Replace Jandy Ray-Vac?

[md_rider]

Elias: I had the complete opposite experience. We just completed our pool this Spring and the builder "threw in" the Ray-Vac. It would get stuck by the steps and never leave. It would back up, then go straight back where it was. Sold it and bought the Polaris. It never gets stuck and does a much better job (imo) cleaning the bottom. I guess it really matters on the shape of the pool.

[ChiInSFO]

Ordered a Polaris 360 on ebay for 350 clams. Can't wait to test drive that puppy

[ChiInSFO]

Polaris 360 fit in just right to the return line that I was using for the Jandy. So far, I'm not super impressed with the coverage, but the suction design works well. The filter bag fills up quick and bogs down the cleaner, so that could be the problem. Hope it performs better once my pool is cleaner.

[Elias]

That's exactly why I didn't like the polaris. I ended up fixing my Ray-Vac.

[ChiInSFO]

I liked how my Ray-Vac cleaned, but it was beyond repair. Two things that got me to try to Polaris: 1) the Polaris was a bit cheaper than the Ray-Vac. 2) the Ray-Vac used to discharge about 10% of the debris it collected every time I pulled it out of the water to empty it -- that was annoying to me.

With the Polaris, I think I need to tweak some of the settings to make it get better coverage of my pool. I will read up on some of the things other people tried to see what I can get out of it. I haven't given up hope yet