<p>Planning to buy a Robot in ground Pool Sweeper that will climb the walls and steps. Currently is using a hand vaccum, time consuming and labor intensive.</p>
<p>Looked up prices on the internet and it came with many varieties and prices. Generally a decent one costs $600 new.</p>
<p>Should I buy the electrical one independent of pool filters or using the filter system to power the sweeper? Any brand recommendations? Success or failure stories?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>We use a Polaris, which is powered by a booster pump connected to the pool’s filtering mechanism. However, what it vacuums up goes into a bag, not the pool filter. This is important for us as we tend to get a lot of leaves in our pool. </p>
<p>It works pretty well at keeping the pool clean. It needs occasional adjustments and replacement of rubber parts, and of course the booster pump occasionally needs maintenance/replacement. Our setup would be improved by a separate timer for the booster pump–as it is, it goes on whenever the pool pumps are running which is more than necessary. </p>
<p>We inherited it from the previous owners of our home, so didn’t do any comparison shopping–there might be better, less expensive options out there.</p>
<p>I second Polaris, just purchased a new one at end of last season, i forget which model…Had a polaris at last home, and never had to replace anything in 5 years…That said, you do need a booster pump as mentioned above…Their are very good ones that cost abit more that run solely on electricity,imho, better then Polaris,but much costly…If you don’t have a booster pump, then the cost difference is negligible</p>
<p>here is alink i used from last year</p>
<p><a href=“404 page”>http://www.pool-cleaner-reviews.com/</a></p>
<p>We had one (sorry I don’t remember the brand) that went into the filter. It worked fine for us, be we were only sweeping up dust, pollen, and a few bugs. If you have leaves, I think that would be problematic. In fact, when we had the random leaf, it wouldn’t even go up the wand.</p>
<p>When I used to have a pool, I used an Aquabot, which runs off of electricity ( it has its own small pump on board). You will save a lot of money by not having to run the pool’s pump. Highly recommend the Aquabot.</p>
<p>Running the pool vac at the same time as pool filter is running cost not a cent more…But running the Aquabot in addition to the pool filter running WILL cost you more, as you are running 2 pieces of equipment on 2 seperate electric connections…i have built 2 pools and attached spas in 10 years at 2 differnt houses, and know much more about pools then is necessary,lol…</p>
<p>Well, I don’t have a booster pump, what that will cost me? How can I install it without digging the concrete patios? And how to identify a booster pump in the first place? Lol… A total pool novice.</p>
<p>ok, here is a link describing a pressure side pool vac …</p>
<p>[Pressure</a> Side Automatic Pool Vacuum Cleaner | Pool Vacuum Guide](<a href=“http://www.poolvacuumguide.com/pressure-side-automatic-pool-vacuum-cleaner/]Pressure”>http://www.poolvacuumguide.com/pressure-side-automatic-pool-vacuum-cleaner/)</p>