Pentair Rebel

Was the best pool cleaner that I have owned. It picks up debris, keeps algae off surfaces, most leaves, but gum leaf stems can jam gears as the gears wear.
also large twigs can get stick in entry of cleaner (tell-tale sign is cleaner going round in circles or hose tangling on itself). I echo other reviews the parts wear out but are at least straightforward to replace with basic mechanical knowledge.

From the day i put it in my pool, it just keeps stopping all the time and cannot seem to cope with any small leaves. My Austral S6 cleaner never had this problem. There is nothing wrong with my pump or filter. No matter how many times i take it out and put it back in, it will run for a short time and keep stopping.

I purchased a rebel pool cleaner and it was doing an amazing job of cleaning my pool but then just over 2 years or so it stopped working properly. I emailed Pentair and requested they replace it and they dropped off a brand new pool cleaner to my home. Pentair offered me great service and im really happy with my pool cleaner. I had tried many pool cleaners before and the Rebel is by far the best in cleaning the pool, it climbs the walls, picks up leaves and works its way around the whole pool.

This was advertised by retailer as suitable for pools with heavy leaf drop and described as "wall climbing".

The device stopped moving in one direction after less than 18 months then stopped moving completely a couple of weeks later. It was still under warranty but manufacturer said it generally lasts about 18 months before needing new parts so it's not covered (normal wear and tear). Some of the plastic rollers disintegrated too which they said would have been caused by a stick in the pool so also not covered. Spare parts (i.e. a few bits of...

We bought this in August 2017. We have had it replaced twice under warranty already. Today I went out to the pool to find it is broken again. Now it’s out of warranty. Every time the gearing has broken, now it just goes in circles. The last time they replaced it, they upgraded our rebel 1 to version 2. This one has lasted the shortest amount of time.

Just spent $150 on a refurbish kit as the unit slowed down and doing donuts. Wasted $150.00 as was provided with an old kit with smooth wheels. Unit is now just sitting there with wheels moving very slowly. Reset suction, back washed and removed skimmer basket, suction is at Max. But doesn't work at all.

We required a new pool cleaner, Rebel 2 was recommended to do the job required, leafy pool clean and a cleaner that could climb walls, to start with it did not work, we did a back wash, measured flow and checked all instructions and we have a cleaner that works.
Further comment from above, after running the cleaner for a while now, we have had to replace the pump and chlorination cell, with new improved water flow the cleaner work as it should, it does the job as intended and our has not looked this good since it was built 13 years ago.

Has been by far the best I've owned. We have an oval-shaped pebblecrete pool, surrounded by trees. Plenty of leaves of all shapes and sizes go in, but it deals with them no problem. Finally stopped covering the whole pool recently after two years of solid daily use. Drive shaft was worn. Replaced using tune-up kit. Away she goes again, good as new. Couldn't recommend more.

I have now had two of these things in the past year. I had the builder install the first in a 45,000 gallon pool. It worked for about two weeks, then got to where it would never leave the deep end of the pool.

Pool builder brought another one out; never really would leave the deep end. Left us manually cleaning about half the pool. Hose length is correct, float is correct, water returns are multiple, small ones, that do not impede the thing in any way.

Wife took the 2nd one in to Leslies; they replaced the plastic drive shaft that engages...

I purchased a Rebel 2 approximately four weeks ago and find it moves around the pool ok but has no brushes and doesn't scrub the surface of the pool so algae forms on the side walls. This never happened with the old creepy crawly. I was also disappointed to read in the instructions only after I has purchased it that it was only meant to run for two hours a day which is a bit annoying as the filter runs for at least double that as I am sure most pool filtration systems do. For me this cleaner is a waste of money and I have taken it out of the pool and gone back to my old creepy crawly.

I originally had all sorts of issues with the Rebel 2 not working but realised I was missing the hose float, I went back to the store & once I put on the hose float it works great. It has great suction & climbs the walls. It’s a really good quality built product & easy to access the internal components if you need to change any worn parts in the future. Lots of spare parts available also in case anything needs replacing.
The service from Pentair was really good also. They pointed me on the right direction to fix the issue I was having with the set up. Who knew the hose float was so important.

This cleaner is a new one, replacing an old creepy crawly. It is actually the second one, the first one failed after about 6 months, but Pantair simply replaced it, which was excellent. Since it's been replaced, it's performed perfectly, way better than our old one.

To set the background for my review.. my current pool is under a range of trees which drop a variety of propeller leaves (with a large nut like seed attached), flowers, flower buds, leaves, branches, then there are other palm trees with seeds and so on.. the biggest trees dump their entire load every few months. And so during peak periods I have to manually empty (the full) skimmer box every few hours, 'plus' scoop the pool manually too , so finding the right cleaner is really important for me.

I have tried the 3 different types now, here is t...

Update at Feb 2022.
The Rebel worked well for 18 to 20 months then stopped. We had a repair kit installed and it worked for another 4 or 5 months but has stopped working again. Had another kit installed, but it didn't fix the problem. It needs a new main drive wheel, but Rebel doesn't have them available and hasn't had them for ages. It is still under warranty but I can't get it fixed. The pool shop I bought it from is really unhappy with the Rebel supplier as they are not listening. I suggest you don't buy one of these pool cleaners.

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We have a 9m x 4m pool. Never really happy with the other type of creepy suction cleaner, never did a good job. Finally purchased the Rebel 2 and this has answered all our questions and concerns. Drone photo