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The Water Tech Volt FX-8Li is designed to clean the large in-ground and above ground pools quickly & efficiently. The newly upgraded Volt FX-8Li now features lithium ion battery technology with a push button on/off switch. Powerful and easy to use, this vacuum is completely independent from main filtration systems. To operate, attach the Volt FX-8Li to any standard telescopic pool pole, turn the unit on, and you are ready to vacuum. Equipped with a 12 3/4" vacuum head and two reusable filter bags, the Volt FX-8Li can vacuum all types of debris including dirt, gravel, leaves, sand & algae. Simply remove the vacuum head, and use the included head & hose attachment to get into tight corners and crevices. The Volt FX-8Li will run up to 60 minutes on a full charge.
We have a large pool and I was worried the battery would run out before finishing cleaning it but it lasts longer than I thought and the bag holds a decent amount of even larger debris like small leaves.
Product does an excellent job of picking up all the fine silt that used to collect at the bottom of the pool.
We've only used this product 4 times, but we are impressed with the way it removes the silt on the bottom of the pool that our filtering system just filters back through. It also picks up leaves and debris like a charm.
I've happily used this vacuum 4 times so far, and look forward to using it all summer.
After the initial pool opening (which this vacuum is not designed for), I normally only have a little debris around the edge of the pool at the bottom each day, and from other reviews I knew this would do the trick for something so easy. However, the second time I took out this vacuum, I removed my solar cover to find a pool bottom layered with algae (a week of too much rain and an empty chlorinator). I read that it works for that too (with the finer filter bag), so I decided to give it a go...and it did a great job, pretty much taking a full 45 minutes of work to move across the entire pool floor slowly enough to not stir the algae up into clouds! Because it was so bad, I probably would have liked to run it another 5 minutes beyond when the battery ran out, but it got most of the algae in that time, and I knew I would have to make another go of it after a few hours anyway (after more settling). I waited the 4-hour time for the vacuum to charge, and came back to finish the job to happy results.
NOTE: Because the entire machine needs to be submerged whenever it is running, it does make it a bit trickier to handle the pool steps and the seating in the attached spa - where the water is too shallow to accommodate the height of the machine in a fully upright position. However, if you are willing to get into the water to change the angle of the machine, it works wonderfully - especially with the small hose/nozzle attachment. Of course, if you are not ready to get into the water, I did find that using the brush to move debris to a slightly deeper portion of the pool/spa first works as an easy alternative.