Are some robots better than others with gunite?

[Enigma869]

Good Evening All...

I recently purchased a home with a gunite pool. My last two homes have both had vinyl 20X40 inground pools. For the record, my new pool is significantly smaller. I believe the builder called it an "oasis" pool with a elevated spa. In any event, I have a Polaris 360 (that was left with the home when I purchased it), and a Aquabot clone (I purchased it from intheswim.com), and it looks exactly like the aquabot but has in the swim's name on it. I bought it a few years ago for about $1200, and it did fine in my last pool. That said, it really doesn't seem to be picking up as much as I feel it should with my gunite pool, and it seems to get stuck ALL THE TIME!!!!!! I never had this issue with my vinyl pools.

My question is this...Are some of the automatic cleaners better for gunite pools, and if so, which ones? I need to figure out a solution before this babysitting of my pool cleaner drives me nuts! Any and all feedback is most appreciated.

John from Boston

[Enigma869]

Hmmmmm....I guess I'm the only one who has a tempermental robot!


John from Boston

[JonnyG]

I have a Zodiac Mars HP with my pool and I absolutely love it
(never used my vacuum last summer). Although it needs to plumbed up as it required high pressure water to run (it has a separate pump). Sounds like it may be too late for that for you?

John