Leaving the little fella in the pool vs pulling it out after every run

Started by Earl Simmons · · 2 replies
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Been going back and forth on this one. Grandkids' Aiper, I've mostly just left it sitting on the bottom between cleanings since Christmas, figured it's fine down there. But I got to reading some folks pull theirs out and dry it off every single time to save the seals and battery.

Mine's been fine four seasons in with no issues just leaving it be, water's clear as always with my trichlor and weekly shock same as I've done since 94. But I'll admit hauling a wet robot up onto the deck every other day sounds like a hassle I don't need at 72.

Anybody actually seen a difference in how long these last, leaving in vs pulling out each time. Not looking to baby the thing, just don't want to shorten its life over laziness.

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Earl, one thing that'd change my answer a lot, is the grandkids Aiper a cordless one they just charge and toss in, or corded with a caddy setup. Mine's a Seagull 1000, cordless, and I still pull it every time just cause leaving batteries sitting in water long term makes me nervous even sealed up, but if yours has held up four seasons with zero issues leaving it in, that's pretty good evidence right there that your seals are fine and you might be overthinking it, buddy.
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Sam's onto something with the battery angle, that's the real variable here not the seals. My Scuba S1 is cordless too and I leave it in the pool between runs most of the week, no issues, but I do pull it out and let it fully charge and dry maybe once every week or two just so it's not sitting at a partial charge in the water indefinitely. Lithium batteries don't love sitting around half charged for weeks on end, that's more the concern than the seals rotting out.

Four seasons with zero issues on yours though Earl, honestly that's a longer track record than most robots get before something else changes anyway, new model, kid loses interest, whatever. I wouldn't start babying it now over a theoretical. Just don't let it sit dead flat for a month straight and you're probably fine.