The Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreame

May 29, 2026 1:39 PM

Send the pool guy packing. Let one of these robot buddies maintain your water quality instead.

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Swimming pools are fun. Cleaning swimming pools is not fun.

I learned this simple logic as a kid growing up in and around pools—it’s the only way to survive summer in Houston. Four years ago, I became a pool owner myself, and I found that the rule still holds. Jumping into the pool on a hot day remains a rare treat, but if the pool is filled with leaves and dirt, that treat becomes a lot less delightful. And when the thermometer is reading over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the thought of laboring on the pool deck, scooping out...

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