Robotic pool cleaner above ground pool: round floors

Updated: 21 October 2026

A round Bestway or Intex pool spends the summer on the lawn, and the robot in the basket was built for a rectangle with vertical walls.

A round Bestway or Intex pool spends the summer on the lawn, and the robot in the basket was built for a rectangle with vertical walls. A robotic pool cleaner for an above-ground pool has to allow that outline and that floor, or it is the wrong ASIN. In this amazon.co.uk set the EVERCROSS wall robots say they are not for round or oval pools. The floor robots are the listings that do not print that ban. Prices were checked on 19 October 2026. This is not a lab test. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The table is the robotic pool cleaner comparison.

Our top picks

Badge	Product	Floor limit	Coverage	Dry weight	Note	Price	Offer
Best overall	Bestway Bestway AquaTronix G150	Not stated	Not stated; UK reviews describe the bottom	2.41 kg	7.6	about £95.93	View offer
	EVERCROSS EVERCROSS BOT U8-2026	Not for round or oval	Floor, walls and waterline	12 kg	8.2	about £399.99	View offer
Alternative	POOLPURE POOLPURE RPC100A cordless floor robot	Slopes up to 8°; not steps or steep slopes	Pool floor	3.63 kg	7.2	about £88.63	View offer

Best overall

Bestway Bestway AquaTronix G150

7.6/10about £95.93

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Rank 2

EVERCROSS EVERCROSS BOT U8-2026

8.2/10about £399.99

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Alternative

POOLPURE POOLPURE RPC100A cordless floor robot

7.2/10about £88.63

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On this page

1.Round and oval pools
2.Flat bottom, gentle slope, wrinkles
3.What the UK reviews actually did
4.A pump in the water, and when to skip EVERCROSS

Round and oval pools

Both EVERCROSS U8 listings, at about £339.99 and about £399.99, are for rectangular or square pools up to 200 m², and they are not for round or oval designs. The U8-2026 is the top pick for a rectangular wall clean. It is the wrong buy for a round liner. The Dolphin at about £1,699 is corded and titled for in-ground pools up to 50 ft. Leave that cable on the cordless vs corded pool cleaner page. What remains are the Bestway G150, the POOLPURE rows, the hzexun and the YDHZ. None claim the walls of a soft-sided pool. You still brush the waterline. The question order is the robotic pool cleaner buying guide.

Flat bottom, gentle slope, wrinkles

POOLPURE AquaGuard SE II at about £139 and RPC-100A at about £149 say flat bottoms up to 90 m², not slopes or heavy wrinkles. Both claim about 100 minutes at 3.8 kg. A liner that folds when the water drops is the wrinkle they exclude. The POOLPURE at about £88.63 is a different listing. It allows slopes up to 8° and a hook, and it still says to avoid steps and heavy wrinkles. There is no UK review text in the file. The 3.5 from 55 is marked United States. The Bestway G150 at about £95.93 does not state a floor limit. Do not copy a G100 or G200 page, including a 7.32 m round claim, onto this ASIN.

Testsieger

Bestway Bestway AquaTronix G150

7.6/10about £95.93

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What the UK reviews actually did

The G150 is the best value for a small flat bottom because one UK review describes a 12 ft round bottom for about 30 to 40 minutes, and another says the run later fell to about 20 minutes. Runtime is not stated. The 4.2 from 60 reviews are not a wall claim. It weighs 2.41 kg. Which band is for a flat bottom is best robotic pool cleaner UK. On the RPC-100A at about £149, some owners say a flat bottom comes up well. Others say it throws fine debris back or snaps a wheel. The AquaGuard SE II at about £139 has a wheel off on first use and a charge that then failed. That is not a reason to switch to an EVERCROSS on a round pool that listing already excludes.

A pump in the water, and when to skip EVERCROSS

The hzexun at about £155 is bottom only, 3.1 from 13. A UK review says it stuck under a pump that sits in the water. The bullet’s 5,000 mAh and the energy field’s 18,000 mAh are both printed and not reconciled. The YDHZ’s one UK review says it is not worth £5, beside 3.3 from 9. EVERCROSS is the wrong job when the pool is round or oval. A rectangular above-ground pool with firm walls is the case those listings describe.

Common questions

Can I use a robot in a round Bestway or Intex pool?

You can look at a listing that does not exclude round pools. The EVERCROSS U8 rows exclude round and oval outlines, up to a rectangular or square 200 m². The Bestway G150 does not state a shape, and one UK review describes the bottom of a 12 ft round pool. That review is not a maximum diameter printed by Bestway for this ASIN. Keep brushing the waterline.

Which robots say they are only for flat bottoms?

The POOLPURE AquaGuard SE II at about £139 and the POOLPURE RPC-100A at about £149. Both say flat pools up to 90 m², and both say they are not for sloped floors or heavy wrinkles. The POOLPURE at about £88.63 allows slopes up to 8° and still tells you to avoid heavy wrinkles, steps and steep slopes. The Bestway G150 does not state a floor limit at all, so you cannot treat silence as a slope rating.

What about a wrinkled liner?

The flat POOLPURE rows at about £139 and about £149 say they are not for heavy wrinkles. The row at about £88.63 says the same about heavily wrinkled liners, even though it allows a gentle slope of up to 8°. A crease you can catch with your foot is enough to skip those robots until the liner is full and lying flat. The Bestway file does not state a wrinkle rule. That silence is not permission to assume the G150 will cross a fold.

Is the Bestway G150 the same as the G100 or G200?

No. The G150 in this set is ASIN B0FMQD2N5B at about £95.93, 2.41 kg, with a 2 litre capacity, and runtime is not stated. Bestway’s own UK pages for the G100 and the G200 print different areas and runtimes. Those limits are not on the G150 file, so do not shop this ASIN as if it were rated for a 7.32 m round pool.

What if the pool pump sits in the water?

A UK review of the hzexun says the robot stuck under an in-pool pump, on an above-ground pool where there was a gap under the pump. That is a layout problem, not a mode you can switch off in an app. If the pump has to stay in the water, a self-driving floor robot is a poor fit until you can keep that space clear. Fine algae was harder to collect than larger pieces.

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