Gets the job sone
I bought this a few weeks ago. I wasn’t sure the money was going to be worth it, but the local pool service company recommended it. Yes, the local company that normally cleans pools. Apparently they have so much demand they are recommending people buy robots instead.
Anyway, it was simple to use. Take it out of the box, plug it in, and drop it into the pool. After two hours I came back and had a fairly clean pool.
Not a perfectly clean pool, but a fairly clean pool. In fairness, the pool is under trees and despite having a pool cover it still gets pretty dirty. Also, I only can get it “fairly” clean if I vacuum it by hand.
I ran it a second time and it did a good job getting it even cleaner. The curvature of my pool walls where they meet the bottom is such that I don’t think it will ever be able to get it all perfectly. But hey, I don’t have to spend an hour vacuuming it myself.
Lifting it out of the pool afterwards is a bit heavy. And when the water drains out sometimes a bit of the dirt flows back in as well.
The filters are very easy to clean, which is important since they need to be cleaned after every use.
I hope the reliability is good for the price. Also I recommend getting the optional caddy which makes organizes the power unit,power cords and keeps it out of the rain with a cover.
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