The Hexbug Nano is a unique "robotic" insect (or 'bug' if you prefer) that zips around on hard floors in a random manner; it has a vibrating device inside and twelve "legs" made from a soft rubber compound that propel it aross the floor. When it hits something, it automatically turns around, and if it ends up on its side or on its back, it's self-righting so you don't have to go pick it up and set it back on its legs every time it flips.
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To use your Hexbug Nano, just turn it upside-down and look for a small black slide switch near its center. As the robot bug's "head" faces up toward the ceiling, slide this switch to the right.
The Hexbug Nano will then vibrate quite noticeably -- this is perfectly normal!!!
Place the 'bug' on a hard floor (such as linoleum, Pergo, vinyl, hardwood, etc.) so that its 'head' faces away from you. The Hexbug Nano should now skitter away, making turns in a random fashion, turning around when it hits something, pissing off the kitty cats, etc.
When you are finished using the Hexbug Nano, just pick it up and turn it over (as you did for turning it on); you may then neutralise it by sliding that that little black switch to the left.
To change the battery in your shiny new (or corroded old) Hexbug Nano, turn it upside down. You'll see a small Phillips screw near the robot bug's "ass". Unscrew it, and lift both it and the battery door away (the screw appears to be at least somewhat captive, so it should not just summarily fall out of the battery door, go in the rug, and later fall prey to the hungry, hungry vaccum cleaner) and set them aside.
Holding the little robot so that it's "ass" faces up toward the ceiling, remove and dispose of or recycle the used AG13 button cell as you see fit.
Insert a new AG13 (or LR44) button cell into the compartment, orienting it so that its flat-end (+) positive faces the left (as the robot's "ass" is facing up).
Place the little plastic tit on the battery door next to the battery on the lower edge of the battery compartment (while the robot's "ass" faces up toward the ceiling), and swing it back down. Be certain that none of the bug's "legs" are caught under the battery door (if they are, simply gently push them out with the same screwdriver you used to remove the door to begin with), and swing the battery door closed. While holding it closed with one hand, use the other to tighten that screw. Finger-tight only please, or you might strip the threads in the screw hole -- if that happens, you'll very likely be SOL.
Done with that, fun yeah!!!
This is a "robotic" bug, not a flashlight meant to be thrashed, trashed, and abused. So I won't try to drown it in the cistern (toliet tank), bash it against a steel rod or against the concrete floor of a carport in effort to try and expose the bare Metalmarineangemon - er - the bare Metaltrailmon - um that's not it either...the bare Metalsusanoomon...er...uh...wait a sec here...THE BARE METAL (guess I've been watching too much Digimon again! - now I'm just making {vulgar term for feces} up...O WAIT!!! WHERE'S THE METAL?!?), let my mother's big dog's ghost, her kitties, my kitty or my sister's kitty cat piddle (uranate) on it, hose it down with my mother's gun, run over it with a 450lb Quickie Pulse 6 motorised wheelchair, stomp on it, use a medium ball peen hammer in order to bash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata, drop it down the top of Mt. Erupto (now I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again - candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform with a large readout (located at Piñata Central {aka. "Party Central"}), with a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or with a pack-of-cards-sized device that Fergy Fudgehog uses; the cannoñata (also located at Piñata Central) is only used to shoot piñatas to piñata parties away from picturesque Piñata Island, and Mt. Erupto is an active volcano on Piñata Island), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analyses, or perform other indecencies on it that a flashlight might have to have performed on it. Therefore, this section of the Hexbug Nano's web page will seem a bit more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.
Photo of the unit with its reindeer antlers removed (yes, they're removeable & replaceable).
This video shows the Hexbug Nano after it was activated & set loose on the Pergo kitchen floor.
I had to grab it a couple of times so that it would not skitter under the stove or refrigerator like a cockroach when you flip on the kitchen light at 3:00am and very possibly become permanently lost there.
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This video shows the Hexbug Nano after it was activated & set loose on the stone-tiled bathroom floor.
I had to grab it a couple of times so that it would not skitter under the stove or refrigerator like a cockroach when you flip on the kitchen light at 3:00am and very possibly become permanently lost there.
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TEST NOTES:
Unit was given to me by a family friend late on the afternoon of 03-30-13.
Product earned placement in the R/C Products Trophy Case even though it is not remote-controlled!!!
UPDATE: 00-00-00
PROS:
Fantastic little gizmo!!!
Behaves a lot like a real insect
Small size means you can take it just about anywhere
Durable at least to the point of where a cat pawing it is not likely to kill it
NEUTRAL:
Battery it uses could be locally expen$ive or difficult to locate (though this battery type is actually quite common)
Cats might try to eat it -- though I think the strong vibration is likely to sour their taste (in fact, they might become a bit frightened of it after their first time catching it with their mouth!)
CONS:
Could become lost if it skitters under a large appliance like a stove or a reefer
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) Hexbug Nano, turn it upside down. You'll see a small Phillips screw near the robot bug's "ass". Unscrew it, and lift both it and the battery door away (the screw appears to be at least somewhat captive, so it should not just summarily fall out of the battery door, go in the rug, and later fall prey to the hungry, hungry vaccum cleaner) and set them aside.
- now I'm just making {vulgar term for feces} up...O WAIT!!! WHERE'S THE METAL?!?), let my mother's big dog's ghost, her kitties, my kitty or my sister's kitty cat piddle (uranate) on it, hose it down with my mother's gun, run over it with a 450lb Quickie Pulse 6 motorised wheelchair, stomp on it, use a medium ball peen hammer in order to bash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata, drop it down the top of Mt. Erupto (now I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again 
