Battery-powered pool cleaners

Battery-powered pool vacuums or handheld battery vacuums are small-sized pool cleaners that differ from robotic pool cleaners in several ways. Handheld battery pool vacuums are small and are usually used to vacuum small areas in our pool or spa that we cannot clean with a manual brush, or even areas that our electric or hydraulic pool cleaner does not vacuum.

Vacuum models basically consist of 4 parts: the suction mouth or centre, the debris filter, the battery and motor at the heart of the vacuum, and the handle to hold it. What these battery-powered pool vacuums do is suck water through a low-power propulsion pump that usually has a flow rate between 90 litres and 120 litres per hour depending on the model. The batteries are small and can last between 40 and 90 minutes of autonomy. Most wireless pool vacuums have a charging connection directly on the vacuum, without having to remove the battery, while other models require removing it and placing it in the corresponding charger.

Many models have a handle with an adapter to fit a telescopic pool pole, with which we can manually pass the battery vacuum to areas we cannot reach. It is important to highlight that these vacuums have a limited suction capacity and are not autonomous, so we will always have to handle it ourselves to clean where we want. If we are looking for something more autonomous like a cleaning robot, we should look in our section for electric pool cleaners or cordless cleaning robots.