Better Pool Cleaner Ideas
Keeping your swimming pool in tip top shape does not only involve a proper water chemical balance. Keeping it clean does not end installing a cover to keep debris like leaves and twigs off the water. It required a lot of back breaking work. However, if you are wealthy enough to afford to hire someone to do the cleaning for you, good for you and we envy you. If not, you might want to consider investing in an automated pool cover.
The three basic types of automatic cleaners
The most popular type of automatic cleaners is the pressure pool cleaner. It uses a water pump to move along the bottom of the swimming pool to clean out debris. It is very efficient in removing large debris like leaves, twigs and even dead insects. The two disadvantages though are that it cannot filter small debris like sand and similar sized or smaller objects and it does not have the capability to scrub your walls. You will have to do that on your own.
Another popular type of pool cleaner is the suction cleaners. It uses suctioning to be able to move around and at the same time sucking in water to filter it from the smaller sized debris. It also has the capability to scrub the walls of your swimming pool. And is among the most inexpensive types of automatic cleaners. The downside though is that the debris bag is made specifically for smaller debris and although it works for the larger ones, it gets full and clogged up pretty easily.
The last of the three are robotic cleaners. It is the most expensive but the most effective. It uses electricity as the cleaner is powered through a waterproof cord. It efficiently cleans the water from almost all sizes of debris and can and will clean even the walls. Some models can even be controlled via a remote controller while most are just really fully-automated, able to navigate through the contours of the water hole.
Some tips to help keep your pool clean
Whether you have someone to take care of the cleaning for you or not, it helps minimize the cleaning costs if you keep your pool as clean as you can while you are using it. Aside from the more obvious manual picking of the debris like leaves and twigs with the use of a scoop or net, there are other things you need to take care of. What makes a pool dirty is not only confined with the debris, but with microorganisms as well such as bacteria and algae.
To keep the water in its cleanest possible state, make sure that you have the right pH balance, this not only leads to a more crystal clear water but this actually makes your disinfectant, like chlorine or bromine, work more efficiently. Make sure that you use the adequate amount of disinfectant and algaecide, to prevent swimmers from getting sick with bacterial and fungal infections. These microorganisms also contribute to the clouding of pool water and may even build up along the tile grout. Both are unpleasant to look at and really unhealthy.
Until you can afford to employ the services of a cleaning crew to do the cleaning for you or until you have purchased a pool cleaner, there is nothing left to do but to keep your swimming pool as clean as you can by not using it at all and keeping it covered.