I have a Hayward cleaner (suction side ) it stay in the pool pretty much all the time. I've taken it out a few times when I hosted large pool parties and it was not a hassle at all. One thing to remember is the hoses need to be layed flat and straight when out of the pool since they will take whatever shape they are stored in very quickly.

It use to plug into the skimmer but that pretty much made the skimmer usless so during the recent replaster on my pool, I had a suction side line added mid pool. It now has it's own dedicated line so I can split the suction and both the cleaner and the skimmer work at the same time .


my vote is for suction side cleaners.