Betta SE Solar Powered Automatic Robotic Pool Surface Skimmer Cleaner with 30-Hour Continuous Cleaning Battery Power and Re-Engineered Twin Salt Chlorine Tolerant Motors (Blue)

The Betta-SE robot is by far the single best pool product I’ve ever bought. It worked tirelessly all last summer and started back up right away this spring. It does a far better job of keeping my pool clean than my expensive, commercial-grade pool robot that I use to clean the bottom of the pool. The Betta-SE catches most things on the surface of the pool before they sink to the bottom.The Betta-SE is an incredibly simple, well-engineered machine. The paddle wheel in the front scoops up debris into a large basket inside, and the propellers in the back keep it moving and turning to get full coverage of the pool in a very short period. It has a spot inside the basket to put a 3″ chlorine puck so you don’t need to use a separate float for it. To empty the robot, you simply disengage the latch in the front and pull out the basket using the large handle, making it easy to avoid touching any gross items caught in the basket. The solar cells power the robot running on any given summer day that isn’t completely overcast, and the batteries keep it running well into the evening after the sun is down. The Betta-SE has extendable feet on the bottom that keep it from getting stuck on any stairs in the pool. The engineers really thought of everything on this robot!I’ve only had two minor issues on this robot that are hardly worth mentioning. One of the extendable feet fell off at some point and got lost. No big deal. And on one or two occasions over the course of the entire year, the robot stopped running. I simply had to turn the power switch off and on again, and it powered up right away.In short, if you have a pool, buy the Betta-SE!