Aiper Surfer S2?
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As matter of fact I’m running it at this very moment
. No complaints although it is my first skimmer so I have nothing to compare it to. 
Katodude
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Can you start a separate thread on the S2. I would love to hear about its performance.
Most importantly I am interested if it dumps out some debris while going in reverse. Also how well does it get to the whole pool.
Most importantly I am interested if it dumps out some debris while going in reverse. Also how well does it get to the whole pool.
I’ve never seen mine do this. Is that a problem with the original Surfer? The basket design was changed on the S2…wonder if that’s why?
Katodude
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It’s a minor problem on the Betta’s. Wondering how the Surfer acts.
Also if it gets stuck on a pool skimmer.
Also if it gets stuck on a pool skimmer.
I had the original Surfer S1 and sent it back because it would last through the day just fine after a charge. It had plenty of charge at sun down. Then it would drain the battery keeping wifi going through the night. The battery was completely dead in the morning and by the time the sun was going down it wasn't charged enough to turn on and get to work. To be fair it was winter and the days were short (not that short as I'm in south Texas). I preferred the motion for my pool as it did a better job at getting the debris on the wall. It missed it, but turned sharply and as it moved away from the wall it "happened" to blow the debris off the wall to be picked up later. It also is a good looking skimmer - much better looking than the betta ( Super minor stuff counts too right?). I would love to know your experience with the run time without charging for your S2. Can you just leave it in 24/7 and have it do it's job with no charging?
I got the betta SE Plus and it does a great job at running all day and half the night. It blips around and still does some skimming in the early morning and gets to full work an hour or so after the sun comes up. Really the only complaint I have on the betta SE Plus is the backwards motion that lets out the very small debris that it had picked up. It's not a deal breaker as it will clean up after itself and my pool is nearly always free of debris. I have had the betta SE Plus for 7 months now and have charged it twice - once when new and once when I took it out for freezing temps.
I just got my Aiper Surfer 2 and so far I love it. To answer your question about debris dumping in reverse, mine has not. It has a flapper door keeps debris from coming out. I have a very simple pool, no steps or ledges. At first it didn't bother with the skimmer, but then it was sideways right in front of the skimmer. It came with a pool noodle which I then put in the skimmer and haven't had any problems since. It gets the corners and edges and so far it's been great. It's just so shocking to find the pool looking pristine without us having to skim it. Edit: one other thing I forgot to mention is that it has an app for your phone if you're interested. I'm not a big app person, but I decided to try it. It doesn't do a whole lot, it keeps track of how many cleaning hours it's done each time it's started up, or logs that show a total use time. It does have where you can put it in standby if you wanted. But what I like is the remote control on the app. It works great if you wanted to move the skimmer to a particular spot. I don't see using it much but right now it's kinda fun
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Bad news again! I bought my S1 06 July '24. Sadly it was resting 5' from the wall yesterday with the red light blinking. Took it out and did all the normal revival stuff with no success. This will be the second return in less than a year for me. I can limp along on warranty but this doesn't bode well for the long term. Unless something changes dramatically I think I'm going to go back to a corded version and use the under ground tube back to a wall outlet I installed through the slab when I built the house. Robin's (wife) not happy with this approach since it means the cord replaces the old hose from the old style cleaner. I hope this trend doesn't continue with battery operated devices... we're picking up our new Tesla today.
Chris
*** Edit -just realized this is the S2 thread. Probably good for readers here to know but don't want to hijack this so please respond on the S1 Thread here.***
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