Finally, Automation: Robotic Cleaner Promises Expat Divorce from Pool Maintenance.
This $1,200 underwater robot, the Aiper Scuba S1 Pro, purports to scrub every square inch of your backyard resort pool, making it seem like you’re maintaining a resort while barely moving. Naturally, every fresh transplant in Pescadero—from the crypto-bro to the artisanal sourdough baker—is buying six because owning an 'Elite' pool accessory is now a core element of signaling spiritual superiority to the locals and their dirty pool skimmers. It will, inevitably, get stuck navigating the slight sediment buildup near the Baja shoreline while attempting to climb a wet patio paver, requiring a rusty garden fork to extract it.