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ysabet has named my Neato brand robot vacuum.

Its name is now MagNeato.

I KNOW, I DIED TOO.

I set him off this morning to clean the living room, and he seems to have done a passable job. He did immediately hump the ottoman, but frankly I think the trash can probably finds that a relief. The trash can never truly loved Dalek Suck, merely accepted its affections.

At any rate, the entire apartment has now been vacuumed for the first time in months, though I have been doing my best with a broom in the meantime. While MagNeato is not as good at corners as Dalek Suck was (he doesn't have the spinny corner brush, it's probably a patent issue) he certainly cleans much faster. And I've been able to program him to clean while I'm not here, which I'm sure will not go poorly at all.

One step closer to the glorious future of our robot overlords!

Comments

[petranef.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I have a 400 series. Is there a fix for the connection issue?

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Not that I'm aware of, but I didn't do extensive research -- mine had come cheap and got me through five years, so I felt okay putting it out to pasture. It would probably cost more for a repair, especially out of warranty, than it would to get a new vacuum of some kind.

The problem is also that you may have to buy a new battery ANYWAY. If the battery can't charge regularly, it dies.