Robotic Pool Cleaners

When discussing pool maintenance and cleanliness, there is no such thing as “too clean.” Whether you have an above ground pool, an in ground pool, or a hot tub and spa setup, they should be cleaned regularly, not only for sanitation and aesthetic reasons, but also to protect your investment. The fact is pool and hot tub maintenance does require some effort on your part, although the majority of pool maintenance can be managed without professional help. Most of the pool‘s maintenance chores need to be done on a regular basis to ensure that the pool is clean and safe for use throughout the swimming season.

Although many people still manually vacuum their pools floor and sides as part of their pool maintenance, technological advances have resulted to the delight of pool owners, automated pool cleaner devises whose purpose is to collect debris and sediment from pools with minimum human intervention. The development of robotic pool cleaners allows owners to now spend more time enjoying their pool and less time cleaning it.

If you don’t want to manually vacuum your pool, there are three main types of automatic cleaners: suction, pressure and robotic pool cleaners. Royal Pools & Spas carries a full line of maintenance equipment including robotic pool cleaners.

The Mercedes Benz Of Automatic Pool Cleaners: Robotic Pool Cleaners

Robotic pool cleaners are often referred to as the Mercedes Benzs of automatic pool cleaners! Robotic pool cleaners are enormously popular in recent years among pool owners not only because of performance and automation, but also for their eco-friendly aspects. Although slightly more expensive to purchase relative to pressure-side pool cleaners and suction-side automatic pool cleaners, they are a great time saver scrubbing, cleaning, and vacuuming while automatically navigating the pool’s sides, bottom, and corners. In addition, robotic pool cleaners are designed with their own filtration system, thus acting as a secondary filter within the pool.

Some automatic pool cleaners are self-contained while others attach to the pool’s pump or filter system. The self-contained filtration of robotic pool cleaners actually eases wear and tear on your pump and filter. Many robotic pool cleaners are electronic requiring a standard 110-volt electrical supply. However, their design engineers created a built-in transformer that steps the power down to a safe, simple 24-volt device. Although there are numerous designs, many automatic pool cleaners are programmable and/or able to be operated by remote control, making your efforts to maintain a clean pool all the easier.

Royal Pools & Spas Inc., located in 4 locations in New Hampton, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie or Highland offers a selection of excellent automatic, robotic pool cleaners from top brand names in the industry including Hayward and Maytronics for both in ground pools and above ground pools.  The Dolphin T15 is a robotic pool cleaner that scrubs and vacuums the pool’s floor and lower wall basin with its own built in pool pump and filter system that requires no installation. You will like the SmartKleen, with its high performance/low energy engineering since it uses very little power, costing just pennies to operate.

We also have the Tiger Shark QC and the Tiger Shark Plus by Hayward. Both these robotic pool cleaners have self-contained, easy to clean filter cartridges with unique on-board computer programing that provides superior efficiency with less effort. The TigerShark models reaches everywhere, including the bottom, sides and steps of the pool. The TigerShark Plus, with its preset seven-hour cleaning cycle and optional hand-held wireless remote control, will also maneuver around the pool with ease or spot clean when a full cleaning cycle is not required. Dolphin T35 & T55i (Bluetooth capable) have  brushes that are gentle enough for vinyl lined or fiberglass pool, but rough enough for concrete pools. Its all-purpose filter bag, which is one of the biggest in the industry, will hold all those acorns, leaves, and fine debris its quad port-brush-to-port suction vacuums up from your pool.

Our Royal Pools & Spas sales representatives will explain more of the features and differences among the automatic pool cleaners we carry and help you choose the most appropriate robotic pool cleaner for your budget and preferences. Give our pool experts at call at one of our Royal Pools & Spas Inc. stores.