
Dolphin Escape
Best for: Above-ground & small pools
CoverageFloor only
Pool sizeUp to 33 ft (above-ground)
Warranty2 years
Last confirmed price, 34 days ago — currently showing as out of stock.
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Best for: Above-ground & small pools
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Warranty2 years

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Front optical AI camera spots scattered leaves and dirt patches to prioritize dirty zones.
Roughly half the weight of bulky 35–40 lb cordless flagships—making deck retrieval effortless.
Removable 3-micron MicroMesh™ liner traps fine pollen and dust alongside everyday leaves.
Tracked drive climbs walls and scrubs the waterline systematically.
Drop onto the wireless stand to charge, or use autonomous multi-day patrol scheduling.
Customize modes, check cycle history, and manage updates.
The Scuba V3 is the cleaner that made camera-guided navigation mainstream. Rather than covering the pool in a pattern and hoping it crosses the dirt, a front-facing AI camera spots debris and drives at it — Aiper claims up to ten times faster cleaning as a result.
Pattern-based robots treat a clean pool and a dirty one identically. A vision system doesn't: it can prioritise the corner where leaves collected overnight and skip the stretch of floor that's already spotless. On a pool that's mostly clean with a few problem areas — which is most pools, most weeks — this is a real efficiency gain rather than a spec-sheet one.
Navium builds an autonomous weekly schedule from pool size, weather and its own cleaning history, then runs it without further input. It's the closest thing in this comparison to genuine set-and-forget.
The MicroMesh system pairs a 180-micron debris filter with a 3-micron ultra-fine layer. The fine layer is what catches sand and the suspended particulate that keeps water looking cloudy after everything visible has been removed.
At 18.1 lb it's less than half the weight of the heavier corded flagships. It returns to the waterline after cleaning, holds there for ten minutes, and pushes a notification so you're not fishing for it with a pole.
Want lightweight 16.5-lb handling with zero battery charging and a 2-year Authorized Maytronics warranty? Compare our Dolphin Explorer E30 Wi-Fi or Dolphin Quantum.
| Model Name | Aiper Gray |
|---|---|
| Material | Plastic |
| Color | Gray |
| Power Source | Battery Powered |
| Other Special Features of the Product | AI Vision |
| Control Method | App |
| Efficiency | 1 |
| Lithium Battery Energy Content | 149.76 watt-hours |
| Number of Batteries | 1 Nonstandard Battery batteries required. (included) |
| Charging Time | 4 hours |
| Number of Lithium-ion Cells | 16 |
| Item Dimensions L x W x H | 17.48"L x 14.96"W x 8.58"H |
| Item Weight | 18.1 pounds |
| Battery Weight | 955 g |
| Installation Type | cordless robotic pool cleaner |
| Model Year | 2026 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Item Highlight | AIPER |
| Model Number | PRN31 |
| Manufacturer Part Number | PRN31 |
| Product Care Instructions | Note: APP control works only on land, set before dropping it in the pool. |
Specifications come from the manufacturer or Amazon listing.
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| Power | Cordless (battery) | Cordless (battery) | Solar + DC adapter | Solar + rechargeable | Cordless (battery) | Cordless (battery), wireless dock | Cordless (battery) | Cordless (battery) | Cordless (battery), wireless dock | Cordless (battery), wireless dock | Cordless (262.08 Wh battery) |
| Pool size | Above-ground to 860 sq ft | Above-ground, flat, to 860 sq ft | Any surface | Any surface | In-ground | In-ground | In-ground | In-ground | In-ground | In-ground | In-ground |
| Coverage | Floor | Floor | Water surface | Water surface, edges & corners | Floor, walls & waterline | Floor, walls & waterline | Floor, walls & waterline | Floor, walls, waterline & shallow areas | Floor, walls & waterline | Floor, walls, waterline & surface | Floor, walls, waterline, surface & shallow areas |
| Control | One-touch button | One-touch button | App | App | Button | App | App | App | App | App | App + on-robot button |
| Filtration | Standard filter | Standard filter | Top-slide filter basket | 150 µm with DebrisGuard | Standard filter | MicroMesh — 3 µm + standard | Dual — 3 µm + 180 µm | Dual — 3 µm + 180 µm | MicroMesh — 3 µm + 180 µm | Dual layer — 3 µm + 180 µm | 180 µm + 3 µm MicroMesh |
| Cycle / runtime | Up to 90 minutes | Up to 100 minutes | Continuous in sunlight | 24/7 in sufficient sunlight | Up to 150 minutes | Scheduled | Scheduled weekly | Up to 270 min (Eco) / 180 min (Auto) | Autonomous weekly plans | Up to 12 hours in Skim Mode | Adaptive weekly plans |
| Weight | — | 7.5 lb | 24.5 lb | 12.6 lb | — | — | 18 lb | 17 lb | 18.1 lb | — | 28 lb |
| Amazon rating | 3.2 (30) | 4.2 (279) | 3.6 (293) | 4.3 (2485) | 3.9 (93) | 2 (6) | 4.3 (117) | 4 (828) | 4 (396) | 3.8 (29) | 4.2 (213) |
| Best for | The cheapest way to stop vacuuming by hand | Above-ground pools on a tight budget | Solar surface skimming at the lowest price | Catching debris before it ever reaches the floor | Wall climbing on a mid-range budget | Flagship suction without the Pro Max price | The best waterline cleaning in Aiper's range | Longest runtime per charge in the cordless field | Camera-guided cleaning at a mainstream price | The most capable cordless cleaner Aiper makes | One cordless robot for submerged cleaning and surface skimming |
It detects more than 20 debris types and steers the robot directly to them rather than following a fixed pattern, which Aiper says makes cleaning up to ten times faster.
18.1 lb (8.2 kg).
No — it's cordless and charges on a no-installation wireless dock.
The larger Scuba V3 Ultra (28 lbs) adds water-surface skimming and shallow-ledge capability on top of AI camera vision.

ICO tests your water every hour and tells you exactly what to add—before cloudy water or algae ruins the weekend.