Why I Switched to a Pool Cleaner with Hose and How Beatbot Changed My Summer

When I first bought my house—with its bright blue pool shimmering like a promise—I was thrilled. I’d always wanted a pool. You know, the dream: spontaneous BBQs, floaties drifting in the sun, maybe even a few lazy afternoon naps on a lounger. What I didn’t dream about was the constant cleaning. Skimming, brushing, unclogging filters, yanking leaves out from corners I didn’t even know existed... The whole thing was more of a full-time job than a luxury. That’s where Beatbot came in. I found it at a point where I was ready to give up on robotic pool cleaners altogether. But this one—with its “pool cleaner with hose” design—didn’t just change how I clean my pool. It changed how I enjoy it.

I’ll be honest: I used to hate pool maintenance. I had one of those cordless robot cleaners , and it looked cool, but the battery barely lasted through a full clean. It would run out of juice halfway through, leaving random patches of gunk behind like it just got bored and clocked out early. Every time I went outside, I’d find it stuck in the deep end like a confused turtle.

Then one evening—true story—I was doomscrolling on my phone after wrestling the old cleaner out of the pool for the third time that week, and I saw a thread on a pool owners’ forum. Someone had posted about a Beatbot model, saying it used a hose but in a totally different way. I nearly skipped over it because I assumed “hose” meant outdated tech. But the comments were full of people swearing it was the best cleaner they’d ever owned. So, I caved. I clicked. I ordered. I didn’t even tell my partner because I figured if it didn’t work, at least it’d be another gadget to shove in the garage.

But wow. It worked.

Okay, let me explain something: when you hear “ pool cleaner  with hose,” your brain probably flashes to those clunky suction-side units that used to tangle up like garden snakes on bad days. That’s what I thought, too. But Beatbot’s design? It’s completely different. This isn’t just a machine tethered to a hose—it’s more like a high-functioning little robot that happens to be connected for consistent power and real-time feedback.

The hose connection isn’t limiting—it’s empowering. Instead of worrying about charging times, signal drops, or whether the cleaner got “tired” halfway through, this thing just… works. Every. Single. Time.

And the best part? It never runs out of energy. I’ve literally gone to sleep with it running, and in the morning, the pool looks like it’s been polished with diamonds.

I didn’t expect to enjoy watching a machine clean my pool, but here we are.

The movement is smooth—almost graceful. It doesn't bash into walls or float aimlessly. It climbs the walls, glides over steps, and even pauses briefly before changing direction, like it’s thinking. There's no frantic jerking, no noisy buzzing. Just this quiet, almost zen-like cleaning process.

And can I just say: the hose? Not once has it tangled. Beatbot clearly thought that through. It swivels when it needs to, stays out of its own way, and somehow never gets caught on anything. That alone felt like a small miracle.

I used to think I was doing a decent job cleaning my pool. I had a routine, you know? Skim, scrub, vacuum, test the water, repeat. But after running the AquaSense 2 (that's the Beatbot model I got), I realized there were spots I never touched properly. Like the seams between the walls and the floor. Or that weird sloped area near the drain where algae loved to hide.

Beatbot? It got all of that. And more.The water looked clearer. 

The walls were smooth. Even the smell of the pool changed. My wife walked outside a few days after the first full clean and said, “Did you add something to the water? It looks like a hotel pool now.”

Reader, I did not. Beatbot just cleaned it better than I ever could.

I don’t know if this makes sense, but using Beatbot started to feel… personal. Like, not just “a machine doing its job,” but like I had a little pool-savvy friend who just got it. There’s even an app that connects with the robot to give updates, track cleaning sessions, and suggest when to run the next cycle based on recent weather or usage.

I swear, it’s like it knows my pool better than I do. Last week, after a particularly windy night, I got a ping on my phone recommending a quick cleaning pass. I didn’t even have to think about it—it just handled it.

This part still makes me laugh.

I was sitting outside one afternoon—cold drink in hand, legs dipped in the pool—and my neighbor leaned over the fence. He looked at the water, looked at the Beatbot humming below the surface, then looked back at me.

“Dude,” he said. “Did you hire someone?”

I smiled, pointed at the robot, and said, “Nope. That’s just my cleaner. His name’s Beatbot. He’s kind of a genius.”

My neighbor squinted at the water and muttered something about ordering one that night.

Listen, I didn’t expect to care this much about a pool cleaner with hose. It was supposed to be a simple fix, a better tool to save me a few hours each week. But it’s honestly done more than that.It gave me back my weekends.

It gave me back a sense of ease around something that used to stress me out. It made my pool feel like a luxury again, not a burden.

Beatbot didn’t just clean my pool. It changed how I use it, how I think about it, and how much I enjoy it. And for something that sits quietly underwater doing its job, that’s kind of remarkable.

If you told me a year ago I’d be writing a love letter to a robot with a hose, I’d have laughed. But here we are. And I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

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