What pool cleaner? Opinions Needed

[Newdude]

Today that or equivalent models are more than $1K which would translate to more than $50 per month

I would be head over heels happy with $50 a month. I'd need 20 months of use and with short seasons, they're just not lasting 5 years right now.

 

[markayash]

My SWG died after ~6 years, but it wasn't the cell that died- the power unit croaked, so they both needed replacing and I couldn't get the same form factor anymore, so I would've had to plumb in a new generator. I opted to go back to liquid chlorine and tablets. Their cost was less (this was before chlorine doubled in price) and the effort of hauling around 40lb bags of salt was worse than hauling around 32lb boxes of chlorine.

Finding liquid chlorine around my house is
Almost impossible when HD has it it’s around $8 a gallon or more