Pool cleaners are used to clean away debris leaves and bugs from the swimming pool either manually or automatically so that your pool can be crystal clean and ready to be used. An automatic swimming pool cleaner can reduce your pool maintenance work, allowing you and your family more time to spend enjoying your pool.
How Automatic Pool Cleaners Work
Automatic pool cleaners are generally divided into 3 categories: suction side cleaners, pressure side cleaners and robotic cleaners.
- Suction side or vacuum-head automatic pool cleaners are attached to one of the suction ports in your pool. Usually, this port
is the skimmer and the suction is created on the underside of the cleaner, which moves randomly around the pool. As the automatic pool cleaner moves around the pool, debris is sucked up and the swimming pool is cleaned.
- Pressure side or booster pump automatic pool cleaners are attached to the pressure side of the circulation system. The water pumped back to the pool powers the unit in the pool cleaner, which can distribute clean, filtered water around the pool and suck the debris into its own bag so that the swimming pool is cleaned.
- Robot pool cleaners are the best type of automatic pool cleaners on the market. They are self contained electric cleaners. A typical robot pool cleaner has two motors: a pump motor which draws debris into the unit's filter and a drive motor which
moves the unit all around the pool. Normally, low voltage power is needed for the operation of a robot pool cleaner.
Popular Automatic Pool Cleaners
Dolphin, Polaris and Aquabot pool cleaners are a few popular brands of pool cleaners in the market today:
- The Dolphin brand of pool cleaners is made by Maytronics and mostly consists of robotic pool cleaners. Dolphin pool cleaners
have demonstrated high effective value for their ease of installation and comprehensive features. However, they
can require a relatively high capital investment. For example these pool cleaners can cost from $500 to over $1,000 for most
home pool units.
- The Polaris pool cleaner is often ranked the #1 automatic pool cleaner brand. Most Polaris pool cleaners are of the suction side or pressure side types. Polaris pool cleaners can range in prices from $200 to over $500.
- The Aquabot pool cleaner is one of the only few pool cleaners that can finish cleaning a pool within one hour. As the name says it, the Aquabot pool cleaner is also a robotic pool cleaner. Aquabot prices range from $500 to over $1,000.
As you can see, there are many choices and types of automatic pool cleaners in the market today. One of the first things you
need to do is figure out the size and shape of your pool and how quickly you want the pool to be cleaned. Automatic pool cleaner prices tend to vary based on how big of a pool you need to clean as well as other ease of use features. Definitely talk to a professional pool cleaner to get their advice on the best types of automatic pool cleaners for your pool.
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