I don’t want to clean this. - Beatbot AquaSense Pro Spotlight

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:02 Unboxing
2:26 Test Drive
3:49 Foreshadowing
4:22 A series of unfortunate events
5:20 I think I'm gonna be sick
5:57 Let's be reasonable
7:55 All filled up
8:57 Guess who's back...
10:22 Back again...
11:05 What about the neighbor?

[@vaizor]

Insane neighbor throws robot into pool

[@deleted-something]

Real

[@HaroldKuilman]

Saw a video this morning "my wierd neighbor on sandals threw a Roomba in my pond and now it looks like a pool"

[@YouTubetail]

Linustech 👏

[@InfernoBlast-th1ot]

*innocent robot

[@Rmm1722]

Yeah 😅

[@jamesdavis2359]

Sandals + Socks + Rain = Pure Linus mode.

[@titheproven954]

+Scummy Pool

[@FreeTacozYT]

Wears a rain jacket, let's the feets fly

[@George_vv]

I knew they were in British Columbia but I didn't know that meant British weather...

[@Night_Hawk_475]

Sounds relaxing AF honestly.

[@walkinmn]

Yeah like, seriously? even in this case he'll go for wet socks instead of wearing proper shoes? He could have made a shoutout to Vessi by wearing their shoes for once

[@lordhosk]

The amount of leaves in linus' pool wasn't even that unreasonable. That is what would be in my aunt and uncle's pool every time we took the cover off and we were over there every weekend, it took us 15-30 minutes to clean it up with a skimmer basket and the vacuum. The fact that this robot took 6 hours, and three charges over multiple days doesn't speak highly of its usefulness. I feel like it needs a bigger basket and battery, or just stick to the ones that are plugged in and drag the cord around floating on the surface.

[@TheW83]

The bots only usefulness is in scrubbing but there are others out there that are way cheaper. My brother uses one that connects to 120v and it does an amazing job scrubbing everything. No idea why they want to go cordless here.

[@Lemons658]

I think they should make it to where it goes back to its dock and charge itself like a roomba, but no clue how they would automate dumping since the contents are wet

[@Yavorh55]

Or some method of self-emptying and finding its way back to its charger - sort of like the robovacs with base stations

[@Redmanticore]

its cute but its way too small for the job. tell me when its 6x the size, has a cord, and goes to land to return what it has collected and returns to work.

[@xsouthsidestevex]

This isn't something you would want to use at the start of a pool opening. The initial skimming and vacuuming debris with the traditional vacuum using the pool pump/filter is the way to go. But robots like these are well worth it when it comes to the day to day maintenance of keeping dirt/leaves/animal leftovers off the bottom and scrubbing initial algae buildup. I think the surface skimming thing on this is overrated. Most pools already have a skimmer that collects surface debris. You can skim the rest with a net in 5 minutes. You really just need something that does the bottom and sides. I have a dolphin vacuum we got off Amazon that is 1/3 of the price and kicks ass. It's tethered to power and not battery operated. But after watching this I'm kind of glad.....the Beatbot looks annoying to have to fish out.

[@Takami22]

Damn, Beatbot must have paid an INSANE amount of money for an entire 11 minute video showcasing the product and to a channel with 15.6 million subscribers.

[@JessterKing]

Sponsors pay the bills

[@DougTheFresh]

And it totally sucks too lmao

[@MelonSpecter]

Buy a polaris

[@th3R0b0t]

@@DougTheFresh yea, with a proper filtration vacuum setup, you can clear all debris they poured in Linus' pool in what, maybe a couple hours/filter cleanings? It doesn't feel like we have reached Roomba of the pool levels of cool yet... not for pools that get real dirty on a bad windy day.. Maybe if you lived in a cookie cutter neighborhood with no trees for miles.

[@piotrprzytycki7919]

​@@th3R0b0tyeah I'm shocked at the sheer number of people defending the bot by saying if you have leaves in your pool you're an idiot for having trees near the pool

[@SurgStriker]

that unidentified organism is likely a dragonfly larvae. They are kind of like an aquatic cicada, they will eventually come out of the water, molt that shell and turn into a dragonfly. The larvae will feed on mosquito larvae, then once they molt into adult form, they eat adult mosquitoes. Truly a great insect! (for all of us who hate mosquitoes)

[@tsaageotrimm]

i was wondering what it was, alien-looking-freak-bug. thanks for the comment!

[@Argylleagen]

Looked like a shrimp. Good to know its an ally

[@katanah3195]

Dragonflies are so cute! My mum loves them, they're like water butterflies, and they eat mosquitoes. They're awesome!

[@OmahaGTP]

All my homies hate mosquitos.. except Batly.

[@Smudgah]

Came here say this. It looked a lot like a dragonfly larvae.

[@danwhite3224]

I'd hate to live where Linus lives... Imagine living with constant blurry surroundings...

[@MustachioFurioso9134]

That's all of the Pacific Northwest 😂 I love it though

[@Imraan120]

144p video

[@JCD87]

Im guessing the blurr was his neighbors property, he showed bits of his own house without blur.

