iRobot intros the Verro 100 and 500 poolbots

The folks at iRobot updated the Verro pool-cleaning robots much to the chagrin of our pool boy, Philip, who's getting his walking papers next week. The new 100 and 500 models join the current 300 and 600 to cover a wide array of price ranges, and probably meet most -- if not all -- of your exacting standards for water-body cleanliness. The 100 comes in at the low-end of the spectrum at $399, though it will navigate and clean any flat-bottomed pool you throw its way; the Rolls-Royce of poolbots, the 500, will do floors and walls alike for $999. Of course, you won't know anything about that -- you'll be busy lounging, working on your tan, and trying to figure out whether you want the Bentley Brooklands or Azure (hint: the Azure!).

[tbutters Posted Mar 5th 2008 10:33AM]

under normal circumstances, posts about irobot's latest and greatest are well and good on this block (i for one welcome our pool vacuuming overlords, etc.) this however is nothing more than an average pool cleaning robot, and i find it a little too coincidental that this post turns up at the same time irobot starts advertising on your main page. I know this is a blog, and you have no journalistic ethics to live up to, but i can't believe this sits well with you, no matter the paycheck. p.s. happy birthday engadget, as always, a big fan.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2008 5:50PM]

That looks oddly similar to the AquaJet: http://www.aquajet.us/2005_pages/aquajet_2005.htm