That’s the one great thing about automatic pool cleaners, you can turn them on and leave them in and they will keep your water and the bottom of your swimming pool very clean. Now if this sounds like something you’d be interested in, then it would be wise to find out the different kinds of pool vacuums on the market and make your decision based on what you’ve learned.

Most people don’t even know that there are different types of pool vacuums to choose from. You can get an automatic pool vacuum or you can use a manual vacuum to clean your pool whenever you want. Of course it’s very easy to just buy an automatic pool vacuum and use that to keep your pool clean cause you don’t have to worry about it once you introduce it to your swimming pool.

Suction Side Pool Vacuum

There are three types of automatic pool vacuums that you can choose from. The first is called a suction side pool vacuum. The suction side pool vacuum uses the power of, you guessed it, suction to remove dirt and debris off the bottom of your swimming pool. It uses the water pulling power of your swimming pool pump and filter to create a siphon of water lifting dirt off the bottom of your pool.

Pressure Side Pool Vacuum

Another type of automatic pool vacuum is the pressure side cleaner. A pressure side pool vacuum uses water pressure to push dirt and debris off the bottom of your swimming pool and into a mesh bag or skimmer net. It does not use your filter to clean the water, a pressure side vacuum is all self-contained with a little help from your swimming pool pump.

Robotic Pool Vacuum

And last but not least is robotic pool cleaners. This is the most expensive but most effective pool cleaner on the market. This type of cleaner employs the same techniques as a pressure side cleaner by using water pressure to push dirt and debris into a mesh or skimmer bag but instead of using the filter to provide the water pressure, each cleaner has a built it pump. You can run a robotic pool cleaner when your pool isn’t running. It plugs into an outlet and you drop in right in the swimming pool. It’s the easiest of all the cleaners too.

So now that you know the different types of cleaners and would like to know more about them, click anyone of our links to find out more about each pool vacuum and our recommendations on which ones you should choose.

The most popular version of automatic pool vacuums is the Pressure Side Automatic Pool Cleaner. It works very differently from your manual vacuum and much more efficiently. The reason why it’s the most popular is because it’s the most widely used method of automatic pool cleaning and it was introduced by a pool company you may have heard of; Polaris.

The Polaris Pool cleaner was the first residential pool cleaner to use the power of water pressure to clean the bottom of swimming pools. It works by hooking up the pool vacuum to the return line in your swimming pool (the hole that blows the water back into your swimming pool). The water pressure from that powers the wheels of the pool vacuum allowing it to move all around your pool at a very fast pace.

Not only does the water pressure power the wheels but it also powers a couple of small jets that spray up and into a fine mesh bag. What this does is create a vortex that lifts the dirt and debris off the bottom of your swimming pool and into the fine mesh bag. Then once the bag is full just pull it out and empty it, it’s that simple.

The great thing about this cleaner is that it does not use your filter to clean out the debris. The dirt gets held in the bag so it’s all self contained. It also cleans a pool much faster that other cleaners because it uses the water pressure from your pool, the better the pressure the faster it goes. And you can get a pool vacuum like this in very wide price range. I’ve seen these cleaners go for as little as $200 and as high as $1,000. And they work for both in ground and above ground swimming pools.

There are very few problems with owning a pool vacuum like this, in fact it’s the one I recommend the most, but there are some you need to be aware of. Since it uses your pool pressure, your swimming pool needs to be running for the cleaner to work. And the only other thing is that these cleaners need to be taken care of. They have a lot of moving parts and mechanics and can get warn out quickly.

Other than that the pressure side automatic pool vacuum is your best bet if you want to break free from the hassle of having to pull out your manual pool vacuum.