In 2024, one of the new smart device categories we explored was robotic pool cleaners or pool vacuums. These new cleaning robots were impressive because they allowed smart homeowners to extend their ...

Nobody wants to dive into a pool filled with leaves, insects and other debris. Cleaning with a manual vacuum can take hours of setup and labor. But what if your pool stayed spotless with almost no ...

Cleaning your pool is a necessary and frequent chore, but it doesn’t have to cut down on your swimming time. A good robotic pool cleaner can make it easy to maintain your backyard swimming hole by ...

It has excellent suction power and remote scheduling at a reasonable price. Requires almost no effort or attention during the week. The cord never tangles. A backyard pool is supposed to be your ...

Swimming pools are black holes of maintenance, so I was eager to try one of the new pool-cleaning robots—namely, the AquaSense Beatbot Pro ($2,199)—to see if it could alleviate this pain point. On its ...

It’s not a very snazzy answer, but choosing your robot pool cleaner on Prime Day follows the same rules of picking a robot pool cleaner on any given day of the year, with a few small caveats. The ...

My family is fortunate enough to have an in-ground pool in our back yard. It was a project that started just as the pandemic hit and so the construction got dragged out for more than a year longer ...

David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, including meal kit services, food subscriptions, kitchen tools and cooking tips. David earned his BA from ...