How well does it work for an in ground vinyl liner pool?
1878503
I have a vinyl liner pool 10m x 5m, with steps on one of the long sides. It works well cleaning the buttom, and mine actually climbes the sides and clean the waterline as advertised. It even climbes the steps once in a while, but because of the size of the step, the work done here is minimal. I usually wipe the dirt on the steps to the buttom of the pool, to ensure that it takes most of the debris. I am very satisfied with it for now :-)
1878504
Works great in a inground vinyl liner pool, cleans great and climbs up the walls to the waterline
1878505
I've been using mine for about 5 months. 2 months in the New England fall. And 3 months of Spring and summer. It comes with 2 sets of filters and the paper cartridge filter works better than the screen large debris filter for every way use. Our pool is a vinyl liner pool 18 x 38 with an 8' deep end 3' shallow end. Overall the vacuum works above average. I find the biggest problems I have with it are steps (it's too big to do anything), any angled areas where the angle is greater than 90, like where our side slopes meet the bottom in the deep end I notice the robot floats over these rather than track and scrub. Also occasionally does it got the water line. They advertise that it will climb the wall and scrub the waterline, don't plan on it. It's strengths far out way it's weaknesses. The filter sensor works phenomenal. And I have it set to go 1 hr every day.
724389
We tried it on our vinyl lined pool and it did not work. Would disconnect from the pole often. We returned it.
71482
Definitely do not use on vinyl liner! This is ok for Gunite or concrete/cement pools.The bristles will put holes in a vinyl liner. Use a nylon bristle brush for vinyl liners.
988985
The Water Tech Catfish vaccum is great for above-ground pools. That is what I have. It does not hurt the liner. So far ,I have no problems with it.
1108179
The pool I have is an above ground with hard sides. It did not do any damage or snag the liner of the pool. The piece of equipment has rounded edges and wheels that help it glide around the sides or the pool with ease.
873260
I have a 16' X 4' round Intect soft side vinyl liner pool and use it for that. It works reasonably well; however, I found that since I have about an inch of sand under the pool's bottom as a cushion, footprints left from bathers make vacumming the bottom a bit tricky. The lumps left don't permit the head to glide smoothly across the bottom and multiple passes are needed at times to pick up the debris, etc. It would work well on a smooth bottom above ground pool.
1727239
I used it with that exact pool. It worked great. You set up the pool and let it fill. Then screw the braces on the side right above the pool ledge. Wait til it's full. Otherwise, the frame sinks a little and the braces aren't sitting on the ledge. I am using it with an INTEX 20ft X 52in and it works great with that, I just moved the braces.
1586434
Good question, as I had the same concern (most seemed to be for in ground pools). I have an above-ground pool and this works great in it.
1298787
Our pool is 7/8th of the way in-ground and it has a liner. The pool rover works well getting all around the pool as it cleans the bottom. It does not go up the walls. It picks up everything but the finest silt though. Our pool filter takes care of that when there is a lot of activity in the pool. Overall, it makes the job of pool cleaning so much easier! It works much better than our old cleaner which hooked up to the filter system. Hope this helps.
266383
No the liner is too big for that. Use this one Intex 12-Foot by 30-Inch Metal Frame Pool Set (Discontinued by Manufacturer) It is also cheaper too. Good luck
770985
I used this item for my inground concrete pool. I do not recommend it for vinyl liner. This item is made of hard plastic and it is pretty heavy. It might damage the vinyl liner when you push back and forth with some pressure.
988986
Its great for above ground pools. It does not hurt the liner. Living in AZ i get a lot of dust and have to clean the microfilter frequently or it slows the suction.
1959717
My pool is in Florida, so I have no idea how the vinyl liner would hold up under a lot of freezing temperatures. I would check out vinyl lifespans under extreme temperatures. As for maintenance. I have no deck around the pool and believe maintenance is easier without a deck. I believe kneeling down to scoop leaves off the bottom or surface is more stressful than standing. I do not plan on a deck for my pool.
2054642
I have a vinyl pool and it works great on that. I also don't have the max amount of suction and it still works well for me. If the sides of my pool needed a lot of attention, then I don't know if I would be as happy with it. Only occasionally do I see it climbing the sides.
1821633
I think the only difference between using it in a vinyl vs a concrete pool is the type of pads on the feet. Cork for vinyl and some type of rubber compound for concrete.
1719195
this will work between any liner the magnates are fairly strong. I have two of them at each end of the 24x12 pool above ground pool they work great.
918214
Absoluely, this works great for in ground pools. I bought one for my 10,000 gal pool with a 1 hp pump running on 220. excellent product.