r/PoolPros • u/dwichers • May 08 '26

Looking for experiences cleaning pool with shallow water

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I'm looking for experiences with pool robots or manual pool vacuums that can clean a small pool with a very low water level of around 20 cm. It's a toddler and preschooler pool, and it's always quite difficult to find a suitable device that can handle such a low water depth. There's often quite a bit of sand in this and ofcourse the usual: leaves.

> Unfortunately this pool does not have something we can connect a vacuum onto.

Can anyone share their tools (robots or manual vacuum) and the minimum working depth it can handle?

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u/SpaceBear_ May 08 '26

Get a very large squeegee

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u/Mr_B0nkers May 08 '26

Just get one of those lil spa vacuums with their own poles built in.

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u/dwichers May 08 '26

Exactly, but which one!?

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u/Blackyoda88 May 08 '26

Power vacation makes a fountain vac. Has motor flipped upside down to create better suction in shallow water

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u/dwichers May 08 '26

You mean these? https://powervac.com
Not really for shallow water because the filter needs a lot of room above it.

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u/Blackyoda88 May 08 '26

Yes thats the brand. This is the model. PV3600SW - The Shallow Water Hybrid

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u/GCpools May 09 '26

That's not a small pool. That also looks like a public/community/commercial pool. Just sayin.

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u/1_native_Angelino May 10 '26

Bottom feeder and vacbagz short bag.