am looking to buy the AquaJet or AquaBot as a gift to a person who has an inground
pool, year round use.

could someone please tell what you think of these?
my main interest was the small power consumption, listed as 24v device which would
cost less than $1 / day even if run for 8 hours.

how about maintenance? what about parts? are they controlled by some dealer network?

I read this online http://www.phil-schwartz.com/reviews/aquajet/index.html but could
not find one for the AquaBot.

Similar discussion was found on google groups with search value "Aquabot Turbo eats it
own cord", link at http://tinyurl.com/ydxck2