Forum: Pool Cleaning: Manual or Automatic

We are into our 3rd year with 16' x 41' IG fiberglass pool. Maybe I'm too picky, but it came with a Pool Shark suction cleaner that has a tendancy...

I posted this in the getting started area (forced too)...but thought might get more feedback here. Pop-Up Head Cleaning in a SW Florida Lanai?? ...

I rebuilt the 380 with the factory sold rebuild kit. The unit works perfectly. Hose is all new as are floats and swivels. All is spaced as...

Hi everyone, my pool package comes with a Baracuda Ranger, but I have the option to upgrade. It's for an 18' round AG. Is this a decent vacuum?...

I have an IG pool, and am using a new Dolphin Triton ps to clean it. The college student helping me with yard and pool has asked to borrow the robot...

Hello all, new member. I have a Pool Rover Jr. "robot" pool vacuum that I need a new filter bag for. I can of course purchase a bag from the...

Long story, but the auto pool vacuum that should have come with the house when I purchased it, has been taken and after 9 months of trying, cannot...

I recently had our pool redone in pebble tec .we have an older hayward suction side cleaner, looks like the navigator. Well, its at least 5 yrs old,...

I have a small above ground pool with an intex cartridge filter. I net daily, keep my chemicals up and change the filter cartridges regularly. My...

I’m at my wits end with my Zodiac Barracuda Ranger. It continuously gets stuck at the pool outlet. As it moves around the pool, most of the time the...

Hi all- I'm in New England and it a prime pollen and seeding season for trees. I'm surrounded by oak trees and have a ton of the strands as well...

Looked at the troubleshooting guide suggested on next page of forum (under "Polaris won't climb walls anymore") but it doesn't offer no-vacuuming...

I have a hummer auto cleaner. I think it is a Letro Legend, but I am not sure which model. I will have to dig it up if you guys need it to help me....

Got 7 years out of my Dolphin Dynamic. In the market for a new robot. Want to keep the price closer to $1,000 than $2,000. Things I liked...

why does my polaris backup assembly shoot a strong stream of water??? this is keeping the polaris off the floor of the pool

Hi All I'm new here, we are putting a 20x40 gunite pool with curved Grecian or Gothic corners in about two weeks. I say Grecian or gothic because...

I'm wondering if I need to have my builder add anything to the pool for a pressure side pool cleaner. I don't what to leave anything option out if I...

Hi all We left our pool open this winter and I thought I read somewhere that the Blue Pearls don't do well in cold water. Is that true or can I...

My Pentair Legend never gets in a position in my pool where it gets stuck and needs the backup valve to save it. Although the valve is quite heavy...

Hello All, Not sure where to put this question, so feel free to move. I'm going to clean the pool enclosure ( screen and Frame). Am...

I just bought a new house and we are surrounded by trees that constantly blow leaves into our pool. I want to get a cleaning robot that will be...

So every time my sand shark climbs the walls and hits the edge of the water it sucks air and thus kicks in the SVRS part of my pump. Pump now shuts...

I bought the P935 at the beginning of the season. So far I'm not too thrilled with it. It doesn't capture fine particles (just shoots them out into...

Does anyone have a suggestion on what robotic cleaner is good for an oval AG with a deep end (28 x 12 x 4 with a deep end 6')? I have tried Robo...

First I hate my Polaris 380 I would like to reuse the pump and connection and finds a working less costly cleaner that actually cleans. Vinyl liner...

I've got an inground plaster pool and just bought a used old hayward pool vac that is for vinyl pools. What is the difference between the vinyl and...

My Hayward Navigator doesn't go forward anymore. it barely moves and turns first one way and then the other. I thought maybe the pads were too worn...

Can anyone make a recommendation on a good portable vacuum system, the kind that has it's own pump and cartirdge filter on a caddy? I'm finding quite...

Been a heck of a summer for the Hayward Viper. First the DBF broke the top deck when he pushed the debris bag button too far down. (I rigged it back...

I recently purchased a Baracuda G4 and plugged it directly into the skimmer. Since I am now bypassing the skimmer basket, I now clean out the pump...