We have a hayward navigator that is okay but needs constant babysitting and its driving me crazy. I'm wondering if a robotic cleaner will work as well as a suction side cleaner since our main drain is not functional. My reasoning is that without a drain, a suction cleaner is the only thing thats going to get the really fine stuff off the bottom. Maybe the robotics filters are extremely fine, but I just don't know. My other thought is that the robotic could stir up the fine particles enough that they'd eventually get into the skimmer. Unfortunately we only have one skimmer, and its at the end of a long pool. Plus there's a deep end, so I don't know if the particles would stay suspended long enough to get into the skimmer.
I know theres not an exact answer to this without trying it, but if anyone has thoughts (or experience) on this, I'd love to hear about it before I shell out a ton of money!
I know theres not an exact answer to this without trying it, but if anyone has thoughts (or experience) on this, I'd love to hear about it before I shell out a ton of money!