Neato Robotics XV-12 Automatic Vacuum Cleaner

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Price: $379.99 $275.00   

Product Feature

• Automatically vacuums in methodical back and forth patterns
• Laser guided to avoid obstacles and furniture
• Automatically adjusts between carpets and hard floors
• Automatically returns to base to recharge
• Large, bag less dirt bin

Product Description

The Neato XV-12 Automatic All-Floor Vacuum Cleaner is ready to take on the task of keeping your floors neat and clean. It's Smart-using RPS (laser guided Room Positioning System) the vacuum sees it surroundings and creates a map of everything, including furniture, objects and doorways. It's Powerful-features an advanced high-performance vacuum system. It's Simple-one button operation and you can schedule it for daily cleanings and the vacuum will automatically return to its charging base.

Neato Robotics XV-12 Automatic Vacuum Cleaner Review

I purchased this via Woot on impulse a month ago after I had just gotten a bonus at work. Basically, my idea was to try something like this before spending a lot of money on maid service (between the cost of day care and ordering in food more often and the maid service, maybe it would be better if I just stay at home, no?).

If my Neato were a maid, I would fire him (I haven't named him but I've decided he's a he, probably because I am being reverse-sexist) due to these CONS:
- He misses spots near corners and along edges (walls or low furniture).
- He can't handle getting everything under the dining room table (has trouble getting around all the chair legs)
- He has trouble transitioning from wood to high pile carpet (extra cushy carpet in our daughter's room). He actually got stuck once and I had to give him a little nudge
- He generally leaves a line of crumbs along the perimeter of our area rug, I guess from the change in elevation.
- The apparent "automatic door detection" seems a bit buggy because he seems to be doing 2-3 rooms at the same time, even though the manual says that he's supposed to finish off one room before moving onto the next. This may be because some of our doorways are on the wide side. I don't know.

However, my Neato is not a maid. My Neato is a slave who works for free. So, given that, he does a pretty okay job, given these PROS:
- Suction seems strong - picked up a lot of loose fibers left behind by my vacuum
- picks up hair off carpet better than my vacuum (we are part Italian and very hairy and we shed a lot so this is very important to us)
- I haven't had him lose himself in the house yet. He always seems to find the base when he's done (just make sure you leave him alone and don't move him around while he's cleaning or he'll get disoriented). Also, I always start him at the charger unless I'm using "spot clean" mode.
- finishes 1st or 2nd floor on a single charge (around 900 square feet each, I think)
- detects the stairs so he doesn't fall down
- the bin can hold a surprisingly large amount of dirt
- has nice vacuuming lines, not random, but methodic - generally does the perimeter of the room then the middle in straight lines
- appears to handle oddly shaped rooms and furniture decently well - even got under one of my nightstands and then back out without issue
- his back wheels are like little feet and he is able to go on his little tippy toes to get unstuck or around uneven floor surfaces

This product is for:
- people who want their house vacuumed periodically, in between weekly/monthly/quarterly more thorough cleanings (depending on how clean you keep your house - I myself am probably going to do quarterly or less)
- people who actually pick up their crap off the floor before turning the little guy on
- people who read the instruction manual
- people whose main floor messes are hair, crumbs, dust, dirt, etc

This product is not for:
- people who want to throw away their old vacuum, broom, swiffer, etc and never clean their house themselves again
- people with only hard floors. Because dirt tends to collect in corners and along the wall on hard surfaces, you're probably not going to get much out of this guy.
- people who want to keep Neato away from the charger between uses. This thing does not keep a charge when on standby. Even if you go through the menu and shut down, the battery will still drain a little bit. Some people have given Neatos negative reviews for this, but I don't see why, because they're not meant to be put away. They're meant to chill on the charger. The instruction manual says that the battery life will be better if you follow the directions on this.
- people whose main floor messes are sticky or wet
- people who want to watch TV or be on the phone within 2 feet of the Neato while he's vacuuming

P.S. Neato - please invent a robot that will do pick-up for me. My daughter needs a role model.

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