Upright Dust Busting for the Geek Family

After trying out a Roomba (the low level robot hoover) a few months ago I’ve been on the look out for other cleaning solutions to tickle my “Dad about home” gadget needs.

In a break from my game reviews this week I stumbled acorss the Electrolux Unirapido. Having long been a fan of the Dustbuster mini-hoover idea, the sound of a chordless upright version sounded great to me.

It wasn’t in the house but a few minutes though and my wife’s ears pricked up and she came in to see what the strange vacuuming noise was. To cut a long story short, she loved it and now three friends have one too.

She writes the odd family game reivew, so I thought I’d get her to write her thoughts on the pro’s and con’s of the Unirapido for you
Here we have a [vacuum] that not only looks great but makes cleaning easier – meaning more time for games. The Electrolux Unirapido is a really nifty little vacuum cleaner, much more than just glorified dust buster. It is really good looking too in hot pink and white. The real joy is that it is cordless meaning you can just grab it deal with a small mess or do a more thorough room clean. The charge lasts long enough to do one level of my house (3 bedrooms bathroom and landing) which is pretty impressive for a dust buster! It’s really light an easy to manoeuvre and the small head means its great for getting into tight corners. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung’s New Robot Vacuum Sucks

Samsung’s new Hauzen VC-RE70V might look like a part of a curling kit, but it does its own sweeping. The robot vacuum cleaner goes squarely up against iRobot’s Roomba, with 15 sensors and a set of cameras which it uses to build a map of the world around it. It also remembers where it has been, so it won’t bounce around aimlessly, cleaning the same spot over and over.

The Hoover will be released this month in Korea, but as far as we care, it can stay there. If you can’t hack it , we’re not interested.

Neato Robotics Robot Vacuum Features & Video

Neato Robotics have introduced their XV11 robot vacuum cleaner, a device that can potentially be a serious contender to the Roomba. The XV11 is the first automated vacuum to utilize SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) and laser technology to accurately lay out a room and the location of “obstacles” prior to beginning the cleaning process.
Unlike Roomba which moves around in circular patterns to clean a room, XV11 uses a more systematic approach of going back and forth across the floor until the room is cleaned. In the event that the robotic device runs out of battery power prior to finishing a room, it will head back to its charging station to recharge, after which it will finish the task at hand. Read the rest of this entry »

Asus Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Features

Step aside LG RoboKing, Neato Robotic vacuum and the Electrolux silent vacuum, there’s a new player in town. It’s quite a change for the computer maker that is better known for their Eee netbooks and their new educational robot, but Asus wants a piece of the home cleaning market and is releasing their own robotic vacuum.
The Asus vacuum which is shaped like Roomba is called ECleaner. This robotic vacuum includes a couple of neat features such as a 6000-hour UV light to disinfect floors and a built in fragrance dispenser. There’s even a remote control for this battery powered unit.
Although there are not a lot of details, it appears that ECleaner has a couple of preset cleaning patterns as well as a photo sensor so that it avoids falling down stairs. There really isn’t any new innovation in this vacuum cleaner design, but what’s nice about it is that it is competitively priced at $150

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