Seauto Shark Cordless Pool Cleaner Review

[@davidedoff4643]

After watching robot pool cleaner videos . Who had the best etc. I found your reviews. I didnt know if I shpuld go with or without cord. I saw you video review of the Seauto Shark Pro. It has the features I wanted and the price was awesome. Your review was spot on for my needs. I recieved it approx. 3 wks ago. So far iI have used it three times. And the waterline only feature was great. My pool is 16x32 approx 22,000 gal. With brand new pebble finish. We had a leak that required. The complete rebuilding the floor of the pool and skimmer replacement. After start upp I used my ne Seauto cleaner. What a great job. Charges up fast and cleans veru well. Thanks For your review and videos. If someone is thinking on buying one of these. It works great. Very happy . 4:42

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Glad my review helped! I just love to watch the waterline cleaning of these Seautos!

[@playingbadgolfwell9732]

Based almost exclusively on your reviews, I just ordered the Seauto Shark an hour or two ago. Thanks!

[@millie210]

I took a gamble with this company and was one of the first to buy this as there were no reviews yet lol so far I love it and it works really well. I do not like the sponge that came with it as it lasted one use. Turned brittle yellow and is now useless. ( my water was balanced so no clue why) just wanted to know if you or anyone else has had this issue. In the mean time, I bought a car wash sponge from the dollar store, cut it in half lengthwise and so far so good.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

That's exactly what happened after the first use with the sponge/filter. It's their design for an Ultra-Fine Filter and they made it that way I assume to have us replace it more often/cost us more money. It definitely doesn't last nearly as long as a pleated Ultra-Fine Filter does. That's a near trick with the car wash sponge!

[@kennethkennedy7173]

Hello been using my seauto shark for about 4 days now. It works great love the water line cleaning mode and I'm happy with its performance. But the software for my android kinda sucks. It took me several times to connect to the pool cleaner? I don't know if that's just my phone my connection but that's the only problem I have had. It's very powerful and does an excellent job in cleaning and scrubbing and for the price you can't beat it. I would give this robot pool cleaner an A works great very happy with the results! Thank you so much for all your videos, and keep up the great work. 👍🏻

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Glad the videos helped! In regards to the connection to the cleaner, I also have a hit/miss time connecting and I have the most latest android phone. I would say it's more dependent on the wifi connection to the actual cleaner from your router than the actual phone. My pool is over 20 feet away from my main house wifi and I use a repeater to increase the signal to the back where my guest house is which happens to be next to my pool and it's spotty at best. I mean it's nice to have an online app to control it, but it's also a very basic app. But I agree, still a great cleaner for the price!

[@kennethkennedy7173]

Ordered the Seauto shark got a good price of $413 on Amazon. I love the different cleaning features, especially the water line cleaning feature. I will let you know how it does. Excellent videos. 👍🏻

[@imdefinitelydavid]

The waterline cleaning is definitely cool to watch! Glad the videos helped! 😃

[@brandon32689]

How are you liking it and have you had any issues.

[@kennethkennedy7173]

@brandon32689 I absolutely love the Seauto shark!! It's been about 5 weeks now, and honestly, it's the best $400 dollars I have ever spent! My pool has never been cleaner.

[@brandon32689]

@@kennethkennedy7173does it do good with fine dirt? Is your pool free form or what shape? 😊

[@brandon32689]

@@kennethkennedy7173 I am strongly thinking about getting it to try it is on sale on amazon right now. I have a freeform pool and im in West Texas lots of dirt. I am wondering how it will do with the dirt.

[@paulbaldrey855]

So if you were to only buy 1, out of the Seal and the shark, which would you purchase? P.S I loved both of your reviews.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Go for the Shark for sure! Watch the prices of the two and most times you can get the Shark within $30-$50 of the Seal. You get their version of an ultra-fine filter with the Shark and that Waterline Only cleaning mode is awesome. Never seen any other cleaner be able to focus ONLY on the waterline. Having a robot be able to clean just the waterline is awesome! Glad my reviews helped!

[@jaycamp3090]

Hey David, check out the "Hydrus" model of this cleaner. It is on Woot right now for $214! I assume they are clearing them out to rebrand into the Dolphin but at $213 they are a steal. The "shark model is also available for $487. Based on all your videos I dont think the fine filter they include justifies that price increase, correct? Those filters constantly need to be replaced? thank you

[@MichelleSmith-z7z]

Mine broke after 2 months . Got from Amazon but time is up to return. What can I do???

[@StephenAguilar-cx4lb]

Mine bricked after the first two hour cleaning cycle. While it worked (two hours) it did a good job. So far I’ve received no support from the manufacturer. Looks like I’ll be sending it back to Amazon.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Sorry to hear that! I've had some luck communicating with them in the past but it took weeks and the English was hard to understand.

[@MichelleSmith-z7z]

It is saying on my phone no wi-fi connection. It worked 2 days but now no light is coming on. Reinstalled the app again. Nothing!!!

