How much better are robots vs suction cleaners?

[keatz85]

How much swimming do you do in the winter where you live?

I dont swim much during the week but do on weekends.
Sometimes I won't swim for weeks.

Other times Ill use it every day.

None. We have frigid winters here in Central IL.

 

[Gladius Nova]

I think someone else here mentioned the same thing, but if my robot were to die tomorrow, instead of using my suction cleaner, I will be online ordering another and pay for expedited delivery!

 

[mjnorman]

Ooh this is a hot thread!

I've been having trouble out of my old kreepy krauly getting stuck on my stairs. I'm wondering since most people in this thread seem to have IG pools, how do you think having AG pool changes the discussion?

I recently changed from wedding cake stairs to a smaller footprint Confer ladder in hopes that it might solve the getting stuck problem...it didn't. I have a G3 on the way since my kreepy krauly is ages old and have thought about going robot, just not sure on the upfront cost.

 

[DjEclipse]

Ooh this is a hot thread!

I've been having trouble out of my old kreepy krauly getting stuck on my stairs. I'm wondering since most people in this thread seem to have IG pools, how do you think having AG pool changes the discussion?

I recently changed from wedding cake stairs to a smaller footprint Confer ladder in hopes that it might solve the getting stuck problem...it didn't. I have a G3 on the way since my kreepy krauly is ages old and have thought about going robot, just not sure on the upfront cost.

Neither my older Zodiac Vortex 3, the AquaVac 650 or the Dolphin M600 got stuck on my stairs of the inground pool.

Here is a video of the M600 on my stairs.

I would think it would act the same way on the wedding cake type stairs.

The only type of stairs I could see being a problem is the stairs whwre it could end up under the stairs and be stuck between the stairs and pool wall of the above ground pool. But with the wedding cake style there is no space for it to get trapped.