AIPER Scuba S1 Cordless Robotic Cleaner, Smart Navigation for Inground Pools up to 1,600 Sq.ft, Wall and Waterline Cleaning Vacuum

Firstly, I have only used the Scuba once and it's far more complicated (modes and the AI used to attempt to cover the entire pool) than my other pool cleaner so I'll come back and post an update once I have more information. I'm also going to upload a short video. Unpacking: The unpacking was simple and it was extremely well packed so arrived pristine and arrived fast, I believe 2 days. Charging: This was simple, just pull out the rubber plug and plug in the electrical cord and it charges. Ready for the first voyage: I unplugged it from the charger and then refit the rubber plug. I brought it to my "small 3500 gallon" all tile pool and held the button for a few seconds, it turned on and I put it into the pool. Walls: It immediately started cleaning the walls, It wasn't perfect coverage but it did it's job and kept moving a bit to the right and then doing the next line on the wall. My other cleaner only does floors. Steps: I have a unique "Spool" that is 7x13x5.5'deep. You walk in on the one edge and there are a narrow series of steps that you follow down the short side of the pool and then turn and you're in the pool. The Scuba would make it's way up the wall and then across the step and then finish up the wall. Then it would work it's way back down, across the step and then down to the bottom and then would turn slightly to the right and do the next line. It would pause periodically to try to figure out what to do but always seemed to find a way off the steps even when one of the treads was not touching. Even in the corner it is a tight step but it managed to just fit. It fell sideways but eventually got itself back off the small step. I didn't give it hours in the auto mode to see if it would cover everything but perhaps next time I will. Floor: It wasn't spending much time on the floor and instead was working on the walls pretty much for 45 minutes or so. I decided time to crack open the manual for the first time and see what I could figure out. There are many modes. I believe it was in the full auto floor and walls mode but honestly, I didn't confirm the LED so I will have to try it again. However, I pressed the button a few times until it was set to floor only mode and put it back in the pool. I watched it for maybe 20 minutes and it was hard to determine what it's game plan was but it wasn't slowly covering inch by inch, it was moving around a bit erratic. There was a lot of noticeable dirt all over the floor so I decided to leave it be and go about another project I needed to work on. I came back about an hour later, so probably around 2 hours total run time, and it was still happily running and what's more, NOT A SPEC OF DIRT ON THE FLOOR! It cleaned everything spotless! Cleaning the dirt collection: I had a different pool cleaner that was much more difficult to clean out. This guy was dead easy. Lift the cover, pull out the screen/net basket (which had a ton of dirt and debris in it), and spray it down with the garden hose and you're good to go! Conclusion: I still have to fully take the covers off the pool and put the Scuba back in set to floor and wall mode and then just let it do it's thing. I thought I read that it can run for 90 minutes but I'm sure it was running much longer than that. I'll fully charge it and run it in full auto and see how it works. That said, it did a great job on the floor and seemed to be doing a nice job on the walls. Very impressed with the battery life.

