(Factory Refurbished) Which color of iRobot Roomba 4199 Vacuuming Robot will we send you? Sultry red? Button-down blue? Aphrodisiac green? It’s the safest possible form of Internet gambling, and maybe the least fun.

You already know the many ways that the iRobot Roomba is superior to the average human being. Add “racial tolerance” to the list. Despite their variety of colors, you never hear about red Roombas refusing to let their daughters date green Roombas, or about green Roombas hanging little nooses outside the docking stations of silver Roombas. Their firmware does not include any capacity for prejudice. Would that we could all say the same.

The stock of iRobot Roomba 4199 Vacuuming Robots we’re drawing from today reflects this diversity. On the outside, some are red, some are green, some are silver. But inside, their hearts all beat the same. They all have the same spinning side brush, the same auto-adjustment to different floor types, the same AWARE Robot Intelligence System to guide them around the room. They all include the same virtual wall unit, and all but the red ones can kick it up into “Max” cleaning mode. They all carry the shameful label of "remanufactured". And they all might bear a scuffmark or two – hey, one man’s blemish is another man’s personalization, right? Whichever color we send you, you’ll enjoy effortlessly clean floors and the thrill of robot ownership.

What’s that you say? You want to choose the color of Roomba you get? You digust us, sir or madam. What matters isn’t the casing on the outside – it’s the firmware on the inside. The iRobot Roomba 4199 Vacuuming Robot isn’t hung up on race. It just wants to get the job done. If the Roombas themselves don’t care about color, why should you?

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