Lodoba SAT25 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner
Most capability for the money — The most robot for the money: a cordless cleaner that does what the cheap floor units can't — climbs walls and cleans the waterline — for about $260 on sale ($340 list), at 4.0★ across 200 owners on a single listing (no size or colour pool). Dual motors, up to ~190 minutes of runtime, and it works in both above-ground and in-ground pools. The catch is the brand: Lodoba is a white-label name on the Seauto 'SAT' platform, so support and warranty are the unknowns.
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Fair
Fair is 4.0 to 5.4.
Amazon says 4.0 stars. We score it 4.4, Fair: 20% of its 200 ratings are one or two stars.
See why it scored 4.4
Specs
| Power | Cordless (rechargeable) |
| Cleans | Floor + walls + waterline |
| Runtime | Up to ~190 min |
| Pool size | Above/in-ground up to ~2,150 sq ft |
| Owner rating | 4.0★ / 200 |
| Warranty | Not published |
Pros
- Does far more than the budget floor units — climbs walls and cleans the waterline, cordless, for about $260 on sale against a $340 list
- 4.0★ across 200 ratings on a single listing — no size or colour pool — and up to ~190 minutes of runtime
- Works in above-ground and in-ground pools; owners say it returns to the pool wall for easy retrieval
Cons
- White-label brand — Lodoba is a name on the Seauto 'SAT' platform (the same hardware sells as Nepturox / Seauto), so warranty and support are the real unknowns; buy it for the hardware, not the badge
- Sealed battery like every cordless here — no replacement pack, so the robot is the consumable when it fades
- A 200-owner base is solid but nowhere near the thousands behind the Dolphin Escape — less of a long-term track record
Dead inside a month, repeatedly. "Quit working after a month — I was very excited about this and it did a great job, but after a month it [stopped]"; "it stopped working after 10 use[s]"; "received a faulty vacuum — charged for over 24 hours, never char[ged]"; and one owner who could not switch it off at all and had to lift it out. The second theme is that it does not pick much up: "picks up some dirt but not enough to justify buying it, gets stuck on the [steps]", "does seem to have a lot of power but is not picking up near the amount of [debris]", "didn't work well AT ALL". One useful spec catch: the advertised 190-minute run needs about four hours of charging.
10 critical cards read on page 1 of 227 ratings; failure inside a month appears in 4 independent reviews and poor pickup in 4. 10/10 Verified Purchase, 0 Vine. · critical reviews read August 2026
“This has almost completely replaced the pool vacuuming!! It works!!! Comes back to the side of our above ground pool for easy removal.”— Jooley, Amazon · Verified owner
FAQ
Who is the Lodoba SAT25 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner for?
You want the most cleaning for the money on an above-ground pool — a cordless robot that climbs walls and does the waterline for about $260 on sale — and you'll accept a lesser-known brand to get it.
What do owners say about the Lodoba SAT25 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner?
4.0★ across 200 owner ratings (Amazon, read 2026-11-05 · global base). What owners complain about: Dead inside a month, repeatedly. "Quit working after a month — I was very excited about this and it did a great job, but after a month it [stopped]"; "it stopped working after 10 use[s]"; "received a faulty vacuum — charged for over 24 hours, never char[ged]"; and one owner who could not switch it off at all and had to lift it out. The second theme is that it does not pick much up: "picks up some dirt but not enough to justify buying it, gets stuck on the [steps]", "does seem to have a lot of power but is not picking up near the amount of [debris]", "didn't work well AT ALL". One useful spec catch: the advertised 190-minute run needs about four hours of charging.
What is the warranty on the Lodoba SAT25 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner?
Lodoba publishes no warranty term for the Lodoba SAT25 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner — we looked for one from the maker and record the absence rather than guess. Buy it somewhere with a return window you trust.
What does the Lodoba SAT25 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner clean, and what size pool is it for?
Floor + walls + waterline. Sized for Above/in-ground up to 2,150 sq ft.
Does the Lodoba SAT25 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner come with a manufacturer warranty?
Lodoba publishes no warranty document anywhere we can find, so there is no manufacturer term to hold them to beyond the listing itself and the marketplace's own returns window. Nobody can check what does not exist — that is the finding rather than a gap in our research.
Record
- — Price read 2026-11-05 on the live Amazon listing: $259.98, on sale (24% off) against a list of $339.99; was $399.99. Stock at the read: In Stock. Sold by the maker's own Amazon store (LODOBA Online). Regular price set to Amazon's list of $339.99. Published at read time per the 2026-09-15 rule.
- — Owner rating re-read on Amazon: 4.0 stars across 200 ratings (was 4.2 across 162). The 38 ratings added since September averaged lower than the earlier ones.
- — Card copy re-priced to the current listing price after a sweep found figures left behind by an earlier price move.
- — Price read 2026-10-02 from the live Amazon offer (Creators API): $399.99, no deal flag; was $339.99. Published at read time per the 2026-09-15 rule, ahead of Prime Big Deal Days.
Cleans: Floor + walls + waterline · Sized for: Above/in-ground up to 2,150 sq ft
Warranty — and what changes if you buy it on Amazon
Lodoba publishes no warranty term for this product. We looked for one from the maker and record the absence rather than guess.
Lodoba publishes no warranty document anywhere we can find. There is no term to hold them to beyond the listing itself and the marketplace’s own returns window. Nobody can check what does not exist — that is the finding, not a gap in our research.
What we have seen it sell for
- — $339.99 recorded
- — $399.99 recorded
- — $340 recorded
Each date is when we recorded that price, not necessarily the day it changed — we publish what we can prove. Prices we later corrected are left out rather than shown as moves.
✓ Safety: no active recall — No CPSC recall names the Lodoba SAT25 (checked August 2026). As with any lithium cordless robot, use the supplied charger and charge it away from anything flammable.
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Data last verified: 2026-11-05. Ratings are real, dated reads — never scraped or invented. Full methodology and monetization disclosure: how we test.