So an update to my original completely negative review (below): Aiper Support contacted us shortly after the first review was posted, and immediately acknowledged that based on the video, the robot was defective. That impressed me. They offered (and we accepted) to send us a replacement unit (one level up from the original). When that unit arrived, we found it was better, but still had some of the same issues. Support was again responsive, they had seen some of this, and believed that a firmware update would resolve the problem. We waited a bit for the firmware to be released, and upon install, the robot did perform better and did get and so far has kept the pool clean. Had support not been so very helpful, we would have moved on. Now for the "final review": Understand we came from the old-style dolphins, heavy and expensive. This new unit is absolutely lighter and not having the cords is a big plus. It keeps the floor clean, and attacks the walls exactly as we would hope. I do wish the battery were replaceable, but that doesn't seem to be an option on any of these newer units. Battery life (thus far) is great, a second battery hasn't been missed. The negatives are relevant only to my experience with the old Dolphin. This filter basket is much smaller. We don't have a lot of big leaves, but that could be a problem, I don't know. We did have an algae problem when we started, and to be fair, the listing does say that you should use the sand filter suction for algae, not the robot. The problem is that I had depended on the Dolphin for years to do exactly that work at the beginning of the season. With a MUCH larger filter surface area, 3-4 cleanings of the filter got rid of the worst algae kill we'd ever had. I'd estimate this year it would have been 1-2 cleanings with the old unit. So doing what Aiper said wasn't recommended, I was disappointed that they were right. Only the fine filter would capture the algae, and I was literally cleaning it several times an hour in my stubborn hope that something would change. This was NOT the robot, nor the manufacturer's fault, and I won't try that again. But some people have to prove everything to themselves. Guilty. I would suggest that although the fine filter is effective, a pleated one could increase the filter surface dramatically, and make a big difference in the time between cleaning requirements. It was actually somewhat enjoyable at this point to see that the robot "swimming" now made it clear that it was just ready to have the filter cleaned, unlike the previous penchant. So, although my original one-star review was accurate for what we first received, I have upgraded it based on a combination of the final product, and what would call stellar support. I don't know if a firmware upgrade might have fixed the original, but we are quite pleased with what we have now. So thanks to Aiper support! Original Review: Fun to watch, but doesn't clean anything I really wanted this to work. A short background, I've got 40 years in technology, 30 of that owning a pretty successful tech company. I've also used the corded Dolphins for many years. I'm no expert on these things, but I'm not a novice or an idiot. I wanted to get away from the cords, but the Dolphin price made me look at other options. According to the listed specs, this unit fit the bill, and most of the reviews were pretty good. Not all, but most. I read the manual, the robot didn't. I tried it in the default floor/wall mode, it barely touched the floor. I put it in floor mode. It apparently has an aversion to the floor. I thought it was full of entrapped air, so I turned it in every direction I could just underwater (I did get some air out a few times, but it didn't help) and the thing still won't stay on the bottom! As soon as it starts moving forward, the front lifts, the exhaust water port points down (scattering any dirt from the floor), and the thing takes off! It swims all over the pool, but won't stay down. Tried it a few times, doing the same thing, and hoping for different results. I got the same results. Don't judge me. I've posted a video (the review system will only let me upload one). If I wanted an expensive toy submarine (without a remote control), this would do it. It's kind of fun to watch actually, like an underwater ballet. I thought about putting a few pounds of weights in the basket, but figured it would be smarter to return it and try to find one that works. So back to the search, this one wasn't it.

I bought this for about $700 after tax (the price has since changed) and used it once or twice a week for just under a year. It did a good job keeping my pool clean and picked up fine sand and leaves really well. The fine mesh basket was easy to empty, and the smart navigation covered the pool nicely. Unfortunately, it stopped charging after 11 months and 3 weeks. When I plugged it in, the light blinked red twice and shut off. I tried troubleshooting with no luck. I was disappointed because it worked great while it lasted. **UPDATE** The best part is the customer service I recieved! I was given a replacement and it works great. It is the updated 2025 edition, and I absolutely LOVE the fine silt catching filter that it came with. You can take that part out and just have the sand and larger debris filter, or you can easily include the fine sand filter, as they nest inside eachother. My water was so clean after using it, which is great because I live in a desert and I get fine blow-sand in the pool. I also love that these don't have a tether of any sort and you push a button and drop it in the pool. I do recommend reading the directions completely, which I did, but I'm even more diligent now. I even asked my pool guy to not take it in or out of the pool, as I would rather handle it myself to be sure he isn't plugging it in while still wet, etc. I just told him "it's on a timer, so you don't have to worry about taking it out."

Updated review: I bought an Aiper back in the summer of 2024. Worked great. Then it died on me in the summer of 2025. I was really upset. I mean nothing lasts forever, but one year? I wrote a pretty scathing review. But, I have to give Aiper credit. They followed up with me, and promised to make good, which they did. I got a brand new Aiper, gratis! They do give a two-year warranty. They followed up quite a bit to make sure that I was happy. So, I have to give them a lot of credit for that. Also: I did buy another pool cleaner in the meantime, and it quickly became evident that Aiper was superior to this new (other, orange and black) one. For one, you can operate the Aiper simply by touching the button on the device and the instructions are simple. If you're like me, the last thing you want is another confusing, complicated app on your phone. Also, you can choose between pool floor cleaning, wall cleaning, or combo. Again, very easy and simple. With the other cleaner, if you want to go no app (and the app doesn't work btw), you have to select "combo." (I don't want combo, I need pool floor cleaning.) So I'm appreciative of being able to select the service I want, and only that -- no confusing app needed. More plaudits to Aiper: they include a directions book, which is increasingly not available on a number of devices ("just go find it on the internet"--yeah, right. I'm looking at you Roomba and orange and black pool cleaner). Lastly, they sent along a number of relevant and needed parts, like the hook to lift it out of the pool, and some type of pool brush scrubber replacement (I can't figure out what is, but maybe I will someday, and it's very nice that they sent it). Anyway, hopefully this one will last longer. When it works, Aiper is second to none. And the customer service is second to none! So far, fingers crossed, I'm very happy with Aiper! Photo of the new one attached.

For the first 10 years, I had a nautical brand. It was much harder to clean. It also had a cord that had to go into the water. This cordless robot Cleaner does a great job and it really picks up the debris that the wind has blown in or bugs. I was skeptical first how this would work but it’s simple. It’s a very simple machine to operate and clean and that’s important.. the battery once it’s charged and put in the water. It runs about 2 1/2 hours. I would say maybe even three it’s easy removing it from pool. It also charges pretty quickly. If you’re gonna have to spend money on a machine to vacuum your pool, this is the one to spend it on.

—Review Update— The seller of this item contacted me upon reading my original 2 star review. Their customer service truly is worth 5 stars. Customer service listened to my problems, provided solutions, and ultimately sent me the Aiper S1 pro as a replacement for my malfunctioning purchase. The S1 Pro is a true powerhouse, and cleans my pool to my satisfaction. The only little problem I had was activating the accompanying app for this cleaner, but Aiper’s customer service was quick to help me out in this regard too. I am now a very happy customer, who can warmly recommend Aiper, as a company with outstanding customer service that stands behind their products 100%. I decided to buy this robotic pool vacuum, because my high efficiency Dolphin pool vacuum decided to stop working, and I unfortunately am not in a financial position to buy another Dolphin vacuum. I have been using high end robotic pool vacuums for many years and have always been very satisfied with the results. Since I don’t have the financial means anymore to buy a high-end robot, I have been researching the “middle class” robotic vacuums intensely. This Aiper robot received decent reviews all around, not only on Amazon, and was within my budget, so I decided to purchase it. So far the results are very disappointing. It has the hardest time picking up fine debris such as sand, or flocculants that sink to the pool floor after treatment. I received this item on February 21 and have used it every day since, on 2 days I even managed to use it twice, and my pool is still far from being clean. While watching the Aiper clean my pool, I noticed that fine sand/debris is blown out of the air hole of the Aiper again, as soon as it picked it up. It runs very slow, and often just “parks” for a couple of minutes in the same space, before it slowly continues to roll over the pool floor. I guess when it comes to pool robots the old adage “You get what you pay for,” rings true. Even so $500 certainly is a pretty high price tag, the Aiper just can’t keep up with the machines that go for $1,000 or more. It certainly doesn’t have the cleaning power of its more expensive competitors, and at least in my case it does a shoddy job of cleaning my 15,000 gallon inground pool. Even so it “parks” itself on the edge of the pool, when the battery goes empty, my Aiper always parks itself in the deep and of the pool, and it is a pain in the neck to get it out of there for recharging. Another negative is, that you are supposed to turn off your pool pump while the Aiper is cleaning, because it can negatively affect the cleaning performance, if you leave the pool pump on. I tried it both ways with the robot set on “floor only” cleaning and wasn’t able to discern a difference. The quality of cleaning was mediocre at best both ways. My pool is protected by a pool cage, so I don’t have to worry about leaves or other large debris in my pool. My main issue is sand/fine debris, and the Aiper is definitely no match for this kind of dirt in the pool. The Aiper obviously also doesn’t calculate its cleaning route before starting the process, like my previous robots did. It seems to travel randomly through the pool, being in the shallow end one minute and then pulling through to the deep end, where it then often stands helpless in a corner for a while, before it continues its unorganized travel through the pool, passing by big spots of debris, before inevitably ends up in the shallow part again, where it then takes another break from its job, before slowly moving on. If your budget allows for a higher end pool vacuum robot, definitely go with one of those. At this time I am financially not able to buy me a better quality pool cleaner, and due to an auto immune disease I am physically not able anymore to manually clean my pool. However, should my financial situation improve, the Aiper will definitely be replaced with one of its high-performance competitors. Unfortunately I cannot recommend the Aiper as a machine that performs a satisfactory job.

The vacuum worked wonderfully for the 5 months it worked. However, then one day it just died in the middle of charging. I always take negative reviews with a grain of salt as I feel many times it could be due to user error and not following the directions. However, I spent 20+ years working in the pool industry so I know what to do. Despite the negative reviews, I bought this anyway. I contacted Aiper and their initial offer was to fix it or send me a refurbished one. I run a swim school out of my pool, so there's no way I can wait for them to fix it. I requested a brand new one, but had to escalate the request to do this. They won't even ship a new one until the old one is received, which is not common nowadays as this could be a long wait time and present a challenge for keeping my pool clean now for my school. I will update my review once they decide if they will do this. Based up the hundreds (maybe thousands) of reviews I read after it broke across many platforms, I probably would not buy an Aiper again. Though, I am curious to see if this new model (the 2025 version) may have fixed this issue. I will keep my eyes on the reviews for that as well. UPDATE (7/12/25) the company did replace the vacuum but it took forever to arrive (over a week after sending mine back). The emails back and forth only happen once every 24 hours since they are not stateside. I would say that despite the long back and forth, they did do everything they could to ensure I was satisfied. I am giving one star back due to that. UPDATE 2/2026 - Replacement vacuum they gave has partially stopped working. Reached out to customer service and again, no help whatsoever. Insane. I do not recommend this brand and will never purchase from them again. Their products are junk.