[@danwhite3224]

@@JCD87 Probably. I was just making a joke anyway. The outside of his house is always blurred in videos, likely to stop people from doxxing him and turning up on his doorstep.

[@spookycode]

@@JCD87r/woosh

[@L33tSkE3t]

This video did a wonderful job at convincing me not to buy this product.

[@TheOneCleanHippy]

"And as I do, I will slowly shut down my higher brain functions... un-making myself... leaving just enough to appreciate my surroundings... to extract some simple pleasure from the execution of a task well done. My search for truth is finished at last." -That little pool cleaning robot: Zima Blue.

[@shortyipper]

I was just thinking of that episode when Linus showed the cleaning robot. It was a sad one.

[@EmpressEmbeth]

Such a good episode!

[@Probookuser03]

@@EmpressEmbethagreed, probably my favorite in the entire series tbh. artstyle was a little wonky but that was the point i’m sure :)

[@gamesnic]

best show there is... unlike anything LTT is putting out as of now

[@shortyipper]

@@gamesnic I mean you can just not watch the channel if you want. That is a thing you can do.

[@AlexTenThousand]

That pool is so dirty I was fearing Shrek would pass by and yell to get out of his swamp.

[@drabberfrog]

Ikr, I could almost hear shreksophone playing in the background.

[@EB01]

"It's all ogre now."

[@KlaroNebulous]

💀

[@oceyho]

Giving someone pointlessly a robot that let the pool get that dirty in the first place, also looking at the nasty yard too, is a pointless action in itself.

[@rypsterhc8673]

That pool is so dirty Shrek would stare at you and say: you're disgusting

[@TokenBG]

I've watched enough pool cleaning tiktoks to know... absolutely nothing about this.

[@ThomasPrettyman01]

"follow ya boi for the pool work"

[@pistol0grip0pump]

Indicating you've been paying possibly TOO much attention! 😂 Pool cleaning & Pressure washing are my ASMR 😂

[@beans197]

@@ThomasPrettyman01 thep00lguy!

[@rasmusvedel]

@@ThomasPrettyman01 it’s “holla your boy” not follow

[@The_Divergent]

And giant censored background Did someone tried geoguess? 😂😂

[@MRAMAZRBALLZZ]

Fair play for them not hiding how well/not well the product works. Genuinely shocked the company wanted this to go out.

[@imo098765]

If you have a pool, you know its not that worth compared to having a vacuum attached to your pump

[@jasonrulesudont5515]

Why wouldn’t they want this to go out? I have a pool and I don’t see anything too concerning. Anyone who knows how to maintain a pool would tell you it wouldn’t work in the first pool until that water was properly treated. It seemed to perform adequately in the second pool.

[@0525ohhwell]

@@jasonrulesudont5515 It spent two days and numerous requirements for the basket to be cleaned out and the pool still had a ton of debris in it. That was not adequate for a cleaner 1/4 the cost of that thing.

[@0525ohhwell]

They kinda glossed over how much hands on that thing needed.

[@MRAMAZRBALLZZ]

@@0525ohhwell I don't think they glossed over it. I looked at that video and thought it would just be easier to do it yourself. Looked like a lot of emptying a tiny basket.

[@ckush928]

This thing should have solar charging and it should live in the pool 24x7.

[@piotrprzytycki7919]

They should've just never made it wireless to begin with tbh

[@IIIIIIIIIIIllllllIIIIIIIIIII]

that tiny amount of surface area would not be enough

[@ckush928]

@@IIIIIIIIIIIllllllIIIIIIIIIII yeah but it doesn't have to clean the whole pool everyday, just once a week I guess.

[@avasam06]

Ah yes, main electricity in the pool, genius idea.

[@arcaneminded]

Don't think it would work. But no reason not to have a docking station for it to charge at.

[@Caplonky5]

Rare moment, a tech youtuber outside

[@UCm0i6w5lBlRthCtZEoj99tg]

This guy is a billionaire. This is a set inside the warehouse

[@user-zb9wj7gm5m]

​@@UCm0i6w5lBlRthCtZEoj99tg what do u mean 😂

[@vinylSummer]

​@@user-zb9wj7gm5mhe's a billionaire tech youtuber, of course he'll do anything not to go outside. Even if it costs millions, he'll just write it off

[@drew2626]

@@vinylSummerhe’s a millionaire not billionaire 😂

[@GHOSTSTARSCREAM]

@@user-zb9wj7gm5mit's obviously sarcasm

[@2peopleincar]

I hope Zima Blue is happy cleaning Linus’s pool.

[@haelonbr6115]

Came to the comment section looking for this comment, wasn't disappointed

[@ombhatt6626]

Was JUST about to mention it haha

[@zima2252]

I'm not

[@whitepaws60]

This is only the beginning of its journey, or perhaps the end

[@barneycombo]

robot gains sentience, comes out of the pool, first human it meets is in sandal with socks, robot cralws back to the pool and does a factory reset :-D

[@Anaxistratus]

1:56 the brainrot has gotten to Linus.

