Robotic Pool Cleaner! Beatbot AquaSense Review

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Entering a new smart home category: Smart Pool Tech! Dive into the future of pool maintenance with the BeatBot AquaSense, a robotic pool cleaner that combines power and convenience to keep your pool pristine.

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Chapters ➡

00:00 Introduction
00:29 Hardware and Setup
01:19 Cleaning
03:23 App Experience
04:58 Conclusion

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[GuyLeeguitar]

Excellent video. We just bought one. Looking forward to using it.

[cptcharmin]

Not having a pool, but surely not missing any of your videos.
Also, that N64 rumble pack has class!

[donatoforte]

I just used mine for the first time... I am very impressed. My old wired cleaner was "dumb" and randomly cleaned, within 5 minutes I could already tell it was cleaning much better than my old wired unit. I'm very please to spend $$$ on something that actually works so well. If you can afford, buy it!
I just watched it clean - methodically - every square inch of my pool, even all the steps and sitting areas! Pretty dang cool.

[sonoma_s]

I purchased the Beatbot Pro a month ago and LOVE it. I had Maytronics Quantuum that served me well for 6+ years prior. However, I hated basket design (it was a pain to take apart and clean) and I had to replace cord 2x as would tangle so bad over time and could not be straightened. Beatbot cleans fine particles much better and is so easy to use. I have large rectangular pools with stairs. Cleans extremely well. I love the fact it is propelled to surface when done and you get alert from app. Easy set up. Expensive, but to me worth it if it lasts over time with use.

[stevenprager]

Thanks ., great video.. mine just arrived . Can multiple people have the app on thier iphone

[jerryh]

Will this work with a vinyl liner pool ?

[chazzico]

This does look great with the dock and the way it finishes at the top of the wall. I am too in love with my Aiper Scuba. What are you thinking about for skimmer? I just got the Surfer S1 and I am absolutely blown away with it. All I need now is a monitor and I am set!

[frankparisi]

Love your videos. I have a small inground pool. I saw your video on the wybot s1 too. The s1 is 650, while the Aquasense is 1200.00. How do they compare?

[BlackFireXS]

Hey Stephen! Love your videos, wanted to ask what your top robotic pool cleaner would be for a vinyl pool? I've heard good things about Nautilus and Dolphin, but wanted to check with my favorite home-product reviewer first. Thanks!

[toetie]

Awesome review! Didn’t even know such things existed for pools. How would it fair with all the chemicals such as the high chlorine levels throughout the years?? Seems like a disaster waiting to happen?

[cgott]

Any idea what degree slopes it can handle?

[xmuninu]

I've been using the Beatbot Aquasense for about 2 weeks now and am totally disappointed with it.
It arrived just after we had strong winds and quite a lot of sand/dust had settled at the bottom of my pool, though the pool water was clear, so I thought it would be ideal conditions to test it.
I first set it to do 2 pool floor runs. The robot started it's cycle and instead of collecting the sand it just sucked it up and blew it straight out of the back vent at high pressure.
Within about 15 minutes the pool water was so full of sand and dust that I could no longer see the bottom or even the robot!
When cycle was finished after about an hour, I literally had to fish around with the hook to try and find the robot in my now murky pool!
When I finally retrieved the robot, the filter basket was clean except for a couple of leaves. - Not good!
I've tried it about 8 times now and have concluded that the Aquasense Robot is absolutely useless and the maximum time I've managed to get out of the battery is just under 2 hours (nothing like the 5 hours they claim!) - It also does not sweep the whole floor area and just seems to take the same path over and over leaving large un-swept sections....so much for the claimed AI mapping!
The only thing that it seems to do well is brush the vertical walls.
I had such high hopes for the Beatbot especially after seeing so many good video reviews (which I now assume are sponsored), but sadly it is just an expensive pool brush that just blows the dirt around instead of collecting it.
For context - My pool is in ground 13ft by 9ft rectangular, with glass mosaic tiles.
I will be returning it for a full refund.

[ToddPage]

fascinating. Our 'bot is attached by a cord but works well or I might have given this a try - I do get aggravated by the cord twisting up often times so a battery operated one is definitely a plus. Still seems pretty steep price wise - gotta hope some more competition drives prices down eventually!

[ScottyGibsonn]

Cool video! Had no clue this tool existed! Kinda random but just wondering why the JLY shirt was blurred? Was it bc this is a sponsored video? No mal intent in my question, genuinely just curious lol love the vids!

[aaronfresinski]

I got a Beatbot - terrible is how I would sum it up. It would just go back and forth in the deep end, battery barely lasts 1/2 of what’s stated, and keep it flat to turn it on? I worked with support, and tried some software upgrades. It was still just as terrible. I ended up buying the Aiper S1 pro on sale for $750.

[stevenprager]

I found out the water level needs to be a bit higher for it to work all the way up past tiles a bit

[angelaowen]

Used my new beatbox for the past 3 days, so far I am disappointed and unimpressed. Does not climb the step and has not docked itself at the waterline. Stops on its own every 30 minutes or so with an error, starts again after I clean the basket which has very little debris in it. Three days of running constantly, my pool isn’t clean yet and wasn’t bad to start with

[TheMp]

I have an inground L shaped pool that is 38ft at longest point and 18ft across an 9.5 ft at deepest end. Do you think it can handle that size pool? Thx

[MrMrdazzab]

this seems so biased...clearly sponsored. Keeps cutting everytime the thing gets to a difficult bit

[USAFreedomEver]

I have a question for anyone who has the answer I have a dolphin M400 I have a fiberglass pool with a step ledge around the wall near the bottom. The robot starts up the ledge but never figures out how to go over it and continue up the wall and do the waterline. I’m assuming part of the problem is that it’s fiberglass so it’s extra slippery. Has anyone ran into this issue or anyone have a suggestion for a different pool robot? I noticed the beat bot aqua sense pro can skim the surface of the pool but I believe that’s when it’s running in different mode so I don’t know if it’s gonna help it climb my walls.