steve@micomvax.UUCP (Steve Grice) (05/13/85)
Has anyone out there in netland heard of a 'Creeping Crawler'? It is a device used to clean pools, that attaches to the vacuum pump. It moves around the pool, up and down the sides cleaning as it goes. It's quite expensive, nearly $500 (cdn), but looks like a very interesting gadjet. Does anyone own one (or something similar), and if you do, can you drop me a note of your experiences with it. Also, I would appreciate any company names and addresses that market this product or any like it. Many Thanks -- Steve Grice philabs!micomvax!steve
werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (05/16/85)
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.