Aiper Scuba S1 Pro

Name: Aiper Scuba S1 Pro
Brand: Aiper
Price: 1200 USD
Availability: Discontinued

No longer listed by Aiper

The S1 Pro adds a 3-micron ultra-fine layer under the 180-micron basket, horizontal waterline scrubbing, the Aiper app and a 66-foot rating to the S1 recipe. Aiper lists a wireless charging dock for it as an optional extra, not in the box. As of October 2026 Aiper's US store marks it 'Phase out' at $1,200 with no buy button.

Approx. price

~$1,200

snapshot, not a live price

Pool fit

~55 ftclaims ~66 ft

180 min on floor and walls at 13 sq ft/min

Filtration

3 µm · fine dust and algae

50 µm or finer: catches the particles that cloud water

Retrieval

Weight and parking not published

Runtime

180 min, floor + walls

Cost per swim season

$600

price ÷ warranty years; a floor, not a lifespan

Best for: In-ground pools with fine silt or pollen that a 180 µm basket lets through

Aiper rates the Aiper Scuba S1 Pro for 66 ft / 2,150 sq ft. Its published floor-and-wall runtime covers about 1,514 sq ft of pool — a 2:1 pool about 55 ft long — at 13 sq ft a minute. The claim works out to a pool about 66 ft long. How this is worked out.

Specifications

Approx. price: ~$1,200
Type: Cordless floor+wall+waterline
Power: Cordless
Cleans: Floor, walls, waterline
Pool fit: ~55 ft
Maker's pool claim: 66 ft / 2,150 sq ft
Runtime, floor + walls: 180 min
Charge time: 4 h
Finest filter: 3 µm
Filtration tier: Fine dust and algae
Filter: 180 µm basket plus 3 µm ultra-fine filter
Basket: 5 L
App control: Yes
Caddy or dock: Not included
Pool types: in-ground
Warranty: 2 years
Cost per swim season: $600 floor

A specification not listed here is one Aiper does not publish for this model. It is left blank rather than estimated or borrowed from a sibling.

Features

Two-level filtration: 180 µm and 3 µm
Horizontal waterline cleaning
5 L top-load basket
Floor, wall, waterline, auto and eco modes
App control

What it does well

3 µm ultra-fine layer in the box, the finest figure published here (shared with the S1, S3 and X1)
Scrubs the waterline sideways, which the plain S1 cannot
5 L basket, 1.5 L more than the S1 or S3 holds
Rated to 66 ft, where the S1 stops at 50

What it gives up

No longer sold by Aiper as of October 2026: its store page says 'Phase out' and has no buy button, so it is shown here for comparison
The Scuba X1 has the same rating, filter and waterline scrub for $800 and includes the dock this one charges extra for
Aiper publishes no weight for it on its own page

The two lists above come from the maker’s own specifications and this site’s arithmetic on them, not from owner reports. Where owner discussion has been read it appears in its own section below, so the two are never mistaken for each other.

What owners say

Owner reports on the S1 Pro split over navigation, and most date from 2024. Two owners say it climbs their walls without trouble, one of them in a plain rectangle. Others describe endless loops on a swim ledge and in a bowl-shaped deep end, trouble climbing concave walls, and a tiled 10 x 5 m rectangular pool whose wall it could not climb.

Firmware updates largely fixed wall climbing for one owner and seemed to cure wheelies for another in 2024, though the buyer with the tiled pool was already up to date. On cleaning, one owner's first run lifted a large pile of settled particles, while a 2025 owner says it blew sand and dirt back out its vents and clouded the water.

Charging faults appear in three owners' reports, and Aiper replaced or offered to replace each unit, though two other owners found its support unhelpful. Satisfied owners include one with more than a year of trouble-free use, one with a 10 x 11 ft spa pool and two who run it alongside a Betta SE Plus skimmer. In pools with tile, a swim ledge, a bowl-shaped deep end or curved walls, owners describe loops and stalls, and two returned it.

What owners like

Two owners said in 2024 that it climbs their walls without trouble; one, with a plain rectangle 3 ft deep at one end and 8 ft at the other, says it never gets stuck and leaves the steps alone.
Firmware updates helped two owners in 2024: one says an update largely fixed its wall climbing, apart from some trouble on concave walls, and for the other an update seemed to cure wheelies that kept it from running flat on the floor.
One owner's first run with a new unit in 2025 lifted a large pile of translucent particles off the pool floor, and another says it cleaned well because it has a proper filter.
Aiper stood behind faulty units: two owners with charging faults in 2024 got replacements that worked, a 2026 owner was offered a new unit within 48 hours, and another had quick warranty work, then a refund when the robot finally failed.

Common complaints

Endless loops hit two owners' units in 2024: one went up and down a swim ledge in auto mode and shuttled across the deep end in floor mode; the other retraced one path in a bowl-shaped deep end until its battery ran out.
Tile defeated it for two owners in 2024. One decided within 12 hours to return it when it could not climb the wall of a tiled 10 x 5 m rectangular pool, even on up-to-date firmware; Aiper told the other it underperforms on smooth surfaces.
Owners with curved walls or slopes had trouble from 2024 to 2026: one moves it with a pole once or twice per 3-hour cycle in a kidney-shaped pool, another's tracks spin where the wall curves, and a third's cannot cope with mild gradient changes.
In 2025 one owner who inherited a unit with a house found it faulty within about a month: it would not stay down on the floor, popped wheelies even when the basket was not full, and spun its tracks instead of climbing the wall.
Charging faults recur: one owner's first unit had a charging problem and another's stopped charging within two months, both in 2024, and a 2026 owner's stopped charging in its second season.

Questions owners ask about the Aiper Scuba S1 Pro

My S1 Pro will not climb the wall. What helps?

In 2024 one owner found a firmware update fixed it, though concave walls in a kidney-shaped pool still meant moving it with a pole once or twice per 3-hour cycle. Another buyer was already on the latest firmware and decided to return it, and Aiper told a third owner it underperforms on smooth surfaces.

Why does it get stuck in a loop?

Two owners hit endless loops in 2024, one on a swim ledge and in the deep end, the other in a bowl-shaped deep end until its battery ran out. One of them says it does no real mapping of the pool, and Aiper told the other that its programming needed an update that would take months.

How does it do with fine dirt?

One owner's first run lifted a large pile of translucent particles off the floor, and another says it cleaned well because it has a proper filter. A 2025 owner says it blew sand and dirt back out its vents, clouding the water, and decided to return it. It ships with a 3 µm ultra-fine layer under the 180 µm basket.