The Dirt Pushing "Roomba" from Dave & Busters... 

-sweeps in a seemingly random pattern -only serves to push dirt around -stumbles into everything -pretty much useless this isn't a roomba, this is a robot that mimics 5 year old me with a broom.

Try calling up the manufacturer and letting them know you got a defective product. Tell them you don't have a receipt because you won their item as a prize at an arcade. If they aren't trying to scam with the product then they will most likely offer an exchange for the same item. I have a feeling that it didn't suction because that part was broken. Since it actually had a place to collect dust dirt and hair. Also, I doubt it has sensors in the traditional sense but I bet it has some sort of knock sensor for when it hits things that let's it know to back away or turn around. These cheap ones dont tend to have things like mapping or to have very long lasting batteries but they usually do actually vacuum. Even if not done very well.

I would have expected far more from the robotics experts at Dave & Busters.

Capybarski reviewing prizes from arcade farming is definitely the spinoff content I'm here for

Honestly wonder if the boss at Dave and Busters got this, realized it was broken, put it back together and stuck it on the shelf. How the hell is it broken 3 different ways and passed factory QC lol

I think the vacuum function might be tied to the closing of the door, but since the door wont close it wont suck. Still a hilarious video, and glad my kitty made a cameo!

I worked as a prize buyer at Round One, not D&B, but one potential reason all the cool prizes may be gone is we can only order/have 1 of the bigger prizes in stock. Iirc we could only have 1 ps5, 1 xbone, etc per store. They have a much higher price tag so you can imagine why dealing with shrink on those items is a nightmare. Also, several months can go by because of vendor stock (IE if Best Buy didn’t have a ps5 and a store was at 0, we couldn’t replenish it). Some fun facts from the office side of the arcade :D

I’m not an expert in cat body language, but I’m pretty sure Stella is stanced up to hunt that vacuum as her prey, haha. The other two were just generally curious

There used to be a Brookstone store in malls. It was filled with stuff like this that probably worked about as well.

I wouldn’t be surprised if multiple prizes at Dave & Buster’s were originally RMAs.

That thing isn't even close to being a vacuum cleaner. It has a single LAPTOP FAN inside of it. That is NOT how real vacuum cleaners are built.

I’ve rewatched the cats session 5 times already… they’re adorable

I can't believe that David and/or Buster would do this to us.

Electronic technician here. The fact, that it charges via USB means, that it's charging Voltage is only 5 Volts, that means, that there's only a 4.2 Volts li-Ion battery inside, like in your smartphone. That may be enough to power the tiny wheels and the tiny brushes, but is not nearly enough to create a usable vacuum to suck up dirt. The real ones, like the ones from Roomba, run on battery packs with over 16 Volts and every one of them have their own proprietary transformer on their charger, to deliver the power to charge those batteries.

Y'know, if that got hit hard enough on top in shipping it could break both the thing that holds the lid closed and the fan that provides the suction. I say this because I know someone who has one of that brand of not-Roombas and it works about as well as the actual Roombas I've seen. Which is to say it's not going to leave any floor spotless but it'll at least pick stuff up.

As yes, all that time consumed to win a prize that was e-waste right outta the box. gotta love it

The Void is one hell of a name for a cat, and my god do they suit it! Also, I love your editing style. Great visual gags and sound bite clips without being too over edited or feeling like it’s trying to be funny. Top tier!

your keymaster video popped in my feed and i decided to binge all of your videos. funny to see that you've uploaded a new one while i was binging your channel. :)

I remember when Dave and Busters first came to my city. I finally got a chance to play the Luigi's Mansion Arcade Game and it was pretty cool! I also won enough tickets to get a small Psyduck plush, and vowed to rewatch Detective Pikachu with him. I still haven't watched it. However, when I went back with my brother, they wouldn't let us in the door because you had to be 25 to have a minor with you, which I wasn't. Since then, we have stuck to our usual arcade of choice: Main Event. The ticket dispense rate and quality of prizes are about equal, so It's no skin off our noses. Actually, speaking of witch, could you talk about coin pusher games like Spongebob, Wizard of Oz, and (my brother and I's favorite) Willy Wonka? I think they are the best way to get tickets!