[@ariaaceves6073]

underrated comment 💀

[@morgancookson3169]

got his ass

[@Krul_Tepes._.F]

preposterous

[@Zanshin001]

Needed to stop midway and say: I really hope no one gets hurt.. but, the 'you threw glass in the pool? What the hell!' still really got me! xD

[@cheesedoodle338]

Its most likely filter glass from the first pool its not sharp

[@Snazzydragon]

Fun Fact : South Africa has very few inventions to its name, but one of them is the Kreepy Krauly, a self running pool vacuum cleaner which used an interesting water hammer effect to chucka-chucka-chucka around your pool. Aside from not being able to do the surface of the water, it pretty much does the job this robot does at a tiny fraction of the price. 90s Tech for the win!

[@mitchellmnr]

I was going to comment on this haha. For literally so much less, I have something that runs all the time and the bottom of the pool is always clean... And you add the leaf catcher on the water output jets and you have no leaves... Overall, less cost, holds more debre and is quicker and you don't have to take the whole thing out the water to charge it even if there were not many leaves... Somethings are not good to IoT ... this is one of them lol ....

[@yourlocalit1701]

Yep

[@GHOSTSTARSCREAM]

Is this where the term "creepy crawly" came from?

[@WillyJunior]

Another fun fact - The worlds first digital laser was invented in South Africa

[@stoned9017]

And the shittest cleaner on the market. Don't ever buy a creepy.

[@id104335409]

I threw the Roomba in the pool and it worked for a while. But then it stopped. Maybe it needs the docking station as well. BRB.

[@virtualfilmer]

😂

[@boblee5524]

You need to apply Epoxy Resin first! Did you not watch the preview video?

[@dantecoal7584]

Rookie mistake, you forgot to set the RGB to Blue didn't you? Everyone knows blue stuff is water immune.

[@chrisbaker8533]

Zima blue's journey starts. In 2000 years, our little buddy here will be a famous artist.

[@BullfrogProtectsTadpoles]

Why has he aged in the thumbnail.

[@thexgamer8240]

Imagine the amount of brain-eating amoeba you could get by jumping into this pool before it was cleaned.

[@KirbyAyanami]

I had a brain eating amoeba once, poor guy died of hungry

[@Slavolko]

​@@KirbyAyanami RIP Mr. Amoeba.

[@yamiru3417]

​@@Slavolkowhen we have brainrot. they cant eat anything

[@timeliebe]

The good news is, then Robert Kennedy, Junior suddenly starts making sense!

[@Slavolko]

@@timeliebe You can not like him, but the current resident would be more fitting of this joke.

[@zgmattie]

The LTT intro box popping out of the box is pure genius and i am here for it

[@TheDAVIS500]

Only Linus would clean a pool in the rain with socks and sandals.

[@theoldknowledge6778]

The idea of having a bot to clean your pool is great. But this bot doesn’t seem to be too practical. I mean, you have to interact with it so many times to get the result. Maybe increasing its side to fit more battery and trash… or maybe having a “station” on the side of the pool so it can charge and clean itself

[@tronosgamingwizard]

with the pool station, that's a good point - you could put it as a feature request for the Beatbot company

[@seigeengine]

Ah yes, just what I want, more electricity running into my pool. They really aren't showing it in a real use case scenario is the big problem, but also that a real use case scenario isn't visually compelling either.

[@Fortzon]

Yeah, if the robot had a floating station where it could dock and dump all the trash (the station would then suck it from the robot to a trash can near the pool) and then continue its work, that'd be great. Battery life is still an issue though.

[@Merlinose]

Honestly i think it would be great for scrubbing floor+wall, just get most of the leaves out yourself beforehand and it should work fine.

[@Timeward76]

​@@williamjones4483Yeah thats something most people seem to be missing due to the visual nature of the video. This robot basically maintains a clean pool for you, like he said, its not a miracle worker for a pool this nasty.

[@SirValiantIII]

Every pool cleaning robot stops working the second you turn your back. Prove me wrong

[@FrankyDigital2000]

First, i would need a pool. Can you help me with that?

[@FacelessMage117]

This is known as pool bot-wave duality.... it is a result of the quantum zeno or "Observer" effect, once a bot is not observed, it exists in a sort of superstate of both functional and non functional, once observed(please note, observe and observation here do not necessarily mean conscious observation, though we are unsure of that in entirety, it means any sort of system meant to observe the state of said bot.

[@flashlightning6742]

The dumb ones are decent at least lol, though still not great.

[@its_dey_mate]

​@@FacelessMage117 Schrodinger's pool cleaning robot. Is it still picking up leaves at the top of a pool? Has it stopped working and began contemplating its existence at the bottom? Only once you look at it do you pick a universe with one of the options true.

[@imo098765]

@@its_dey_mate FACTS, you go inside and come check every few minutes to make sure its working

[@Nostalgia_Realm]

Please tell me this is an episode in a new series "Products that never needed to exist".

