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Neato XV-12 All Floor Robotic Vacuum System
$299.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

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Is this the Roomba of the future?

Oh, no! Did woot and Roomba divorce?

A Roomba competitor? Blasphemy I say.

Oh god, the roombas are evolving. Quick- to the fallout shelters!

Noomba?

How did I know there was gonna be a vacuum? Something about "let's worry about vacuums tomorrow"... oh, chocolates, how you tease.

Amazon linky $450 cheapest price from third party seller

http://www.amazon.com/Neato-XV-12-Robotic-Vacuum-System/dp/B0054UFSOO

Woot is in bed with another vacuum robot? Roomba is gonna be crushed.

How does this compare to a Romba floor vac??

Does this shape make a better seat for cats?

This looks amazing. i Paid this much for a mr mint a couple months ago, with half the funcitonality. I'm irked. this is much cooler.

Not a fan of the 80s styling.

It looked like an old school Playstation 1 from the thumbnail pic.

So much for my hopes that woot was going retro tonight.

How does the new guy handle rug fringe? Any first hand experience out there?

Why does this look like a old school nintendo transforming into something?

this must be what you get when a Roomba mates with an old-school Nintendo

Woot and Roomba are having relationship problems... Apparently THIS is what woot picked up on the rebound. (Woot was VERY drunk at the time).

http://gizmodo.com/neato-xv_12/

Roomba is rated better. let the flame wars begin!

Neato vs. Roomba

Wouldn't be interested at half the price. I'd say it doesn't suck, or it does, no matter. C'mon, Woot, an expensive piece of nerd cleaning gear, we are tired of vacuums at high prices.

Something's fishy about the amount of "home robotic vacuum systems" you sell on this site, Woot. Almost...almost as if...*gasp* It's almost like you want every Wooter on this site to purchase one of these things because they're really mind-control devices that are going to brain wash us all and turn us into your perfect, competition crushing army!!!

HAHA! I HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT NOW, WOOT GODS! You may fool the masses, with your beguiling charm, and they're naivety, but you will never fool ME!

Jerrycup wrote:Wouldn't be interested at half the price. I'd say it doesn't suck, or it does, no matter. C'mon, Woot, an expensive piece of nerd cleaning gear, we are tired of vacuums at high prices.

You can clean nerds with this thing? Maybe I need one for work...hm....

Anybody done DOG PHURR with one of these? 2 VERY Large and Phurry dogs. I'm thinkin' this would get tied up and die in about 45 seconds or less. Roomba do Dog Phurr?

jon98gn wrote:Amazon linky $450 cheapest price from third party seller

http://www.amazon.com/Neato-XV-12-Robotic-Vacuum-System/dp/B0054UFSOO

Even the XV-11 is $399 so this is a really good price I think...

http://www.amazon.com/Neato-XV-11-Robotic-Vacuum-System/dp/B003UBPB6E

Meh.... give me a Roomba any day over this thing.

I wanna know how this compares to the XV-11 that they've been selling...

No, no, no.

WootGods, you misunderstood me. I wanted a Roomba.

R-O-O-M-B-A

Romeo-Oscar-Oscar-Mike-Bravo-Alpha

C'mon. You used to post them like at least once a week or so.... Now that I want^H^H^H^H NEED a Roomba, they're nowhere to be found.

Please. I beg of you. Please don't make me go buy one retail...

LOVE my in xv-11. best investment ive made in a while. have 3 dogs, cat, and a wife that all shed. makes my life so much easier. just use some common sense. dont expect it to go over terrain your normal vac shouldnt go over. roomba = the not so smart little brother

I've sent these out on patrol...they never come back....

jeblis wrote:Neato vs. Roomba

Was hoping that link would be more like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NNY1_MoAjw

Oh woot, Does roomba know you're cheating on it? Think about all the little charging stations and virtual walls and get your sh*t together. Man up and do the right thing.

Looks like a Nintendo accessory from the 80s.

Roomba is definitely the winner as far as looks.

Hmmm, I think that I've figured out the parentage of this thing:




and



Maybe?

XV-11 and XV-12 are identical, except for the color of the plastic case. XV-12 is the "Target only" version. In white. Same everything else.

XV-1x versus Rooma:
Rooma bumps around the room randomly, hoping to cover it all eventually.
The Neato has a laser distance scanner that maps the room and covers it methodically.
Because the Neato covers the area more efficiently, it can put more battery power into having a more powerful vacuum motor, since less battery is used up driving around randomly.

XV-11 MSRP $399.

bakerzdosen wrote:I wanna know how this compares to the XV-11 that they've been selling...

The Neato XV-11 and the Neato XV-12 feature/specification are 100% identical.

The only difference is the white color...

I am surprised that so many people buy the ugly green color units, these white units are much nicer...

The white XV-12 model is only sold at target and on a very few sites as its an exclusive model...

Also woot is selling them with extra accessories that target does not include!

If you compare the roomba to the neato, the roomba as far as technology fails...

the neato is awesome because you can upgrade the firmware on the neato robotics website by plugging the item into your pc via usb, so as improvements come out with their software ( about 2 major releases per year ) you can upgrade, verses all you roomba lovers who would rather keep purchasing new roombas to get new features...

jeblis wrote:Neato vs. Roomba

From the review...

"-The Roomba cleans carpet noticeably better than the XV-11, and is significantly better at picking up pet hair. Neither robot is as good at these tasks as a traditional upright vacuum."

Looks like I will stick with the Roomba..

"Neato?!" Who Named this thing...Herman Munster?!

(Maybe it was a botched spell...'Grandpa--you Suck!)


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