Just bought a Baracuda G4 any comments..

[noworries]

I have a G4. I bought it off ebay as well--it came from Florida. It was $340 (including shipping) and I sent in the $50 MIR. Saved over $175 from leslies, not counting the MIR.

It seems to do a decent job with my pool. I installed salt and then got this and then fired my pool guy. I add acid every other week or so--haven't had to vacuum it.

[bkny1055]

great price

[fission7x]

Fired my pool guy after several hours of reading this forum and getting tired of paying for virtually nothing. The $340 I paid for the G4 will hopefully pay for itself in about 1.5 months!! Noworries, we must have bought from the same vendor!

[bkny1055]

I am here simply becaue i cant see myself paying anyone to clean my pool when i can do the same job better if i apply myself and get the knowledge needed

[bkny1055]

I just came from the local pool place chain called Pinch-a-penny and they had a bunch of G4's in the back of the shop
I was like What the FUDGE Not a good sign.
so i asked the kid working on them wasup with all these units are they that bad
he said no they after awhile get a bad diafram and needs replacing thats all other than that they dont come in for anything so if you get one remeber that it will go bad also in time
wow i was like good to know since i just bought one
Well just wanted to post my findings

[jagwire22]

How can a person tell if the diaphram is bad?

I bought a G4 at the beginning of summer and it worked great, climbed the walls and everything! Now, when i plug it in it loses power and quits operating.
Does this sound like a diaphram problem?

Thanks for any help!

[noworries]

Did you store it outside the water for a while? If so it might have dried out and cracked? I dunno. I just got mine. I'm considering just leaving it in the pool unless we're having a party. Is it ok to leave them in all winter in southern california?

[SeanB.]

How can a person tell if the diaphram is bad?

Wait 9 months. Sorry, I couln't help myself.