I have always wanted an automatic pool cleaner but they were way too pricey. Most are around $500.00 or so dollars and I could not see spending that much money on something I could take the time to do myself...that is until I was browsing around eBay last week and found Hayward now makes a much cheaper model. I bought the Aquabug for $85.99 I tried it with my old vacuum hose and it was not long enough for the bug to work properly so I did end up spending another $40.00 on a new hose. Our old one needed replacing anyway as it had a couple of small pinholes in it.
The Aquabug goes around in circles and back and forth until it cleans the entire pool.
Our pool is a 16 x 32 and it has been about 2 1/2 hours since I hooked it up and the pool is almost entirely clean. I still have to brush off the steps and a little algae off the wall so the bug can get that up as well.
I am so going to enjoy this summer not having to hand vacuum every few days. Now if I could just teach it to make a nice cold drink!
