Betta~$370
Betta SE
Surface skimmer · 30 h skimming
- Pool fit
- Skims all day; no pool-size limit
- Filtration
- 200 µm · sand, grit and leaves
- Retrieval
- Floats; lifted by hand
- 30 h runtime
- 200 µm basket
- Solar only
Cleans: Surface
Surface skimmer~$340Aiper
Aiper Surfer S2
A solar skimmer with a 150-micron basket, which is fine enough for pollen and light dust as well as leaves and bugs. Aiper rates it at 35 hours on a charge from the adapter and adds a chlorine-tablet holder and optical obstacle sensors.
Approx. price
~$340
snapshot, not a live price
Skims all day; no pool-size limit
Floats; lifted by hand
35 h skimming
Best for: Pollen and fine surface debris on a skimmer budget
Specifications
- Approx. price
- ~$340
- Type
- Surface skimmer
- Power
- Solar, with battery
- Cleans
- Surface
- Charge time
- 6 h
- Finest filter
- 150 µm
- Filtration tier
- Sand, grit and leaves
- Filter
- 150 µm top-load basket
- Basket
- 4 L
- Weight
- 12.6 lb
- Pool types
- in-ground, above-ground
- Warranty
- 2 years
- Cost per swim season
- $170 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
- Solar and DC charging
- 150 µm basket
- 35 hours per adapter charge
- Built-in chlorine dispenser
- Optical obstacle sensors
What it does well
- 150 µm basket, the finest of any skimmer in the catalog
- 35 hours per charge from the adapter
- $340, less than the Betta SE or either iSkim
- Built-in chlorine dispenser; the only other robot here with one is the $2,000 Scuba V3 Ultra
- Rated for in-ground and above-ground pools
What it gives up
- Four-litre basket, under half an iSkim's
- Six hours on the adapter, tied with the Betta SE for the slowest charge here
- Aiper lists a remote but no app
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
No owner discussion has been read for the Aiper Surfer S2 yet. This section stays empty until there is something real to put in it.
Others in the same part of the catalog
WYBOTF1Surface skimmer
WYBOT~$300
WYBOT F1
Surface skimmer · 8 h skimming
- Pool fit
- Skims all day; no pool-size limit
- Filtration
- No micron figure published
- Retrieval
- Floats; lifted by hand
- 33 W solar
- 7 L basket
- $300
Cleans: Surface
Betta~$390
Betta SE Plus
Surface skimmer · 30 h skimming
- Pool fit
- Skims all day; no pool-size limit
- Filtration
- 200 µm · sand, grit and leaves
- Retrieval
- Floats; lifted by hand
- Solar + adapter
- 30 h runtime
- 200 µm basket
Cleans: Surface