[@reesemobley5311]

As a past pool cleaner, I completely agree with other comments saying this thing is garbage. If you have the ability to get a polaris, get one. It connects to the pool equipment for power "water pressure." And there are other brand robots for similar prices that use a low voltage wire (like 5-15 volts) from an outlet and dont need to be removed and recharged every 2-3 runs (they also seem to have much more space for debris before getting full). The best part is no need to fish for it with a pole, the wire is reinforced to pull it to you. And the best part for anyone who wants app control is that you can connect to it when it's under water. All of these cleaners (polaris included) will break over time gears crack, motors die. And all will be pretty expensive to fix, but i dont trust this company will even exist by then, or have the parts to fix them.

[@JamesTM]

My dumb ass thought "wait, is he unpacking a robot in the RAIN?!" ... it took me an embarrassing few seconds to consider that said robot goes in a pool.

[@anthonyiandoli1111]

As a pool tech i feel safe knowing that no robot can do a better job than me. It would take me 30 min to make the second pool clean. The first pool would take 2 visits and about 2 hours.

[@sushsidnd]

I think you're missing the point. It won't out clean a human in a single day. But it's a one time payment that will require minimal maintenance and could save money over several months. It's not going to completely clean a pool in a day but if you use it every week or every other week it should be able to maintain most pools well enough that you shouldn't need to hire a pool tech.

[@Graylord88]

Including the glass? If you only spent a portion of 30 minutes looking for glass shards in a filled pool, I wouldn't remotely feel safe using the pool. Not that I'd trust the bot either mind you.

[@curtisbme]

@@sushsidnd lol. No, you don't understand as you obviously didn't look up the price of this ($2,200 before tax) and have never paid for someone to clean a pool or cleaned one yourself. This bot is absurd both in how poorly in operate and the cost. And if you want automatic, there are many automatic cleaning devices that use your existing filtering, much cheaper, and much better.

[@bruhatthedesk5118]

Kreepy Krawlys has been around south Africa for a very long time. And we don't really have pool techs (some but not a lot)

[@swervedx]

true but its nice to have something brush the algae so your filters can pick it up when you arent hand brushing

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

"My neighbour has a pool" is the most indirect flex I've heard

[@variable_0]

7:52 wants to be picked up is kinda cute

[@This_is_Aaditya]

Your neighbour is very lucky to have you 😂

[@4louisMC]

Indeed... I didn't expect the pool to be blue tbh

[@FranciscoGomes11]

This time...yes😂😂😂

[@Scnottaken]

Considering the neighborhood I'd figure they've been very lucky their entire lives.

[@OutsideDuhBox]

For real

[@Montanari1172]

tbh its a two way gesture, its content for linus aka he acc went +money on this vid, but its still nice of him to offer it since he could do many other vids, but he choose this idea or well the writer/and or mananger, which helps 2 ways

[@rasmuspersson1000]

The $2,500 price tag for the pool robot seems excessive, especially since it lacks the capability to autonomously leave its docking station for cleaning. This limitation requires manual operation, making it impractical for use while away or asleep. Despite my experience with high-end pool robots featuring advanced scheduling and app integration, I now recommend opting for the most affordable model available that includes essential components like a filter, cable, and available spare parts. Essentially, a pool robot's primary function is to circulate water through a filter. By choosing a less expensive model, you can keep the robot in the water for daily cleaning, simply managed with a remote switch or timer. The additional features like motorized brushes and side cleaning are unnecessary and often overhyped. In my experience, including with three Zodiac models, pricier robots tend to fail more quickly. For minimal maintenance, using a manual brush twice per season is sufficient.

[@josefinarivia]

Chatgpt?

[@Poyoisfckinlazy]

7:36 yes yes, BUT CAN IT RUN DOOM?

[@thomaschirila6372]

Did we just get called poor in 55 different languages?

[@lburger404]

0:52 Key framing the grey LTT box coming out of the cardboard one and going into the intro was smoooooooth. Love those little touches.

[@senbatifanola]

Yeah I had to look at it twice to check

[@IdealIdeas100]

Yeesh, $2200 for it. thats insane.

[@bullydungeon9631]

Naw that's about right, some roombas are a grand plus and they don't have to deal with water and caustic chemicals

[@Paronak]

i paid 800$ for a cabled one, does stairs with no problem, has 2 baskets, and unlimited runtime. chuck it in the water once a week and in 5 hours it's done for a whole week. fish it up like a crab trap and be done with it.

[@ChrisDelChris]

@@Paronakyeah the use case for these isn’t you let your pool get super dirty and then you babysit it, you’re supposed to chuck it in every so often after normal use and it maintains the pool. I’m generally grumpy as hell and I thought it seemed fine for that.

[@iskeptical5698]

you do realize this is for a pool? pools aren't cheap lol

[@the_undead]

If you're the kind of person that pays for your pool to be cleaned instead of doing it yourself, this thing could probably replace that almost entirely apart from one yearly maintenance so this could end up saving you money over 2 or 3 years, of course that assumes it will last that long, but there is definitely people where this would be very beneficial to them

[@fizola88]

One day this robot will be so upgraded, that it invents its own shade of blue to use in its art.

[@xxpickleslayerxx551]

Watching a whole 11:41 video for a pool cleaning robot I will never need. XD

[@daylen577]

That basket clogs way too quickly for this to be of any use lol

[@seigeengine]

To be fair, your pool shouldn't be getting anywhere near a basket of debris in it between runs. Like, if it does, the problem is on your end. Plant matter shouldn't be getting in your pool in any meaningful quantity.

