll appreciate how happy we are with the iRobot Roomba 650. Now we run it just once a day and it shows it's worth each time.
Verdade tenho o modelo 620 e básico mais cumpre bem o seu papel
This review is **superbly** executed. Wow !
Thank you for the time and effort you put into it.
speaking of a review, this is it! thanks for the time and effort you put in.
Wow, thanks for putting in so much effort into this!
Thank you for this comparison. I was getting ready to purchase one of these two brands and you just helped!
This is so incredibly helpful. I always know that Roomba may be overcharging (paying for its heavy marketing effort, I guess), but this video just gave me the solid proof I need to buy a Neato.
This is probably one of the best tests I've seen of robot cleaners.
Now this is a great video ordered a Neato because of it!
Amazing work with the scientific analysis. I am now 100% assured what is the right choice!
Wow! Now that's what I call a review!
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Never seen anyone doing a product review this serious and with important facts. Great work :)
Very well done! Thanks for the information. This was the most useful comparison Ive seen yet. Metrics, not opinion. Excellent.
your demonstration was spot one :-) exactly what I needed to see. thank your
Your review was perfect. Others should strive to have such empirically-based analysis as you have done here. Kudos!
One of the best reviews I have ever seen
Great comparison!!! I just received a Neato for Christmas & I love it !!!! Does the best job ever & love how I can control it from my phone.
Very organized and professionally done! wow - really great review!! Thanks again
Wow! This is a great video! The testing was fabulous! I've made my choice on which vacuum to get! Thanks!!!
based on this vid i bought the neato. the room was much less organised and has a lot of strange curves. first i thought a lot of spots were missing, but at the end he did the whole room. it's really quite impressive so far. thank you!
Thanks so much for this review! It was extremely helpful in assisting me in deciding which robot vacuum to purchase!
Excellent review dude. A small side note for anyone reading... I have a Romba 600 series which moves significantly slower then the 800 series shown in this video. Slower might mean it actually cleans better since the airflow is so low on a Romba. cheers.
Great video. Thorough but meaningful analysis
That is a Perfect review, the best that I ever seen. Thank you very much HowToLou... best regards from Portugal
very thorough. I do product videos and know what it takes to make them. This had to take you a long time, so thank you very much for making it. This was informative and is helping me make a decision.
Thank you for the detailed review. You've made my purchasing decision a lot easier.
Excellent review. These tests were "real world." Thank you so much.
Wow, just the review I was looking for! Thank you! Very thorough.
best review I've seen in a while, good job!
This is one of the best review videos I've seen on UA-cam.
- To the point, quick, no hyperbole
- Compares two like things.
- Smart simple tests.
I already own the Neato, after doing my own research, but was reviewing these again because CostCo is selling Roomba 805 cheap. I would stick with Neato.
I have lots of complaints about all Robot vacuums, but we are in the dark ages still.
I bought a Neato eight years ago and it's still going strong. It's the most powerful robot vacuum on the market. I'm looking for a hardwood floor wet mopper now.
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loved the detailed and scientific way you covered this review, keep it up. I am impressed and will be subscribing.
A fantastic review. This video may have saved a ton of money for me as I am looking for a gift for my mom's 60th Birthday. I know Neato is loud but hey, we need great performance from vacuum cleaners!
Now we just need to figure out how to automate your Hoover and we will be set. 😆 Great video Lou!
I really enjoyed your scientific methodology, especially in your sky-view camera and showing how many times it hit each spot. I subscribed to your channel based off of this video.
That was one of the best reviews I've seen. Thank you very muchl
Just bought the Neato because of this excellent test.... thank you! :)
I've got a Roomba 772e for my apartment and a Neato Botvac D85 for my office. Both work very well. I preferred the random navigation of the Roomba for the dynamic and changing environment of my apartment (small daughter, toys, chairs left every day in different position) and the systematic laser navigation of the Neato for the more fixed environment of my office. I'm really impressed with both devices. They definitely make a great job in reducing mine... ;)
+Nessunego - thank you for sharing your experience. By the way, the Neato scans the room every time you start it, like it is a brand-new room. So if toys are here today and gone tomorrow, it does not care. It looks around the room, maps out the obstacles, and vacuums around them.
