$699 is double your competition. Is it really worth it? We get this question all the time and it’s time we answered it! The short answer is because it costs a lot (pumps, electronics, micro-fluidics, water-proofing, etc) to make the equivalent to a Roomba for Water. That’s why I wanted to write this post to…
How to Close an Inground Pool
A Guest Post Joel Peters Section 1: Introduction Getting in your pool is one of the best moments of summer. It is more fun when you uncover your pool and find it clear and well maintained. It is very disgusting to uncover your pool and find it all swampy and green. This is why it…
How to Increment Minor Versions on Google Play Store and Apple App Store
The other day we released a new app version and posted it to our internal testers on our Facebook Beta Tester Group. To our dismay, we launched version 1.3 and realized that as we told our users to download the app- it was not showing the latest version. What happened? Apple is a tad bit…
How to Open an Inground Pool for the Summer
A Guest Post by Joel Peters Section 1: Introduction When most people hear the word pool, different things run through their minds. They think about fun, relaxation, exercise, and summer. Some also think about all the refreshing dips they took during hot summer days. The get-togethers, parties, and of course, the relay races always come…
How to Get Accurate Time When It’s Relative
To many, the Sutro time-stamp was moving around like a phantom. Sometimes it would be in the future, other times it would be in the past. Sometimes it would be within minutes of when you looked at it last. It was frustrating for both us and our beta testers since it made a lot of…
Sutro’s Love Your Pool (or Spa) Again Vision
Sutro started with looking at the world through the lens of water. We looked around, and saw everything that was blue, and zoomed into those that contained hydrogen and oxygen pairs (or triples, well – two hydrogen for one oxygen… whatever that’s called). We asked the question – what has water looked like, what does…
The Importance of Pool & Spa Maintenance During COVID-19
Many areas in the United States are currently under recommendations to shelter in place because of COVID-19. This means we’re going to spend a lot more time at home in our pools or spa. It might cross your mind to start getting your pool (or spa) ready a little earlier this year. In this post,…
A Note of Support & Solidary to Our Community
The most important thing for us is the health and safety of our customers, employees, community, and partners during these challenging times. We’re following the developments of COVID-19 and are doing all we can to keep help out where we can. How COVID-19 Affects Sutro Our manufacturing team in China was out of the office…
The Bakers Dozen of Standard Pool Chemicals
Chemistry can be difficult to understand and water chemistry is no different. People think they can just dip their finger in a swimming pool and figure out the pH and chlorine content, it really doesn’t work that way. We, at Sutro, strive to make chemistry simple – so you can focus on the things that…
Quality Control on the Sutro Supply Chain
Obviously, we know that quality is a huge concern to the production of any product, but perhaps most importantly for a hardware product. The combination of plastic, metals, electronics, motors, and the sweat of a lot of people tightening, welding, and screwing things together result in a lot of things that could potentially go wrong. …