I don't think anyone here would pick Jandy's gear as their first choice, but my own experience with it is rather limited. Polaris is generally good -- even though Jandy / Zodiac owns them. I think -- but someone else may correct me -- that the 380 is one of the 'good' pressure side cleaners.
"Mineral" systems are all useless . . . or worse. Worse is when they stain the pool and blond hair. Zodiac bought the great pool placebo, Nature2, and has marketed the heck out of it. Lots of people have them. But, they still don't do much of anything, except improve your builder's financial health.
I'll make two more points, and then let others take it from there:
1. Spring time is a pool builder's market; fall is a pool owner's market. But, in-ground pools ordered in spring are usually not ready till late summer, except in s. Florida.
2. Many good pool builders are pool chemistry idiots -- don't dump a builder because he doesn't know pool chemistry, but don't trust him in that area, either.
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