Zodiac Mars HP o-ring

[caustik]

Caustic,
Just want to let you know that I have not had to manually vacuum since I installed it. I am amazed at how much stuff it picks up. It's fun to watch it climb the sides of the pool and up the steps. The only area it misses is the top step (water is too shallow) and the ledge in the deep end.

Evan,

Now your just teasing...I cannot wait to drop that manual vac!!!

Will let you guys know how the mars makes out in my pool when it finally shows up.

[waterbear]

Evan,

Now your just teasing...I cannot wait to drop that manual vac!!!

I picked up a PoolBuster a few weeks back, still have not tried it out yet. I figure it will be perfect for the touch up stuff the Mars leaves behind.

I just brush off the top step and the swim ledge. They never get that dirty anyway.

Will let you guys know how the mars makes out in my pool when it finally shows up.

I will tell you this. When I first put it in I left the supply hoses slighly longer and I had to shorten them a bit to improve the cleaning. Attach the hose quick connent to the port and hold the hose across the pool to measure the extra three feet past the longest distance from the cleaning port to the pool edge to get the total hose length needed, then measure the deepest part of the pool (I actually had a measuring tape in the water!) to see how long you have to have the clear and white hoses. Also measure the distance between the floats as per the manual. It really makes a big difference in the cleaning and climbing ability of the unit. I eneded up shorthening my hose by 1 ft, 4 inches orver the initial length I cut it to (6" off the clear hose, the rest off the white hose, and I had to remove a float from the clear hose) and the performance of the unit, especially on climbing and cleaning the steps improved dramatically! You might want to consider leaving the hoses slightly longer and having it run for about a week so the hoses "soften" and uncoil from how they are packed in the box before making the final cuts!