Pool Cleaners

One of the chores you look forward to the least is pool cleaning, but swimming pool cleaners can offer you automation that will do away with some of the manual work. If you're wondering which type of pool cleaners will work best for your pool, you can arm yourself with good information before you buy. There are lots of pool vacuums available, and this may make it more difficult to decide on the model you want.

Automatic pressure pool cleaners use the pressure of water coming from your pump to operate. The pump they work from may be your main pump, or you can add a smaller, dedicated pump for the cleaner. The pressure drives the cleaner all around your pool, and it forces debris into the cleaner's bag. This model is handy since it won't suck debris into your main pump basket or pool filter, which means you won't have to clean those as often. If your pool is in a tree-filled area, or if a lot of debris ends up in your pool. This cleaner is an excellent way to go.

The positive aspects of a dedicated pump include the cleaner's ability to do a better job on your pool, rather than those run with a non-dedicated pump. These types of swimming pool cleaning units will last longer since running them off your main pump can cause them to run more slowly when your filter is

dirty. But pumps not dedicated to pool cleaners are easier to install, and you get away from the extra expense of installing two pumps.

The negative aspects of the pressure pool cleaner include the fact that it can't filter small particles through its bag, and it doesn't do a great job on the walls. The pressure side cleaners also don't act like moving drains, unlike pool cleaners of a suction-side type.

Suction side cleaners offer you another means of swimming pool cleaning. Suction makes them able to move and vacuum debris from the floor of the pool. They can act like a moving drain, pulling water through the filtration system and allowing you to clean more water in a shorter time span. Some of these suction cleaners can also scrub the walls of your pool. This cuts down on the frequency of manual cleaning and brushing. Since it beings debris straight to your main filter, it is able to remove finer particles than the pool cleaners that use bags. There is no need for extra pumps or more plumbing, so this type of cleaner is also cheaper to install.

Robotic pool cleaners are driven by small electric motors located inside the unit. The electricity comes from a small transformer plugged into a GFCI outlet. Robotic units also vacuum debris into your filter using a separate pump located inside the device. Most of them also have a computer chip that keeps track of any problems the cleaner has, and allows it to learn your pool's shape. Some models even have a remote control so that you can maneuver the swimming pool cleaners around the whole area, to spot clean areas it might have missed.