Quote Originally Posted by steveinaz View Post
I'm not sure I understand the appeal of auto-cleaners. I spend about 30 minutes each Saturday with a good 'ol vacuum head and pole. No Kreepy-Krauly hanging out of the pool, getting caught on stuff, missing areas...etc. Then there is the initial expense/repair parts.

I don't get it? Do these devices really save you any time/effort?
It looks like your pool is 10,000 gallons, and it takes you 30 mins to clean it. Mine is 50,000... do the math and that's 2 and half hours of pole work. I can put the cleaner in the pool and forget about it. A few hours later, take it out and I'm done.