[@user-ds8rj2vc4v]

I guess the idea is that regular maintenance prevents that. For example; if you vacuum your house once a year, then you'll need to empty your vacuum cleaner multiple times and it'll take you ages. Whereas, if you did it once a day, it'd take you a fraction of the time and have a fraction of the dirt to clean.

[@GHOSTSTARSCREAM]

@@user-ds8rj2vc4vI think you meant "irregular". Regular means every 1-3 days of maintnances.

[@seigeengine]

@@user-ds8rj2vc4v 100%. And you're definitely not going to vacuum every single day, but a robot can do that like the soulless automaton it is, and even if it doesn't do the best job, it's going to maintain a good standard of cleanliness anyway.

[@Fortzon]

If the robot had a floating station, or a partially submerged station at the edge of the pool, where it could dock and dump all the trash (the station would then suck it from the robot to a trash can near the pool) and then continue its work, that'd be great. Battery life is still an issue though.

[@OyxiaxD]

Imagine wearing a water resistant cap because it's raining but still wear socks and sandals

[@sp00n]

Sealskinz makes waterproof socks. Maybe next on the list for LTT.

[@PYROHIAN89]

wow 44$ off $2200...how generous lmao

[@joshuatyler4657]

No this thing actually looks like a horrible deal for $2.2K. You'd probably spend less time actually cleaning the pool yourself than dealing with the small basket and poor battery life. The cleaner failed both times in that it (i) was unable to clean the small particles out of the neighbor's pool and (ii) took two days and a lot of user involvements to clean a couple of handfuls of leaves. The conclusion should have been that it is not worth the $2.2K that they are asking for due to the slow clean rate, small basket, and lower-than-advertised battery life.

[@jesperstaunhansen7190]

8:36 I was about to lose my sh** when he leaned down with a phone in his breastpocket like Linus did

[@TypicalZoomer]

Every phone these days is water proof

[@tomikun8057]

​​@@TypicalZoomerwrong! They are usually water resistant, meaning they can resist water for some amount of time. Exposing it to water also still breaks warranty. Water proof means it will survive forever within water so long as nothing else damages it.

[@ventilate4267]

That intro transition was smooth asf

[@BritishBoy]

This style of video is one of my favourites (aside from Alex's cooling stuff). It just feels so reminiscent of where this channel started! It's fun to see more diverse content sometimes :)

[@andybak7575]

first time using a pool robot, we put it into a clean pool and it came back dirty... those things are great at finding every little thing

[@XSilent_DevilX]

this is violently upper-middle-class

[@lester44444]

The robot was useless enough to bump them up to upper class

[@XSilent_DevilX]

@@lester44444 fr fr. Linus grows more and more out of touch with each passing day it seems

[@drabberfrog]

I'm sorry but I think a traditional pool vacuum is superior to this thing in pretty much every way. Way less complicated, runs on grid power instead of a battery, can go up stairs, doesn't need to be constantly emptied, less expensive, more reliable, does not need an app to work, and they're just better at cleaning the bottom and walls of a pool. Along with a traditional skimmer which also uses grid power and brings the floating debris to it, is just better if you are more interested in having a clean pool than showing off your expensive toy to your neighbors. Sometimes the adage "if it ain't broke don't fix it" proves to be very true. The only scenario I could imagine a robot pool vacuum being better than a normal one would be if the robot was like a normal one with a hose, access to grid power, and used its sensors to guide itself around the pool instead of moving haphazardly, and even then I'm not sure if it would really be worth it.

[@absalomdraconis]

That could actually work reasonably well. Add a diversion route with a screen for the water, stick a hydroelectric generator in the diversion for primary power, use some fiber-optics (preferably TOS-link, for easy availability), and most or all of the issues with this one go away.

[@drabberfrog]

@@infernaldaedra I really feel like this is a problem with the way LTT does sponsored videos, like I get it, they're getting paid for it and he never lied in the video and he showed us exactly how effective the product was but I can't help but really notice that he never said a single negative thing about the product. And I know I know, if you're reading this Linus, it's not a review like you always say on the Wan Show but you are showing the product and intentionally withholding information from me, the viewer who by your own admission, is supposed to "be your boss". I've watched this channel for years and I know that Linus knows that this product is an overpriced and impractical piece of crap and if it wasn't sponsored he would be the first one to grill it for what it is but he doesn't and that really affects how much I trust what he says. He's supposed to be nurturing the parasocial relationship with me so I stay invested and buy his merch but when he makes a video like this, that relationship takes a hit that can't just be repaired by one good video. Obviously I'm not blindly following everything he has ever said but I want to be able to just listen to what he says and not have to put in the effort to really question it, how can I watch his next video and not ask myself what he is withholding from me? This channel is supposed to be a form of semi-informative entertainment, how can I be entertained if I'm not being informed in good faith? I know sponsors aren't gonna want to pay LTT a ton of money to have their product grilled for all to see but at the end of the day that's not my concern, all I care about is the information and the entertainment and I'm not happy if Linus isn't going to be truthful with me.

