Quote Originally Posted by cleancloths
The pads are just fine. My Blue Pearl has similar sort of pads - two big ones rather than 4 small ones and they are rock hard when dry, but get nice and soft and spongie in the water quickly.
Yeah, they did that on mine too. As I said, I was less concerned--first, there was a notice wrapped around them saying expect them to be hard and let it soak in the pool for a few minutes before the first run. The brown concerned me but, while ugly, it's not critical.

As far as getting caught on the ladder I used to have that problem with my Polaris. What I did was get a couple of sections of 2" (or maybe it was 1.5" - I forget) PVC pipe and I cut out a section of the pipe longitudinally that was maybe an inch or an inch and a half wide so I could force the pvc pipe over the verticle sections of the ladder. This made it a smaller opening between the ladder edge and the pool wall so the cleaner would not get stuck in there.
What a GREAT IDEA! I have plenty of 1.5" stock--and with a cap glued to the bottom to keep from scratching the liner...WOW! That could really work well! Form a picket! Completely different from the barrier I had in mind. Maybe bungee them to the ladder, too. Easy!

THANK YOU!

BTW, has anybody got any experience with a Diamond in a vinyl pool with perfectly vertical walls? Is there abrasion on the liner where the unit turns to climb the wall?