Surfer S2 Solar Powered Pool Surface Skimmer Robot with APP Support, 24/7 Continuous Cleaning, Dual Charging Modes, Smart Obstacle Avoidance, 150-um Filtration, OTA Upgrade

Works beautifully! Charged in no time at all and immediately cleaned pool surface. Solar charges perfectly and runs continuously. Only drawbacks are “pool noodle” diverter in skimmer outlet that gets chewed by wall scrubber from pool vacuum and flimsy handle on basket. Aiper graciously already replaced basket.

I’ve got three Aiper pool robots, this, Scuba S1, and Seagull pro; I’m happy with them all, but this one is my favorite. First, I want to get the one negative con out of the way, and I hope Aiper sees this: The one negative is that I have three Aiper pool robots, all manufactured and bought within the same year, and each one uses a different adapter and different plug design. Why Aiper? Pick one adapter, pick one water proof charging plug design, and stick with it! This is an unnecessary pain for the customer, and is surely leading to a manufacturing inefficiency on your side. My adapter for this Surfer stopped working; I should be able to use one of the other Aiper adapters, but no, they are all very different. With that out of the way and hopefully in the hands of the design engineers… this Surfer robot is a nearly perfect design and has been a game changer on the work involved in pool maintenance. It might be a waste for someone with a pool in a birdcage, but with mine out in the elements, the Surfer has vastly reduced the amount of leaves and debris that makes it to the bottom of the pool. I only have to touch the Surfer once a week to clean the filter basket, but otherwise, due to the large batteries and solar panel, it runs 24/7, with no intervention from me. After six months, my charging adapter stopped working, but charging is unnecessary until this winter; as of now, the summer sun is enough to keep it running 24/7. I gotta say the app is nice too… it actually features a live meter of how strong the sun is, so you know how well the robot is being charged. Of course it also shows how much battery charge is left. They recently added a new feature to pause, so it can stay on to be recharging, without the motors draining the battery… that would be handy in places or seasons without strong sun, to allow it time to be charged by the panel. But the Florida summer keeps it running 24/7 without having to pause or plug it in.

The Surfer S2 has been wonderful for me. It has performed as intended and it’s living up to all my expectations. I have a tree that sheds off all leaves during fall transition and the Surfer has been a great time saver picking up all that debris and leaves before they sink to the bottom of the pool. I love the scheduling feature as it allows to save on battery life for continued unlimited cleaning. I love that it picks up all size debris from leaves to worms and just about anything. Only one comment I have is that I have been seeing a decrease in cleaning capacity before charging the battery maybe due to the total winter months in my area ( we are getting a lot of the winter with very little sun and my two story house blocks the sun partially during the day). But other than I have to charge a bit more often, the product has saved me a lot from the burden of cleaning my pool surface. Thank you for a wonderful product.

k, I was a bit skeptical... how many leaves could it really clean up and would it get enough sun to keep running. The inventor of this thing needs an award. This skimmer robot picks up tons of leaves and charges itself enough to run daily. It can go over the bottom robot's cord but pings me when it does occasionally get stuck. I just pull the bottom robot to the edge; tada. It's easy to empty and just works. The app couldn't be simpler. Well worth it; highly recommend!

Overall it has been doing a great job skimming the top of the water. I had no issues setting up the app and programming a schedule for it. It appears to do a great job getting everything off the pool surface. I should note my pool has no immediate trees around it so it mainly only skims for bugs and little things. Seems to do just fine for that. So far it has been keeping a charge via solar with no extra plug in time needed. It does a good job skimming the full surface by constantly changing directions. A couple issues I have noticed that are more unique to my situation but others should be aware of if they have the same. I have a corded underwater cleaner and this skimmer consistently gets caught on the other cleaners cord. I have a swim deck section on my pool. Due to a known leak that has not been fixed yet, the water level goes up and down somewhat frequently. I have to switch this skimmer back and forth between having the legs down and not having the legs down depending on the water level. I have found there is a sweet spot on the water level with the legs down that the skimmer will still climb up onto the swim deck and get itself stuck. Lastly, if you have the return jets turned up at a higher discharge this skimmer may struggle. I have noticed that when driving straight at a return jet, they will push the skimmer backwards even though the propellers are trying to push it forward.