[@drabberfrog]

@@absalomdraconis you wouldn't even need fiber optic cables, you could just attach a waterproof copper cable to the hose for electricity and data if you want to communicate with it the cable could connect to a Wi-Fi hub above water to let you remotely control the vacuum with your phone with live video on board and arrows for which way you want it to go. Hell, they could go all in on being smart and let you remotely access the vacuum through the internet so you can make sure your pool is clean no matter where you are. It would be a bit more complicated than just controlling a robot since the suction is being provided by a real pump on the side of the house instead of a tiny one on board so you have to link those things together but that would be a genuinely good product and with how much money upper middle class/ wealthy people spend on pools, I'm sure there's a good market for it. With how many of these stupid pool robots companies are selling, I'd have no doubt an actual good one which took the benefits of regular vacuums and combined it with technology, would be successful.

[@verakoo6187]

​@@drabberfrog jesus christ man, maybe u need a break from youtube for awhile? It aint that deep. Linus is a Canadian dad in his 30's that talks about tech, not an Oracle.

[@formes2388]

Lets say a traditional cleaner requires you to spend 1-2 hours to do it, every time you do. Well: What is your time worth? And beyond this - if it's making it easier to do something, for someone who has limited mobility, or other disability that uses a pool as a means of comfortable exercise: Then this is actually kind of perfect. Automation is coming, and lets face it: This is really early on. We are going to see a version 2, 3, 4. We are going to find someone who solves the "pool clean, and lawn cut all in one robot" that just does it all - or maybe you get a core base with add ons. Or you get a humanoid robot that uses human tools or... So many different approaches. So no: This is not a product FOR YOU. But clearly, it's for someone out there.

[@michaelhollister1472]

I like how the pre-intro leads into the animated intro. Nice touch editing dept.

[@JCglitchmaster]

8:34 All I can picture is the scene from IT crowd where Moss drops his phone in the toilet after it slipped out his top pocket.

[@matteovale3475]

0:53 I like how you all get more and more creative to launch the intro clip. I linked this one, it came out of the blue.

[@d3n0tz_]

2:16 The WHAT??? 😮😮😮

[@brannonnorquest1882]

Throwing glass in your bosses pool is WIIIIILDDDDD

[@splittedspark1675]

Really, liked how the intro came from inside Linus. Made a lot of sense with the conversation so yea!

[@removechan10298]

how did his phone not end up in the pool?

[@TrowGundam]

I'd never use one of these (I'll never have a pool, not because I don't want one, I just could never afford one), but I love seeing the new technologies like this. Pretty neat.

[@vinicius401]

That thumbnail made you look 20 years older

[@Dark-qx8rk]

Dunnoi..makes him look like a junkie. The beard was better.

[@sp00n]

Beardless Linus is scary Linus

[@ardonjr]

I don't even have a pool and still I loved watching this technique. Awesome thing to throw in the water after a day of swimming.

[@jordanhildebrandt3705]

This thing is a wild piece of tech, and it's amazing that anyone built it. But I'm not really sure how this is tons better than the standard vacuum that connects to the pool pump and handles the bottom and sides. Sure, the skimming feature is nice. But that's what a skimmer basket is for.

[@josephwodarczyk977]

Why mess with perfection?

[@NolieRavioli]

"you threw glass in my pool??"

[@edwardgreenjr167]

I had this same exact issue with a wireless bot. Unless the water is crystal clear, you will loose it. Or at least I did with a larger pool. Good luck trying to find/fish out the bot in a 12 ft deep, 25x50 ft pool. But if the pool is already pretty clean and this is just doing maint., this is a great tool. Great to see the app actually works. And there's backup buttons on the device. I went through 3 different models that had apps that were flaky at best, completely unusable most of the time. Just gave up and went for a traditional AC tethered model at that point.

[@pagers]

Oh, I loved that little trick with the intro at the beginning! :D

[@JTCF]

This strongly reminds me of that one episode of "Love, Death and Robots" where a pool cleaning robot evolved into a conscious human artist only to go back to a pool cleaning robot as his last art performance.

[@A1BASE]

Why does an in-ground pool need a robot to do the surface skimming? You should have a skimmer basket for exactly this reason?

[@curtisbme]

exactly. This this is stupid in so many ways.

[@gaycatgorl]

as someone who works at a pool, these things are really nice for when it's only minorly dirty on the bottom of the pool. and the ones who have a control panel on the surface and are hooked up with a wire work really nice especially if you wanna mess with it while it's underwater

[@AB-80X]

Agreed. My neighbour has one of these, and it's not bad at all. Trick is to not let dirt build up. He runs it every night so it's done in the morning. That way the basket is never too small and it can run the program on one battery cycle. His pool is immaculate.

[@siddharthsingh7508]

I still cannot digest Linus without a beard.

[@JerziTBoss]

This robot is super adorable once basket is full... It just floats near the wall like "Uhmmm dad? I have my basket full can you clean me please?"... It's even more adorable than roomba, saying it's stuck near the cliff when it decided it gets lazy for a day.

[@AB-80X]

Robots are cute. It's also very important to name your house robots.

