Independent rankings
Best robot pool cleaners for walls and the waterline
Pool robots that climb the walls and scrub the tide mark, which is the part of the pool everyone actually looks at.
The floor is the easy part. Algae takes hold on the walls, and the greasy line at the waterline is what a guest notices from the deck. Only machines that climb and scrub both are listed, and coverage carries forty per cent of the score.
3 / 3 models evaluated
Weighted for this ranking
- Coverage
- 40%
- Navigation
- 16%
- Power
- 12%
- Filtration
- 12%
- Automation
- 8%
- Value
- 4%
- Ease of Use
- 4%
- Reliability
- 4%
- Best Overall#1
MOVA press imageMOVADiver A10
80/100Four hours on a charge, a 3-micron filter and AI vision that recognises drains and steps — the fine-debris pick, with the parking-at-the-edge trick included.
- Coverage
- 80
- Filtration
- 81
- Navigation
- 86
- Automation
- 66
AI VisionFloor · Walls · WaterlineCordlessLifts itself out$699Check price - #2Beatbot
Sora 30
70/100The sensible Beatbot: floor, walls, waterline and shallow platforms, a five-litre basket, S-shaped paths, and it floats to the surface when done — for under $700.
- Coverage
- 80
- Filtration
- 61
- Navigation
- 73
- Automation
- 52
UltrasonicFloor · Walls · WaterlineCordlessLifts itself out$689Check price - #3
Beatbot press imageBeatbotAquaSense 2
61/100Cordless floor, wall and waterline cleaner that parks itself at the surface when it is done — the first pool robot you never wade in for.
- Coverage
- 80
- Filtration
- 38
- Navigation
- 73
- Automation
- 52
UltrasonicFloor · Walls · WaterlineCordlessLifts itself out$799Check price