Our summer splurge: the Aquabot T2 robot pool cleaner

We always thought the best way to keep a pool clean was to hire some poor high school student to come over and deal with it every other day. But with robots taking over the indoor household cleaning chores (and with high school students making real cash by writing spyware apps), it looks like we should consider hiring one to clean the pool at the Engadget beach house as well. The $1,400 Aquabot T2 can supposedly clean any pool in about an hour; we're hoping the next version can serve drinks from our poolside bar as well (since, after all, hiring a high school kid to do that is illegal).

[Via TRFJ]

[Dave @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

What's next, are you going to replace the pizza delivery-girl and the UPS delivery chick with robots too? Have you no compassion for the sanctity of porn themes?

[PhogHawk @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

My family owns one of these wonderful machines. We have a fairly large pool in our back yard that is a pain in the butt to maintain. It would normally take two hours a day to clean, vaccuum, and filter the pool. With our aquabot, which we so lovely named Merlin, we just set the timer for a 7 hour cycle and let it to the job. The only thing we have to do is clean out the bag and occasionally use the remote control to reach the corners. After owning Merlin for 3 years, I would definitely say the 1400 dollars was well spent.

[010111 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

T2? only 798 model revisions to go before we're screwed.

[Ken @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

I have thier Rover model for in ground pools. Works like a charm. Great value for the $$ at $500.

[eric g @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Pool cleaning robots have been out for at least 10 years...

[TVtheFleshtone @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Not interested unless they make a revision where it's powered off of the algee it consumes.

[Dan Elkayam @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Our family friends own the company aqua products which makes these robots. Every time they call us it says aqua products inc. in the caller i.d. And we will get a good price on an aquabot if we ever need a robot that gets stuck in one spot in the pool and breaks in a day.

[Swimming pool covers @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

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