[@rcjam2000]

I am not able to change mode on my seauto shark via app while it’s under water, Is this normal.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

I actually have the same issue. So I'm going to assume it's how the app is made. I can set it before putting into the pool but when trying to use the app in the water it's "disconnected". It's nice there's an app but it's really not useful at all

[@rcjam2000]

@@imdefinitelydavid It’s worth it for the price thou, hopefully a firmware upgrade fixes it.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

I agree, for the price it's awesome. And those "sale" days make it even better as a deal

[@P_double_H]

Ok, for everyone wondering why the app won't work underwater.. the answer it's easy. Electromagnetic radiation doesn't travel well through water. The 2.4ghz signal Bluetooth or WiFi uses only goes a foot or 2 before it's stopped. This is not an issue with the Robot. It's simple physics. That explains why water submersibles are all tethered. Hope that helps.

[@HeyStripes]

can you buy a 2nd battery to cover those times when you need more cleaning time?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

That's actually a great idea... I just checked and the Shark battery goes for 200... pricey for a separate battery. Plus it would require screwing and unscrewing 6 screws each time. It's definitely not a quick disconnect/connect battery

[@bexaminer1]

I wonder if you can tell me how to clean the impellers. You know that there are two sets of rotors or blades on top of the motors that seem to get a lot of debris in them. My pool had some issues with algae etc so it's not in the best of shape at the moment.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Sorry I have yet to take this apart. But I don't see any easy way of doing it.

[@למארחגוג]

I want the name of the application

[@fashionfelix90]

Not sure if your review caused this but the shark is double the price of the seal. Do you still think the shark is worth that price increase?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Watch the price of the Shark for a week every day or so. It always goes on "sale" and there's always a "save 300 coupon" you have to clip on the site if it's the normal price. On a very good sale day you can get the price within 50-70 dollars! I have both the Seal and Shark and the Shark's waterline only mode and that cotton foam filter makes it worth it for sure

[@karinmaria4240]

Does it clean the waterline above your ledge? My pool has a lot of benches (about 20" below the coping) and the cleaner that I currently have climbs randomly up on a bench and then flips over on its back or side. Thx.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

I think it would depend on how wide your bench is from the wall of the pool. How much surface area the cleaner has to actually climb up the side of the bench first, and then flatten itself ontop of the bench(this is the area that matters most) to get enough traction to go up the wall up the waterline, if that makes sense. I'm guessing your cleaner doesn't flatten itself at the top of the bench before going up the waterline and this causes it to flip over?

[@ThomasSmith-wy9ob]

Hey man great video. Got a great price on the shark and also testing the seal. Any suggestions for charging? Can you do it outside or do you normally do it inside?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

I have charged it inside sometimes but majority of the time I use an outlet outside like under my patio. Never had any issues charging outside. But obviously don't leave it connected in the rain in the open, unless it's under a patio or roof of some sort.

[@ThomasSmith-wy9ob]

Thanks for the info. The shark for sure is better and seems to climb the walls a lot easier than the seal.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Yeah the waterline mode for the Shark is pretty awesome to see. I thought the Seal was an aggressive waterline scrubber until I saw the Shark in action.

[@ThomasSmith-wy9ob]

Yeah man my pool is so clean after it ran. The waterline feature is impressive. Question for you, do you think it matters if you leave the robot in the pool overnight? Do you just ever leave it in the pool?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

I've left the cleaner in the pool overnight many times. Sometimes for a day or two even. You should be fine 👌

[@JavierRodriguez-jg8kc]

The instructions say 3.3 depth or 5.5 meters...is this robot ok for an 8 foot deep pool?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

8 feet should be fine but unfortunately the Shark isn't listed for sale at the moment. I think there may be a new model sometime soon or it may be discontinued.

[@petemaxwell5228]

The filter basket doesn't seem to connect to the bottom of the unit. Is it normal it just 'floats' above the suction opening? Does it take more pressure to have it click in?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Mine is the same way so probably designed that way. Doesn't click into anything to lock.

[@petemaxwell5228]

Thanks for replying. You confirmed what I thought. Have a great summer of swimming!@@imdefinitelydavid

[@gnphillips5481]

do you need to use the app in order to control this cleaner?? can you operate it (turn it on, off, change the cleaning mode, etc) on the pool cleaner itself or does it all have to be done on the app?? it seems so many people are having trouble with the app, but if its not working properly then is the pool cleaner then pretty much useless??

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Unfortunately this cleaner isn't available for sale anymore and the app is terrible. Physically on the cleaner itself, if you can find it, the controls work well though

[@davidc8260]

Im in Australia. Does it come with an AU plug? Is it available in Australia?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Honestly I have no idea if they ship to Australia since I'm US based. If you're able to find it on AMZ in your country then I'd assume they would include the correct plug. Sorry I can't really answer that for you

[@dougiesmostamazingchannel]

How in the world do you contact Seauto? I see lots of complaints about no response or nobody to contact.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

I haven't contacted them since the first Seal I used and I remember when I did it took a few weeks for a response. Their main website is no longer up but their sister site is hydrusbots if you want to try through them

[@Widowmaker1320]

Do you have to get in the pool to remove it

[@imdefinitelydavid]

It actually comes with a retrieval hook attachment you can put on the end of any standard pool pole, it clips onto it like a net does. You use that to sort of fish it out of the pool

[@razorsorensic4458]

DON'T BUY WASTE OF MONEY. WORKS FOR AN HOUR OR SO BEFORE BREAKING.

