Hi. How well does the Nautilus climb the walls and scrub the tiles? Thanks!
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The first time I ran it it did not climb the walls. After about 4-5 times it was hitting the water lines. Now it partially comes out of the water and gets the tile, not quite sure how it does it. Only thing it does not get reliably are my steps, but my steps are steep, curved and not as wide as the Nautilus so I will give it a break on the steps.
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In my in-ground concrete painted pool, it made it all the way up the wall once. Other times it goes about one foot up and then drops back down again. This is with absolutely clean filters and a new machine. It does not clean the walls or the waterline. I'm disappointed. I'm going to give it one more chance and return it if it doesn't work.
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It climbs walls great. Our pool has vertical walls with fairly rounded corners at the bottom. If the corners were sharper, not sure how it would do, of course. Re tiles: ours are at the water line, and tend to accumulate scale in the 'splash zone' above the water. Not expecting to get much scrubbing - if we do, that will be a bonus.
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It does a good job of climbing the walls - I've seen it. I have a liner pool so no tile. I've never seen any part of it above the water. Hope that helps
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It climbs my wall all the way to the top at the 3ft level and then drops back down (seems to know it is at the top). I don't think it scrubs it, but it does have soft rubber feet that will suck up stuff on the sides.
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YES!!! I think it is very difficult to push. I agree it does have strips of soiled areas. I am not sold on it yet. I think it cleaned well, but it wasn't as easy as they made it look at the demonstration. kind of disappointed
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Grout is difficult for the shark to get to. It does great on the tile but if you want it to really cleat grout you may want to look at a different item.
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I've had the Neato XV-11 for only a few days but I have had it clean my house twice. I love it, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't do corners well. But I didn't really expect it to. It tends to stay about 1-2 inches away from anything it thinks is a wall in order to not bang into it when it turns. The videos I saw showed it going right up into the corners, but mine most definitely avoids them; you end up with a small triangle of un-vacuumed space (a couple square inches).The funny thing about the Neato is that even though it's supposed to free up your time and do all the cleaning for you, I still end up watching it the entire time :) I'm sure the novelty will wear off after a while. I've had the Neato XV-11 for only a few days but I have had it clean my house twice. I love it, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't do corners well. But I didn't really expect it to. It tends to stay about 1-2 inches away from anything it thinks is a wall in order to not bang into it when it turns. The videos I saw showed it going right up into the corners, but mine most definitely avoids them; you end up with a small triangle of un-vacuumed space (a couple square inches).The funny thing about the Neato is that even though it's supposed to free up your time and do all the... » Read More I've had the Neato XV-11 for only a few days but I have had it clean my house twice. I love it, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't do corners well. But I didn't really expect it to. It tends to stay about 1-2 inches away from anything it thinks is a wall in order to not bang into it when it turns. The videos I saw showed it going right up into the corners, but mine most definitely avoids them; you end up with a small triangle of un-vacuumed space (a couple square inches).The funny thing about the Neato is that even though it's supposed to free up your time and do all the cleaning for you, I still end up watching it the entire time :) I'm sure the novelty will wear off after a while. « Show Less
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I have been reasonably satisfied with our Aquabot Jr. I picks up all kinds of dirt and debri (we just opened the Pool). It does climb walls and angled surfaces. My complaint is that its program doesn't move it around the pool as I have to reposition it on occasion.
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The neato works well on those surfaces. However it might be noisy cause the silicon strips hit the floor. But I haven't tested it with the pet kit and/or the "brush" strips.
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Yes, the walls in my Sons room are not completely smooth, they have that bumpy texture to them and no problems sticking. They have been up for about 15 months now, no problems.
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I have used the machine to scrub my synthetic kitchen "tile look" floor. It does that well and gets back most all of the water. I don't think I would buy the machine just to scrub tile or restore grout's appearance. There are cheaper and more effective ways to go for that specialty.
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Can't say. The bristles are stiffer than I'd think would be ideal.It's designed to scrub tile and fiberglass.Perhaps one of the softer-bristled versions?
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We do, but with any paints, it will change the water color, etc. .. have if they paint the walls, then just clean up after. I mix the paint with shaving cream to make it last substantially longer (they don't care). But, If you have tiles with grout, then make sure the grout is recently sealed so it does not discolor it. Use basic common sense :))
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From the many sweepers I have used this one is the best. Crawls up the walls and everything but only works well if you have a string enough pump. Otherwise you are dead in the water. Ha!
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Neato gets caught up in large fringes and will also bump off high rug-edges as if it were an obstacle. Still, it does very well compared to my two Roombas. Neato get's itself into cords and climbs sloped lamp bases but lifts itself up like a turtle on legs, shakes, turns, and lifts itself free. Amazing how it's able to get itself out of almost everything I've seen it get into. As for fringes, I've learned to either tuck them under during cleaning, or trim them down to 3 inches or so.
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it only goes part way up the walls, but my leaves and debris accumluates on the floor of the pool so it wasnt an issue for me. the only exception is steps which i sweep of prior to running the cleaner, the cleaner doesnt do steps
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It goes up the walls about 1 foot at best. We still have to brush the wall to get it fully clean. The biggest problem with this unit is the cord tangling. It does clean the floor of the pool pretty good. FYI, I have an above ground pool.
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I thought it was relatively easy. You will want to soak the unit in soapy water for a good few hours to get the new apoxy type smell off of it. I have used it awhile now and it is relatively easy to clean. The one complaint I have is that the water fall is enough that it splatters outside of the bottom and leaves calcium deposit over time. The splash is so minimal that you don't even realize that you need to wipe up water.
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It is awesome! I had grout in the kitchen of the condo that I bought that had embedded grease. I was planning to clean on my hands and knees. Not a fun prospect. I used the Quickie HP and some grout cleanser and got all that grease and grime cleaned out in about 15 minutes with no crawling around on my knees. It's a good length to hold (I'm 5'5"), has good battery life and decently strong scrubbing power. If you push down too hard it will stop spinning, but with a good cleanser and the scrub brush you should get most grime off. Hope this helps.
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Really well. I cleaned my grout before I got the machine and it had kept it nice. I have found that I do need to do a clear water rinse or the tile is a bit streaky.