Best Hayward Suction Pool Cleaners

I am 2.5yrs into owning this cleaner... and it has been a solid improvement over my previous favourite pool cleaner (The Pentair Rebel Mk2). You… Read more

need to understand that every pool cleaner is awful.. robots, suction with diaphragms, suction with gears (like this one).. they all have different pros and a long list of cons.. I've had them all over a decade in a pool that has trees raining on it on a daily basis. The Aquanaut 250 is the least worst of the cleaners out there.. this is why we are seeing it in almost every pool shop under a number of different brand names.. but its the same cleaner.

The main difference between this and the Rebel (both gear based suction cleaners) is the AquaNaut has flaps that bend out of the way to allow larger leaf matter to pass through.. and I believe it also heavily reduces the wear on the gears. Gear wear was the #1 issue with the Rebel.. every 1-2yrs they would strip and it would stop running and need replacement parts... Dont get me wrong, the AquaNaut still gets caught on larger sticks or a pile of leaves that clump up... but for me its maybe once a week compared to twice daily with the Rebel.. its a huge improvement... if you want no blockages you can use a robot, but robots don't actually pump water through the pool filter.. so they create different water quality problems.

I recently had an issue after re-lining my vinyl pool which was now very slippery... and the cleaner would get stuck in certain spots.. I solved it the same way I solved issues with my Rebel.. you can either buy tyres with a bump on them (but they are very expensive), or add some pieces of eraser or plastic yourself in 1 random spot on each tyre., its enough to kick it out of a stuck spot.. and has instantly fixed my issues.

I was nervous that you can't open it up without a screwdriver.. as I had to open the Rebel up daily.. but honestly once in 2.5yrs is the amount of times I've had to open it due to a really specific stick jammed in there.. its been fine..

If you have issues with it climbing walls and sucking air.. just reduce the suction with a skimmer plate.. I don't have any issues but it is a thing with suction cleaners.

I read the negative reviews in here, and honestly you need to lower expectations.. there is no magical cleaner out there.. some people may not have much leaf matter and can get away with whatever.. but this has been the best cleaner by far, corners or round pool.. will report back in a few more years, but so far so good.

Navigator Pro has been an amazing cleaner, does a great job of cleaning coverage of the pool. Purchased V-Flex upgrade kit for it because some… Read more

bearings got a bit tight after 8 years of operation. DO NOT Buy this upgrade kit, it is absolute garbage!!! The bearings in the bearingless system collapsed in just over 1 year of operation, these bearings go on the v-flex mechanism, both wore through the garbage bearing retainer plastic. Picture of this included, it looks like some employee went home and 3D printed these with extremely bad filaments. This upgrade kit is stupidly expensive so do yourself a favour and do not do it.

I was very unsure about purchasing another suction cleaner after having a Dolphin robot cleaner. Had nothing but bad experience in the past with… Read more

suction cleaners.. So far I have been very impressed with the Tracvac. It has covered every inch of my pool floor and walls and hasn't got stuck in any cornor like most suction cleaners do. Only thing was I had to play around with the regulator a bit because it was trying to climb out of the pool and suckling some air... After a bit of playing around I think I got it sorted and it's running like a dream.. So far so good.. Feeling happy with my purchase