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The Ghetto Roomba

Posted in Gadgets, Stupid by Dan at 12:04 pm
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Who has $300 to plunk down on a robotic vacuum cleaner? After some late night TV viewing, I there there is a Roomba for the rest of us (not)! The RoboMop uses electrostatic pads to attract dust from the floor and it’s surroundings – don’t you love when companies try and make something sound expensive?

The “mop” is guided by a timed robotic ball that basically goes anywhere it damn well pleases, and kind looks like one of those “ferret balls” that are always on display in the front of mall toy stores.

For the price, it is not a good cleaner, but it is good as a small toy for your pet to chase around.

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3 Responses to “The Ghetto Roomba”

  1. $300 is really expensive considering that you can buy this for 10 easy payments of only $29.99 each.

  2. Dan says:

    LOL!!!!

  3. Kerri says:

    This is like a bad SNL skit. Don’t they say the biggest form of flattery is imitation. Well, the Roomba has finally made it big time. It has a “no-one talks about” third cousin. I bet my paycheck that my Roomba can kick the shit out of this ghetto rat.