This cleaner is great! Like the fact that there are no more hoses floating in my pool when swimming. Just a thin cord when using the cleaner. I agree with other users that say that two 2 hour cleaning cycle are required to get the entire pool floor clean, but this is no problem really. I do think the iRobot is overpriced. The exact same cleaner is available elsewhere on the internet under the Pentair Prowler 710 brand or the Aquajet brand for $100 less than the iRobot. Another slightly more expensive version is the Aquabot Turbo T-jet. You are paying a premium for the iRobot name.

I was on the fence about purchasing the IRobot Verro 300 OR the commonly recommended Polaris cleaners. With a $100 off coupon and a 30 day risk free trial, I decided to purchase the Verro 300. We have a large pool (20 x 44)and I was skeptical that this would work. After a couple weeks of using it and at least 3 calls to the technical support line, we decided to keep it and that overall it works very well. Though it isn't written in the manual (I learned this from my phone calls) periodic-filter-bag-cleaning (for my pool anyway) translates to machine wash cleaning after each use. For those of you reading this, buy extra filter bags and keep one clean at all times ready to go. I found the hose method of cleaning the filter bag doesn't work. Instead, I rinse the bag out with the hose and then I run it through the washing machine on the delicate cycle in cold water. It works great--climbs the walls to the tile line and gets both the deep and shallow end of my pool. Each time I use the Robot, it seems to go different patterns. Sometimes it runs vertically and others horizontally. My only complaint is it doesn't get my shallow end steps. Since I know that, I brush the dirt off the steps before using the Robot.

Because the IRobot filters the water, I definitely notice a difference in the water...it appears amazingly clean and we haven't needed to backwash our pool once. After the first couple weeks and learning the hose method doesn't unclogg the filter bag entirely, the Verro 300 cleans my pool in approximately 60-90 minutes. We're very pleased. It takes approximately 2 minutes to set it up and about the same amount of time to clean it when it's finished.

It's a good product, but doesn't clean as well as the aquabot. I would have like to see it "brush" the pool to clean it rather than using the jets.