Q: I just purchased a new home with a pool. One of my neighbors mentioned that I will need to empty the skimmers every day, but I don’t even know what those are or what they do. What is a pool skimmer ...

Whether you have an inground or above-ground swimming pool, you need to know how to winterize it for cold weather. By safeguarding a pool against the cold early, expensive maintenance and repairs can ...

Having a swimming pool in your backyard is absolutely a privilege, especially in regions where temperatures remain high year-round. In order to fully enjoy your swimming pool, it’s extremely important ...

Wybot’s solar skimmer does a surprisingly good job of grabbing leaves off the surface of the pool, but its loud operation and poor power management knock it down a peg. Solar-powered pool skimmers ...

Question: We decided to have an in-ground swimming pool built in the back yard of our home in 1981. The pool we purchased is a 16-by-32-foot vinyl-lined manufactured pool, plus a 4-by-8-foot ...

Beatbot’s smart skimmer comes with a sky-high price tag, but aside from its competently designed app, it doesn’t outperform one of its simpler and much less-expensive competitors. While testing the ...