Hayward 700 Diver Dave Above-Ground Automatic Pool Cleaner
- Designer above-ground pool cleaner
- Patented SmartDrive programmed steering system ensures the entire bottom of the pool is cleaned quickly and completely
- Unique turbine/gearing system provides constant balanced water flow assuring quiet operation and gentle movement across the pool bottom
- Improves water circulation by pulling water from the pool bottom as it moves
- Advanced, contoured head design allows the Diver Dave to complete the steering pattern in minimal time
Not just cute, but effective! Hayward quality construction ensures long-lasting performance. Diver Dave features Hayward’s Smart-Drive programmed steering system to quickly and thoroughly clean your pool’s floor in two hours or less! Just plug the hose into the swimming pool skimmer, and let this automatic pool cleaner go to work. Dirt, leaves, grass, seeds and bugs are vacuumed from the swimming pool floor — leaving your water crystal clear and ready for swimming. Installs in minutes — no tools required!
List Price: $ 147.70
Price: $ 106.16
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Good, but not for Intex Above Ground pools,
I can’t knock Diver Dave for not working with my Intex Above Ground Pool w/Saltwater Pump. His construction seems solid and it’s a great concept. However, I could find no information on how well it would work with an Intex Above Ground pool with Saltwater Filter, so posting this review to save others from the time and difficulties.
I would not recommend this with an Intex Above Ground pool system. I would guess it works wonderfully with a pool with a larger pump and true skimmer (based on other reviews), but it doesn’t do much for the Intex Pools (in side-wall inlet pump attachment).
I had some minor algea on the bottom of the pool, which stirred up easily if lightly touched. Dave couldn’t put a dent into it. Three issues: 1) The attachment to the skimmer means pulling apart the existing skimmer from the side wall and using the cone adapter. It does not fit well and is very cumbersome to keep removing and reinstalling to run the surface skimmer at all. 2) The suction “seems” sufficient, but Dave won’t keep his nose down. I believe the depth of the pool doesn’t provide enough “upward” hose length and as he travels he tips away from the the bottom and the direction of travel. This could also be due to insufficient suction. 3) No brushes on the bottom. I don’t have debris, but fine particles and without brushes, it was still sitting there even if he passed the same section multiple times, nothing to stir it up so to speak.
While the construction and concept seems great, he’s probably better suited for pools with true skimmers, deeper water and larger pumps for more suction. Dave went back.
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|Cool little pool vac,
This is a great little vac. It hooks up to your filter intake or skimmer, and vacuums straight to your filter – not a bag with holes that doesn’t catch fine particles. We use ours in a 24′ above ground pool made by Intex. Yes, one of those temporary pools. It would work in any above ground pool! The most important thing to have is a good filter system. The filter supplied by Intex is not very good. This vac works best with a sand filter. We have a Hayward Pro Series system with a 1.5 hp Power Flo Maxtrix pump. The combination of this filter system and vacuum has saved my summers. I spent the first year with this pool spraying out the filter and hand/pole vacuuming only to see the finer particles come back into the pool through the return. It took all the pleasure out of having a pool! Now, I hook up my vac (3 min), turn on the filter system (1 sec), and walk away – it’s awsome!!! This little vacuum even handled our pool opening this year, which included a large number of leaves and a ton of very fine particles. Unlike the super expensive Pool Rover, this vacuum does not move systematically around the pool to clean in a specific period of time. It moves in ever-widening circles, then goes straight for a bit and starts circling again. It can be a little vexing to see it turn just before it gets to something that you want it to vacuum up, but if you give it time, it will get everything. We put ours in and let in run for about an hour, when we come back the pool looks great! Aqua Bug, Wanda the Whale, and Diver Dave are all the same vacuum with different housings.
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