[@Legitster]

If you are wondering if BC is a sensible climate to have a backyard pool, keep in mind this is literally the closest Canada has to California.

[@seigeengine]

As someone who lives in a colder part of Canada.... we also have pools here.

[@GHOSTSTARSCREAM]

not sure what this have to do with pools and climates

[@username8644]

Summers now are much hotter than they used to be. That being said, the fact the owners didn't even cover the pool with a tarp or something is pretty stupid, especially in the PNW.

[@geoff5623]

Summers are warm and have few rainy days (especially the semi-arid south & central Okanagan). The City of Vancouver has popular public outdoor pools open from May/June through September (and people campaigning to keep them open through October). Few people are probably using their pools on a rainy January day, but 2/3 of the year is reasonable pool weather for much of the province.

[@username8644]

@@geoff5623 2/3 of the year? Lol no. You probably have 2-3 months of pool weather in the PNW. Edit: and listing pools people swim laps in is not comparable to a pool at your house you sit in and drink wine.

[@biomorphic]

The robot is like: "Bruce Bruce, I am living the dream!"

[@kyokazuto]

Nahhhh

[@Kingsgla1ve]

"I will immerse myself and as I do, I will slowly shut down my higher brain functions, unmaking myself, leaving just enough to appreciate my surroundings. To extract some simple pleasure from the execution of a task well done"

[@boostedmedia]

So basically it’s just like those robot vacuum cleaners. You spend more time holding its hand than it would take you to just do the job manually. 😂

[@FyoneVideos]

Me who can't afford a pool let alone a pool cleaning robot: "Hmm, interesting."

[@bhfootballer26]

Honestly I feel like a product like this could be so much more practical if it were “tethered.” You could have a unit on the side of the pool connected via a hose which could provide vacuum for extracting waste, so you don’t have to dump the robots collection tank constantly. This could also include wiring for power to extend its clean time effectively infinitely, and provide connectivity so you can still interact with it under water via the app.

[@kingzach74]

Yeah those already exist and have existed for quite a few decades. Look up automatic pool cleaner and you'll likely find ones that float on the surface and clean the top of pools in minutes.

[@JXSnWp]

5:16 That's what you get for wearing socks with sandals when it's raining.

[@danielp3345]

That pool was actually gorgeous at the end.

[@Cynos_3D]

And thus the story of Zima began as a humble pool cleaning robot.

[@AB-80X]

The simple pleasures of a little robot.

[@512TheWolf512]

an EXTREMELY well masked skibidi toilet joke? holy moly, who wrote this script? what a genius

[@omgwatthehell]

Guys, we're seeing something beautiful here. Thousands of years into the future, this robot will have a modified itself to the point where its form becomes that of a man. It will pursue a career as a artist, and will name himself after the colour of the tiles used in the swimming pool.

[@BurntFaceMan]

Kinda reminds me of my Mammotion Luba Lawnmower. Best damn thing I've ever bought. Cutting the lawns for me 3 times a week to keep my massive garden tidy. its a Godsend. Worth every penny. As someone who cleaned my parents pool 80% of the year only for it to only be used for like 10% of the year at my parents place as a teenager I HATED it. Took hours, faffing round the chlorine and baking soda to balance it, cleaning up sand CONSTANTLY and scopping up leaves, despite a cover, and a pretty tidy garden... Something like this would have taken a while sure, but it would be mostly self-managed, apart from constantly cleaning it out. (it needs a bigger basket guys come on!)

[@xanderwusky3001]

Tbh, i like tech and all. But my parents had pretty much this 15 years ago. Sure that one had a cable on it and this would be a little easier since you don't need to get that. But just the fact this has a battery is not great IMO. Batteries degrade, die and cause all sorts of issues. Obviously they are also useful for a lot of things or necessary but i don't think a pool cleaning robot really needs one. Id rather have it on a cable and plugged in since its always going to be there anyway.

[@stevethepocket]

The cable would have to be thick and strong enough to double as a way to fish it out of the pool because owners are 100% going to be trying to use it for that.

[@AB-80X]

How many phones, tablets, laptops and other tech have you owned in the past 10 years? Get over yourself.

[@AB-80X]

@@stevethepocket The one I used to have was designed for it. The cable had a built in steel wire.

[@austinclark3495]

3:30 my arrakis, my dune

[@nonnnth]

This looks more like a rescue mission than a pool cleaning job

[@lilv728]

LTT editors are smart! They even censored the reflection of Linus' house in the pool to prevent him from getting doxxed. Good work guys! I'd be far too nervous to film at my house if I had a big channel like this, mfs are straight up professional geoguessers on the internet these days

[@TetraSky]

9:42 when a phone looks like a toy in the hands of a giant....

[@Croaker]

I'd suprised this ad went live, hardly a good advert for the product

[@LinusTechTips]

We insist that even sponsored videos include demonstrations that are representative of the real-world performance of the product. We are actually pretty impressed with how much schmoo the Aquasense Pro removed from our very challenging test scenario pools, but since we don't have a ton of experience benchmarking these kinds of devices, we didn't want to get into any comparisions. Just put the results out there and let people decide for themselves. - LS

[@MPGv1]

@@LinusTechTips Did Aquasense get to review the final cut before publishing?

