We live in a world full of fabulous idle distractions — a million TV channels, videogames at our fingertips, the world’s greatest literature just a few menu selections away. Yet still we’re stuck cleaning the same floors more or less the same way our forefathers did, despite the fact that they had a lot less fun stuff they could be doing instead. The $249 Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner is another attempt to free us from that burdensome task and, like the Neato XV-11 we recently reviewed , it is quite clinical and comprehensive in the way that it does things. However, while this one is likewise a heck of a lot smarter than a Roomba , for some it’ll be of rather more limited usefulness. Why? Read on to find out. Gallery: Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner Continue reading Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner review Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink