Hi folks, I am a new pool owner, and have been looking for suggestions for robotic vs vacuum (booster pump based) pool cleaners. We just bought a house with an inground pool, and while we have the previous owners booster pump - works fine, but the cleaner is missing. Based on reading a lot of forums it seems like the community largely tends to take robotic pool cleaners the pool guys at the local store seem to be very against them, and keep suggesting vacuum ones like polaris 380/quattro. I can't see much of a cost advantage to the vacuum ones especially if you add the cost of the booster pump (which is dated and might need to be replaced soon).
Wanted to get suggestions of robotic pool cleaners and understand the following:
- suggestions for which to buy - something that does it job and durable..
- do they also clean surface, or do you need to manually skim the surface regularly.
- are they really heavy to take out of the pool?
- how durable are they, how long do they last?
- do they have to be taken out of the pool after every use? (let's say we want a daily cleaning schedule - I don't know if that's what it should be)
how does all of this compare to vacuum cleaners?
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Wanted to get suggestions of robotic pool cleaners and understand the following:
- suggestions for which to buy - something that does it job and durable..
- do they also clean surface, or do you need to manually skim the surface regularly.
- are they really heavy to take out of the pool?
- how durable are they, how long do they last?
- do they have to be taken out of the pool after every use? (let's say we want a daily cleaning schedule - I don't know if that's what it should be)
how does all of this compare to vacuum cleaners?
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