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From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Pool Cleaning
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 19:19:25 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 15 19:19:25 1985
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I tried one last year and they work quite nicely.  They were invented in
South Africa, and franchises are popping up all over the US and the world.

The reason I didn't buy one is that I am under the impression that it takes
me as much time to put the device into the pool, wait for it to do the
cleaning (at least checking every once in a while that it didn't get stuck
in a corner) and removing it from the pool again.  I figure that if I don't
have the time, I pay a neighborhood-kid to vacuum, while if I do have the time
I don't gain anything by watching the crawler.

However, it is a fascinating gadget and I was quite tempted.