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Robotic surface skimmers clear floating debris before it sinks, but they do not clean floors or walls. Here is how skimmers and floor robots divide the work, and what the pair costs.

Floor and wall robots should come out after every cycle; manufacturers put full-time submersion at one to three years of service instead of five to seven. Surface skimmers are the exception.

Two to three cycles a week suits most pools in peak season, with daily running reserved for heavy debris. Here is how to set the interval from your own conditions.

Above-ground pools need a lighter, floor-focused cordless cleaner, not a heavy inground wall climber. Here is what suits a vinyl liner and why the powerful machines stall.

Inground pools bring depth, vertical walls and irregular shapes that above-ground pools never present. Five models compared on the specs that actually decide the match: depth rating, coverage, waterline climbing and cable reach.

A five-season ownership model for three robotic pool cleaners, built only from catalog prices and assumptions stated as assumptions. Includes what the model deliberately leaves out, and when a robot is not worth buying.

Electric pool vacuums carry their own motor and filter; suction and pressure cleaners borrow both from your plumbing. A worked running-cost comparison with every assumption stated.

A component-level explanation of what happens inside a pool robot: drive motors and tracks, brush design, the centrifugal pump, filter micron ratings, the physics of wall climbing, sonar and camera navigation, and battery chemistry.

Battery runtime figures and real cleaning cycles are rarely the same number. A look at what five cordless robotic pool cleaners actually publish for runtime, charging, coverage and waterline work.