This pricey, battery-draining robotic pool vacuum is essentially an aluminum-cased ego booster, marketed to Pescadero's newly arrived souls who feel their manual labor credentials are depreciating. Owning the Aiper Scuba S1 Pro screams, 'I have enough disposable income to buy something that operates entirely beneath the surface and still requires Wi-Fi.' Its advanced sensors and 'elite' status suggest total mastery over one's leisure time, a mastery only rivaled by your neighbor who has also bought it. But naturally, the minute the relentless Baja humidity kicks in, the single charging cable required will fail spectacularly, dangling uselessly and mocking your investment.