What Is The Best Robotic Pool Cleaner?

"What is the best robotic pool cleaner?" - while this is a very popular question, there are no straight answers. It is not black and white.

Each cleaner has its pros and cons. And as such, the answer will depend on your pool and your preferences.

Lots of leaves and larger debris?

If your pool gets lots of large leaves and debris, then you should consider a robotic pool cleaner that uses a canister or a cartridge filter for filtration.

The best options are the Zodiac's range of cleaners as they have powerful cyclonic suction and larger filter capacity.

Super fine dust?

While most robotic pool cleaners can handle sand and finer particles, not all of them can handle fine dust well.

If very fine dust is a major issue, you should consider a robotic pool cleaner that has a very low filtration porosity - around 5 microns or less.

Here are some options:

Tiled pool?

For most pool cleaners, tiled pools are the toughest ones to handle because of the slippery surface and tight corners and angles.

Robotic pool cleaners are generally good in all pools, but for tiled pools, you should consider a cleaner that has been configured specifically for tiles.

Here are some options:

Vinyl lined pool?

Although most robotic cleaners will work well in this type of surface, they can be harsh and apply too much pressure while working on the walls.

You wouldn't notice it straight away, but with time this can slowly damage the surface on the walls. For this reason, you would be much better chosing a cleaner that only works on the floor, like the ones below:

Lightweight?

An important factor to consider is the weight of the pool cleaner. Despite their great performance, some robotic cleaners are heavier than what some people could comfortably handle.

If this is important for you, the cleaners below are designed to be lightweight.

Here are some options:

Other Considerations:

• Cable length: Limits the area the cleaner can cover.
• Transportation caddy: Helps moving the cleaner in, or out if you don't want to leave it in the pool.
• Timer: Convenient feature, if you want to go away for example.