Power Up Your VacDaddy: Introducing the NEW Battery

The VacDaddy has always been a bit of a misfit in the best way, landing between compact battery vacs and full vacuum systems. Its 55 GPM power and bag-based capture make it feel like manual vacuuming plugged into a skimmer, but without tying up the customer’s filtration. The catch, until now, has been the cord and the need for a nearby outlet. That’s where the new battery steps in, solving the most common on-site friction: hunting for plugs, hauling heavier transformers, and threading extension cords across decks. By restoring mobility without losing suction, the VacDaddy starts to look like a portable system while keeping its unique benefits, from bag filtration to quick setup.

What makes the battery compelling are the details. It weighs about 15 pounds, charges in roughly three hours, and delivers about two hours of runtime at full power. The ternary lithium chemistry adds safety and longevity, two traits pros care about when gear lives in hot trucks and works long days. In practice, swapping the transformer for the battery is close to weight-neutral, and it simplifies the loadout. Instead of calculating cord reach, we simply place the battery on the deck, connect, and vacuum. That’s a small change that saves real minutes across a route, especially at properties with hidden or distant outlets.

The VacDaddy’s adaptability continues with accessories that expand its use cases. The vacuum-to-waste adapter converts the unit into a capable cleanup pump in about three minutes. Connect a standard 50-foot hose, route discharge to a drain, and pull debris straight out without reintroducing fine particulate into the pool. For windstorms, green pool recoveries, or fine-silt scenarios, this is a major time saver. Pairing that with the battery turns jobs once limited by power access into straightforward tasks that don’t require tapping the homeowner’s system or wheeling in a bulky portable filtration rig.

Shallow water is usually a blind spot for many battery vacs because of discharge placement and minimum submersion needs. The VacDaddy’s shallow water adapter tackles that by letting you submerge the unit in a fountain or feature and vacuum with a short hose attached to your manual head. That makes tight basins, ledges, and low-depth ponds fair game. For routes that include mixed water features, it consolidates gear: fewer niche cleaners, fewer adapters, and less time lost swapping systems. When the tool you already bring can handle fountains and ponds, your standard workflow gets faster and simpler.

Who benefits most? Teams that want to replace traditional manual vacuuming without dealing with priming quirks or weak pump systems will love it for everyday service. Cleanup-focused pros win with the vacuum-to-waste mode, especially after storms or during algae clears. Managers equipping employees gain consistency, since the VacDaddy decouples performance from the pool’s equipment. The battery amplifies all of this by removing outlet dependency. It also sets the stage for a logical next accessory: a compact cart to carry the VacDaddy, battery, and hoses for fast, tidy transport from the truck to the deck.

Performance and filtration have realistic guardrails. With felt bags around 75 microns and optional coarser bags near 200 microns, debris capture is strong for leaves and typical dirt but won’t polish ultra-fine dust to cartridge-filter levels. For dust-heavy pools, vacuum to waste is the right move to avoid clouding. A future pleated or cartridge-style filter bag could tighten capture further, but even now, the system’s flexibility earns it a spot beside full vac systems and small handhelds. Combined with the battery, the VacDaddy becomes a versatile, go-anywhere tool that meaningfully reduces setup friction and expands what one device can do.