[@Croaker]

@@LinusTechTips I'm more suprised beatbox went ahead with the ad, assuming they were allowed to see it first

[@sunbleachedangel]

As they said, more than once, this isn't really the intended use for the product, it's for cleaning maintenance, the same way your robot vacuum won't perfectly clean a very dirty house in a day

[@Croaker]

@@sunbleachedangel Why would beatbox approve scenarios where their product performed poorly tho? especially in an ad?

[@dylanaquilina862]

I serviced Pools for 2 and a half years. I personally wouldn't buy a product like that because the best use case of a pool is having to do minimal maintenance, which from my experience about 90% of customers neglect. That's why we set up cleaners that have timers set up to automatically turn on and run 1-4 hours a day depending what area your pool is in (If it's in a bushy area with lots of trees or an open backyard with minimal leaf foliage.) Another annoyance of a product like this is you can't leave it in the pool 24/7 you would constantly have to charge it each day, which I guarantee you again customers are going to forget about it and leave it over it's expected running time and it run out of juice making the pool dirty again because it's not cleaning as much as it should. This is why cleaners have either long chords connected to a power point or Tubing that pushes water through the system to run it with a pump. On really big clean ups and restorations the best cleaners that would help me clean the pool up are probably Polaris's more new products with a big catch bag. Water propulsion cleaners will do a much better job at cleaning your pool. I used to have cleaners with that type of design get so gunked up it would break open those cartridges spilling all the debree over the pool. Best way to know what pool cleaner to get is to ask your pool technician/service guy what cleaner will best be fit for your pool. They will be able to determine what to get and install depending on your pool size, location and shape. The reason why I say ask the pool service guy is because he's the one that ends up 90% of the time having to clean the pool so of course he's going to suggest the one that make's his life easier too.

[@Peter12029]

1:56 scrubidy toilet brush is exactly what people do all kinds of things in the toilet excuse me pool😅😅😅

[@thezaz]

Dunno, I think my Dolphin T45 is almost a thousand dollars cheaper, has no chance of getting lost to the deep, doesn’t need to charge, WiFi works under water, and can handle stairs.

[@holycaketree]

@@hammerth1421 most decently modern pool robots have some form of app controll and just work. This thing seems like someone said "lets remove cable because cables bad" and then slapped AI on it to make even more money. It doesnt look like it has any other selling point

[@browny99]

We have a similar robot from about 10 years ago that just goes in random patterns and has a cord, works well and was 500€… I think it’s called moby, and I assume this thing is not 4x better and won‘t last as long with the batteries…

[@chasefisher6317]

Alternate title: Linus was fed up with his neighbors mosquito breeding ground

[@AdityaSeptianYudhistira]

This video feels so cozy with the light rain happening

[@sim6446]

we live in a world where rich people's pool cleaning robot has better specs than their main pc

[@gbpg2016]

4GB of storage is better than their main pc? Now that’s wild.

[@sim6446]

@@gbpg2016 you would be suprised if you knew what kind of machinery are people from russia or even poorer parts of the world playing league of legends and counter strike on lol

[@0106johnny]

​​@@sim6446You can't play LoL or Dota on 4 gb of storage though, because they're just straight up larger than that. This thing has worse specs than a five year old lower end phone

[@darrell857]

Pool robots seem great but the time you spend cleaning the basket, cleaning the unit, recharging, taking them in and out, storing between uses, having to wait around for it etc is taking more of your time. Until these can be 100% automated (climb in and out, recharge, empty/clean basket) and be able to see and move towards actual debris and not waste time on clean areas, and not break down after two or three seasons (pool chemicals destroy everything), they are nothing more than a nuisance. In case it wasn't clear I've owned a pool robot with a basket (not wireless). The problems with the unit now are it misses spots, the cord is always tangled, and sometimes it gets stuck or flips over on its back when it hits the ladder, and it contaminated my pool with metals (made the liner look rusty/brown) which was a huge problem. It's already received a new motor after three years (destroyed by water ingress) and now the cleaning pattern/coverage isn't working so it misses the center of the pool. I've reverted to the old fashioned way, it takes 5-10 minutes, I don't miss any spots, and it's clean when I want to swim. Only downside is having to backflush the filter more frequently, losing more water which means refilling pool if it doesn't rain much.

[@koustubhanturkar8994]

That was a subtle but insane intro rollout. Kudos to the editors.

[@blastv110]

He still has his sandals on during rainy weather while cleaning a pool? Linus, you are a man of culture.

[@wubsyman5796]

This is 100% finding a video to fit the sponsor but it's also a good video lmao

[@Aciross]

Man I missed seeing that LTT intro.

[@XDSDDLord]

I'm so happy the intro is back, I'm going to start saying it from now on whenever I see it, because I'm so happy it is back.

[@wileymonair]

I want to see more videos covering tech like this! Lawn mowers, roombas, pretty much any tech that covers day to day tasks like this! On a side note, I can't afford any of it, but it's still cool to watch lol