You are here: / / 4 Alternatives on How to Deal with the Leaves Falling Into Your PoolHaving trouble deciding which one's best suited to your pool? Here's some info on all three of them to help you out. Whether it’s winter or summer, your pool has to be maintained year round. But if you’ve ventured to any pool supplies shop or browsed our online Pool Cleaners products, you’ll have seen there’s a lot of different kinds of pool cleaners around. And if you know little about these contraptions you might be wondering: which type is best for you? If you’re trying to get your head around a pool cleaner, here’s our review of manual, automatic, and robotic cleaners. Hopefully after going through each option you’ll have a much better understanding of which gadget best suits your pool. Manual vacuum cleaners are your first option. They’re effective and the least expensive. But there’s one huge downside: they’re time-consuming. A manual cleaner translates to you doing the work. 

There’s absolutely no self-cleaning so you have to take care of everything, including guiding the machine around the pool. The cleaner comprises a vacuum head fitted to a telepole. vacuum cleaner sale malaysiaThe whole contraption then connects to a skimmer box. pool cleaning jokesIt’s efficient and affordable – but you’ll have to expect to put in some elbow grease to get the job done.pool cleaner powder Automatic pool cleaning is all about convenience. When you use automatic cleaners, you won’t need to brush, vacuum and skim the pool all that much yourself. That doesn’t mean you’ll never have to lift a finger: you’ll need to fit the device up to the pool yourself. But you can expect to spend less time cleaning and more time swimming.

There are two types of automatic pool cleaners; Suction cleaners are attached with a hose to the pool’s circulation system and strain the water through the pool’s skimmer basket and filter. The machine moves around the bottom of the pool and sometimes up the walls vacuuming up debris and dirt. Pools that receive dust and smaller particles are most suited for suction-side cleaning. You may need a leaf canister if you have to deal with branches, gumnuts, or eucalyptus leaves. These cleaners use pressure to move around the pool’s bottom and walls. Since they have their own filter bag, they reduce wear and tear on your pool filter. The pressure-side cleaner will be most valuable in pools that receive larger debris such as twigs, gumnuts, and eucalyptus leaves. Although some pressure-side cleaners operate on their own, others require a separate booster pump to work better. Do you love seeing all the work done for you while you just sit poolside with an iced tea and soak up the sun?

These days nobody would even consider having a pool without an Automatic Pool Cleaner. They are simply affordable and take a tedious and repetitive work off your hands. However, many pool owners don't realize that there is an even better solution: Robotic Pool Cleaners. Simply put, robotic pool cleaners are the next level. If you owned one, you wouldn't go back to an Automatic or Suction Cleaner. You would ask yourself why you had not purchased one sooner. Robotic Pool Cleaners not only look very impressive, but they do a better job and require even less attention. They are intelligent, diligent and work independently. Given their durability and efficiency, they are an excellent value for money as they deliver savings on the energy, water and pool chemical bills. There might be a bigger investment at first - when compared to a suction or an automatic pool cleaner - but the benefits outweight the extra investment. They are by far the most efficient and effective pool cleaners.

They can handle any kind of debris, vacuuming it directly into its own filter. Plus they have their own smart technology that helps them master any shape or sized pool. Their movements can be programmed so they manoeuvre over all areas of the pool, leaving no surface untouched. Not only does this robotic cleaner help you with pool cleanliness, it also helps circulate water, guaranteeing a fresher swim. But for these extra benefits, there is ofcourse a price. Robotic cleaners are the highest end pool cleaner there is, popular for commercial pools, larger private swimming pools or for customers who just want the best of the best. And that does mean a higher price tag. There are mainly two types of Robots: Floor Only and Floor & Walls. Some of the Floor & Wall cleaners, come with a scrubber or brush for even better results. Some of the higher end robots include a remote control. At the moment we strongly recommend Zodiac's CX20 Robotic Pool Cleaner simply because at the current price it represents by far the best value for money there is for a robotic cleaner.

Zodiac’s CX20 is a floor & wall, easy to use, plug & play Robotic Cleaner suitable for all pool surfaces and shapes. Backed by 2 Years of warranty for peace of mind, it's a no brainer. There are plenty of other pool equipment and accessories you may want to consider to keep your pool clean. These include vacuum heads, leaf rakes, spare filter cartridges, floating tablet dispensers and much more. All guarantee a greater, more efficient pool cleaning experience. This does go back to the manual side of cleaning. Shop online for our full range of pool cleaning products. And if you have any more queries about pool cleaners, don’t hesitate to give our pool professionals a call on (02)43 222 918. You can also take the hassle out of pool cleaning entirely by letting us do the work for you with our very own pool servicing and maintenance experts.Dirt and contaminants your pool filter can’t catch or doesn’t get still needs to be remove from the pool, and the best way to do that is using a pool net skimmer and other cleaning equipment such as a vacuum head.

There are two types of pool skimmers, wall skimmers and hand-held skimmer. First, a wall skimmer sucks in circulating pool water and whatever floating debris, capturing larger debris like bugs and leaves in its skimmer basket, then sending the water through the pool filter system to remove smaller particles. Wall skimmers essentially look and operate the same for in-ground and above ground pools. Above ground pool wall skimmers are often referred to as through-wall skimmers, like In the Swim’s wide mouth through wall skimmer and our low-profile through-wall skimmer since they use the rigidity of the metal pool wall for support. Above ground skimmers are highly effective and durable while being very inexpensive. As for in-ground pool skimmers, it’s important to know that some skimmers such as Hayward’s 1.5 inch auto-skim skimmer are designed for concrete pools while others like the Hayward 2-inch in-ground skimmer are for fiberglass and vinyl pools, the main difference being the length of the skimmer’s throat.

There are accessories like a skimmer winter plug for in-ground pools and the skimmer winter plug for above ground pools which create a water-tight seal so you close your pool for the season without draining the water. The Skim It skimmer arm cuts hand skimming your pool by up to 75%. The Skim It snaps into the pool skimmer’s mouth and extends out into the pool to grab more surface debris like leaves. When swimmers are in the pool, the skimmer arm folds back flat with the pool wall. Hand-held skimmers, or leaf skimmers, are essentially a net on an aluminum pool pole best used to fish out floating leaves and bugs. The hand held skimmer sometimes attaches to an adjustable telescoping pole for a longer reach into larger pools. A heavier-duty net skimmer, also called a leaf rake, utilizes a net that forms a deep pocket, making it easier to scoop out more leaves, twigs and other larger debris or obstacles that may be in your pool. While most pool poles are just fine for residential pool use, Skimlite makes professional dual-lock telescoping poles that are super-strong and lightweight with a comfortable, rugged handle for fast work.

Vacuum heads and hoses are an economical and easy way to scour your pool’s floor and walls. Using the pool’s filter system, vacuum heads like the Clearview triangular vacuum head attaches to a pool pole and can get into corners to suck up dirt, algae and other gunk from the pool floor and walls, sending the debris through the connected standard 1.5 inch pool vacuum hose to the pool filter. For concrete in-ground pool owners, our concrete vacuum head with brushes uses wheels to glide over the bottom to suck up dirt and algae, while the brushes knock dirt out from creases and corners. Vacuum heads for concrete pools can get pretty complex, such as In the Swim’s professional flexible concrete vacuum head that can cut your pool cleaning time in half. And to make your pool maintenance routine easier and more convenient, check out the pool vacuum hose reel that rolls up vac hoses, making them much more manageable and less likely to be tripped over. We all know cleaning your pool obviously isn’t nearly as playing in it, but regular, thorough pool maintenance is an absolute necessity.