Aiper~$340
Aiper Surfer S2
Surface skimmer · 35 h skimming
- Pool fit
- Skims all day; no pool-size limit
- Filtration
- 150 µm · sand, grit and leaves
- Retrieval
- Floats; lifted by hand
- 150 µm basket
- 35 h runtime
- $340
Cleans: Surface
WYBOTF1Surface skimmer
Surface skimmer~$300WYBOT
WYBOT F1
WYBOT's skimmer runs eight hours continuously in Standard mode or cycles ten minutes on, ten off for 24 hours in Smart mode, charging from a 33 W solar panel. A seven-litre basket and app control round it out.
Approx. price
~$300
snapshot, not a live price
Skims all day; no pool-size limit
No micron figure published
Floats; lifted by hand
8 h skimming
Best for: Skimming on a budget, with app control
Specifications
- Approx. price
- ~$300
- Type
- Surface skimmer
- Power
- Solar, with battery
- Cleans
- Surface
- Filter
- Fine filter basket
- Basket
- 7 L
- App control
- Yes
- Warranty
- 1 year
- Cost per swim season
- $300 floor
A specification not listed here is one WYBOT does not publish for this model. It is left blank rather than estimated or borrowed from a sibling.
Features
- 33 W solar panel
- 8 h standard or 24 h smart cycling
- 7 L basket
- EdgeMaster edge cleaning
- App control and OTA updates
What it does well
- 33 W panel, the largest solar rating among the skimmers here
- Seven-litre basket, behind only the two iSkims' nine among the skimmers
- App with manual steering, where the Betta skimmers use a handheld remote
- $300, the cheapest skimmer in the catalog
What it gives up
- No micron rating, while the Surfer S2 states 150 µm and the Betta 200
- One-year warranty, where the $429 iSkim carries three
- Continuous runtime is eight hours, well short of the Betta and Aiper skimmers
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 WYBOT F1 yet. This section stays empty until there is something real to put in it.
Others in the same part of the catalog
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
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