3:50 watching it just slam into shit has me in tears

Hey Capy, don't know if you're much of a computer gamer, but there's this game on Steam called Coin Game and it's like an arcade simulator - of course, the games are all a little more fair and you can play with unlimited money if you want, so it's sort of like a cathartic version of reality. There's multiple arcades with their own games and prizes each, and also mini golf and cart racing. a lot of the games are more or less 1:1 versions of real arcade games (except for the names and odds of winning). The game also kind of has this ominous vibe to it outside the arcades, people say there's hidden secrets and stuff but I think they're just pranking other people. Dunno. Anyways, seems like something you'd be interested in, I'd definitdly listen to 30+ minutes of you just reviewing the arcade games and comparing them to their real-life counterparts.

2:27 MICROUSB! My rage is rampant, and I must smash. Anyone who has had to do smd repair on anything with that port, share your pain here.

It’s not even a vacuum, it’s just got a blower fan in it

garfield & the void sounds like a cool band name lol

Garfield… and THE VOID

you know you're a good youtuber when you manage to make an 8 minute video about a cheap, knock-off vacuum cleaner that looks like a toilet entertaining

Well I just binge-watched basically every video on your channel now! Honestly I love this channel. Not to mention the PvZ music during the zombie snatcher vid which is always bonus points in my book! I would love to see a vid on a redemption game I used to love called Harpoon Lagoon (I haven't played it in years and I bet it doesn't hold up but I do remember hitting the jackpot a decent amount.)

I remember having a toy car with the exact same wheel mechanism. Yes, this is a toy car in a cylinder housing.

Based on the underside, this looks like it works the same way as a cheapo one I got off eBay for $12.71. Their sweep pattern is completely driven by that dual wheel where the hair got stuck. The wheels spin like normal, but then the whole wheel mechanism also rotates around constantly. This creates a slightly oblong circular pattern that more or less moves the thing around the room. When it hits something, that just stalls the wheels while the whole mechanism continues to rotate until it's pointed in a direction that the wheels can then pull it back away from the obstacle again. It's super basic, and if you have any dips in your floor (like I do), the thing will in all likelihood get stuck driving around in a circle in that dip forever. For an added bit of artificial sophistication, a timer can also be added to reverse the wheel direction or rotation speed at random intervals, giving a more sporadic pattern that makes it looks like it might be "sensing" things.

Dude, your channel is hilarious, great job as usual and please keep doing your own thing

Oh my. The false claim of 'advanced sensors' somehow made me think of Roborock who I think were the first to incorporate LIDAR and some IoT magic to map out rooms and not bump around. The vacuum fan being a cheap blower style fan reminded me of a RU-vid video I saw from 'Dan "Spiffy" Neuman' about a gear-driven ceiling fan that was sold (in the US) out of magazine adverts, as it seemingly used a motor intended for a ventilating fan and was noisy. At that point, the 'vacuum cleaner' looks more like a toy than something serious like a model from iRobot or Roborock. However, the kind of prizes I've seen is understandable, also considering a law that will pass where I live at the start of March 2024 which will require arcade and funfair game operators to cap the value of their rewards and prizes to a maximum of $100 (SGD), which also certainly helps considering how my teenage self couldn't afford any expensive tech and wanted to win a Sony PSP 2000 series that was offered as a prize in one of the Stacker games at his local Timezone (which had since closed down) but couldn't and he gave up. Another arcade offered a PS3 80 GB as a prize, but by then he already gave up.

more please of this great content!

Bruh I thought it was an ash tray in the thumbnail 💀

Hey! I'm a big fan of your channel and I love the content you make! Im a huge fan of arcade games myself and I'm excited to see what you'll talk about next :0 I was wondering if you could possibly look into talking about a game called Ice Man, It has some striking similarities to the plants versus zombies franchise and I'd love to hear your thoughts on them! Either that or maybe a video talking about coin pushers, Like the angry birds one :0

I had no idea you can return items if they are defective

This video has gotta be your most hilarious one yet

That's not even a vacuum

They actually started selling this same vacuum model in Marshall's and Homegoods. It costs about $35 and is redecorated to be Hello Kitty themed.

