Scrubber 60 Robotic In Ground Pool Cleaner

Product Description

Clean and Scrub Floors, Walls, Steps and Waterline! This revolutionary design features a wider cleaning path for 50% faster coverage and Dual Direct-Drive motors for greater traction and pin-point navigation. Designed for all pool surfaces, an elaborate suction brush was added for thorough vacuuming of acorns, leaves and fine debris. This easy to use cleaner features a quick-drain system for easy lift removal from pool and a 3-hour automatic shut-off. The eco-friendly design uses 70% less energy than other cleaners and includes a reusable filter bag, 60' power cord and 24v power supply. 2-Year Limited Warranty.

Scrubber 60 Robotic In Ground Pool Cleaner

Product Details

Item Weight: 10.1 pounds
Shipping Weight: 38 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B002AEGDZA
Item model number: NC71

By : Smartpool
List Price : ~~$1,057.76~~
Price : $649.99
You Save : $407.77 (39%)

Technical Details

Scrub floors, walls, steps ; waterline
60 ft. super-cord with kink-resistant technology
Super capacity filter bag
Weighs only 10 lbs
2-yr limited warranty

Customer Reviews

Updated note after three months of using the robot: It could not move after three months. However, the customer service was helpful to help diagnose the problem and asked me to ship it to Dallas for repair. It cost me $18 to ship from Houston, and the robot was returned in one week under working condition. Thanks to its two-years warranty instead of 90-days. If there is one complain, it would be that they should have a contracted repair service in every major metropolitan area, such as the 4th largest city, Houston. Because of the repair, I reduce its rating from five-star to four-star.
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I had used Polaris pool cleaners for years and found it has the following disadvantages: high electric bill from running a water pump; small bag capacity with frequent cleaning; frequent expenses for buying expensive replacement parts or repairs; and moderate durability (last about 3 years and then cannot be justified for repairing and forced to buy a new model with a trade-in rebate).
Thus, I switched to electrical pool robot which cost significant less by avoiding running a big water pump and has large bag capacity. In addition, it filters fine particles thru its bag and reduces the load and the frequency of cleaning pool filter compared to Polaris'.
I had tried three electrical pool robots: Aquabot Turbo T; Smart Pool's Kleen Machine; and Smart Pool's NC71 Nitro Wall Scrubber, by the sequence of usage.
I have used a digital timer with photocell to automatically turn on/off the robots. The timer works directly for the power supplies from Smart Pool. However, to make it run for Aquabot, you need to buy a different power supply (cost about $150), but I got it free from the store I purchased.
I found there are some advantages and disadvantages of the three robots:
1. Aquabot Turbo T: This is the most expensive robot I used, cost about $1,300 including taxes. Its main advantage is having large bag capacity so that you don't need to clean the bag as often as Polaris'. It comes with two large bags to filter different fineness particles. Its major disadvantage is durability: it works for only about 18 months and need a replacement of motor which would cost about $900. Thus, I decided to try the other robot.
2. Smart Pool's Kleen Machine: I bought a brand new model from Costco with a cost of about $350. It has smaller bag capacity and a shorter length of wire than Aquabot. However, sometimes, the robot would clean only a small area. Finally, I decided to return it back to Costco with its generous return policy. A few weeks later I tried it again by purchasing a refurbished model from eBay which cost about $300, but it could not be turned on from the beginning. When I checked Smart Pool's website, I found that they don't make this model anymore. Thus, I asked the vendor to replace it with the following brand-new model.
3. Smart Pool NC71 Nitro Wall Scrubber Pool: It seems to be a model improved from Kleen Machine and uses fewer parts. It costs about $700s in about half of the cost of Aquabot. Its advantages are: costless to run without a need of water pump; filtering fine particles and reduce pool filter loading; super large bag capacity (unsure if it is bigger than Aquabot's); 60 feet long wire; two years warranty with less moving parts that seems to have longer durability; and DIY serviceability by video for repairs and parts. The other distinguished advantage is it can scrub much better than any other models for all nearly vertical walls with a continuous transition of surface. However, it still cannot climb to steps with no continuous transition of surface (no reviewed model can do this).
I have used Nitro Wall Scrubber for about a month, and I like it very much because it costs me less money and spend fewer efforts to maintain my pool. However, I am still unsure about its durability. Just in case it breaks, I hope the DIY video and parts may save me money and will not cost me an amount of money for buying a new one to repair it, such as the case of Aquabot.
I give it a rating of 5 stars based on about one month's experience by comparing it to the other models I used including Polaris's. However, I will revise the rating if I find it has any other unexpected problem such as short durability, etc.

I bought this on the advice that it was easy to fix. All these pool robots eventually break, so it is better to plan for it. I've had the nitro wall scrubber for about a month with no problems. It does the job, but does not clean algae off the walls as well as the blue pearl robot that it replaced. I like that it is so light and that the water drains our easily. The leaf bag is large and fairly easy to clean. Oddly enough, it seems to spend most of its time in one end of the pool which is odd since it is a plain oval pool. The nitro wall scrubber goes up a wall and then releases and floats down. This causes some problems since as it descends it pushes the leaves out of the way. Then it takes off with the leaves swirling around it, but the vacuum isn't strong enough to suck them in, so it leaves a little cloud of swirling leaves in its wake. It will eventually pick them up, but plan on it taking a full 3 hour cycle.