I bought the Aiper Surfer S2 last Spring in hopes of saving time in scooping debris, mainly bugs, off our pool constantly to allow more swim time in the pool! I wasn’t sure how well this would work but have been so impressed with how well it cleans the surface of debris! I used to get in the pool and then see bugs everywhere that you may not notice until you are in. Then I’d spend the next 20 minutes scooping bugs out! Well NO MORE! This solar powered surface cleaning robot does a fantastic job! It works on leaves, bugs and whatever you have floating on the surface. Not only that but it is super easy to clean! Now about the great specifics on the device itself. First off, it is solar powered while it is working! You put it in the pool and it has a huge solar panel on top so the entire time it is working, it is recharging! I never had to charge it myself except for the first start up. So no wasted electricity or wires/hoses to deal with! It does come with an easy adapter charging wire to plug in and charge as needed. Second, it has these “feet” you can pop out to keep it from getting stuck on the steps if the water is lower. If the water level is lower then those feet will hit the edge of the steps and it either turns around or backs up and goes back out into the pool to keep working. It can also be controlled by an app. The app is easy to use and tells the charge, how long it has run and you are able to turn it and guide it to a specific area you want cleaned. When done, it is easy to clean with a hose! It is fairly lightweight to get out of the pool as well. I’m so glad we bought this device and you will be too! I highly recommend it!

Why did you pick this product vs others?: We have a large saltwater swimming pool and my husband does all the maintenance on it. He stays very busy and works hard. We have a pool robot vacuum, and it works pretty good, but in some ways it has added to his workload. He has to fish it out of the pool every evening and put it on a charger to put it back in the pool the next day. Another one of his jobs is skimming the surface of the pool with a net because it seems we always have grass clippings, pollen, or small bugs floating on the surface. He’s the man who has almost everything, but I needed to figure out a good Father’s Day gift for him and thought this would be super if it works well. The fact that it is solar powered is what sold me. We did charge it on a charger the first day, but after putting it in the pool, the sun keeps the skimmer recharged. My husband put the app on his phone and likes the fact that the skimmer can run independently or can be controlled by remote on his phone. It’s only been a few days, but so far we love this robot skimmer. Our pool looks perfect and my husband had said several times that he loves this product. He says he never would have thought to get one himself, but this product makes his job easier. He had thanked me several times for thinking of it. This skimming unit is large, attractively sleek, and runs constantly. It has the surface of our pool looking so clean and refreshing. It isn’t heavy and it makes pretty much no sound at all. The lights look pretty at night and makes it easy to locate. They also are different colors depending on if the skimmer is running on battery, solar energy, or running low. I can easily recommend this automatic skimmer and recommend this brand due to the quality, price, and solar power mode.

We live in Connecticut, so our pool season is rather short. And we have a lot of large trees on our property and nearby neighbors. Keeping the pool surface clean can be a challenge at certain times of the summer, even though our pool has two skimmers. Husband sent me a link to this product and I thought we would give it a try. We could not be happier! Our pool gets great sun, so we did not have to manually charge this all season. Sun did all the work. We are also amazed how well this works. I work from home, and some days I feel like I could be out there every 15 minutes skimming leaves and stuff not getting picked up by our skimmers. The Surfer S2 handled all that for me, and so nice to step outside and see a clean pool surface. It is relatively easy to clean. I would highly recommend. We have a few friends who have purchased based on our recommendation and they too love it. We liked the Surfer S2 so much that we purchased the Scuba vacuum as well. It too works nicely, but a little less convenient as it requires charging after each use. I guess hard to solar charge something that spends all its time at the bottom of your pool. I will leave a separate review on that. AIPER Support has been great as well, responding quicky to questions and proactively reached out asking for feedback on their products. I honestly cannot recommend this product enough.