iGarden Pool Cleaner K60 review: An underwater marathoner
Expert note
Pros
- Exceptional cleaning capacity considering the time
- Attractive prices assuming that coupons and discounts are valid
- Incredible style
Disadvantages
- Inefficient shorter cleaning cycles
- Too complex controls
- Cleaning is more difficult than it should be
- Water enters its loading port
Our verdict
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This is an examination of two pool robots, one which is the most exceptional cleaning device that I have tested to date, and the one that is exasperating frustrating and too complex. You have probably already understood the twist: yes, it’s the same device, the Igarden K60 swimming pool cleaner.
Features
To start things, look at the thing: with its black frame and its orange -garni wheels, the machine looks more like a sports car than a glorified sheet swea. Despite the evocative look, he always moves on the permission of large wheels and bands of bands that lead to a pair of rotating purifying. It is a fairly classic standard design.
The control panel of the Pool Igarden K60 cleaner.
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Its largest sale argument is under the hood: a fairly strong 7500mAh battery supplies the 30 -pound robot to an epic operating time up to 6 hours, according to Igarden. (My tests have reached a maximum operating time even better of about 6.5 hours.) It is so long that Igarden says that it has a Guinness world record for the cleaning longevity of the robotic swimming pool – although a quick search does not support it completely, with Guinness noting a prototype The robot of the same manufacturer reached the 40 -hour brand in 2023.
The Igarden Pool K60 cleaner cleaned 100% of the synthetic leaves during my first test.
No matter however, 6 hours is powerfully impressive, and what is even more remarkable is that the robot achieved a feat that no other did in my years of testing these devices: it cleaned 100% of the material of my first synthetic sheet, leaving absolutely no debris, even on the steps, that few robots manage to clean properly.
Even the best pool robots tend to leave a few remains behind them during their race, but the Igarden heard everything about its inaugural race, a first monumental. (The following races have left two or three pieces, although it is still impressive.)
Performance
The rubber cap protecting recharge from the Igarden Pool Cleaner K60 battery battery failed to prevent water from entering the port.
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So what is the catch? Well, there are quite a few, starting with the fact that Igarden K60 really needs these six hours to do all this work. The unit can be defined to operate for shorter cleaning times (60, 90 or 120 minutes), and even the 120 -minute mode has not been effective to collect more than 70% of my test debris, leaving large parts of the intact pool. Even a second round of 120 minutes did not resume what was left behind, and it is only when I defined the robot to run on its unstructed calendar and to the battery that I could reach this 100%collection performance.
This presents to users a dilemma: do you prefer to have a robot which collects approximately 95% of the debris in two hours, or one which obtains 100% in six hours? I think it is a fair compromise to select the first, because no one wants to drop a robot in the swimming pool in the morning, only so that it does not end before the end of the day, especially if you plan to swim that day.
The Igarden Pool K60 cleaner has a 4 -liter debris basket.
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The K60 is also spoiled by an extremely complex interface, both on its chassis and in its half -cooked mobile application. The application control panel is a scared touch screen with icons, many of which are difficult to analyze. A clock icon seems explicit, but you will have to understand what the three lights following To this icon means using it correctly. A light is equivalent to one hour cleaning time, two lights are 90 minutes and three lights are two hours. No light means that it works until the battery dies.
An “AI delayer” has a similar three light system, corresponding to an automatic cleaning cycle of each 24, 48 or 72 hours, assuming that you leave the robot in the pool after each race. Additional commands are built for cleaning mode (floors only or floor / wall / flotation line) and “turbo mode” (which considerably accelerates the robot). Alas, none of this is intuitive, and even after a week of use, I found myself referring to the manual to refresh my memory on the icon.
Even lighting the robot is delicate. First of all, you will find a button on the underside of the robot which must be transformed into a kind of master feeding switch. Then, the touch screen power icon should be maintained for three seconds until it starts to flash. At this point, you can change your operating selections via the other buttons, then you should press the power button again.
Wait too long on any step and the robot will fall asleep and you will have to start again. When I tried to make the robot work on its inaugural race, I had to fish it out of the water with a hook twice because I had spoiled something. Frustrating.
The Igarden application
The Barebons d’Igarden application does not record cleaning sessions or does not include an indicator of battery life.
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The Igarden mobile application is not better. Although it recreates most of the material experience, anything is missing in the way of the extras, including a battery instructor or an operations journal. I also found that my selections in the application did not always pass to the robot, which forced me to reveal the control panel before each race.
I have also encountered other problematic problems, although less severe. The Igarden filter basket is large but strangely designed, with several rooms and a relatively small access hatch which makes it difficult to clean. You will load the unit via a standard plug-in cable and the load port is covered via a thick rubber seal when it is in the pool. The problem is that this seal is not 100%waterproof, and each time I ran the robot, the water entered the load port, which in turn required the attempted change by placing the robot at a corner with the port oriented downwards, often during the night.
Even the hook provided to recover the robot is non -standard size. The spring is achievable with a more typical hook, but not as simple as it should be. And besides, such a expensive robot should be able to dock the flotation line when it has finished running.
The multi-chamoration debris basket has proven to be difficult to clean.
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Turbo mode can be named optimistic helps the robot to do its job slightly Faster, but it is also a little less effective. It lacks the battery life after five hours while collecting a little less debris. A greater problem is that, in turbo mode, the robot has failed twice on a high step, unable to return to deeper waters without growing. It is not clear if it is a turbo fashion anomaly or simply bad luck during these tests.
Should you buy the Pool Igarden K60 cleaner?
The Igarden K60 is invoiced in a Grustor PDSF $ 1,498, but it is currently in depth discount (with a coupon) if it is bought directly from the manufacturer. You should also know that this robot is listed on Amazon as a GT60 model. We have verified from the manufacturer and verified that the G60 and the K60 are the same product. Finally, the Igarden K40 and K20 models are essentially the same robot, but they offer maximum operating times of 4 and 2.5 hours.
With the applied discount, the price at a reduced price of the K60 places it at a striking distance from certain mid -range robots, a price that deserves consideration. Although it is an exceptional cleaner (given enough time in the water), its many quirks and weaknesses mean that it is ultimately a compromise exercise that will require serious reflection to justify the purchase.