Very impressive how thorough you were. I would have been interested to also see how they performed with picking up dog hair, and how clogged the brushes of each became (and then how easy they are to clean off).
+David Gulbransen - Good point. I forgot to cover that, but it is pretty much a non-issue on both vacs. We flip them over, every couple months, pop out the roller brush (5 seconds. No screws) and clean off the hair. One is no more or less clogged than the other. Roomba's roller takes about 10 seconds to pop back in. Neato's takes more like 20, because you have to get one end under a little belt. We have two long-haired cats and a long-haired teen. If you have more hair, you might clean the rollers a little more often. Thanks for the comment.
I just replaced my first Neato with another. The first lasted 4 years, running every single day. Picked up a full load of birdseed each day (we have 5 birds including a macaw parrot and 5 cats at one point). Fabulous product! I bought a new battery for the old one and it is back in service in the sunroom.
Neato wins. I've had Roomba's for over 10 years. From the start I loved them. One thing I can say is they last a long time, they are easily upgrade-able, and they can be fixed fairly cheap and easy. I've had my Neato Botvac for about 3 year now. Works like new still. Way stronger, picks up more, takes less time, gets everywhere. Neato wins. Neato much lower cost as well than the newer 'mapping' Roombas. I haven't tested Roombas models over 800, so maybe their newer models are better (although much higher cost than Neato). Neato is the way to go in my opinion. Sad because I loved Roomba for over a decade and still do. But, gotta go with the best, especially when it's even lower cost!
I have an 880 and just bought a neato. Im tired of the roomba constantly missing spots and getting stuck in every little corner.
@@rockl79 Robots with navigation are for sure best for multi room use robot vacuums! I still have my 15 year old Roomba Red (have only replaced the battery a few times). I use it in a single bedroom and it does great for that! I also have a Roomba 530 that's over 10 years old (again, nothing needed to be replaced but the battery) that I use in my furnished basement, which it navigates just fine (we have a kind of 'TV' room down there as well as laundry room and bathroom). But, for my main floor of my home with 3 bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, living room, the Neato is the only one that will get everywhere, every time!
@@rockl79 On another note, my Roomba's never get stuck. Wonder why yours is having issues with corners.
@@earthling1984 its because of the weird carpets in my house. They don't go all the way to the wall and it always gets stuck there or on the cat scratcher. I plan to keep using it downstairs, or buy an older broken neato and fix it.
Oh hey I saw you’re review
Amazing job on the review. I have no idea how someone could down-vote this video.
Wow, I can't thank you enough for such a thorough review!
what a wonderful review
Best test I have seen on UA-cam, and I mean I've seen dozens of them
now this is how a review is done! seriously
Hands down Professional review ! Thank you!
There are two kinds of brushes for Neato. Some models come with both of them, some only with the rubber brush without the bristle which is noisy. However, if you are using it on the floor where you are not at the time i.e. basement, it is helpful to know what is Neato up to. Sometimes it gets stuck and after a few beeps is it quiet. Good time to go downstairs and see what's the problem (Neato will tell you/on the screen).
If the noise of using Neato with rubber brush is bothering you, you can order additional brush with rubber and bristle. Available on Amazon. You can also try to complain about the noise to the Neato company (see their website and on line communication with their consumer service person).
You can use these better filters (as in the video) for very long time. Make sure you have several. You should hand-vacuum them after you empty dust bin and in-between use you can wash them with water + detergent using a surgical brush, having enough time to make sure it is dry before next use.
Please note: It seems that some advertising makes you believe that you can time your vacuuming and it will be done when you return home. Perhaps a small and reasonably clean, uncluttered bachelor/studio apartment (if it doesn't get stuck and waits till you rescue it). Any place larger will not happen. Neato works well, but dust bin is not very large. Therefore, dust bin gets full rather fast and needs be to emptied - so be aware of that.
