If you’re looking for the cheapest option of course, you’ll want to clean your pool yourself and then you’ll have a plethora of pool cleaners to choose from.  Some of these, the robotic pool cleaners, are so easy to operate; you just drop them in the pool and let them do all the work for you.

If money is no object or if hiring pool cleaners is a priority to you, realize that pool cleaning and pool maintenance are two very different things.  You’ll still need to make sure your pool is maintained as far as repairs and the proper mix of chemicals.  Hiring a company that will take care of all of those things might be the easiest thing to do.

However, even if someone cleans and maintains your pool once a week, it is still a good idea to have your own pool cleaner at your disposal especially for spot cleaning.  You don’t want to have to call the pool cleaners every time you get a few leaves in your pool.  Instead, you might consider purchasing one of those remote control robotic pool cleaners.  For as little as fifteen cents per use, you can drop it into your pool and steer it over to where you need a quick clean-up by using the hand-held remote.  In just a few minutes, your pool will be sparkling again and you’ll still have the regular pool cleaner to come and do the big job.