Large Pools: Cord Length, Runtime, and Coverage Math
Sixty feet is the longest cord most residential robots carry, and a fifty foot lap pool can still strand one short. Here is the cord, runtime, and placement math that…
Pool Types
The same robot can be brilliant in one pool and useless in the next. Shape, surface, size, and salt all change the answer. This section matches robotic cleaners to the pool you actually have: above-ground rings and frames, vinyl liners that scratch, fiberglass shells, textured gunite and pebble finishes, tile lines, steep slopes, tanning ledges, and tight plunge pools. You will learn which drive systems grip which surfaces, why some robots refuse soft-sided pools, and what saltwater means for seals and warranties. If you are pool shopping or robot shopping, reading here first prevents the mismatch returns that fill review sections. Every guide names the pool features that trip robots up and how to work around them.
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Freeform Pools: Getting Full Coverage in Curves
Will a robot actually reach every curve of a kidney or lagoon pool, or does it just bounce around the middle and call the cycle finished? The honest answer depends…
Steps, Benches, and Ledges: The Zones Robots Miss
Robot cleaners promise full coverage, but steps, benches, and tanning ledges sit in a geometry and depth gap no climbing algorithm solves. Here is why, and the five minute habit…