Lauren Dana Ellman is a New York-based writer and editor who specializes in travel, lifestyle, food, and shopping content.

Emily Hochberg is a writer and editor with over 15 years of experience specializing in travel, lifestyle, home, parenting, and reviews. In addition to Travel + Leisure, her work appears in ...

For this article, she researched popular pool cleaners and analyzed the insights given by our testers as they used several models in their backyards across the country for up to six months.