[@BATMANVISION]

A story to go crazy with these robots, this one looks good for a lower price than the Scuba. I still have 2 or 3 months to torture my mind 🤣😂🤣.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

It's also a good choice! But it does not have a weekly timer. If that isn't important to you then yes, save more money lol.

[@BATMANVISION]

@@imdefinitelydavid 😉

[@brandon32689]

Will this be okay for a free form pool?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

I haven't tried the Shark in a free form but seeing the Shark move easily up walls that go straight up makes me feel like in a free form it wouldn't have any issues since I assume your free form pool has walls that are more inclined or curved i should say. Like it wouldn't make sense if the Shark couldn't climb a lower inclined wall if it climbs a very steep straight one so well.

[@HRTsAFyre]

My all cover mode goes up to the water line

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Yes it goes up to the waterline but doesn't actually scrub it unless in waterline mode.

[@BellaTouma]

What pool cleaner would you highly recommend?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

That's a really hard question lol. It's all situational for me

[@jont1057]

In your opinion is this better than the Wybot 700?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

At this moment yes, I prefer the Shark over the current Osprey 700. But wait! I actually have the new version of the Osprey 700 coming soon and that might change my mind lol

[@jont1057]

Dude, do the sharks rollers on the front always hit the walls? Think any trouble with vinyl pool? Thx man

[@imdefinitelydavid]

It says it's safe but visually in person seeing how aggressive it is, I wouldn't trust it for a vinyl lined pool

[@jamesbrowning3681]

will the shark damage vinyl liner pools

[@imdefinitelydavid]

The Shark is aggressive. It moves fast and scrubs the waterline quite intensely. Because of that yes, I would worry about it damaging a vinyl lined pool.

[@jamesbrowning3681]

dang, already ordered amazon...@@imdefinitelydavid

[@dillydilly9786]

It says it's for above ground pools too so idk how it would damage it?

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Most cleaners big name and small claim their cleaners are safe for vinyl lined pools but no one really knows for sure until someone actually tries it and uses it long enough in a vinyl pool. I don't have a vinyl pool but I've heard bad stories from friends about cleaners destroying their vinyl pools. IMO, the more aggressive a cleaner looks to be, the harsher it is on a vinyl pool. I mean, I love the Shark lol. And in this case, I most definitely hope I am wrong. The bad part is, no manufacturer will cover damage to your pool. It's just not included in their warranties, only the robots itself.

[@HRTsAFyre]

I love my Seauto Shark

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Yup. Love mine too. The waterline cleaning only mode is one of a kind

[@HRTsAFyre]

I don't have a place to change the time on my app and im a beta tester.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

From my app it looks like you can only control the amount of Run Time for all modes except All Cover mode, that one is set to 3 hrs and can't be changed

[@razorsorensic4458]

Don't waste your money cheap plastic. Few hours of work then right side track free spins so goes in circles no service for broken or defected. If you buy it you will lose your money pile of sh#t.

[@MichelleSmith-z7z]

It is saying on my phone no wi-fi connection. It worked 2 days but now no light is coming on. Reinstalled the app again. Nothing!!!

[@imdefinitelydavid]

The app function for the Seal and Shark is pretty bad I agree. It seems to work for a while and then stop. Sorry to hear!

[@MichelleSmith-z7z]

It is saying on my phone no wi-fi connection. It worked 2 days but now no light is coming on. Reinstalled the app again. Nothing!!!

[@playingbadgolfwell9732]

Common complaint. Virtually every review seems to mention problems with the wi-fi connection. I just ordered my Shark (haven't received it yet) knowing that I can't really rely on the wi-fi app. By the way, I don't think it's the app that's the problem... I think it's the internal receiver and wi-fi system built into the Shark itself.

[@imdefinitelydavid]

Did you order the Shark from their website? I just noticed they doubled the price from when I first got mine. I know it was discontinued for a while but didn't know they came back at such a high price. The app for seauto is terrible in general. Doesn't really add much and only connected for a few weeks at the beginning and never since.

[@playingbadgolfwell9732]

@@imdefinitelydavid No, I ordered a scratch-and-dent version for $335 from eBay. I felt it might be a bit over-kill for my 12,500 gallon pool, so I didn't want to pay the new full price. With regard to availability, I think Seauto made the decision to sell the Crab via outside vendors (and direct) while the Seal and Shark are now only available directly from the official Seauto website.

[@playingbadgolfwell9732]

@@imdefinitelydavid No. I ordered a scratch-and-dent model from eBay. I didn't want to pay the new full price ($999) for my 15,000 gallon pool. Can't wait to recieve it and put it to work!