Suction-Side Cleaners

An automatic pool cleaner is a cleaner that will automatically clean (vacuum) the pool for you.

A suction-side cleaner is an entry-level cleaner. It relies on your pump and filter to clean your pool. So while the cleaner is in the pool, the main pump and filter are being detracted somewhat from their primary obligations.

Even though a suction-side cleaner costs half as much as a pressure-side cleaner (recommenced) or a robotic cleaner (recommended), the performance is less than half as impressive. Having a suction-side cleaner is better than not having an automatic pool cleaner, but you do get what you pay for. So do not expect even the top-of-the-line suction-side cleaners to perform as well as even the basic pressure-sides cleaner or robotic cleaners.

Within this pool manual, the following information is available about suction-side automatic pool cleaners: