NOT a toy (dangerous!) but a great auto pool cleaner
I have a fiberglass pool so cleaners designed for vinyl bottoms really work better for me than those for "cement ponds." And the price was right.
However this item is in the "Toys" category and that is TERRIBLE. This pool cleaner works off of the vacuum created by your pool pump/filter. The cleaner is made more efficient by the use of two venturi intakes (the smallest one is removable). With only about a half-square-inch intake the suction on the bottom of this cleaner is ferocious. And instead of Wanda the Whale they should have dubbed it Sarah the Shark.
DO NOT let children into the pool when this device is operating - or simple-minded adults for that matter. Get a toe stuck in the intake when Wanda runs over your foot and you might find yourself pulling it out of the filter before heading to the ER to see if they can re-attach it. And God help the curious adolescent boy who has the pool to himself....
Hayward is quite clear about the dangers of this product and the narrow operating environment but making the thing cute and cuddly and allowing it to be categorized as a toy seems to be a massive product liability exposure.
Warnings aside this is a great auto pool cleaner at a really great price. You may need to cut out the venturi intake to match up better with your pump pressure and to allow it to clean your pool in a more systematic way but you'll be impressed with what the little thing can accomplish in a half-day or so.
Highly-recommended pool-cleaning TOOL! Highly-discouraged as a "toy" using any criteria.More detail ...
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