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iRobot Verro 300 Pool Cleaning Robot for all types of pools
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List Price: $799.99
Medicine Alternatives Price: $799.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: iRobot
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Toy
Brand: iRobot
Color: White/grey
EAN: 0853816003006
Feature: Hands-free pool-cleaning robot for in-ground pools up to 20 by 50 feet
Label: iRobot
Manufacturer: iRobot
Model: 300
Publisher: iRobot
Studio: iRobot
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Features
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Hands-free pool-cleaning robot for in-ground pools up to 20 by 50 feet
Systematically cleans from floor to waterline in 60 to 90 minutes
Powerful hydro-jet system "power washes" all pool surfaces
Reusable fine filter bag removes large and small debris down to 2 microns
Measures 20 by 18-3/8 by 11-2/3 inches; 1-year warranty
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Editorial Reviews:
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Spend more time enjoying your pool and less time cleaning it. The iRobot Verro 300 Pool Cleaner gets your pool deep-down clean from floor to waterline in about an hour. The hands-free, self-contained, vacuum cleaning and water filtering robot will improve the circulation of pool chemicals and water temperature while increasing your pool filtration's efficiency and decreasing run time for energy savings. The iRobot Verro 300 systematically cleans your entire pool from floor to waterline and everywhere in between in 60-90 minutes. An advanced pump housing is used to move water at high pressure from the pump into the drive system. The water is diverted to either side of the unit, propelling the robot along the floor, up the walls and all the way to the water line. The powerful hydro-jet system "power washes" the pool surface, deep cleaning pores, cracks, and seams. If you prefer brush cleaning, the Verro 600 scrubs your pool with abrasion-resistant PVA brushes.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not for me
Comment: I love iRobot (have a Roomba and a Scooba), and was excited to get the Verro. But I didn't see how I could realistically live with a device that I would have to drop in and pull out from the pool with every use, as compared to a skimmer line-driven device. Then there's removing the bag and washing it. Although I would not have to clean my pump filter as often, it just seemed like I'd be spending a lot more time on the pool than with a traditional pump-driven robot on my skimmer line. I do appreciate that the Verro likely cleans my pool better, and puts less wear on my pump. But I can't quite justify the cost when there's the additional time required.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Just Aweful
Comment: Would definitely not reccomend this product. It never covers the entire pool and tends to go to deep end. To redirect it, you have to pull the cord and try to make go in a different direction. It is horrible on fine dirt. Basically all it does is pick up leaves at the bottom of the pool and it never once went up the stairs in the pool. The one we got, went dead after 2mths of use, so now we are faced with a nearly $700.00 dinosaur. Not sure how to go about getting it replaced. Think next summer we will just switch to system reccomended by our pool guy. He likes the Polauris system. We didn't choose it, because we were worried about overworking the pool filter, but this thing was a disaster. Anything would be better.
Customer Rating:
Summary: overall - good device
Comment: I've been using this robot about 2 weeks now and I am quite pleased with it. In general it does a good job, it collects most of the leaves from the bottom of my pool and climb over most of it's walls. Where it fails to clean is the round areas at the extreme of the pool, so I have to brush it and make sure the dirt goes to the path that the robot cleans.
Is it perfect ? no
Is it worth the money - yes.
You still need some manual work with it, but it cuts the amount of work you do by 80%-90%.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works good enough
Comment: I decided to try the Verro 300. It did a superb job on most of the pool, but some areas were a problem for it.
Verro is a simple device. It has a long floating electrical cord that powers a vacuum pump that sucks water through a filter bag. The water is expelled out at the top horizontally which propels it around the pool. One wheel axle swivels a bit so it doesn't always travel a straight line. A power unit sits outside the pool, tells the verro whether to shoot the water out forward or backwards. An adjustment dial allows you to set how long before switching directions.
There are two filter bags that come with the verro. A coarse mesh filter bag and a fine cloth filter bag. And the performance with each differs greatly. The coarse mesh filter bag with it's tiny holes will pick up leaves but it won't pick up fine dirt. That's what you need the fine cloth filter bag for.
With the mesh filter bag, the verro does a good job traveling all over the pool. It climbs pool walls well all the way up to the waterline. The fine cloth bag tends to clog ALOT faster. Fine particles of dirt really do a good job of slowing verro down fast. When verro's filter bags eventually gets clogged it can no longer climb UP a wall. And it also then tends to stick toward the deep end.
But whenever verro gets sluggish, you can just pull it out of the water, and clean the filterbag with a garden hose. Then stick it back in. I had a fairly dirty pools from some strong winds. And I had to take verro out twice to clean the filter bags. But otherwise it did a great job.
Verro does have some limitations. When it hits a 90 degree angle of a step, it probably won't go up it. And a small spa is probably too small for it to operate in. (I just brush toward the drain in my spa) And of course it tends to stay toward the deep end, especially if the filter bag is getting dirty.
But all in all, I was amazed to see a very nice clean pool after a few two hour runs. Of course manual vacuuming is better. But then you don't have to spend as much time yourself. And you don't have to clean the pool filter after using verro. Which is a MAJOR plus.
So is this machine worth $700? It depends on the buyer. Vacuuming by hand the old fashion way is definitely better. You can probably vacuum faster and better than verro. But Verro does save you alot of work. Just brush the few areas Verro misses, and you will have a beautifully clean pool.
For me, it was a good investment. I'm happy with it. And I'll be using it alot. Especially under a pool cover this winter!
btw, there is one more thing you will probably want to get with this. A GFCI adapter for your outlet. A small adapter that plugs into your outlet. It's only $10-$30. But incase of an electrical surge, it will shut off the electricity. It's recommended in the Verro manual. They sell it at amazon too.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Way Better than Baracuda
Comment: This cleaner is great! Like the fact that there are no more hoses floating in my pool when swimming. Just a thin cord when using the cleaner. I agree with other users that say that two 2 hour cleaning cycle are required to get the entire pool floor clean, but this is no problem really. I do think the iRobot is overpriced. The exact same cleaner is available elsewhere on the internet under the Pentair Prowler 710 brand or the Aquajet brand for $100 less than the iRobot. Another slightly more expensive version is the Aquabot Turbo T-jet. You are paying a premium for the iRobot name.
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