Also, servicing places are not everywhere to have Neato repaired and Company is helpless, cannot give you advice where you can find the notarized shop. So, you are on your own. You will love your Neato and consider him your pet. In few days, you will talk to him like other owners do. He is not always perfect, but he is always a great help.
+jaymart46 - Awesome additions. Thank you.
Thanks for doing a more scientific comparison than most! Other reviews seem to just parrot the companies’ marketing materials, for the most part. I’d love to see how the Neato stacks up against the new Roomba 980, which uses vSLAM to map out the rooms via video camera.
By the way, I’ve owned two Roombas and a Scooba in the past, and they all needed replacement batteries fairly often, so if the Neato has the same problem, I wouldn’t be surprised.
+macnlz - Interesting! It sounds like the competition from Neato finally got the Roomba engineers to wake up and make a robot that actually thinks about where it is going instead of just bouncing randomly around the room. I wonder if they also raised their game in the suction and cleaning department? Those were really the most important differences I found. Yeah, both bots seem to ship with cheap batteries. I replaced the Romba's already
This is a great review! Thank you very much for posting.
The best test I have ever seen! I think I am going for hoover :-D
Excellent video! Thank you, sir.
Thank you very much for the review, I almost ordered the Roomba but I think it has to be the neato now.
+spo5egy I have both. Neato cleans MUCH better. It isnt even close. The Roomba has very weak suction. Get the Botvac 80.
yeah im doing research to buy one or the other and it seems the botvac is winning, id like to see one against pet hair.
El Sato
I have 3 dogs and the botvac 80 is made for pethair. It picks up all of it, very easily. I have a roomba and it is now back in its box. The Roomba dosent even compare.
What is you resulting review?
Lightning X Hi I went with neato and after four months continuous use I am so glad I did. The neato is on every day and it cleans downstairs with a Rottweiler and a cat lol they all get along great. I have quite a large house and it manages the job without battery running out and the house is so much cleaner as it vacuums at 7am every single day and sunday it vacuums on eco mode so much quieter. overall one of the best purchases I have ever made for my home and definitely recommended.
that's a fantastic video, thank you for spending the time doing that - was very helpful to me
Your analysis is awesome, thank you!
Great comparison. Thanks for making this.
The airflow/trash bag test was a great idea!
thanks for doing this video, very straight forward and well done.
Good job man! Way to raise the bar for online reviews!
I've just bought a Neato XV Signature.... will see how it goes. Thanks for the tip
Still working?
Great video! You definitely changed my mind on which one to buy!
Thanks for this review. Very thorough and informative :)
Good comparison test between the two devices, very informative.
Thanks a lot. I bought neato yesterday beside roomba, just because store manager recommended it. But I wasn't sure about my choice till I watched this video . Спасибо!
Excellent in-depth review. Thank you!
Wow, this is a real review! everything was so logical!
That was an incredible video comparing multiple metrics
Impressive and very comprehensive testing. Very well done. :)
Thanks a lot, the video is super useful in Italy too! Great job and great testing! Now I definitely know which one to choose
Fantastic review. Thanks for helping me decide!
Can't believe how thorough this review was. Very helpful; makes me understand why my Roomba seems so schizophrenic; apparently it's designed like that. But it's now time for a new one. Neato seems to be what I'll buy next! Thanks so much for such a well-balanced, scientifically proved review.
Nice test man! keep up the good work!
I just bought the D-80 hope it does as well as this one
Simple review but done perfectly. Thanks
Interesting review. As a roomba 560 owner I would like to point out that on a hard level surface the 560 has never left dirt behind as the 880 did. Only times I witnessed anything similar is on uneven surfaces.
Using spot clean on a 560 disables dirt detection, which, I imagine, would also be true for the 880. My experience of the 560 on carpets are generally positive, provided the carpet fringes are short.
Long fringes inevitably gets wrapped around the brushes which causes the 560 to halt and regurgitate the fringes leading to dust to not be effectively removed from long fringes.
Carpet materials varies and mine are home weaved. As such they might not serve as ideal examples. I nevertheless find it somewhat unplausible that a working 880 would be inferior to a 560 in cleaning.
My 2¢