OK, so robot... any great ideas for the connected spa?

[BMeeley]

So, I'm looking at robotic pool cleaners. Leaning toward the Doheny Discovery, mostly because of the price. I guess I'll have to read up more on the main drain issue. I have two in the deep end.

Any ideas or insights for keeping the spa clean, as well? Are there mini-robots? I'm guessing I'll have to keep my vacuum line handy, but the head has always been to big and cumbersome to do a decent job in the 6' circular spa. Any good experiences or discoveries out there?

Thanks to all for the wealth of info here. Time well spent!

cheers

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Look up WaterTech Pool Blaster. It’s a battery powered pool vacuum that you attach to your skimmer pole. Works great for a small volume like a spa.

 

[BMeeley]

That's kind of cool. Does it do well with fine stuff, like DE that always seems to settle after a backwash? Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it. In the summer, I usually just hop in with the vacuum hose in hand!

 

[JoyfulNoise]

That's kind of cool. Does it do well with fine stuff, like DE that always seems to settle after a backwash? Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it. In the summer, I usually just hop in with the vacuum hose in hand!

I believe there are different types of filter bags for it where you can purchase a fine filter bag capable of catching stuff like DE.

 

[Swampwoman]

+1 I have one and it works great

 

[Nursenini]

I put my Doheny’s Discovery (Wall-E) in our spa 1x/wk. does a great job! My spa is a 7x7 square.

 

[robl45]

Yes, I do the same thing, drop the robot in the spa every so often. Not perfect, but gets most of the stuff. I have a pool blaster as well. I've used it a few times, but really found it to be quite useless. Another thing I used to do at my old house is just drain the spa into the pool and vac it out with a wet dry vac and then fill it back up.

 

[BMeeley]

Loving the robot names... Wall-E is awesome!! I'll have to think of something clever when I pull the trigger and get mine. Good to know it can at least do a partial spa job. Will have to give that a shot and see what happens.

cheers

 

[crudsrus]

Yes, I do the same thing, drop the robot in the spa every so often. Not perfect, but gets most of the stuff. I have a pool blaster as well. I've used it a few times, but really found it to be quite useless. Another thing I used to do at my old house is just drain the spa into the pool and vac it out with a wet dry vac and then fill it back up.

Ditto.....drain spa into pool,clean spa- wet dry vac- refill with filtered water from pool. Works great on my pool/spa.

 

[Nursenini]

Loving the robot names... Wall-E is awesome!! I'll have to think of something clever when I pull the trigger and get mine. Good to know it can at least do a partial spa job. Will have to give that a shot and see what happens.

cheers

Yes! All robots deserve a fun name! Some of the ones on the forum that I know about are Mr T, Gillian, Hazel, Jeeves, and many more that I can’t think of at the moment. You can do a search for the thread that talks about robot names. It’s pretty fun!