Will a suction side cleaner get caught on pylons in the pool?

[AUSpool]

Will a suction side cleaner like a Rebel2 get caught up on pylons that come up through the pool or would it be able to untangle its self and get on with the job? We have two pylons that are plaster covered concrete pillars that act as foundations for posts that hold up the house and roof above.

I manually vac pools all day. Not my favorite part of the job, but it keeps my business growing. At home I would never give up my robot and would just as soon fill in the pool than live without it. I’ve intentionally setup my pool so I don’t have to interact with it much….Since I deal with them all day, when I get home I don't want or NEED to. It’s setup to take care of itself for the most part (thankfully)…I would also never let a robot live in the pool 24/7. It goes in and comes out when called on. Mine is 7 years old and going strong…needs a track replacement but that will be next year.

@Lake Placid I saw the post above and thought if you’ve seen that many pools without cleaners you’ve probably seen similar with cleaners and come across the scenario above?

 

[ajw22]

Will a suction side cleaner like a Rebel2 get caught up on pylons that come up through the pool

Yes.

or would it be able to untangle its self and get on with the job?

No, I have not seen any cleaner that is smart enough to untangle it self.

They just use brute force backup valves to try and yank the cleaner off of where it is stuck.

 

[Lake Placid]

@ajw22 nailed it. Corded/suction cleaners aren’t smart enough to realize they are tangled and need to back up the way they came through to untangle themselves. Your best bet in that scenario is a cordless robot. I’ve got accounts that have Aiper cordless cleaners and are very happy with them. I’m sure there are plenty of reviews here of other cordless robots as well.

 

[AUSpool]

Thanks ajw22 and Lake Placid. I’ve always kind of thought that was the case. There wasn’t much info from the search function but now there is. A cordless robot would be the cleaner of choice but they are not in the budget for this pool.