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hi right Chris from CNN here and we're looking at the neato signature Pro 15 robot vacuum this is a Roomba alternative and a lot of people are going to like the price at $449 a couple hundred dollars cheaper than the Roomba or the LG home by the neato distinguishes itself from other robot vacuums with his ordered approach to cleaning a room it'll map out the perimeter and find the obstacles and the furniture in the way and then go back and forth through all of it which is a really nice approach it does a good job covering the space and it stands in stark contrast to other robot vacuums that employ a zig zagging kind of chaotic drunken Zamboni driver approach the neato is also really easy to use you just press this button to wake it up and then press it again to have it start cleaning you can also set a daily schedule at the same time every day or different times at different days and we like that a lot that's a really nice customizable feature that works well another nice feature about the neato is the bin it lifts out right at the top of the machine you don't have to flip it over and it cleans really easily the filter comes right out and you can dump out the dust it's really nice you can also swap out the brush on the underside of the neato for easier cleaning on different surfaces this one here is really good on carpet some good for pet hair but there's also a brush they offer that's great for hardwoods if you listen as it starts up you'll notice that it's also a little bit loud the loudest robot vacuum that we tested it even sounds a bit like a jet engine on the runway taking off in all of our tests Veneto performed very well especially on carpets and with pet hair so the knee toes are really good vacuum but is it a good robot vacuum there are some features missing we would have liked to have seen the knee toe doesn't have a remote and it doesn't have any customizable cleaning modes it's going to clean it the way it wants every time and you can't change that if you take a look at the neato in action you'll see that it's a really slow robot vacuum and in fact it's the slowest robot vacuum that we tested I think this is a good thing it takes its time and it picks things up and does a great job it does a better job in most other robot vacuums also it might be a funny thing to mention in a review but the personality factor on this machine isn't quite there the Roomba has got a little bit of a life of its own it's sort of like r2d2 this is more like something you'd see cleaning the Death Star and maybe that's appealing for you but for some it's not going to be quite as fun or playful as you want the bottom line for us is that the neato is a great robot vacuum and one that we are happy to recommend it cleans well it's easy to use and at $449 the price really can't be beat especially if you're a pet owner or you have carpets for cnet.com I'm Rui Chris thanks for watching you