This Botvac can change your life!
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Being a neat freak and having two dogs and a cat is not easy. I thought that having a Dyson portable to do daily spot vacuuming was a good solution but eventually became another BIG chore. I was finally ready to purchase my first robot vacuum and immediately did a search for Roomba. In my searching, I came across the Neato Botvacs.  They were new to me cause Roomba was the only brand I knew. I read up on both brands which helped, but I soon realized it was like having to decide whether to buy a Canon or Nikon camera. I decided on the Botvac D80 because of it's shape and the laser mapping technology. I also liked that it had slightly better suction and a good choice if you have pets.

These robots are not cheap but if it gives me good peace of mind and time away from cleaning, it was going to be worth it. Well, after having it for 3 weeks now, I am amazed and happy with my purchase. I can't say that it's better than Roomba's comparable model only because of my lack of experience with one. I can tell you, however, that we can walk barefoot on our hardwood floors again without having pet hairs sticking on the bottoms of our feet. I've watched it do it's thing several times and amazed at it's thoroughness; never misses a spot. I'm also amazed at it's ability to maneuver itself in tight areas where I certainly would have thought it would get stuck.

I've read that their earlier models had questionable build quality and lifespan. I can tell you that this model is very well made, has excellent suction, and nothing has gotten caught in the roller brush yet. It does an excellent job getting into corners and underneath kitchen cabinets. Some say it's a bit loud but not loud enough to be bothersome. Scheduling is very basic and does not have any customizations but I just need it to turn on at the same time every day of the week. A very important thing to consider is it's height if it's important to be able to get under all your furniture. You don't want it to get stuck underneath a low sofa for example.

Only time will tell if this is a solid purchase. I will give an update in 6-7 months.  For now, I am glad to say this little machine has changed my life.  Really!!!
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This little device has changed my life! Our sprinkler controller is in our garage. Whenever I needed or wanted to adjust our water, I had to ask my husband, because the garage is, well, not very user friendly. Now, I can access the system from my smart phone! It is so sweet! It is very easy to set up. It only took my husband about 20 minutes to connect the wires. (He is pretty tech savvy, so I don't know if I would have been able to do it myself!)

The Rachio app is awesome. It is easy to use and understand.

We were pleasantly surprised to find out that our state (Utah) offers a rebate for this controller in the amount of $100, bringing the Amazon Prime price down to $100!

Another cool feature is how it connects with the local weather forecast. If there is rain or other forms of precipitation in the weather report, the Rachio automatically adjusts to conserve water that day. So far, we have yet to have rain on one of the days we are scheduled to water, so I will update this review when we see that happen.

During the initial setup process, the app asks what type of grass is in your yard and how shady/sunny it is. Based on the information we put in, it only recommends watering twice a week. So far, that plan has worked well for our yard. If we need to, we can always adjust.

I'm sure there are more advantages and perks to this device, but for me, the deal maker was the ability to control my sprinklers from my couch! Being a little older than younger, it's nice to have anything that adds independence to my life. The Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller has definitely done that.
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My 3 year old son got Heatwave RescueBot as a gift.  He didn't let go for 3 days!  He slept with it!  Very cool mechanism for transforming, that is still easy enough for him to do himself and keep him interested.  I've now order the other bots too!  Highly recommend.  I think I will buy a few to keep for gifts.
955614
I've tried many different air purifiers over the years, hoping to deal with my chronic allergic rhinitis. None made any difference, until I've decided to give this one a try.

And I have to say: this is by far the best air purifier! It quite literally changed my life! Finally I can sleep through the night without waking up because I couldn't breathe through my nose!

Not only that, but my cat, who was constantly sneezing - sometimes so badly that he couldn't even take a breath between sneezes! - has stopped sneezing!

At first I was rather skeptical about this purifier's sensor which is supposed to detect the air pollution and switch to a higher power mode if it detects the air quality is bad. But it actually does indeed work! I sometimes use an electronic cigarette in my bedroom, and the purifier kicks into the high gear within seconds, even though it's in my living room!

This thing has literally changed my life! Worth every penny!

