Great Product!

We love diver Dave! The cleaner was easy to assemble use and it does a great job on our above ground swimming pool. The kids like watching him swim around the bottom of the pool. They feel someone is watching them all the time. The cleaner picks up leaves as well as any dirt. It works really great even with pine tree needles.

This product came with a great price too! I shopped around and I received the best price from Amazon.com.More detail ...

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.



UPDATE (13 Apr 2010): The Wanda the Whale cleaner comes with soft vinyl "feet" that allow it to move around a pool without damaging a liner. To use it in a fiberglass or cement pool these feet should be replaced with cork feet that will provide a better grip and wear longer than the standard vinyl feet. These feet can be ordered from Hayward but are available at any decent pool supply store that sells Hayward products. If you have this device - or plan to buy it - and will use it in a fiberglass or cement pool be sure to replace the four "feet" to get the best performance of this unit.

With the proper cork feet this wonderful little cleaner does a fabulous job keeping my fiberglass pool sparkling clean (it even cleans the side up to three feet from the bottom) - at a price that is dramatically less than typical automatic pool cleaners.More detail ...

I REALLY LIKE IT!

This works much better than the rectangular sweeper we had before. It picks up leaves and sediment much better and works from any direction. Also the price is great too! I just saw the same product at the pool store and they were asking $44.00 for it.



As always Amazon service was great!More detail ...

Great Product!!

I don't know what the deal is with the first reviewer. This product is great. I purchased the "max" PoolBuster two years ago. My only problem is that last year the battery would not take a charge. WaterTech (the manufacturer) replaced the whole unit... and had the replacement to me within days of sending them the old unit.

Bottom line is that the PoolBuster is a real work saver... you can vacuum a pool like mine (16 x 32 inground) in about 20 minutes without getting out the vacuum hose and having to backwash after vacuuming. Only thing you should buy is the extra fine collection bag for vacumming find debris.More detail ...

Pool vacuum head

This item is worth its weight in gold. It is very inexpensive but does an excellent job vacuuming the desert sand and etc. off a pool bottom. One can't set it and leave it like an expensive robot vacuum. It needs to be pushed around like a rug vacuum but it is quick and effective. Fits right on the end of the pool pole and the hose plugs into the pool vacuum filter thing. Easy. Easy. Also gave one as a gift.More detail ...