If money were no object

[CarlD]

I cannot recommend a Dolphin. A lot of people here have had problems with them over the last year, myself included. They actually replaced my Dolphin with a new one because I refused to accept their explanations. My unit would not work in my pool, and they gave me a lot of BS explanations, like pH had to be 6.9, and FC really low, etc, etc. Funny, the replacement worked the way the first one had when new...

I now have it and a Blue Diamond. I use the BD despite its drawbacks, like I have to remove my ladder or it gets stuck under it. Still the BD does a great job and the bags are just as good as Dolphin's, but far, FAR easier to clean. I never need to put it in the washing machine.

But unless you have a rectangular pool, the BD may have troubles with the shape of the pool and you'll have to use the remote to direct it, another drawback. Since my pool is rectangular, it's not a problem. Plus the BD is super-fast--2- 3 hours to do the pool including wall-climbing--the Dolphin takes 8 hours. That means I can put the BD in almost any time and be done in 2-3 hours. The Dolphin is better going in at night or when the pool won't be used that day.

People with Aquabots love them. Belts are easily accessible and they don't seem to have the drawbacks of either the Dolphin or the BD.

[ccostan]

People with Aquabots love them. Belts are easily accessible and they don't seem to have the drawbacks of either the Dolphin or the BD.

I have had my original Aquabot for 4 seasons now and I do love it. It works well in pretty much any color/temp water (sometimes my water gets away from me. ) The bag is REALLY easy to clean. I alway only use a garden hose to clean it. I did have to make a small ziptie adjustment to the cord to make sure it would not get tangled in itself.

They claim it can run for like 10 cents a day, but I don't really believe that. When I click it on, my meter seems to spin just as fast as when my regular filter is on. I think I paid about 800 CASH for it at a pool store in NY around 4 years ago.

Good luck!
CARLO.

[sharpaaa]

Thanks, CarlD and Carlo. I have a 20K, IG pool that is shaped like a pregnant kidney. After reading your posts I found a Web site about the Aquabot. One w/o the shut-off timer sells for about the same price as Dophin I was considering. I'll read more about this Aquabot.

Roger

[CarlD]

There are other brands. DirtDevil has one, and, if you poke around the various on-line pool stores you'll find the other brands.

They all follow the same design--they are all spin-offs of one company in Israel. I don't know the details but there seems to have been a family conflict and other brands were created as they left the original company. No, I don't know which brand it was.