If you’ve just purchased a robot pool cleaner, you might be wondering whether brushing your pool is still necessary. After all, these whizzy gadgets are meant to clean your pool’s surfaces, pick up debris, and even scrub certain areas. So, if you have this kind of advanced technology, is there still a need to brush? In this blog, we’ll cover what that question is and help you understand how both robot pool cleaners and manual cleaning methods, like brushing, interact with your pool.
How Does a Robotic Pool Cleaner Work?
No question about it, the best kind of swimming pool cleaner is the robotic pool cleaner such as the Beatbot AquaSense Pro Beatbot AquaSense and other swimming pool robot cleaners. These devices utilize powerful suction and advanced navigation systems to scrub your pool’s floor, walls, and even waterline. They’re also very good at scooping up debris like leaves, dirt, and tiny particles that would otherwise jam up your pool vacuum or skimmer.
But even though these fully automated cleaners excel at gathering loose debris, they may not touch everything your typical pool vacuum or handheld brush would. In this article, we look at why brushing can be still very relevant.
Why You May Still Need to Brush Your Pool
Stubborn Algae and Debris on Pool Walls
So if you want to scrub off algae or dirt that’s built up on walls or waterlines, then a robot pool cleaner like the Beatbot iSkim Ultra may be better suited to cleaning the floor of the pool, rather than those stubborn stains. Because algae — particularly the kind that takes hold of surfaces in pools — can be stubborn against being sucked out, and it will need to be manually brushed clean to loosen it. If you spot dirt on the walls or waterline or have algae, a good brushing session will assist your pool cleaning robot to be more effective.
This is in order to prevent algae or dirt buildup that your pool vacuum robot is unable to get, brushing the walls, steps, and corners once a week helps your pool robotic clean to polish the corners and walls.
The Benefits of Brushing On Pool Chemistry
Algae can be removed, but brushing also evenly distributes chemicals in the pool. Brushing the surfaces can help the chemicals mix better with the water when chemicals like chlorine are added. This is especially significant in swimming pools with hard-to-reach spots or uneven surfaces. Brushing your pool before, or even after, you add chemicals means that you are ensuring that the water gets treated evenly, this will help avoid the formation of chlorine pockets as well as help balance out the pool water chemistry.
How to Avoid Clogged Filters in Pool Vacuum and Skimmer
A pool vacuum or robotic pool cleaner uses filters to catch debris as the cleaner picks it up. Dirt and debris that collects in difficult-to-reach places can find their way to the filter as well, clogging it and decreasing the efficiency of your pool cleaning robot. Regular brushing of the pool loosens debris from the walls and floor, preventing it from sinking and clogging up the filter system.
Improved Comprehensive Pool Maintenance
Brushing your pool regularly helps prevent dirt, algae, and minerals from causing stains that can be costly and time-consuming to remove. Brushing not only allows for a deeper clean, but it prolongs the life of your robot pool cleaner, pool vacuum cleaner, and skimmer by preventing these components from being overloaded with debris.
When Can You Go Without the Brushing?
Bit While scrubbing helps, there are occasions when you can get away with just a robotic pool cleaner to maintain your pool. For example:
Normal usage — You use your robot pool cleaners such as the Beatbot AquaSense or Beatbot iSkim Ultra routinely and you don’t notice a thick layer of stubborn algae or dirt on the walls, you should be able to skip the brushing session once in a while. If your pool’s chemistry is balanced and debris isn’t piling up in corners, the robot might be just fine.
Small Pools: With a smaller pool, there may be less debris, and you might get by without brushing too frequently with a pool cleaner robot.
Current Pool Equipment: If you have a new pool robot cleaner, any high-efficiency scrubbing brushes may be more effective than older models in combating algae on the pool walls and floor. But you should still periodically check your pool for signs of algae or debris buildup.
How Often Should You Brush Your Pool?
How often you need to brush depends on several variables such as the type of pool, your pool water chemistry, and whether or not you are using a robot pool cleaner regularly. As a general guideline:
Weekly: At a minimum, brush the walls and steps of the pool at least weekly, particularly if you have algae problems or live in an area with a lot of wind or foliage. This allows the robotic pool cleaner to not have to work as hard and can be more efficient in the cleaning process.
Monthly: For every pool that is cleaned regularly once a month with a vacuum cleaner pool or robot pool, brushing may be necessary only once a month to remove accumulated wreckage or stubborn places.
The combination of brushing and robot pool cleanersConclusion
Although a robot pool cleaner — such as the Beatbot AquaSense Pro — can take care of most of the cleaning for you, sometimes, a thorough pool scrub with the brush is a necessity if you want to keep your pool perfectly clean. Brushing helps to eliminate resistant algae, ensure your pool chemicals are evenly dispersed, and prevent build-up that might jam your skimmer or slow your vacuum cleaner for the pool.
The secret to a clean, sparkling pool is a combination of robotic cleaning and regular brushing both of which help to keep your swimming pool robot cleaner and pool vacuum robot operating at its best.
Using both types in conjunction will ensure that your pool is as clean and safe as can be, will prolong the life of your robot pool, and will keep you on the right track with your pool maintenance.