This robot has it all: perfect cleaning capabilities (including floors, walls, and waterlines), a powerful battery with six hours of charging underwater, AI-powered debris detection, and a solid mobile app. It also has the ability to filter the pool surface. When finished cleaning, the AquaSense 2 Ultra floats, so collecting it is just a matter of catching it from the comfort of the deck. After a quick clean, leave the robot on the included charging stand to get it back on, no cables needed.
What do you dislike? Really just two things. Huge cleaning capacity requires a huge chassis, and to say that the 29-pound BeatBot AquaSense 2 Ultra is cumbersome would be an understatement. Getting this robot out of the water can be a tough task, so work on your forearm curls if you’re planning on purchasing one.
There’s also the price: At nearly $3,000 it’s the most expensive battery-powered pool robot on the market, though plenty of competitors are in the ballpark for less. If you’re on a budget, you can get most of the same coverage from Beatbot’s Sora 70, which sells for just $1,499.
The pool-cleaning robot with the best battery life
The traditional way to use a pool robot is to place it in a dry-dock and charge it, then release it into the pool only when you need it. At the end of the run take it out, clean the filter basket and repeat.
One option may appeal to lazy pool owners: drop the robot into the pool and leave it there for a week or two, let it run on a repeating schedule, then clean it only when the battery drains.
The trick to this strategy is that some pool robots have batteries large enough to handle more than one or two cleaning cycles. But with its new M1-AI series, iGarden has packed a bigger 12,500 mAh battery into its sleek pool bot, delivering up to nine hours of run time in floor-only operation. (Of course, it can also build walls and waterlines, but it will eat more juice.) The robot also includes cameras that use AI-powered algorithms to actively scan for debris. In standard mode, the robot first follows an S-shaped path, then it turns on its cam to detect anything missed, leading to even more effective cleaning.
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