lulupalooza said:
Thanks for the link Alice!
Yes, it was one of flannel lined looking ones. I thought it seemed kinda thick for a bag. I ended up washing that thing a gazillion times! It didn't pick up large stuff. Tough my pool wasn't green, it wasn't sparkling. It was picking up algae gunk off the bottom. I had mainly those blasted pine needles. At least I won't end up with the neighbors oak leaves! Its the kind with tiny leaves/acorns. Its fully loaded and ready to drop,LOL I got just about all the pine needles out and got it covered. WHEW!
I will try one of the mesh bags- kinda like the one that comes with the polaris is what I am looking for.
Howdy Laura
A friend of mine has virtually nothing but ancient Junipers all around her pool and property. The small back yard is totally decking and pool with a solid fence that traps everything in there so the wind can't even help clear some out. The decking is always cluttered with the Juniper litter and it gets hung in everything but also passes through the pump basket eventually clogging up the impeller on her pump, and other things.
It is a real challenge and they are both disabled seniors so they can't really keep up with it. Unless people deal with that it's hard to believe the mess and upkeep needed.
It's good that you now have time to research bags. I think the Pool Rover Jr is the little brother of the Aquabot Turbo T-Jet (or Vero 300 like mine). I think the PRjr only comes with the fine bag but the Aquabot, normal mesh bag could work with it, unless there is a difference in size of bags. The major issue, as I can see it is the cost of the replacement bags, which are really expensive, especially if you want to test a bag before committing. The NastyBag lets a bit more water through (a little coarser filtering) but not nearly as much as the regular mesh bag does.The NastyBag does pick up fine sand/silt but doesn't clog quite as fast as the flannel bag. The regular Aquabot mesh bag is close to the Polaris regular bag in terms of mesh size. I'll check them out today and take a picture. The less resistance the pump has pushing water through the bag the better it will pick up. At least, that's the case with the PRjr's big brothers.
Over the winter, you might want to ask friends, with pools, what cleaners they have to see if you could borrow an Aquabot mesh bag to test.
I don't see the Pool Rover Jr. on the list on the NastyBag site but you can ask them if their bags will fit; the contact link is at the bottom of page listing Robots that bags will fit.
It might be a good idea, too, to contact Aquabot about the interchangeability of bags for different models.
gg=alice