Lol loved the mario kart editing

I binged all ur videos in 1 day 😭 make more your a great RU-vidr

I love the editing! The Mario cart one made me giggle

The brand name seemed familiar. It’s like a cheap item store. It’s like a sharper image, so from the top I didn’t expect it to be high quality. I’ve seen things from this company from the as seen on tv section of walmart, but most often in the clearance because these suck.

1:50 Hahahaha you genuinely made me laugh, was not expecting a nerd reference Also, “Robots are going to rule the world!” 3:55

The expensive prizes like the consoles are always in the prize shop in D&B

Wow! Those cats are well named!

In my opinion watching it wander around and mindlessly bumping into everything and getting stuck is kinda cute, and that’s about the only thing it has going for it.

Got a interesting suggestion for you on a Redemption arcade game to review (Also im just plain curious to how it fully works). Speed of Light over at my Dave And Busters has always been both fun and my main method of gathering tickets especially if you can get the high score for it. It's also possible to cheat it by having a second player with you (Do not reccomend) but if your solo all it takes is just fast reflexes to get the combo going. Only other mention is that it can wear down very easily due to the nature of the game itself.

This thing doesn’t even have electronics inside, let alone microcontrollers. If you are familiar with kids toys, you’ll immediately spot it shares the same “random wheel” as toy cars on the bottom. The axel of that wheel is directly connected to a motor and constantly spins. This rotation works in cooperation with friction of the ground, to create degrees of random movement, causing an illusion of “intelligent path finding”.

You'd literally get a similar restaurant from haphazardly strapping some lint roller sheets to an rc car. And you'd have the benefit of actual control. Edit - I wrote this before you did this exact thing

Nice channel! I don't know if they're still around, but I'd be curious to see your thoughts on the arcade games like "Wheel Deal." I remember as a kid that was my go-to for getting tickets.

Awwwww, it was cute to see Garfield, The Void, and Stella all being curious over your robotic cleaning device c: So there's that at least, haha!

best prizes are always the arcade exclusive plush

It looks like it’s just broken I can’t imagined them all being that bad and leaving a factory because foreign goods typically go through multiple middle men before they make it to the USA

I have seen real roombas at Dave and busters. I would imagine they have these for the people that don't have as many tickets or if they can afford to get the real roombas I don't like my local Dave and busters too much. The closest one that is actually decent is three hours away from me

Your videos are hilarious. The prize room 😂😂😂

Card pushers are big ticket makers, you need to review them sometime soon

It's one of those toys with the wheels on a spinning axle. the design allows it to bump into stuff and back off. it doesn't have any brains like a good roomba so your gonna need to let it vacuum about 2 days in a row to complete it's job

I won a guitar from Dave n Busters. The wood form of the guitar made it to where you could NEVER tune it. So it wasn't a playable instrument even though they advertise it as playable. I ended it up giving it my neighbor because it took up space. Said he'd put it on his wall. Glad it's getting used I guess, but I really wanted to shred it.

It be fun to hear your thoughts on Quick Drop, if you local arcade places have them.

I love playing redemption games.

Idk why I’m watching a vacuum video

Kinda seems like D&B should start selling rc cars with rags taped to em

You're like the most underrated channel I know of lol keep it up !

i love watching this useless little failroomba i am so endeared by the way it bumbles around like a stupid little beetle, 3:56 its trying so hard to get out... to me this is the adult version of those kids pet toys on wheels...

At least the cats had fun with it

I was waiting for one of the cats to hop on it and start riding it around...

Your videos rock

glad i passed on this one when i saw it on the shelves

Oh.... Brookstone. My parents bought me a Brookstone "stereo surround system" for Christmas once. It was just as horrible as you would expect

So basically arcades and places where you can win these things you'll get refurbished and repackaged products that were returned and they just sell them off to locations for cheaper to make some of their money pack which in turn makes the location money because people pay out buttloads of tickets for these prizes

1:13 that’s kinda funny because at my Dave and busters it’s always stock full of interesting prizes

upon seeing the fake roomba, the void tries to communicate with it using eye flash morse code

you forgot another useful feature of it, it can easily be converted into a replacement for a broken toilet seat

And what's crazy is they have an actual Roomba as one of the prizes, at least for mine.

