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Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra: three days of algae cleaning in Madrid

I tried the Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra for three days on algae and sand. Its filter clogged, my net did better, and I decided to request a return.

Smartphone screenshot of a surveillance camera app displaying split-screen live feeds of an outdoor swimming pool filled with green algae, accompanied by PTZ navigation controls at the bottom.
Outdoor rectangular swimming pool with greenish water and submerged steps covered in algae, set within a paved patio next to modern residential buildings.
A Beatbot robotic pool cleaner resting on the shallow top step of a swimming pool beside the pool deck, with submerged steps covered in green algae visible beneath the water.
Top-down view of a dark Beatbot robotic pool cleaner submerged under greenish water on the tiled floor of a swimming pool, seen from the pool ledge.
Smartphone screenshot of the companion mobile app interface displaying the Cleaning Modes menu with options for Floor Mode, Standard Mode, Pro Mode, and Custom Mode.
Smartphone screenshot of the companion app for the Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra pool cleaning robot, showing a mapped cleaning path of 441 square feet across 109 minutes along with device status warnings and mode settings.

My pool had only recently been completed. The weather in Madrid warmed up over these days, and because I had not turned on the sand pump, disinfection or filtration, green algae multiplied within a week. I searched online to find which product was best and ended up choosing the most expensive one. The website price was €2,925, which was genuinely much higher than in the United States. In my test, using the robot directly to remove green algae was completely ineffective, so I searched online for a solution. I bought pool-disinfection tablets and added six of them; four hours later, the sand pump and salt-chlorination disinfection were both running for more than 10 hours. By the next day, almost all the green algae had died. Some had settled on the pool floor and some was floating on the surface. On my first use of this Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra, I selected Pro mode. After five hours, when the battery ran out and the robot came to the pool edge, I opened the filter basket and found the inner walls of the two-layer filter completely covered with green algae, while the basket contained no sand or other floor debris. I then tried other modes to clean the pool. After testing it for three days, my conclusion was that it did not do a very good job cleaning green algae or sand on the pool floor, including dust and sand that had settled from the air. Floating algae still had to be collected manually with a traditional pool net; in five minutes, I collected far more by hand than the robot collected in five hours. Because the dead algae was very fine, the robot drew it into the filter with water flow, and once the filter surface became covered, it could no longer continue collecting and filtering the algae. With green algae, regardless of the mode, I found over three consecutive days that the five-hour battery run ended with only a little algae on the filter surface. There was only a small amount of mud and sand in the basket. My pool does not have many fallen leaves, so I was basically relying on the robot to clean green algae and mud. Unfortunately, it performed poorly at both, and because this model costs far more than other robots, I have decided to apply for a refund and return it. I will think about which robot to buy next. One more complaint: this Chinese-made high-tech product surprisingly had no Chinese-language manual. Even if it is aimed at the high-end European and American export markets, surely Chinese people also buy products in those markets? Regardless of where a Chinese-manufactured product is sold, a user manual without even basic Chinese makes me feel that management still looks down on Chinese people.

Source: 人生如戏 · Xiaohongshu · 2026-04-08 · beatbot AquaSense® 2 Ultra实测. Search this Chinese title in Xiaohongshu to find the original post.

Before You Buy

Models in your region

The owner’s app and account identify the tested product as the Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra in Madrid. Beatbot’s US and EU listings identify the same model, but regional purchase terms and the owner’s reported price comparison should not be treated as interchangeable evidence.

Model in this review Related regional model What to know
Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra (US) The US official listing identifies the same AquaSense 2 Ultra used by the owner. The owner reports a €2,925 website price in Madrid, but gives no comparable US price, so the account does not establish a US price difference.
Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra (EU) The EU official listing identifies the same AquaSense 2 Ultra used in Madrid. It lists cordless charging and a three-year warranty; return eligibility depends on the purchase terms, while the owner separately reports requesting a refund after three days.
Model in this review
Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra
Related regional model
Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra (US)
What to know
The US official listing identifies the same AquaSense 2 Ultra used by the owner. The owner reports a €2,925 website price in Madrid, but gives no comparable US price, so the account does not establish a US price difference.
Model in this review
Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra
Related regional model
Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra (EU)
What to know
The EU official listing identifies the same AquaSense 2 Ultra used in Madrid. It lists cordless charging and a three-year warranty; return eligibility depends on the purchase terms, while the owner separately reports requesting a refund after three days.

What the owner actually tested

The owner tested the robot for three days after treating a green-algae bloom, using Pro mode first and then other modes. The reported five-hour run ended when the battery was depleted and the robot returned to the pool edge; the owner found algae coating the two-layer filter but little sand or mud in the basket. This is one pool and one algae event, not a general performance test.

The owner found a traditional pool net more effective for floating algae, collecting more in five minutes than the robot collected in five hours. The account attributes the result to fine dead algae covering the filter surface and restricting further collection; it does not measure flow rate, particle size or the robot’s performance in other pools.

What the regional listings establish

Beatbot’s US listing says the AquaSense 2 Ultra cleans the floor, walls, waterline and surface. It lists standard two-layer filtration of 150 and 250 micrometres, with stated capture down to 150 micrometres. Those specifications describe filtration capability, not guaranteed removal of every suspended algae particle and not a replacement for pool disinfection.

The EU listing also identifies surface, floor, wall and waterline cleaning and cordless charging, and lists a three-year warranty. A buyer in Europe should check the retailer’s return terms rather than assume the owner’s refund outcome applies automatically; local return terms have not been matched to the owner’s purchase.

Buying implications

This owner’s experience is most relevant to buyers considering the robot specifically for a fresh algae bloom or fine floor sediment. The owner’s pool had few fallen leaves, so the purchase decision depended on algae and mud removal; both were judged unsatisfactory and the owner requested a return. Beatbot’s published coverage is broader, including surface and waterline cleaning, so the account should not be read as a test of every supported cleaning task.

Fine filtration still requires practical maintenance: Beatbot says battery recharging and filter maintenance remain necessary, while the owner describes the filter surface becoming covered with algae during testing. Buyers focused on algae should confirm local return conditions and avoid assuming the published 150-micrometre rating proves capture of all algae particles.