Polaris VRXIQ+ Smart Robotic Pool Cleaner with iAquaLink Control

I have owned lots of pool cleaners over the years, of all different types. This is the 2nd robotic cleaner that I’ve owned that plugs into electrical power instead of using suction from the pool motor. I love everything about this cleaner except for one thing which I will get into later. Since I started using this cleaner, my pool is always spotless. Programming/Scheduling: This Polaris is super easy set up a daily schedule of cleaning. For each day of the week, you can select to clean the floor only, the floor, walls, and waterline, or the water line only. NOTE: The schedule setting to clean the floor, walls, and waterline, is labeled “floor and walls”, but if you read the description you will see that the waterline is also included. You can also adjust the cleaning intensity for each day of the week. There is also a schedule setting called Smart Cycle that calculates the optimal cleaning time based on the size and shape of your pool. Debris basket: The debris basket is large enough to where in only need to empty it about once per week and I have an unscreened pool with 2 large oaks trees nearby. the basket is super easy to remove, clean, and put back. Ease of Removal: This cleaner has a feature called “Lift System”. You use the remote control app to turn the cleaner so it’s facing directly for a flat area of the pool wall. Then you use the remote to drive the cleaner to the wall, and up the wall until you can easily reach down and grab the large handle on the cleaner to safely lift it out of the pool. You should never use the electrical cord to pull the cleaner out of the pool. I rarely take the cleaner out of my pool. I just leave it in so it can clean every day of the week oh the schedule I have programmed. The only time I remove it is when we are going swimming. Only downside: the only downside to this cleaner also comes with an upside. The fact that’s it’s not cordless is a downside because when using the cleaner you always have an unsightly cord draped across your pool deck into the pool. However the upside of having a corded cleaner is that you never need to take it out to recharge. I could have purchased a cordless cleaner but I opted for a corded cleaner I would never have to recharge. Not having to recharge is more important to me than not having a cord draped across my pool deck. If they ever develop a cordless robotic cleaner that just as effective as this one that can drive out of the pool and dock itself to recharge than I will probably make the switch. Because my pool is unscreened and we have several large oak trees nearby, I need my cleaner running daily and I’m way too busy to have to manually remove a cleaner every day to recharge it and then remember to put it back in the pool every morning before work. If they can develop a cordless cleaner that recharges via solar and can drive itself out of the pool to recharge or drive into a cradle that’s mounts at the waterline, I would definitely give it a shot. Only missing feature: the only missing feature that I can think of besides being cordless is robotic skimming. It would be absolutely amazing if this cleaner could clean the floor, walls, and waterline, as well as skimming the surface. Since I started using this cleaner, my pool floor and walls are always spotless, but I still have to use a net to manually skim the surface. I would love to no longer have to skim my pool.

This is by far the most expensive cleaner, but it is also the best I gotten 8 to 10 years out of my old one. I leave this in a pool all year long and does a great job.

When it works, this is the best cleaner I have had. It is very much overpriced. It has a short 2 year warranty compared to most of its competitors. We have a great local repair shop that has replaced the motor and computer twice under warranty. Now it has gone out a third time and we are a few months out of warranty. They will not stand behind it. For the price, I expect a much better product. Again, when it works, it is fantastic. Unfortunately, it fails a lot. The price for repair now is over 1,200 dollars.

Just as advertised - great product! Climbs the pool walls easily, stays on top of the water to clean the water line and knows when to stop. Already had iAquaLink, so the WiFi connection was easy - I also just used the controller and that functioned just as well. Have used it over several weeks and it has decreased the cleaning time (Smart cleaning) by 15 minutes.

This pool robot does a decent job cleaning a medium sized, kidney shaped pool. It gets stuck fairly frequently on the steps however and the controller box is a piece of garbage. We're on our second controller box already and the quality of it is abysmal. It got blown over in a wind storm and the housing cracked in half. The first controller box got blown into the pool and drowned. If you buy this thing, wrap the controller in bubble wrap and waterproof it because the electronics are very fragile. I think too fragile for its intended use, which is outside and near a pool. For the price, it should be a better made unit.

I like it. Definitely heavy. Cart is helpful and I store mine in the garage. I have vacuumed with the filter that comes with the robot and next day with the fine sand and silt filter (Zodiac Polaris part # R0535800) that I bought (pictured). The fine sand filter picks the stuff up better than the one that comes with the robot and a must have if you ask me. The picture says it all, but it looks like mud in the filter. Picks up small pea gravel with no issue at all. Super easy to clean and using it keeps your pool filtering system in better shape since you are not putting your vacuumed dirt through it anymore. The remote is definitely a little wanky but you can do what you need to all-in-all. Only negative is that it rarely gets on the steps. Our pool is vinyl so there is a lip under the bottom step to snap the vinyl into and the robot will not clear it normally. Concrete and fiberglass should be good to go unless you have a substantial lip like mine.

I bought this unit to replace an Aquabot Turbo T which sucked up dirt, leaves, sediment - anything on the pool floor better than any other unit I'd tried. It also sucked in other ways. It was a maintenance nightmare. The VRX cleans as well or better, it's beautifully engineered, easy to use and a pleasure to look at. It comes when called, the filter unit is large, equal to or bigger that the T. It's the only bot I've seen that actually cleans to the waterline. They all claim to but the Turbo T only got close when the filter bag was empty and the Dolphin I have never really tried. It's expensive but reasonably priced when compared to the abilities of the competition. The real test however is down the line. Will it hold up? If I can get 5 years out of the VRX without substantial maintenance, then it will have been worth every penny. The only negative that I've observed is a slightly finicky wifi connection. At the moment it fails to update firmware for some reason - it's 10' from the hub. That's minor in the scheme of things, and hopefully will be sorted out soon.

I'm not sure what I expected but after having the same purchasing the same cleaner twice and both times having issues, we had to make a chamge. This was an excellent purchase. We love that it climbs the pool walls with ease to clean the sides and the suction is great, picks up well. It doesn't climb the stairs to our tanning ledge but it has tried. Easy to set up. App works great so we can control when not at home. Storage center is compact and easy to move when necessary. We love that it notifies you when the basket is full, which is something we didn't have with our previous cleaner. Definitely happy with our purchase and would highly recommend.