Just installed new above ground by myself

[Watermom]

I have that Polaris that Anna is talking about. It is the Polaris 65. (It is a pressure side cleaner that attaches to the pool return jet.) I like it fine --- for some things. It does a good job of picking up big stuff like leaves, twigs, 'helicopters' from the maple trees, etc. I use it upon opening in the spring when all the debris is falling from the trees. I also use it in the fall when the leaves start dropping. But, it does not do a good job getting dust and dirt. Other than opening and closing, I don't use it. The rest of the summer I either vac by hand which is the fastest way to do it and actually does the best job and I actually kind of enjoy it. (I do it while in the pool. It is hard to vac a big AG pool from outside the pool -- for me, at least.) I also have a "Wanda the Whale" automatic vac that walks around the floor. (It is a suction side cleaner which means that it has a plate that goes inside the skimmer basket.) Wanda does do a good job of getting the dirt.

[BigDave]

I have a Robo-Kleen cleaner, it's powered by a transformer (that stays outside the pool) connected by a long cable. It has it's own pump the pulls water and debris from the pool floor into it's internal filterbag. It goes back and forth over the floor with some apparently random turns. It gets leaves and sticks as well as fine sand. It doesn't climb walls and doesn't brush. I'm on my second unit, the first lasted three years but I was happy enough with its service that I bought another.

As far as I'm concerned, it pays for itself each time I use it.