Vacuum cleaners for pools: types and selection criteria

Vacuum cleaners are not only industrial, construction, built-in, garden, but also water. They are designed for pool cleaning and maintenance. Our tips site will tell you about the types of pool vacuum cleaners and the criteria for choosing them.

Before the appearance of convenient modern assistants, in order to qualitatively clean the pool from contamination, it was necessary to completely drain the water from it by hand, use brushes and brushes to wash all surfaces. Long, tedious, tiring, additional water costs. Therefore, many pool owners immediately appreciated the advantages and benefits of using special vacuum cleaners..

Inside a vacuum cleaner operating under water, there is a pump that pumps liquid and, due to this, creates vortex flows. Debris and other contaminants enter the interior of the machine with water. They are retained by the filter, moving into a special bag or cartridge, depending on the design of the vacuum cleaner. The purified water returns to the pool..

This is an important plus of using vacuum cleaners – you do not need to drain the pool! Cleaned and can swim again.

All pool vacuum cleaners are divided into three types:

1. Manual. The cheapest are a plus. They work simply, they connect to a water supply system, usually a garden hose. The kit includes a telescopic handle to reach the most remote areas and brush along the bottom. Also included is a container or garbage bag. A landing net may also be included to collect what is left on the surface. The downside is that you have to operate the vacuum cleaner with your hands, that is, you still work, although without draining the water from the pool;

2. Semi-automatic vacuum cleaners. They are more convenient. Modes of water flow rate are switched automatically. In general, they are arranged in the same way as manual ones, that is, they have a garbage container, a water supply system. But their brushes are more complex, so the washing is better..

3. Robot vacuum cleaners. Our website sovetov.ru has already written about this kind of home helpers. They work without human intervention, completely immerse themselves under the water, go around obstacles, methodically bypass the entire perimeter along the bottom, and can move along the walls. Robot vacuum cleaners are controlled by a remote control, you can change the operating mode, program for certain actions. An additional plus of such devices is that they not only filter, but also disinfect water, that is, you can reduce the chlorine content in the pool.

Tips for choosing a pool vacuum cleaner:

• Pay attention to the material of the cleaning element of the device. For example, for a pool bowl made of brick or marble, foam brushes are needed, for rubber and prefabricated frames – PVC products;
• Hand vacuum cleaners are only suitable for pools with a volume of no more than 40 m³. For larger ones, either semiautomatic devices or robots are needed;
• Check for how long and how much work the brushes are designed for. They will wear out the fastest, especially if cleaning is done frequently. Practice shows that you have to change the brushes of vacuum cleaners at least once a year. Therefore, find out their price and availability from the seller;
• If the pool has a complex shape, semi-automatic vacuum cleaners may not cope with obstacles;
• If the pool is large, elongated, you will need a long cable so that the vacuum cleaner can clean all surfaces. And launch the device from the middle of the long side to ensure its maneuverability;
• Find out how to clean the filters after cleaning the pool, how often you need to change them. The whole process of cleaning the dustbin of the vacuum cleaner should be simple and convenient.

As for the most popular manufacturers, in our country there are vacuum cleaners for swimming pools of all three types from Intex, Bestway, LG, Aquabot, Zodiac. The price is different. The cheapest hand-held models of vacuum cleaners can be found for 1,500-4,000 rubles. Semi-automatic machines already cost from 7000 rubles, they can cost 17000. And the cost of vacuum cleaners-robots on average is 30,000-50,000 rubles. But many pool owners point out that such costs are justified, because you have to pay for the convenience and time savings.

By the way, some home craftsmen make do-it-yourself vacuum cleaners for cleaning pools. Savings – yes, but efficiency and convenience can be questionable.