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Dressing Like a Real Robot Doesn't Make Roomba Suck Better

Filed in archive Misc by Chris Matier on November 11, 2008

Dressing Like a Real Robot Doesn
I have to be honest. I have owned a pair of Roomba's and they sucked, but not in the way you want a vacuum to suck. They just were a disappointment. I know there are devoted Roomba Fanboys out there that worship the little robotic hockey pucks; I desperately wanted to be one. I love gizmos and gadgets so much that I thought a robotic vacuum was a sure thing. The first generation Red crapped out after 370 days, and my third generation Sage just was a waste. So, I think this shameless cross promotion with Wall-E is cheap and evil. I love Wall-E - he is too good for a Roomba.

On the one hand, it makes sense. Wall-E is a robot, and Roomba wants to be a robot. Wall-E cleans up, and Roomba wants to clean up. But the Roomba just isn't fooling anyone. There is a good thing that iRobot is only releasing 400 of these. I would hate to see them actually become popular.

Did I mention that this Roomba also costs a cool $50 more than its counterpart, and that the Wall-E Roomba is just a run of the mill irobot roomba 530? If this thing works, I wonder if I can put an a Brad Pitt sticker on my face and convince my wife that I am much more useful than I really am?

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