(2024 New) AIPER Scuba S1 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner, Pool Vacuum for Inground Pools, Wall and Waterline Cleaning, WavePath 2.0 Smart Navigation, 150 min Battery Life, for Pools up to 1,600 Sq.ft

The media could not be loaded.  Firstly, I have only used the Scuba once and it's far more complicated (modes and the AI used to attempt to cover the entire pool) than my other pool cleaner so I'll come back and post an update once I have more information. I'm also going to upload a short video.Unpacking:The unpacking was simple and it was extremely well packed so arrived pristine and arrived fast, I believe 2 days.Charging:This was simple, just pull out the rubber plug and plug in the electrical cord and it charges.Ready for the first voyage:I unplugged it from the charger and then refit the rubber plug. I brought it to my "small 3500 gallon" all tile pool and held the button for a few seconds, it turned on and I put it into the pool.Walls:It immediately started cleaning the walls, It wasn't perfect coverage but it did it's job and kept moving a bit to the right and then doing the next line on the wall. My other cleaner only does floors.Steps:I have a unique "Spool" that is 7x13x5.5'deep. You walk in on the one edge and there are a narrow series of steps that you follow down the short side of the pool and then turn and you're in the pool. The Scuba would make it's way up the wall and then across the step and then finish up the wall. Then it would work it's way back down, across the step and then down to the bottom and then would turn slightly to the right and do the next line. It would pause periodically to try to figure out what to do but always seemed to find a way off the steps even when one of the treads was not touching. Even in the corner it is a tight step but it managed to just fit. It fell sideways but eventually got itself back off the small step. I didn't give it hours in the auto mode to see if it would cover everything but perhaps next time I will.Floor:It wasn't spending much time on the floor and instead was working on the walls pretty much for 45 minutes or so. I decided time to crack open the manual for the first time and see what I could figure out. There are many modes. I believe it was in the full auto floor and walls mode but honestly, I didn't confirm the LED so I will have to try it again. However, I pressed the button a few times until it was set to floor only mode and put it back in the pool. I watched it for maybe 20 minutes and it was hard to determine what it's game plan was but it wasn't slowly covering inch by inch, it was moving around a bit erratic. There was a lot of noticeable dirt all over the floor so I decided to leave it be and go about another project I needed to work on. I came back about an hour later, so probably around 2 hours total run time, and it was still happily running and what's more, NOT A SPEC OF DIRT ON THE FLOOR! It cleaned everything spotless!Cleaning the dirt collection:I had a different pool cleaner that was much more difficult to clean out. This guy was dead easy. Lift the cover, pull out the screen/net basket (which had a ton of dirt and debris in it), and spray it down with the garden hose and you're good to go!Conclusion:I still have to fully take the covers off the pool and put the Scuba back in set to floor and wall mode and then just let it do it's thing. I thought I read that it can run for 90 minutes but I'm sure it was running much longer than that. I'll fully charge it and run it in full auto and see how it works. That said, it did a great job on the floor and seemed to be doing a nice job on the walls. Very impressed with the battery life.

Very impressed. Lasts longer than anticipated, I have an L shaped curved edged 10 ft pool and I’m impressed by the robots ability to clean the floor and climb up the edges. The one thing I’ll say it does not clean, is the stairs but that is easily done on our end. Outside of that it’s 4hrs to charge, stays in pool a little over 2 hours and does a great job. Settings are easy to see, suction is strong- picks up sand, bugs and leaves , filter is big so it can gather up a bit, light tells you when it’s low on battery and it parks well for easy retrieval. Robot is modern looking if you care for looks, has no sound and easy to clean . Great buy, I’ve had it a few weeks and no complaints so far.

Updated review after two more days of cleaning:I ran the unit in auto mode one day and floor only mode the next day.Despite my pool containing angled surfaces connecting horizontal floors to vertical walls which tends to confuse Navigation 2.0, the end result is a reasonably clean pool. The unit still had problems in corners where the surface angles change even after I brushed debris out into open areas. The unit managed to maneuver some of the debris back again. Some small debris remained even in open flat areas, so the navigation system is not perfect despite its best effort to be. I added a photo of the deep end square floor with its four adjacent angled surfaces showing residual debris after 3 days of cleaning.When in floor only mode, the unit sometimes treated an angled surface as a floor, continuing forward motion until it reached a vertical wall. At other times as a wall, backing up when it started to angle up.Overall, if you are looking for an inexpensive model that does a sufficient job, this could be the unit for you.Original title:Smart Navigation 2.0? I would hate to see 1.0.Original review:I have an inground vinyl-lined pool with a relatively flat and box-like shallow end (3-4 ft.) that drops off with steep angles into a deep end (8 ft). I was spoiled by a much more sophisticated (i.e., expensive) competitor unit that I inherited with the house upon purchase until it broke last pool season. When it was done cleaning, the pool was spotless, even at corners and bends.I purchased this unit as a cost-saving option (less than half the cost of a model comparable to my original broken one) and because it shed the cumbersome umbilical that my previous unit used for power.I have used it once so far and watched it closely while I ran it in two different modes. I started in auto mode which begins in wall-only mode until the battery charge drops. It does indeed climb walls skillfully even breaking the water line. However, it was confused by the steep angles, and angle changes of my deep end, which also interfered with its desire to change directions using 90 degree turns. It also slid back to the very bottom when reversing to the downward direction I think because it turns off the suction (power saving) at certain times. It did hit different wall spots, but not as intended by the advertised path navigation. I do not know if it would eventually hit all the walls by random chance, but most of my dirt was on the floor, so I switched to floor-only mode to see how it would do there.In floor-only mode, the unit cleaned flat areas well, but had difficult with joints between floor and wall. It also remained confused about my deep end, spending more time changing direction than actually moving in a straight line. The lightness of the unit prevented it from transitioning well from flat shallow end to the downward angle to the deep end, sailing off into the wind blue yonder until eventually sinking back down to the bottom. That said, when I returned the next morning after allowing it to drain its battery, the floor was mostly clean except for the corners and areas where the unit would have to breech two different angled surfaces.I easily lifted the unit out with the provided hook attachment, opened the cleaning door and removed the catch basket. It was quite easy to hose out as advertised.In summary, for the price, a descent unit, but do not expect cleaning perfection. I will still have to use a manual method for the crevices that the unit failed to reach.