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The best part the motor pump is working fine and since there are no other Mechanical parts it has out lasted my past expensive robot pool cleaners.
Those pool cleaners that have wheel driven by a belt, those belts will break and or have gears from the motor to the wheels. Those gears to the wheels also break eventually costing more.
This is a simple design that works to clean less mechanical breakdown.
36 months cost is about 7 - 8 bucks so far. I thought I would need to get a new motor, but it is still working well.
I found out it has a safety notification if something gets stuck in the motor and stops it from moving to not damage the motor. It blinks off an on. So I flipped it over and found a string stopping the motor from spinning. I unscrewed the plastic filter that covers the motor, removed the string. Reattach the filter cover. And it worked like normal.
Update July 2018. Another season. And it is still working well for my pool. This has been underwater for several months constant and the motor still working and moving all around. My pool is about 15,000-17,000 gal inground salt water. Deep end is 6ft and slope up to 4ft deep. Shape of pool is rectangle and the rover does go up the curved edge to about 2 feet up.
First, all robotic pool cleaners will break eventually. So what has the most bang for the buck? I have had 3 pools at 3 homes and all used some kind of automatic pool cleaner.
Compare the 3 types. Pressure, suction and electric robot type.
I have used the booster pressure expensive Hayward cleaner, wheels and bags break down, and need a booster pump to run. Cost is about 500 bucks to buy, and Cost more $$ to run because of electricity of the booster, and loud pump. Wheels and the inside gears are expensive too. Cleaning is so- so, will get the small stuff but not the larger leaves. It can climb walls.
Suction type cleaner, like the kreppy krawly, hose that goes to your wier and straight to the pump. These can cost about 250 name brand. but I have had good luck with a generic one that was only 80 bucks in Amazon. It picks up well for the small stuff. But not the larger debris. It can climb the wall. So I still use this one, can only run when the pool pump is on. Less expensive, but does clog your filter faster, so get the canister attachment and put a fine mesh bag in it also.
Expensive, very expensive robotic pool cleaners. I have had the 500-1000k cleaners, I think 4 of them in my lifetime. The big name brands too, dolphin, Hayward, IRobot and aquabot . These clean the best and cost less to run and can run without your pool pump on.
But it cost so much money to buy, and the more complicated ones have more things to break down. The pump in these alone can cost 300$+ and real hard to replace and if the wheels are driven, it has belts that will go bad. My IRobot Vero had the belts replaced two times. One of my other Dolphin, the pump went out-Trash can it went since the motor is so expensive and the work to replace was so complicated to waterproof it again.
This one is a Aquabot jet style. This has a more simple design and no driven wheels by belts. I have owned two other Aquabot cleaners. The turbo jet, and Jr robot. The turbo jet was a great cleaner. I still see some on sale.
So they all will break,( look it up) , pay 1000+ or this one that cost me 200. If it only last a few seasons, why get the most expensive one? So I bought this one for 200 bucks. This one I was worried it wouldn't work with my small in ground pool. Two types of filter bags, the real fine micro fiber bag actually , will pick up alge for opening the pool for the season. But... Once it picks up alge, it makes the robot move slow and will eventually not move. Need to clean the bag a lot, like every 5 minutes. Now the second bag is the normal mesh, and and will hold sand and larger debris like leaves too. This one allows more filtration so the robot will move around fine. It has not stopped with this bag, and can go up the wall to its own length Only. But the jet will blow strong pressure water up the wall, so it can keep the walls somewhat clean that way.
Overall, I am happy with this purchase, and hopefully it will last more than a few seasons. But the only thing that can break will be the pump, and it looks easy enough to replace compared to the other expensive ones. The price for the motor list 129.98 part number 40-013.
My pool is about 17000 gals gunite in ground rectangle pool. It is the deepest 6ft, and has a slope. I will use my Aquabot when larger items are in my pool, and put it in the garage when not in use, and use my generic kreppy krawly suction more daily when not swimming in the pool.
