WYBOT Robotic Pool Cleaner - Osprey 300 Pro (Open Box)

This was purchased because the motorized cleaner attached to my in-ground pool’s intake hose did a poor job of covering more than 20% of the pool’s floor and it was taking a lot of my time to make the necessary adjustments each day to clean the pool floor—this included brushing all the dirt into the area the cleaner is happiest. This Wybot, on the other hand, is just ingenious: There are no motors on the wheels of the Wybot to move it about , which obviously reduces costs. Instead, the vacuum intake from the center bottom of the Wybot draws in the dirty water, and traps the dirt behind a screen. Then the cleaned water is forced out of one of two, gated portals (one center front, the other center back). That water being pushed out forces the robot to be propelled across the pool floor. It goes for 10-15 seconds, then the opposite side portal gets the outflow and the robot is pushed in the other direction. This will go on for 90 min to 2 hours, with the pathway completely random, but with the entire bottom of the pool cleaned in the time it takes to exhaust the battery. Just hoist out the vacuum by the handle floating on the pool surface, take the bottom off and rinse the (considerable) collected dirt from the tray, and connect the battery in the robot to power to recharge it. This feels like it would be great for an above ground pool since it doesn’t clean the rounded transitions between the pool floor and side walls. It is not sophisticated electronics, but it is surprisingly effective at a low cost. As long as you don’t expect Roomba-level logic in an underwater vacuum, you should be very happy with this.