Imagine a kid going to an arcade and coming home with a foot massager. My D&B had one and one time I saw a kid getting one. Just raised more questions than answers.

A roomba? Why did Dave and Busters sell a roomba?

garfield and the void oh how I love them

I got one of these a month back, for similar reasons you got yours (basically empty prize room). Going to hack it into a project or something; a broom is better than this garbage. 3:44 it's purring ❤

At least it’s really quiet unlike a real roomba

these were the "fake" roomba which is basically these battery powered car toy that spins randomly, now with a ""broom"" stuck inside of it. even the first roomba outpace it in terms of technology.

I dont think this is defective at all i think its just a really cheap fan attached to motors with a sticky pad on the bottom

I also got swindled by the 7k ticket robot vacuum at Dave and Busters. It worked one time, and never took a charge again. I could have also exchanged or refunded my prize, but I let the refund/exchange period lapse before I had the chance to use it. I like the hoodie I got, though! That being said, the terms of the rewards program recently cost me. I came a few days before the reset to try to qualify for Legend. My chips played that day won't count until this term, so I'm unsure now what level I am, despite how much I've spent. I'd love to see a math breakdown on the minimum you'd have to spend to rank up per level.

Hey man nice channel, you should look at the barber cut game, I remember seeing it at my mall as a kid and wishing i had an rc heli so i could put razor blades on the rotor and cut down the dsi xl that was in there lol.

0:44 tiles make me itch

Gotta give it full marks, honestly. A good vacuum is known for its ability to suck, and this thing royally sucks.

Great video!

This seems to be a product that a distributor just slapped their logo on. I have one called Mahli, and it looks and functions exactly the same except the brand logo is different. And yes, mine is garbage too.

It has a mechanism called a “bump n go” mechanism, pretty much, no sensors, it’s all just mechanical and each time it hits the wall the wheels underneath spin until there is room to roam around… the internals are super barebones probably… Annoying part about other items I have that ALSO utilize the bump n to mechanic is that the wheels cling to so much dirt, I’d say this probably gathers more dirt in the wheels than in the dirt pickup thing.

I'm pretty sure this is the same robot vacuum that Five Below is selling for $25 except their's has "RGB".

coes the vacuum even work? it looks like the same kind of fan out of my laptop which, i will admit, sucks up a lot of dust

Some prizes at arcades are kinda bad, this one included I for one have never gotten any really big prizes at arcades so I haven’t had the risk of this to begin with The closest I ever got was years ago at the (then) nearest Dave & Busters with my best friend, where we farmed Monster Drop and got extra lucky with the amount of bonus balls in the machine, there was over 20 in there and I hit the monster jackpot twice. I do feel like it’s mostly a game of skill, considering another time with these same machines I landed a ball perfectly into the smaller jackpot’s ring. I also have some play with the Extreme version, which is just a bigger machine. A lot bigger. Fun games though, would be quite delighted if they got covered eventually

Sides in orbit when i saw how it swirls around like it's in a flushing toilet

ha nice. More redemption reviews!

you need to bend the little plastic tabs inwards so the lid will close

These were on sale at a Gabe's Wholesale for like 24.99 near me today,

Try pressing the bottom clip with your fingers once to let it click and then it'll hold the lid closed. It's kind of stuck in reverse.

This was a great review of such a terrible product, lol. Love your arcade videos and loved this too, keep up the great work.

When I was a kid, my dad got me an educational kits meant to introduce kids to robotics. It included parts and instructions on how to built a little car that would automatically switch directions when it hit something. This thing moves exactly like that car and even the front looks similar to the sensor it came with which was basically just a switch that send it in the opposite direction.

I thought it was a fire alarm in the thumbnail

I can see this channel blowing up soon. pls quote when it happens 😅