Updated review after two more days of cleaning: I ran the unit in auto mode one day and floor only mode the next day. Despite my pool containing angled surfaces connecting horizontal floors to vertical walls which tends to confuse Navigation 2.0, the end result is a reasonably clean pool. The unit still had problems in corners where the surface angles change even after I brushed debris out into open areas. The unit managed to maneuver some of the debris back again. Some small debris remained even in open flat areas, so the navigation system is not perfect despite its best effort to be. I added a photo of the deep end square floor with its four adjacent angled surfaces showing residual debris after 3 days of cleaning. When in floor only mode, the unit sometimes treated an angled surface as a floor, continuing forward motion until it reached a vertical wall. At other times as a wall, backing up when it started to angle up. Overall, if you are looking for an inexpensive model that does a sufficient job, this could be the unit for you. Original title: Smart Navigation 2.0? I would hate to see 1.0. Original review: I have an inground vinyl-lined pool with a relatively flat and box-like shallow end (3-4 ft.) that drops off with steep angles into a deep end (8 ft). I was spoiled by a much more sophisticated (i.e., expensive) competitor unit that I inherited with the house upon purchase until it broke last pool season. When it was done cleaning, the pool was spotless, even at corners and bends. I purchased this unit as a cost-saving option (less than half the cost of a model comparable to my original broken one) and because it shed the cumbersome umbilical that my previous unit used for power. I have used it once so far and watched it closely while I ran it in two different modes. I started in auto mode which begins in wall-only mode until the battery charge drops. It does indeed climb walls skillfully even breaking the water line. However, it was confused by the steep angles, and angle changes of my deep end, which also interfered with its desire to change directions using 90 degree turns. It also slid back to the very bottom when reversing to the downward direction I think because it turns off the suction (power saving) at certain times. It did hit different wall spots, but not as intended by the advertised path navigation. I do not know if it would eventually hit all the walls by random chance, but most of my dirt was on the floor, so I switched to floor-only mode to see how it would do there. In floor-only mode, the unit cleaned flat areas well, but had difficult with joints between floor and wall. It also remained confused about my deep end, spending more time changing direction than actually moving in a straight line. The lightness of the unit prevented it from transitioning well from flat shallow end to the downward angle to the deep end, sailing off into the wind blue yonder until eventually sinking back down to the bottom. That said, when I returned the next morning after allowing it to drain its battery, the floor was mostly clean except for the corners and areas where the unit would have to breech two different angled surfaces. I easily lifted the unit out with the provided hook attachment, opened the cleaning door and removed the catch basket. It was quite easy to hose out as advertised. In summary, for the price, a descent unit, but do not expect cleaning perfection. I will still have to use a manual method for the crevices that the unit failed to reach.

El robot ayuda y te puede hacer el 70% de mantenimiento en la alberca, nunca te va a hacer el 100%. También no hace trabajos continuos en la superficie y orillas de la alberca.

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hola mi scuba s1 habia funcionado bien desde que l ocmpre pero ahora no carga mas, se pone rojo y despues se apaga creo la bateria esta muerta, hay repuesto para esto?

في البداية لم يعجبني الأداء لأن ما يقوم بشفطه ينفثه في الاتجاه الاخر والماء في حوض السباحة يصبح عكرا للغاية.. قمت بالتجربة مرارا ولكن كانت النتيجة محبطة حتى اكتشفت المشكلة!!!! الفلتر يحوي على شبك غير دقيق! الغبار والتراب الناعم لا يمكن احتواءه بهذا الفلتر ابدا، لهذا قمت بإضافة قطعة قماش قطنية رقيقة وفائقة الدقة بداخله.. قمت بالصاقه باللاصق الجل ذو الوجهين، وتثبيته من الأعلى بغطاء الفلتر نفسه ونجحت الحيلة ١٠٠% اذ قام الفلتر باحتواء جميع الأتربة بدقة فائقة.. أرجو من الشركة المصنعة ان تضع لنا خيارات اكثر للفلاتر وتضيف من ضمنها الفلاتر الدقيقة للغاية.

No tiene fuerza al aspirar, en la descripción del producto dice unas características que no trae, no absorbe todo lo que hay, pues al acercarse el agua que saca a un lado lo empuja y el robot no tiene la capacidad de succionarlo, así que solo parece que empuja las hojas, decepcionada, no lo recomiendo para nada,