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Pool cleaner buying guides

Each guide picks up to 15 pool cleaners for one kind of buyer, from the pool cleaners this site can price today, and says how thepicks were chosen. Prices on every guide are live.

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Cordless robotic pool cleaners
Robotic pool cleaners whose title calls them cordless: a battery inside, no cable to the wall. The listing says the run time and how the battery is charged.
Robotic cleaners for in-ground pools
Robotic pool cleaners whose title names in-ground pools: a self-contained robot with its own motor and filter that does not use the pool pump.
Robotic cleaners for above-ground pools
Robotic pool cleaners whose title names above-ground pools, usually lighter machines made for a flat floor.
Robotic cleaners that clean walls
Robotic pool cleaners whose title says they climb or clean the pool walls as well as the floor. The listing says which wall surfaces it suits.
Suction-side cleaners for in-ground pools
Suction-side pool cleaners whose title names in-ground pools: they hook to the pool pump suction line and need no motor of their own.
Suction-side cleaners that climb walls
Suction-side pool cleaners whose title says they climb or clean the walls, driven by the pool pump through a hose.
Pressure-side cleaners for in-ground pools
Pressure-side pool cleaners whose title names in-ground pools: they run on water pushed back by the pool pump or a booster pump.
Pressure-side pool cleaners
Pool cleaners whose title calls them pressure-side, driven by returned water, often with a debris bag.