Neato XV-21 Robot Vacuum
- Not as cute as a Roomba
- Opens you to charges of floor-bot hipsterdom
- Like all robot vacs, works best in open areas
- You should still make an effort to deep clean once in a while
- These are scratched & dented models, which show some cosmetic damage
Don't call me a Roomba knockoff.
I’ve heard enough of this crap. You’d never call your car a “Model T knockoff”. Your computer isn’t a “Commodore PET knockoff”. So where in the Hell do people get off calling me a “Roomba knockoff”?
I’m the Neato XV-21, and you know how I find my way around your house? LASER, fool. I use my laser distance sensor (LDS) to make a map of your walls and furniture. Pretty badass, right? Damn right it is. That’s why hackers are always trying to get up on my LDS.
You know how Roomba finds its way around your house? It doesn’t. It just lurches from one obstacle to the next, covering some spots three times and other spots zero times. No pattern. No logic. And you better believe, no laser.
People think iRobot must be the serious ones. Born at MIT. Lots of Defense Department work. It’s the East Coast Establishment robot company. But check it: Roomba is the unpredictable goofball here. Somehow, the antiseptic iRobot lab produced a big slobbery robot Lab.
What do I have to suck around here to get some respect? I’m a pitiless cleaning machine, from my severely angular body to my coldly rational line-by-line vacuum path to - yes - my lasers. Nobody is going to consider me a member of the family. Don’t dare ask me to DJ your parties. Just get your cables out of the way and let me accomplish my mission.
If you want a pet that cleans the floor, wait a little while and you can adopt a Roomba in this space. If you’d rather just have clean floors without all that emotional involvement, initiate the Neato XV-21 procurement process. Just don’t expect me to play with your cats and we’ll get along fine.
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Neato XV-21 Robot Vacuum 131
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Keyless & Remote Entry: Maybe It Bothers Me More Than It Should 33
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