Hi all,
I'm considering a robot for my AGP, and I guess mostly looking for confirmation that any cleaner intended for an inground pool will work. I've searched and read other threads here, but most are fairly old and closed. The primary issue seems to just be that the cleaners may not be able to climb walls, but should still get the floor of the pool regardless? I do see that Maytronic appears to have a few cleaners intended for AG now, but these look similar to the IG cleaners and just don't mention wall / water line cleaning. They also don't appear to have any with bells and whistles like app control.
I have a splash super pool and when purchased a few years ago the package came with the Pentair Lil Shark. It worked OK at best initially, but really didn't seem to get around and clean as well last year or so far this year. I took it apart and see a break in the frame which is likely impacting the performance. I may attempt to glue it in some way, but even if performance improves it always left something to be desired.
The design of the splash pool means there isn't a hard 90 degree corner between the floor and walls, so even the lil shark would climb partially up the walls. I'm thinking an IG cleaner would as well, though the design also leads to a point where if the robot climbed high enough it would potentially be a bit inverted and could tip itself over? Can they correct from that if it were to fall upside down to the bottom of the pool? Even if it couldn't get at the walls, as long as there's no damage concerns (to the pool or robot) I'd likely splurge on an IG robot for a few of the extras that aren't available in the AG lineup.
I'm considering a robot for my AGP, and I guess mostly looking for confirmation that any cleaner intended for an inground pool will work. I've searched and read other threads here, but most are fairly old and closed. The primary issue seems to just be that the cleaners may not be able to climb walls, but should still get the floor of the pool regardless? I do see that Maytronic appears to have a few cleaners intended for AG now, but these look similar to the IG cleaners and just don't mention wall / water line cleaning. They also don't appear to have any with bells and whistles like app control.
I have a splash super pool and when purchased a few years ago the package came with the Pentair Lil Shark. It worked OK at best initially, but really didn't seem to get around and clean as well last year or so far this year. I took it apart and see a break in the frame which is likely impacting the performance. I may attempt to glue it in some way, but even if performance improves it always left something to be desired.
The design of the splash pool means there isn't a hard 90 degree corner between the floor and walls, so even the lil shark would climb partially up the walls. I'm thinking an IG cleaner would as well, though the design also leads to a point where if the robot climbed high enough it would potentially be a bit inverted and could tip itself over? Can they correct from that if it were to fall upside down to the bottom of the pool? Even if it couldn't get at the walls, as long as there's no damage concerns (to the pool or robot) I'd likely splurge on an IG robot for a few of the extras that aren't available in the AG lineup.