I don't know how long the filters will last, but I'm going to order a bunch - from my past experience, these things stop being manufactured pretty quickly:(

UPDATE: it seems that it's rather hard to order the replacement filters :( So, while it's a great air purifier, it's nearly impossible to get the replacement filters. So I don't know if I can recommend this air purifier
2198871
Automated control means no more manually switching from heat to cool in the spring and fall in Utah! Our house has struggled balancing temperature in all the rooms. But with the ecobee3 and the remote sensors I've noticed a much more comfortable house. I find that cycling the fan on every once in a while helps to even out room temps without needing to use the heat/ac. I'm less than a month in, but in looking at the HomeIQ reports, it looks like my heat and ac have rarely been running. The fan alone is helping to keep the house comfortable. Love it!
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I love this dude! I don't currently have a sprinkler that reaches every where so I still have to move the sprinkler around and my hosebib leaks so I don't use the auto feature very much but I do use the manual feature which rocks! I set for 10 mins (one time) and just turn on the hosebib hot manual and walk away knowing it'll shut itself off after 10 mins. Makes doing other chores sooo much easier. I can't tell you how many times I used to be doing something else and was like "crap! The sprinkler is still going!" Now I never have to worry. When I'm ready to water another area I just move the sprinkler and hit manual again. One awesome feature about the manual button is that it has a delay of like 5 seconds, allowing you to move away from the sprinkler so you don't have to get sprayed. I love this thing. Probably going to buy another one and could use the auto (once I get the leaky hosebib fixed)
1978
At First Im skeptical of this thing. But when I watched the videos of what it can do, I am very amazed. A robot ball that can do a lot of stuff. I feel that this thing is alive. And I talk to it sometimes. I feel that I own my very first pet. I read some bad reviews, they just don't know how this robot ball are capable of, because they just looked in the outside that it was just a ball, but on the inside it's an amazing technology, a Robot. By the way It's my birthday today. This is the first gift that I give to myself. I hope that my friend buy Sphero too so we can race, that would be a lot of fun. NP is the Best, just saying. ^_^
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I have horrible asthma which limits my cleaning ability... I have to wear an N95 to vacuum my house even with high quality filters.  This robot has saved my lungs.

The vacuum has two settings, normal vacuum and max.  On the normal setting, the vacuum is able to clean up the majority of the dirt.  I was surprised to see the dust bin completely full.  The max setting gives an even deeper cleaning.  It is great for high traffic areas.

My favorite thing about this robot is that it can be programed and runs fairly quietly, so I can run it while I sleep.  It saves my lungs from breathing in the dust in the air.  The robot returns to its base when the cleaning is done.  I find that almost all of the area has been cleaned by the robot.

