I love it in floor only mode. Since it’s running for close to 3 hours, it covers the entire floor multiple times ensuring that it gets everything. My filter basket confirms that it does. It catches everything
Aiper Scuba S1 Review
- Thread starter Katodude
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The update works on the Scuba S1 just fine. Mine is not the pro. Download App. Put Scuba S1 in pairing mode (While plugged in, hold down the button for 10 seconds). Then go to WiFi on phone and connect to Aipeer_xxxxx - Password is 12345678. Then go to app and navigate to choose Scuba S1 and updates. That’s it - took me probably 3 minutes from App Download and updated it just fine.
I tried but my phone wouldn’t pair with the S-1. Didn’t even recognize it as a device. I held the button down for 10+ seconds and then connected to the Aiper Wi-fi successfully. Then went to the Aiper app and it said no devices found. 
It is not for the pro only, the S1 has wireless connectivity. Open the pdf and follow the instructions.
It may require some trial and error, as I stated previously it took some persistence on my part, starting over and trying again (several times) before it would pair but it eventually did.I tried but my phone wouldn’t pair with the S-1. Didn’t even recognize it as a device. I held the button down for 10+ seconds and then connected to the Aiper Wi-fi successfully. Then went to the Aiper app and it said no devices found.
Keep your phone near the Scuba.
I also had trouble pairing it. Then on the app I went to Support then selected Scuba 1. After select FAQ and near bottom was How do I update Robot. Click on that and it will walk you through it to connect. However when I did it it said I was up to date V1.0.6. See attached
We had a storm blow through with 50mph winds. Lots of leaves in pool at bottom and on surface. My Betta surface bot was already in pool so it scooped up quite a bit but with wind blowing it could not motor against it but did fine when storm pasted. I then dropped in the Scuba 1 and within 2 hrs it had cleaned the bottom. It picked up lots of fine particles. Again it started on the narrow width then transitioned to lengthways and covered the whole free form pool. See picture of basket
Yea I did all of that, but I'm sure I skipped over something in the sequence so it's quite possible my troubles were self inflicted.
Belo
Well-known member
Interesting. The customer support people didn't tell me about this and just accepted my return. The app itself doesn't list the non-pro model, just the pro and nowhere in the instructions that come with the S1 does it say anything about how to put it in pairing mode. You can see my earlier comment about this a few pages back.
I guess I just find it odd that they didn't advise me of a firmware update when I said I was having issues, and the app is bad and their website doesn't mention it. Weird business model... unless perhaps mine already had the update and they knew that?
Hanlon's Razor comes to mind. It states: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Or, perhaps in this case, due to poor customer service training.
Belo
Well-known member
yeah I've never worked in CS, but I have some colleagues who run it for my company and they basically describe it as a pretty simple script. I'm not trying to downplay the complexity of the job or be demeaning, but somewhere high up on the decision tree should be "advise the customer of firmware update". I think back to a similar issue I had with a new cell trail cam from browning and sure enough a yet to be released on their website firmware update fixed all my issues.
oh well.
After “numerous” attempts, I was finally able to access the website and heard my S-1 beep when it came on-line. Clicked on upgrade and downloaded the most recent firmware update (V1.0.8). Now let’s see what it does differently, if anything.
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So, I ran the S-1 tonight after uploading the new version and honestly didn’t notice much difference. It seemed to be doing some different patterns but I just kept it be and walked away. After 3 hours it was sitting in the corner of the shallow end waiting to be retrieved. I checked the entire bottom as it was dirty when it started and the whole floor was clean. So, my would be to not spend too much time watching it but just check out the results at the end. If it’s clean, and the filter basket is dirty, then nothing else matters.
Gyre
Member
I noticed that the ASAP15 code now only offers a 10% discount instead of 15%. I raised the issue with Aiper support and they confirmed it's now only 10%.
Belo
Well-known member
mine would get a ton of junk too, but I wish they offered a fine debris filter. The amount of silt and sand I got from my beatbot confirmed how much was still being left behind.
