Robotic pool cleaners have gotten remarkably good at scrubbing floors, climbing walls, and navigating around obstacles, including small steps. But when the job is done, you still have to haul the ...

Swimming, relaxing, basking in the sun: A leisurely day at home by the pool is undeniably alluring. But the reality is that owning a pool means lots of maintenance, which can be time-consuming, tiring ...

A skin infection I picked up from a spa pool in Palm Springs changed the way I think about swimming. The water looked clean. The resort was nice. Didn't matter. Since then I've been a lot more ...

Cleaning your pool is a necessary and frequent chore, but it doesn’t have to cut down on your swimming time. A good robotic pool cleaner can make it easy to maintain your backyard swimming hole by ...

An entire “Seinfeld” episode revolved around the pool guy at Jerry’s health club—but these days, your pool cleaner’s more likely to be a machine. Using AI or other software to find their way around, a ...