My only dislike is that the robot crashes into two types of things: black/dark colors (such as a black fridge) and low hanging ledges (like the bottom of my cabinets).  It is just a bump and the robot backs up, I'm just concerned that it will damage the robot in the long term.
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Not sure why I didn't buy this bot sooner! It sucks up sandy grit and dog hair that I can't even see! I use my bot eveyday! It's amazing! He cleans the whole house, except the bathroms, I block those off, and if he has to go back for a recharge...he actually goes back to where he left off and finishes thd job...amazing!
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This thing is unreal! Its ready out of the box but you better be ready to learn if you want to really tweak it. There IS help out there, you just have to find it and the Wiki is very helpful!
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There isn't a product I've been more thrilled with in recent memory, and I'm a gadget freak. I firmly believe that we'll all be vacuuming our floors with robots in the near future given the quality and performance of this product.
I've probably got it easier than most suburbanites. We have no carpet, no elevation changes, and no furniture that could wedge the Roomba. But we do have two cats who just love to shed. And this thing picks up so much of their hair that I sometimes wonder whether it's grooming them in my absence. We wear no shoes in the apartment and (used to) vacuum and mop weekly. But the Roomba is doing a far, far better job of picking up hidden dirt and hair than we ever did. I can really feel the difference on my bare feet.
The cats appreciate it too. Though they don't like the noise, they watch it (from afar) with curiosity. I'm pretty sure that this is going to help reduce the frequency of hairballs because I know that the cats are now ingesting less hair because of the Roomba.
Here are some things I don't like about it. These things should be fixed in future versions:
1. I don't like that it takes 12 hours to charge it.
2. I don't like that it runs for just 90 minutes on a full charge in "max" (Roomba Elite only) mode.
3. It can be a tad difficult to clean. Really there should be just one bin to empty. Instead, you must:
 - empty the filter container
 - clean the filter itself
 - empty the main dirt container
 - clean the brushes
 - swipe the whole thing clean of dust
 - clean the side brushes
 That's a tad intricate. Of course it's still FAR better than doing the vacuuming yourself, but the next generation of robot vacuums will need to be more self sufficient.
Botom line: BUY!
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I bought this thinking I was going to have to take it to a shop to have it installed. But after watching some YouTube videos and getting some self confidence, I was able to install it myself. It's super easy to do. This alarm works like a charm. The remote has great range and it's LOUD. The motion sensor works just as expected, rain and wind will not set it off, but if you touch it or move the scooter in any way it will go off. The fact that I was able to get my key replicated onto the remote is an amazing bonus. Now my scooter keys look like car keys now! I would highly recommend this to anybody looking to add extra peace of mind to your motorcycle or scooter.
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This is an amazing utility.  It was remarkably easy to program with my laptop, and my wife is ecstatic that we now have one remote control that she has quickly learned to operate, instead of the five remotes it replaced.  I'm impressed that here's a piece of technology that really works!  And, it's teachable: if you press, for instance, "watch TV" (or one of the other activities you can choose), and it doesn't give you the right appliances with the right settings, all you do is click "Help."  It then makes an adjustment, after which you see on the remote screen, "Did that correct the problem?"  You click "Yes" or "No."  If "No," it goes right down the line, making stepwise adjustments until you can answer the question "Yes."  But, the key thing is: it now remembers the settings that satisfied you, so that, the next time you make that choice, all the appropriate appliances come on with the proper settings!  How 'bout that?  At $60+, it's a bit steep, but the satisfaction I've gotten from it has been well worth the cost.  Thanks, Logitech!
3621552
This is truly the best robot vacuum! I purchased mine and have been very satisfied with its versatility and suction. Plus you can upgrade it with the purchase of accessories. It is so smart it remembers everywhere it's been and systematically vacuums every square foot of your carpet and hard floor. This vacuum actually can see and map a room so it won't blindly bump furniture until it's done or out of battery life.
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This robot vacuum was beyond my expectations. At first when I received the box I thought I would be disappointed because the picture is not what I had ordered. Once I opened the box, the correct model that was expected was there. Inside the box, I received 2 extra filters, 2 extra spinner brushes, 1 remote, and one power adapter. The dust bin inside the robot vacuum also had a filter installed. Assembly was easy and the instructions were decent. Getting the robot going was no problem, but setting up the schedule took a few minutes to figure out because the instruction on that particular subject took me a few reads to understand what it was trying to convey. When I first tried the robot vacuum, I just did an auto clean to see how it would do on my hardwood floors in the main room which has the living room/dining room and goes into the kitchen and the foyer. When the robot started, it got to working right away. It went into the open spaces, under my chairs, sofa, ottoman, and did a great job. When it got to the fire place, the edge has an inch raised wood that transition between the floor and the fire place floor. It did get stuck there once, but that really isn't the issue of the vacuum, but rather the height of the wood, but the robot vacuum did try going over the lip a few times and only once did it get stuck. It took a little work but the robot vacuum did eventually free itself. At first I was concerned because it seem to stay in one area. I took the remote and guided it to another place and went through the rest of the floor just fine. Other than getting stuck on a couple of area rugs because after walking over them for a period time, the edges kind of start to stick up. Once it made it through the kitchen and the foyer, I turned the auto clean off and it went back to the docking station by itself! Keep in mind this was straight out of the box! I ran the first run and 60 minutes and the robot vacuum still has 2 bars left. Right afterwards, I did another test run and set it for 60 minutes and was not going to help it through the areas this time. I literally followed this robot vacuum the entire cleaning. It got stuck only twice because of the condition of my area rugs (which I will get fixed) but it went to all the areas by itself, even after freeing itself again by the fire place. When it had 18 minutes left, the robot vacuum had one bar left which represent about 25% battery remaining. The vacuum shut down the spinners and headed to the docking station. So again, straight out of the box I got 92 minutes of operating time! About 10 pm, after the robot charged itself, it left the station and went and did the remaining 18 minutes and again return to its station. I have set the robot vacuum schedule for the whole week and will eventually do it every other day to save on wear and tear. It is an absolute must to follow the vacuum when you first use it to remove obstacles that you know could cause it to hang due to no fault of its own. I sure did get a lot of cleaning on the hardwood floor done this way! In reality, this is a 4 and half star product. I will give an update if anything changes such as if it breaks down etc. This was my first robot vacuum and the price seems fair and have no way to compare to the more expensive models. I received a discount on this product in exchange for an honest review.
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If your house is uncluttered (i.e. no papers all over the floor), and you can nail down or hide speaker cables and lamp cords, and you don't have fringey area rugs, this thing will clean your whole house and plug itself back into the power supply to recharge when it's done.

It's that awesome.

If you're a geek, or a hacker at heart, you'll find yourself staring at the thing for hours trying to reverse engineer the algorithm.

My wife never thought she'd get me to nail down those speaker cables or show an interest in vacuuming.  But Roomba has made it so.

It's a toy for geeky boys.  And way way cheaper than a Segway.
2474654
I love this home automation platform. I own the revolv too, and SmartThings blows it away. I have my SmartThings hooked up with my belkin wemo and Philips Hue as well, and they all work perfectly, with the exception of the Belkin Wemo Motion sensor, which still has lots of problems (but they're working on it). The app works very well, but is sometimes slow to respond and update, also location detection (to automatically put your home in "away"/"home" mode) rarely works well, but again, this is a work in progress. Love the system though. Highly recommend it. If you have any questions, just ask!