POOL BLASTER Leaf Vac Cordless Hoseless Pool Leaf Vacuum & Skimmer, Battery-Powered Swimming Pool Leaf Catcher with Heavy Duty Mesh Bag, for Inground and Above Ground Pools, by Water Tech

I had read many reviews AFTER I purchased, as I looked at the complaints, I became quite concerned. Happily after I recieved it, I went straight out and used it, and happily those negative reviews only told me, folks were more oblivious to proper steps and use of this product.1st, if you look at the battery secure pocket, the seal is not really suitable for under water, so after installing batteries, it's only common sense to me to then take a sandwich sized zip lock and carefully wrap and seal the unit, then carefully insert battery pack into pocket, it fits tight and sealed battery pack famously, then replace the pocket's cover, not one part of my pack got wet, not even a little. Common sense!2nd, this unit is being used against the force of water, so if you are impatient and try to force this unit to hurry up and clean, well when it breaks, that's on you, you cannot and should not man-handle it, again common sense!3rd, I noticed that the deeper the unit went, and my inground pool is 8 foot, the deeper it went, the slower the fan seemed to have spun, which in turn spends the batteries faster as I'm guessing the depth of the pool made the unit work harder, but the unit with patients worked perfectly, it picked up leaves, twigs, bugs, dust, we had it covered for the mississippi winter, the tarp we used collapsed when we took it out a couple months ago, thus dropping alot of debris into pool, with continuous, unsuccessful attempts with the pool net and even our pool robot vacuum, the effort we put into cleaning it up took a toll. This bad boy cleaned it completely up in no time at all, Thank you God!!Lastly, as this is a unit I absolutely plan to use regularly once I get the pool set for summer use, I went ahead a bought rechargeable batteries with the charging unit, this will save you a bunch of time and money, as the seller stated you get on average about 3 hours out of these batteries, I got maybe 2.On the whole, and as you have to make a determination yourself, but the horror stories I found in these reviews were none of what I experienced, not even close, I absolutely would encourage you to give this product a try, thankyou for reading my review.

The media could not be loaded. Our trusty, tried and true hydo powered leaf vac broke at the hose connection last month. We replaced it with a similar hydro powered unit that ended up being terrible and made more of a mess than helped. I came across this battery powered unit and was willing to give it a try. Most of the cons are more suggestions for a second generation development than actually issues with the current unit.pros:-Easy to use and maneuver-No adding extra water to the pool this throwing your PH OUT OF BALANCE, then costing more in chemicals to rebalance.-no water hose to wind up, or unwind, or moving patio furniture .-Works really well with smaller leaves-This unit picks up a decent amount of leaves before having to be emptied.Cons:-the plastic seems a little inferior to our old hydro unit and I fear that it may not stand up to rugged use over time.-I hate where the power button is, as the handle tends to get in the way of turning it off when emptying the bag.-I would rather have two replaceable and rechargeable battery packs as this takes 8 double AA batteries. I can see how batteries could get expensive over time, would recommend. Buying rechargeable AA from Amazon basic.-When vacuuming up large oak leaves or leaves with longer stems they tend to get caught on the blue plastic stabilizers that hold the yellow motor in place. This then limits the amount of leaves that can be picked up. In a traditional hydro powered unit there is nothing in the center and the water being shot up creates the Venturi effect to keep leaves pushed up in the bag. I would suggest that when they do the next generation that they make rolers covering these blue plastic stabilizers so that the rollers can turn and the leaves could then unclog since it is not stationary creating a leaf jam.-I would prefer that the unit have a multi positional pole holder kind of like a Dyson stick vac to where the unit will remain flat, but depending on your position you can move it easier with outputting too much lateral pressure on the plastic connector to your extension pole. I feel this will be a week link.-Suction power is pretty decent, our hydro powered unit would suck up an acorn or acorn cap, but this will not provide the needed power to do that. Our regular Polaris will end up picking it up though.

When I bought the Pool Blaster I had my doubts about its' ability pick up large size leaves and other debris because of what I perceived to be a slow turning propeller. I just wondered how it could have enough sucking power to get the job done. However, when I put it through the test it came out with flying colors. Not only did it pick up large oak leaves with ease, it also vacuumed up sweet gum balls! I was most pleasantly surprised and pleased.I use to use a leaf vacuum that connected to a garden hose and, while it worked well, the hose was difficult to manage especially in cold weather. The Pool Blaster is SO much easier to use because it runs on batteries and is much lighter than the models using a hose.I opted for the Blaster that runs of AA batteries due to the lower price. I figured for the difference between the battery model and the rechargeable model I could purchase a bunch of AA's.