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Turns out that the pool vac's ability to hold traction is directly related to its ability to hold suction. In other words, if the side wings and the front and rear flaps are worn (as was the case for mine), then the cleaner will not be able to pull itself close enough to the liner surface to...

Thanks! Call it a freeform, kidney, amoeba... I dunno. It's easy to clean though.

I have 4 eyeballs and they are oriented clockwise to push toward the skimmer. I haven't tried changing direction only because the shape of the pool would have the skimmer facing away from the jet circulation.

I've noticed that my suction-side cleaner circles around in the deep end only. I have a rebuild kit on order because it seems like it's having trouble climbing the incline from the deep end to the shallow end, but in addition to that it almost appears that the eyeball jet near the skimmer (and...

It's not very original, I know, but we call ours... Hayward. I'm glad to see that naming the pool robot is not as uncommon as I would have thought.

I just bought a house which has a pool and I'm excited to learn all there is to know about taking care of a pool myself; that being said, I've never done any of this before and I have no idea what I'm doing. I have worked as a chemical specialist treating large volumes of fluids before, so I am...