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You bought a swimming pool to have fun - not to give yourself more work. Maybe you find yourself spending time cleaning the pool instead of swimming and enjoying it.
Or maybe you bought one of those pool cleaners that work off your pool filtration system. Because your aboveground pool filtration system was only designed to filter your pool water and not to vacuum and clean your pool floor, you may have noticed that the filtration system doesn’t do a very good job and requires constant cleaning.
Besides, those bulky hoses get tangled; you’ve got to drag them out of storage, hook them up to the intake valve, and the cleaners tend to get stuck on the ladders, stairs, seams, drains and footprints. Making matters worse, they’re noisy and their wearable parts add up. Get yourself a Pool Rover Jr. today and enjoy complete, effortless pool cleaning at the touch of a button!
POOL ROVER Jr. WORKS WITHOUT THE HASSLE OF HOSES & OFFERS YOU SO MUCH MORE!
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from Farmingdale, NY on 7/17/2008
The Pool Rover doesn't clean as good As hoped. Leaves it will pick up but dirt and small stuff needs to be cleaned with a vaccum.
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from southeast missouri on 6/11/2008
I was really hesitant at first about spending the money for this as we'd never tried an automatic cleaner before, but after reading the reviews I took the plunge! It's the best money I've ever spent on the pool! The Pool Rover is simple to operate, basically just put it in the pool, turn it on and leave it alone. No more hand vacuuming the pool for me! The filter is easy to get to, easy to clean, and easy to put back on and in place. If you pay attention to the directions and operate it as advised, there are no problems with kinking cords. Our above-ground pool has a very uneven bottom and even with that the Pool Rover just keeps on truckin', up one hill and down the other. It picks up various sized items from leaves to the smallest insect. It's great to be able to enjoy a cleaner pool without having the hassle of hand vacuuming.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
WORKED GREAT FOR THE FIRST SUMMER I BOUGHT IT, THEN THIS SEASON I GOT IT OUT AND IT GOES A FEW FT THEN STOPS, BAG IS NOT FULL, NO HANG UPS BUT JUST STOPS. THIS IS MY SECOND AUTO CLEARNER AND BOTH DID THE SAME THING, IF YOUR OK WITH BLOWING[$]FOR ONE SEASON THEN BUY IT, IF NOT SAVE YOUR MONEY... I'VE ALSO NOTICED ALL OF THEM ONLY COME WITH A ONE YEAR WARRINTY. HUM
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Gray, TN on 7/17/2007
While this "robotic" pool cleaner's AI is limited to a timer setting the duration of its backward-and-forward motion, it is very useful. Doc Manhattan (what my wife and I have affectionately named our Pool Rover Jr.) is replacing a Hayward ladybug. The ladybug had great difficulty negotiating wrinkles and other flaws in the pool liner, and mysteriously stopped travelling forward. (Disassembly of the ladybug yielded no obvious clues as to its "bugs," and other bug owners have expressed similar issues to me.)
Where the ladybug falls short, the Pool Rover Jr. prevails. Doc Manhattan's best feature is its ability to navigate over pits and bumps with ease. The previous owners of my house had apparently installed the pool themselves, without first laying down sand or a Happy Bottom pool floor; then built a deck over top of the pool rim, leaving no way to remove the liner and correct the flaws. If your situation is similar, the Rover is the best automated cleaner.
Since the Rover uses an internal extremely-fine mesh bag to catch debris, pool cleaning no longer requires flooding a hose and fitting it onto the circulation system, and negates the need for frequent backwashing. However, this advantage is also a disadvantage. If your pool has a lot of debris, the Rover might need to be removed and its filter washed off many times during the first cleaning. This frequent diaper changing gets pretty annoying.
The Rover's only tether to dry land is a power cord, which the instructions strongly discourage you from using to lift the device. When you buy the Rover, you should also buy an Aquaduck or some other floating thermometer, and tie it to one of the handles with some nylon string. Use the thermometer to lift the Rover to the surface. Otherwise, you'll have to get into the pool to remove the Rover for cleaning.
Don't expect to be amazed by the intelligence exhibited by the operation of the Pool Rover Jr. Do expect to be pleased with the amount of work, water and chemicals this device spares.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Bunker Hill, WV on 7/17/2007
The Rover Jr. does what it is suppose to and cleans the pool with ease. The manual is easy to follow and operation is a breeze.
from Whitehall, PA on 7/3/2007
This product does the job. It saves you lots of time and it really does clean the bottom of your pool well. Easy to use too.