Above Ground pool vacs

[Watermom]

Hi, Reefdiver, and welcome! I am not familiar with the pool rover or pool rover, jr. Hopefully someone will come along and read your post who is, though.

I have two different vacs for my AG pool; each serves a different purpose.

1. Polaris 65 --- good for picking up large debris off the pool floor -- twigs, "helicopters" off the maple trees, etc. Not good at picking up dust, dirt because as its tail swooshes around the pool, it stirs the dirt up into suspension. This is the cleaner I use early in the season when everything is falling from the trees and then late in the summer early fall when some of the leaves start to fall. (This is a pressure side cleaner.)

2. Wanda the whale --- walks slowly around pool floor and does a great job of getting the dust, dirt. This is the one I use most of the time throughout the summer. I can throw Wanda in the pool in the morning and let her do her thing. Then, later in the day when I am ready to swim, the pool is clean! (This is a suction side cleaner.)

i still do use my manual vac, too. It is the fastest way to clean the pool. So, if I get in the pool and notice it is dirty, I can drag the manual vac out and clean it up in about 15 minutes or so. Neither of the other cleaners can do it that quickly.

[Reefdiver]

Thanks for the reply and hello!

I believe that the Polaris 65 is the same as the Superturtle right? Well one of the problems I was having was that the little filter that goes on the end of the hose was missing! I found it on the floor of the shed and reinstalled and it is working a little better now! The Turtle still does not clean the way I wish it would, it seems to stay in one spot and never seems to clean the back of the pool. This is a great concept as I have said, working off the return is just a great way to vacuum! So many things that can happen in the intake if you do not pay attention.

Well as I have said I am going a different route, I am going with either the Rover Hybrid or the Rover Jr. I really cannot find out what separates the Jr from the Hybrid, but there is about a $100 difference so there must be something! I do like the fact that these are supposed to be programable and run off a 120v cord rather than messing with pool hoses! The Superturtle is the best vac I have used to date but for me still lacking that total clean I am looking for. I am hoping a Rover owner can pop in here and give me a little info on whether or not this thing actually works or not!

[swimlane]

I have not used either but in researching different ones, I found this ... I hope that helps
Quoted from http://www.poolsupplyworld.com/pools...OOLROVERJR.htm
"regarding the differences between the Aquabot Pool Rover Jr. and the Aquabot Pool Rover Hybrid.

The Pool Rover Jr. is designed for above ground, flat bottom pools, while the Pool Rover Hybrid is designed for bowl-shaped above ground pools (with inclines up to 30 degrees), but can also be used with in-ground pools.

The Hybrid cleans pools up to 40' in one hour, while the Pool Rover Jr. cleans pools up to 30' in 30 minutes. Both cleaners filter down to 2 microns, operate at 24V, have a 19 quart capacity filter bag and include a 40' non-corroding Kevlar power cable."

[Reefdiver]

I have not used either but in researching different ones, I found this ... I hope that helps
Quoted from http://www.poolsupplyworld.com/pools...OOLROVERJR.htm
"regarding the differences between the Aquabot Pool Rover Jr. and the Aquabot Pool Rover Hybrid.

The Pool Rover Jr. is designed for above ground, flat bottom pools, while the Pool Rover Hybrid is designed for bowl-shaped above ground pools (with inclines up to 30 degrees), but can also be used with in-ground pools.

The Hybrid cleans pools up to 40' in one hour, while the Pool Rover Jr. cleans pools up to 30' in 30 minutes. Both cleaners filter down to 2 microns, operate at 24V, have a 19 quart capacity filter bag and include a 40' non-corroding Kevlar power cable."

Thanks for taking time to post this. I had a feeling that the Hybrid meant something like it could be used in an above ground pool aswell as an aboveground. I have a flat bottom 54" high Lomart ABG pool, I think the Rover JR will be fine and I think I am going to order it right now! I will be sure to post my review when I get the results! Thanks