Robotic versus other Pool Cleaners

[gwrace1]

I can't speak for other robotic pool cleaners. My only experience is with the Pool Rover. It does such a great job of cleaning the pool we never have to do any manual cleaning. We have a 26K gallon 33' round above ground pool. IMHO two of the best purchases I've made for the pool have been the Aquarite and Pool Rover.

I purchased our New Pool Rover off Ebay from a pool dealer last year for $280.00.

I just wanted to update this post. I've now been a pool owner for 3 years. During that time I've gone through 3 pool rovers. Two were new and one was bought for spare parts. I've had failures in the transformer controller box, two pumps on the rovers and plugs coming out of the socket on the power box. The cord also twists and tangles with every run requiring a manual unwind. When they are working they do a great job but reliability and quality leave much to be desired with these expensive items.