My Jamaican friend keeps his pool at 85°F. I asked if he was cooking something?
Ideal for me is 74° to 82°F.
Currently, it is 91°F outside with a feels-like temp of 101°F due to 59% Humidity. The pool is 80°F at the moment. Clear skys abound.
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San Diego is a favorite of mine. I love the beaches there. 
Maybe your blood is mostly pooled in your… consciousness. 
Yeah, the West Coast has the sunshine and the girls all get so tanned. I dig a French bikini on Laguna dolls by a palm tree in the sand.
Mostly dudes on boards in the water, though, with wetsuit de rigeur!
Sounds like you’re squared away, brother, good to hear. 
Definitely dig the do-it-yourself. ‘Keep moving,’ is advice I take seriously!
Yep SD is outstanding and … I hope, haven’t checked … still relatively sane.
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Yes on all counts. Seems the dry air keeps girls/women and antique cars young.
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How’s this one?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1161959454/degrii-zima-pro-ultrasonic-radar-cordless-pool-cleaner?ref=discovery&term=zima
It is a cordless, app control, radar path planning pool robot built by Degrii (Wyze thermostat supplier)
If Wyze made it, I’d get it. The Radar bit is pretty cool, and app control. I am a little hesitant of battery operated pool cleaning robots. I haven’t had the best experience with them, but I’m not completely opposed to them either.
I like the removable baskets. I guess if you can only have one kind, then getting an ultra fine filter is the way to go, but it would be nice to have different sizes available.
The price is really good for everything it has!
For pool recommendations:
I saw 3 new pool robots on the market recently.
The first one is called Wybot, and it’s on Kickstarter. The solar charging feature seems sleek, but I’m really concerned about the charging efficiency.
The second one is called Zima Degrii. I love the episode “Zima Blue” from “Love, Death & Robots.” They’re the first ones to implement ultrasonic radar and path planning. I want to buy it, but the Kickstarter campaign has ended.
The third one is called Lydsto. It has an auto-recharge feature. The price also seems reasonable, but I’m just curious why there are so few backers? For me, I feel auto-recharge is a game-changer for all cordless pool robots.
Another Decent price on the solar panel Wybot. I agree about the charging efficiency concern. I won’t if it has settings to limit it to only start after the battery hits 100%.
I like the Google and Alexa compatibility on it.
Any battery ones need to definitely make sure the battery is easy to replace because batteries lose their effectiveness fairly quickly.
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I’ve noticed that the latest trend in pool robots is shifting from corded to cordless models, similar to what happened with vacuum cleaners. Dolphin has been a dominant player in the market since the 1980s, but their product innovation has been relatively slow.
The main question regarding cordless pool robots is whether designers should prioritize improving path-planning or developing auto-recharge features. On one hand, more efficient path-planning would reduce the time spent cleaning, while on the other hand, auto-recharge could compensate for less sophisticated path planning.
So, if we were to put it to a vote – path-planning versus auto-recharge – which one do you think would come out on top?
I like this topic, but my Barracuda has served me well over 19 years.
Zodiac G3 Automatic Suction-Side Pool Cleaner Vacuum for In-ground Pools https://a.co/d/fPU2rqe
This is a suction-side pool cleaner, and you’re right, it’s super reliable. I used to have a similar one, but I felt the cleaning performance wasn’t good enough. Most importantly, it requires a water pump to work with it.
The reason I’m looking for a pool robot is that I believe it can do a better job cleaning the pool while also saving energy.
Why not both?
The downside of a battery unit is that it requires long recharge breaks. I like being able to just leave my Robot cleaner in the pool and tell it to run multiple times in a row. Plus it’s easy to fish out, and because they have a direct plug into real power, they are usually more powerful and effective. The battery ones I’ve tried have not been quite as impressive, and I worry about battery efficiency/deterioration in just a few months. I might be appeased if the batteries were easily replaceable.
I will follow this thread to see if I learn anything new. I am open to different opinions.
As far as saving power, my pool pump has to run at least 8 hours a day, in South Florida. The extra tug on a 240v pump is minimal. It even comes with a timer. I added an inline-leaf catcher.
I also like that there are minimal moving parts and replacement parts are easily replaced.
My pool floor is squeakly-clean afterwards.
Still interested in the conversation.
Thanks,
Steve.
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I live on a mountain in Millbrae, CA, surrounded by pine and other types of trees around my pools. However, my pressure-side pool cleaner is unable to handle the branches, pine needles, and large leaves. I need to run it for more than eight hours every day, yet the performance is still unsatisfactory. It cannot pick up big leaves or branches. What’s more, after observing its running route for some time, I found that it moves randomly. It never covers the shallow areas around the pool and has never gone to the deepest area where most of the debris, leaves, and branches accumulate.Last month, I had a difficult time due to heavy rain, storms, and strong winds every day. Every morning, I almost fainted when I checked my pool, as there were nearly 10 pounds of leaves, branches, and debris in the water. Even after running my pressure-side pool cleaner for eight hours, I found that the deepest part and the outer edges of the pool were still untouched.
I understand that for a slope-bottomed pool like mine, and an irregular one, traditional pool cleaners are not good enough.
In my opinion, the current suction-side and pressure-side pool cleaners are suitable for flat pools, although I don’t know what your pool looks like. They work well in pools where there are fewer large leaves and branches falling into the water.
Nice to know that you’re also interested in this conversation!
YE
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I can fully understand your reasoning. My pool has a gradual slope from 3ft to 5.5ft. I haven’t seen many branches but a lot of leaves. Only after hurricanes is when I can see multiple garbage bags of leaves. We had some floods a couple weeks ago, but I escaped okay. The pool overflowed but not much leave action. I need to clean my deck. Luckily water subsided the next day.