Good advice--I'm already following it.

Yes, I still think the PoolBuster is great. If you find, though, that battery life seems so-so, or the motor is weak---LET THEM KNOW BEFORE THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT! I wish I had--I was WAY too late so I had to buy the new battery/motor box--but for $79 my P/B was better than it had ever been--and most people never had a problem.