WYBOT R1 Pool Vacuum for Above Ground Pool,Handheld Machine

So, although I have only used the Wybot C1 only once this weekend it performed flawlessly. My previous model was a Dolphin Nautilus that lasted me 7 1/2 years, and I am in the process of repairing that model, and wanted something in the midterm to clean the pool. Didn't want to spend a fortune on some of the robot models that are over 1k, and got a great deal on the C1 at $399 on special. I downloaded the app after receiving the unit from Amazon, simply plugged the unit into the wall outlet to charge, took about an hour, but I'm sure it was already partially charged from the factory, so charging speed I cannot give an accurate timeline, but I would say 2-3hrs tops. I then pushed the power button on the unit and tossed it in the pool and it went to work. I have a kidney shaped in ground pool, around 12 x 30ft. Not a huge pool, but it is caged and we still get insects and plant material from our potted plants around the pool in the pool. This time there was a ton of sand in the pool from having our pavers resealed here in FL. I didn't watch the robot the entire time (approx 2 hrs it ran so battery life seems impressive) but after retrieving the robot from the pool the filter basket no lie was half full of sand. It did an amazing job grabbing sand and pollen as pollen is crazy right now in FL. Again longevity is the key to a good purchase and time will tell, but I did also purchase the 3 Yr Asurion coverage through Amazon should I have any failures for an extra $60 for a total of $460. The unit was on special and is usually $499 so I feel good about the purchase and value for the money. The robot did a great job climbing walls and it scrubbers scrubbed the water line. It's LED on the front lets you identify if it is charged, ready to deploy and when it is out of battery. It did come with a hook that you have to put on a standard mop stick, broom stick. I just used an old metal painting extension pole I had and used a self tapping screw to add the hook. The unit is pretty easy to grab after using the hook/stick. The unit itself is not that heavy compared to my previous model when full of water, but still a little heavy. I am male, 47yrs old and in decent shape for reference. I do hope this review helps anyone else making a decision as I spent hours looking at all the models online and whether to go with corded or battery powered unit, but finally decided to try it. All in all so far so good, simple setup, simple app, a truly set and forget robot for a small to medium sized in ground pool. I will say I don't know (as again I didn't watch it every second) if it got all spots in my pool but my pool wasn't that dirty to start with other then sand being on the bottom and it knocked that out, and had way more sand in the basket then I though was even in the pool.

I received this product yesterday and have used it twice and it’s great. I had a plug in dolphin that I liked but it died after about a year. I’m sure this was my fault as I left it in the water pretty much all the time because it would cycle on and off which was awesome. With that said - being able to leave it in and not have to take it out each time to charge was nice and very convenient but this product has still been great. I read some say that it doesn’t get up dirt but mine definitely does. It cleans as good as the dolphin I had and the dolphin was $300-400 more. For the price, this product is great. I charged the battery completely before I ran mine for the first time last night and it needed charging this morning before I could run it again so that’s not the best but again - for the price- it’s worth it. Also, I ran its default setting yesterday which included walls and floor. I didn’t feel like it got the floors the best so I ran it again this morning and told it on the app to only do the floors and it got everything up.

This is my 3rd Robotic Pool Boy from Amazon this 2025 Season so far. I'm only giving it 3 Stars because I had to return the other 2 for being so undependable. The Advertising for this Pool Boy is Awesome. That's where most of it ends, at least for me. The Good? The Basket Design is SO easy to use...Fickle trying to get it back in though. It does do a 50/50 job of cleaning debris from the Pool bottom BUT I expected it to clean 90% or better. The Bad? I have to use my 3 year old Aiper Pool Boy and this one just to get that 90% Clean. The Ugly? After one week of only using this Pool Boy in FULL AUTO Mode (Both Wall and Floor), I had to do the Bluetooth thing and program it to ONLY clean the floor. Why? It was spending SO much time cleaning the Walls that it ran out of power by the time it started to Clean the Floor. Also, like the other 2 New Pool Boys this one seems to pretty much ignore the advertising and go where it wants when it wants....No N Patterns. No Z Patterns. No S Patterns. Not quite as bad as the first 2 but I'm sick and tired of sending these things back to Amazon. The UGLY? 30 Day Return Policy for both Amazon and WyBot. I gave up and Day 32 and OMG...Awful Experience. WyBot Customer Service is offering me $250 Cash (50%) of my Cost NOT Including Tax OR I can Send it back and get a Refurbished Model and Start all over again. This morning? Day 41, I tossed it in the Pool with a FLOOR Only Setting and it started floating around the surface for 10 minutes shooing a Waterfall out of the Ejection Port. Wow...NOW? It's Climbing the Walls again even though my BT Iphone Setting clearly shows FLOOR only.... WARNING TO ALL CONSUMERS...I have bought 3 New Robotic Pool Boys in the past 3 Months and ALL 3 have had Defective Mother Boards....JP in Pensacola