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Neato XV-11 All Floor Robotic Vacuum System | 
| Brand: Neato Robotics
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $399.00
as of 9/9/2010 00:09 CDT details
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 845
Color: Grey
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.8
Dimensions (in): 15.5 x 15.5 x 10
Model: Neato XV-11
UPC: 810841010003
EAN: 0810841010003
ASIN: B003UBPB6E
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks
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| Features:
| • | Powerful XV-11 saves you time by automatically vacuuming your entire floor--even deep into corners and under furniture | | • | Laser-based Room Positioning System sees everything in the room, avoids bumping into walls and furniture | | • | High performance vacuum removes all kinds of dirt and cleans all floors--carpets, rugs, hardwood, laminates, tile, and stone | | • | Schedule automatic cleanings while you're away via simple user interface | | • | Automatically returns to charging base when vacuuming is concluded |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Roomba is still the best September 8, 2010
Martin Anderson (Santa Ana, CA United States)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I own two Roomba 560s and now the Neato XV-11. After watching the Neato produced videos, I was pretty enthusiastic. According to Neato, the XV-11 won't hit your furniture and will cover an entire room by doing the perimeter and then going back and forth across the room the way you'd normally vacuum. Neither claim is totally accurate.
1. The XV-11 WILL hit your walls and furniture: While the XV-11 doesn't hit walls and furniture nearly as often as the Roomba (which uses its bumper to detect when to change direction), the XV-11 WILL hit your furniture and other items from time to time when the laser is unable to "see" the item. This seems to happen most often with irregularly shaped objects, where the portion at the level of the XV-11's laser is farther out than the portion that the XV-11's bumper actually hits.
2. The XV-11 misses some portions of the room: While the XV-11 does do the perimeter and then attempts to cover the entire room by going back and forth, I found that the XV-11 created long, thin islands of missed areas as it went back and forth. As the XV-11 turns around to come back, it goes just a bit too far and thus leaves a long thin gap in between where it went down one way and where it comes back the other way. As a result, the Roomba, which bounces around randomly, seems to do a better job at covering an entire room.
3. The Roomba has better battery life: The XV-11 does finish the room much more quickly than the Roomba, but the Roomba's battery life is significantly better. My XV-11 did two rooms before needing to re-charge, and my Roomba can usually get through 3 or 4.
4. The Roomba picks up more dirt and dust: For a cleaning test, I had the XV-11 go over a room twice, and then sent the Roomba in. In a single run, the Roomba picked up more dust and dirt than the XV-11 had in the two prior passes combined.
Given that the Roomba is significantly cheaper and works better overall, if I had to pick one, I'd take the Roomba.
 Best Vacuum Robot! September 2, 2010
MrGuy
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Used to own a Roomba, and quickly realized how very dumb it was; just bounced everywhere. The XV-11 methodically cleans the house, and does a good job of it. For me, its useful for keeping the pet hair down.
Best Vacuum Robot August 25, 2010
Jean Courtemanche
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
I am the owner of 4 Roomba vacuum cleaner robots (4 different versions since September 2002) from IRobot. I received my Neato Robotic vacuum cleaner on the second week of August 2010 and my Roomba looks like toys compare to Neato Robotics. The vacuum is strong, my pet's hair doesn't get stuck in the brush (I didn't have to clean it once and I used to clean my Roomba brush after every run), it is fast (entire room in 10 minutes compare to 50 minutes with Roomba). It doesn't hit walls and furnitures like my Roomba does. This is what I called Automation at your service.
The Best and Smartest methodical robotic vacuum ever!!!!!!! August 14, 2010
Victor Eng
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
My Neato XV-11 is the most awesome robotic vacuum cleaner on the market today. With RPS technology, to a scheduler it really cleans my house methodically with out missing any spots. I know I sound like an infomercial but all of this is true, it has really good suction power and I never have to be at home to vacuum anymore. Just like the Jetsons Rosie the robot and the robot vacuum, the Neato makes me feel like i'm in the future!!!!!!!!!!!
Review by; Patrick Austin Eng
"I" Vacuum Frequently, Now That We've Got The NEATO XV-11: Watch My "Neato-Cam" Videos August 10, 2010
Dan Smigrod (Atlanta, GA USA)
27 out of 33 found this review helpful
Neatoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
On a scale of 1 to 10: my new, first-off-of the production line* Neato XV-11 Robotic All-Floor Vacuum Cleaner is an 11.
It's an understatement to say, I am thrilled with my Neato that arrived Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Who knew that vacuuming could be so much fun.
In the last few months, my wife and I noticed that she had been coughing a lot in the bedroom, so we (or I should really say she) did a deep clean of the bedroom: tumbled-dusted the curtains in the dryer; vacuumed under the bed (with our Oreck XL Pro Plus Vacuum that we also love for its light weight and deep cleaning); changed the bed liner (already hypo-allergenic); removed dust gathering magazines: you get the picture. While the bedroom felt much cleaner, she was still coughing intermittently. So, perhaps she needed to visit an allergist.
Then, "I" vacuumed the bedroom with my Neato XV-11 (including under the bed). I couldn't believe how much dirt was in the dirt bin. So, "I" immediately vacuumed the bedroom with Neato a second time, and, while not as much dirt, enough that I ran Neato two more times: four times in all.
The result: my wife no longer coughs in the bedroom. Period. That's huge! My wife agrees that Neato's best feature is its ability to vacuum under our bed (and do a deep clean of the carpets. (A close second is that "I" vacuum more more frequently!) We love that Neato does base boards, corners and cleans around bed legs and support posts. It just works!
It's fun to watch Neato vacuum. ("I am" vacuuming now.) Press the start button, and Neato comes alive. First, Neato starts out slowly to get the "lay of the land" and then - those nice, neat(o) rows that gives the carpet a "racked" look like a lawn that has been professionally cut. Plus, "I" can vacuum while we're out to dinner. In my home office, about the size of four bedrooms, Neato needs to re-charge once to complete the space. That said, Neato "knew" it needed to re-charge (in its charging based station); re-charged and remembered where it left off to finish the cleaning - all on its own. "I" vacuum frequently, now that we've got Neato.
To read more of my Neato XV-11 review (includes my 'Neato-Cam' video, please visit my blog: [...] (7/27/10)
*Disclosure: I won the first-off-the-production-line Neato XV-11 at the Last Gadget Standing competition at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by screaming the longest and loudest that I want the robotic vacuum cleaner.
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