Bublue BuVortex V5 Pool Skimmer Review: An Impractical Cleaner

This robotic surface skimmer offers an entirely different concept in pool cleaning. But does that translate to effective debris removal? Lack of solar charging makes it impractical for most pools, where skimming needs to be nonstop. Pool skimmers, which flit along the surface of the water, constitute a small but stable subsection of the pool robot world. While their effectiveness varies, all of them work more or less the same way, cruising around the pool on a catamaran-like body, scooping up leaves into a basket that sits between the two propeller-powered hulls.