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My first Aquabot lasted 6 years. I now have an Aquabot Bravo - it has a shorter run time, and is supposed to last longer, Only time will tell. I have to say I used my first Aquabot almost every day - I have a whilte pool. It did a great job, and I never vacuumed except after a heavy storm. Are they expensive? Yes, do they do a great job? Yes. Only you can make the decision of it's worth to you.
I have a Blue Diamond remote cleaner , and a hayward Phantom.I really use the robot only on pool startup to get rid of all the algae , it works fantastic!!. it picks up so much algae , you have to clean the filter bag after 45 minutes in the pool, during start up. After the pool is clean I use the phantom every 3-4 days to maintain the clean pool . I do throw in the robot occasionally if it's real dirty ie. after a pool party or bad rain.I live in Nj so my pool season is probably same like yours in Philly , 4 months tops.I have the robot for 3 years with absolutley no problems , and expect many more years of it working.beats vacumming by hand.i have tried and owned a Polaris 380, hayward viper, polaris 340, baracudda G4, aquabot remote .I love both the Blue Diamond remote and hayward phantom out of all the cleaners out there.
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You have been pretty satisfied with the phantom? I can't remember, is that pressure or sunction side? Does it require a booster pump and also what did it run you (if you don't mind)? Thanks
the Phantom is pressure driven and needs abooster pump to operate .I bought the Phantom at Leslie's online last year in December for $599, it came with a free Hayward booster pump, and $100 mail in rebate .i sold the boosetr pump on Ebay for $145 as I had one from my old Polaris 380 days . so the total cost was $354 delivered.
The Phantom uses hard hoses so it doesn't tangle itself up.and has three modes of operation
1)Bottom only
2) Skims the surface only
3) Auto: 13 minutes on the bottom, comes up and skims the top for 7 minutes , starts cycle over again.