Automatic / robotic Pool cleaners

[Shamuscull]

Okay I am in the market for a pool cleaner first time ever with a pool. Can anyone recommend any brand or model of the automatic robotic cleaners. They seem pricey so I want the best all around one for the price. Okay I am going outside to vacuum the pool. Thanks

[Bobbytaz]

Do you want a booster pump or an electric one? I have a Polaris 360 that I love, just sent it in to be rebuilt. Its 5 years old. Best Vacuum I have owned.

[Shamuscull]

I honestly don't know . First year with first pool. Everyone keeps telling me robotic just plug it in.

[undrwtr1]

Inground pool - get a Polaris with booster pump. Other than vacuuming once when I open the pool, I don't have to vacuum for the rest of the season. I've had mine going on 16 seasons now and only changed the belts. Worth every penny. Forget all the chemicals and go for the BBB method. www.troublefreepool.com is your friend.

[DrBrianDDS]

Inground pool - get a Polaris with booster pump. Other than vacuuming once when I open the pool, I don't have to vacuum for the rest of the season. I've had mine going on 16 seasons now and only changed the belts. Worth every penny. Forget all the chemicals and go for the BBB method. www.troublefreepool.com is your friend.

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[Shamuscull]

Got the dolphin nautilus plus. Used it once pretty cool so far

[Mad Russian]

When I had the above ground I used a robot that looked like a ladybug. Best thing ever! Just hooked up the hose, dropped the stupid thing in and watched it shuffle around.
Now someone else is watching it shuffle around.

[MSA77]

Inground pool - get a Polaris with booster pump. Other than vacuuming once when I open the pool, I don't have to vacuum for the rest of the season. I've had mine going on 16 seasons now and only changed the belts. Worth every penny. Forget all the chemicals and go for the BBB method. www.troublefreepool.com is your friend.

BBB - I thought that was a bare back boner? I don't watch porn, I just review it for the highlights.

[GoodGuywithGuns]

Do you want a booster pump or an electric one? I have a Polaris 360 that I love, just sent it in to be rebuilt. Its 5 years old. Best Vacuum I have owned.

Just replaced the Polaris 360 last year after 11 yrs. rebuilt it once. After initial power vac of the pool just dropped in the Polaris 1x week and never hand vacuumed the pool.

[CommackBoy]

Aquabot. I have one for 10 years. Easy to fix and probably best on the market. All my friends have them as well. Not cheap but well worth the money.

[Parashooter]

I've got to find one myself.... I just cleaned and filled my grandmother's pool - I'm still trying to figure out the chlorine... Last year once I got the chlorine level up everything else fell in line, I just need to learn the how much side... vacuuming is a PITA that I just don't have time for! Heck, the only time I got IN the pool last year was when I was doing work on it!

Anyone have any advice on marble dusting? it's 50 years old now and the dust is going. Is there a DIY? I've been told it's very expensive to have done otherwise.

[Shamuscull]

I've got to find one myself.... I just cleaned and filled my grandmother's pool - I'm still trying to figure out the chlorine... Last year once I got the chlorine level up everything else fell in line, I just need to learn the how much side... vacuuming is a PITA that I just don't have time for! Heck, the only time I got IN the pool last year was when I was doing work on it!

Anyone have any advice on marble dusting? it's 50 years old now and the dust is going. Is there a DIY? I've been told it's very expensive to have done otherwise.

I did it as a helper in college. Gotta make sure all the loose material is removed then I think you treat the walls with acid then you mix up the marble dust cement get it into the pull and start trowling it on. It is very labor intensive so I am sure it expensive. Don't know how spent so many hung over days doing that in a 100 degree pool.

[Aquabach]

Aquabot. I have one for 10 years. Easy to fix and probably best on the market. All my friends have them as well. Not cheap but well worth the money.

That's what my GF has for her pool.
She calls in Manuel the poolbot.
Loves it. Works real well and easy. Just need to clean it out.

When I owned my scuba shop one of my friends would bring his over. I vowed if he didn't I'd buy one. they are worth the money

[GWBAHREN]

I had great luck with my Aquabot. 13 years old, but, recently developed an minor oil leak(there's a thread on here about it). I took it to Island Recreation repair shop(Massapequa) and was told the problem was NOT the pump or the drive motor, but the sealing for the wire harness, which they re-worked, and replaced the drive belts for about $40. I hope it did the job. It is a nice stand alone unit, not requiring the filter to be hooked up or running for it to work. Just plug the power supply into a electric receptacle, plug the unit into the power supply, throw it in the water, and let it go to work. Clean the filter bags with the hose(it filters out very fine sediment, too).
I'll be trying it out by next weekend, as I just pulled the cover yesterday, vacuumed to waste this AM, and currently draining about 1/3+ of the water as I type. I hope to fire the filter up tomorrow.

[knightofsuffolk]

I'll second the Polaris. Had my first one for 12 years problem free. Climbs the walls of the pool well, helps keep algae from forming.