NIYA Sonar 20 robotic pool cleanerAbove-ground~$199

NIYA

NIYA Sonar 20

NIYA is Maytronics' budget brand, and the Sonar 20 is its $199 floor robot for above-ground pools up to 26 feet. A sonar sensor plans the path, which Maytronics says stretches the 1.5-hour battery further than bump-and-turn wandering would.

Approx. price

~$199

snapshot, not a live price

Pool fit

~48 ft (floor only)

90 min floor-only runtime at 13 sq ft/min — walls not counted

Filtration

No micron figure published

Retrieval

You fish out 10 lb

the maker lists no self-parking, so it comes out from wherever the cycle ended, full of water

Runtime

90 min, floor only

Cost per swim season

$199

price ÷ warranty years; a floor, not a lifespan

Best for: A small above-ground pool on a sub-$200 budget

Specifications

Approx. price
~$199
Type
Above-ground
Power
Cordless
Cleans
Floor
Pool fit
~48 ft, floor only
Maker's pool claim
26 ft
Runtime, floor only
90 min
Filter
Coarse filter, top access
Weight
10 lb
Retrieval
You fish out 10 lb
Navigation
Ultrasonic
App control
No
Pool types
above-ground
Surfaces
vinyl, concrete, fiberglass, tile
Warranty
1 year
Cost per swim season
$199 floor

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

Features

  • Sonar path planning
  • Up to 1.5 hours on the floor
  • Coarse top-access filter
  • Above-ground pools to 26 ft

What it does well

  • $199, and made by Maytronics rather than an unknown import
  • 10 lb, easy to lift over an above-ground wall
  • Sonar navigation rather than random bouncing
  • Tile is on its surface list, the only robot under $450 here whose maker says so

What it gives up

  • Floor only, 26 ft limit
  • Coarse filter — no fine-debris kit
  • 90 minutes per charge, the shortest runtime published for a cordless robot here
  • One-year warranty, half what Maytronics gives the $949 Liberty 200

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 NIYA Sonar 20 yet. This section stays empty until there is something real to put in it.

Others in the same part of the catalog

WYBOT A1 robotic pool cleaner
WYBOT~$170

WYBOT A1

Cordless floor-only · 120 min, floor only

Pool fit
~56 ft (floor only)
Filtration
180 µm · sand, grit and leaves
Retrieval
Parks for pickup
  • $170
  • Floor only
  • Self-parking

Cleans: Floor

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