Curious if anyone has updates on experience especially those that have used multiple times?
Aiper Seagull Pro Review
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I received mine this week. Have used 2x.
Initial thoughts:
Worked well. It is heavy, but seems well-constructed. Picked up some 6" twigs along with leaves and some sand-like grit. Did not get stuck on drain covers and climbed walls.
Big advantage is I can leave now leave full suction to skimmer vs Hayward Navigator I've used for years. Also, do not have to run pump just to clean bottom.
Trying to decide where to store/charge most conveniently.
Initial thoughts:
Worked well. It is heavy, but seems well-constructed. Picked up some 6" twigs along with leaves and some sand-like grit. Did not get stuck on drain covers and climbed walls.
Big advantage is I can leave now leave full suction to skimmer vs Hayward Navigator I've used for years. Also, do not have to run pump just to clean bottom.
Trying to decide where to store/charge most conveniently.
Ahultin
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Mine is still going strong. I had been alternating daily between floor mode and wall mode . Today I tried auto mode again and it left several miscellaneous areas of floor to wall transition that remain untouched. I dropped it in prior to heading to an appointment so I didn't monitor where the disconnect occurs but the floor does look completely cleaned.
I'll try it again over the weekend and time it. I have a suspicion that 50% battery is not equal to 50% time
I'll try it again over the weekend and time it. I have a suspicion that 50% battery is not equal to 50% time
Good to hear and thanks for the responses. Sounds like you all plan to keep vs return? I almost switched and bought an Active 20 but i still really do not want to mess with cord wrapping etc....
Mine is still running at least once daily in floor only mode. Still doing a good job on the floor with only some minor missed dirt in one or two locations. In all fairness for that, missed places have more to do with the tracking path being thrown off by the shape of my pool. Picks up dirt, leaves, sand and hair well. What it misses is minor and not much more than a similarly timed run with my old Aquabot would miss.
Still waiting on the return shipping label. If that takes too much longer, it will go back regardless. It's been almost a week since I reported the problem.
Still waiting on the return shipping label. If that takes too much longer, it will go back regardless. It's been almost a week since I reported the problem.
I’ve finished 4 runs with mine (1 auto, 1 wall, 2 floor only)…each time it’s done quite a good job. But I do like running floor only and wall separately also, because it definitely feels more thorough.
Here’s a quick video showing the first run using auto mode which had debris from a week or so after my yard crew and some wind & rain.
It only missed leaf and I think it was due to using auto mode vs floor only, so it didn’t cover my floor as thoroughly as the following runs.
As others noted I really only see some missed areas when the routing path gets knocked off by the curvature & shape of my (very) non-rectangular pool. But when running in floor only mode, it covers my floor multiple times on one charge soo it’s just as good or better than my Anker Eufie robovac… it definitely does a far better job than my Polaris has in the past 6 months (since the pump started going out and clearly was not performing well at all).
On the following runs there was much much less to pick up, and in one case only had one visible leaf…so I left or running while I did other things…when it was done that Lead was gone!
Overall it’s picked up numerous small and mid-sized rocks, lots of dirt, and I don’t get a lot of leaves but it got them all, plus lots of stainless bristles from my dying brush (no longer using, but the Polaris stopped getting them), etc.
And the pool looked visibly brighter and more basil from our Kitchen windows as my wife made a comment! Which is testimony to how it either got the small dirt or at least helped kick it up so it could be filtered!
So I definitely plan on keeping it as it’s far superior than my Polaris, much much lower cost to operate, and probably lower cost overall than replacing my Polaris pressure side pump and burning that electricity ($20-$30 per month).
Here’s a quick video showing the first run using auto mode which had debris from a week or so after my yard crew and some wind & rain.
It only missed leaf and I think it was due to using auto mode vs floor only, so it didn’t cover my floor as thoroughly as the following runs.
As others noted I really only see some missed areas when the routing path gets knocked off by the curvature & shape of my (very) non-rectangular pool. But when running in floor only mode, it covers my floor multiple times on one charge soo it’s just as good or better than my Anker Eufie robovac… it definitely does a far better job than my Polaris has in the past 6 months (since the pump started going out and clearly was not performing well at all).
On the following runs there was much much less to pick up, and in one case only had one visible leaf…so I left or running while I did other things…when it was done that Lead was gone!
Overall it’s picked up numerous small and mid-sized rocks, lots of dirt, and I don’t get a lot of leaves but it got them all, plus lots of stainless bristles from my dying brush (no longer using, but the Polaris stopped getting them), etc.
And the pool looked visibly brighter and more basil from our Kitchen windows as my wife made a comment! Which is testimony to how it either got the small dirt or at least helped kick it up so it could be filtered!
So I definitely plan on keeping it as it’s far superior than my Polaris, much much lower cost to operate, and probably lower cost overall than replacing my Polaris pressure side pump and burning that electricity ($20-$30 per month).
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Ordered mine this AM. I think they are a bit behind in fulfilling so may be a few weeks but I will definitely update this thread with my thoughts / first impressions.
I ordered last Sunday and just today got notice that it shipped, FedEx tracking shows it arriving this Saturday so not too bad.
tcat
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I just got mine back, no shipping notification, just appeared. Charging now. Looks like a new one.
Mine went back for exchange today. We'll see how the replacement does when it arrives.
Vacuuming. Ugh.
Vacuuming. Ugh.
tcat
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First wall cycle 2 hrs 50 minutes. Made it around 2 perimeters (approx. 85' per). Only issue is it doesn't go up steps, but does move over 12" at a time doing the face of the bottom step. Doesn't know how to navigate this corner, just keeps getting bumped by the back wall so can't get past the corner. Does this until it gets you the corner:
A little shove and starts next round. Never thought I cared about walls or waterline, but this pulls in all the little bits stuck to the tile! Hope this one lasts!
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Mine shipped. Quicker than expected. Arrives Monday but I may not get it in the pool until Friday.
tcat
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Does anyone know if there are other drain clips that will prevent robot sticking? I've only found this: Main Drain Clip-On
My floor cycle got stuck 4 times.
My floor cycle got stuck 4 times.
tcat
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Basket result from floor only. I don't see anything remaining in pool. I'm running a cycle with my Aquabot to compare filtration. Biggest issue is stuck on drain, other than that it sure spins around a lot seemingly wasting run time. Picture of Aquabot filter in 3 hours. The arrow on dial could stand to be filled with white paint, very hard to see what it's set at (in going to do this).
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tcat
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tcat
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tcat
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I ran our first floor only cycle last night, my pool bottom didn't have much in it but i was pleasantly surprised to see fine granular sand/dirt picked up since that is what i was hoping for. In Arizona I don't have much of a leave issue, and the in ground cleaner does well, my expectation for a robot was as a replacement to weekly manual brushing, so far so good. It just finished recharging, I am going to run the wall mode now and see how it goes.
tcat
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Still getting stuck on drains, even with bump I put on bottom. Looks like a drain bumper is what my drains need. This thing works too well to send it back for this reason.
Ahultin
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Once I removed the risers on mine it does not seem to get stuck. I did notice that when it was getting stuck it was getting onto the drain ok but then high centering where all four wheels were not touching. With the solid pebble portion of my drain I beleive it was sucking itself down so it was unable to rock off. Maybe if you move your bumper mod all the way forward so it cannot traverse the drain in the first place?