Who loves their Polaris 380?

[cleancloths]

While I have always loved my 380 I am about to replace it. If anyone wants one let me know. The problem was not with the unit itself, it was that I developed a leak in the feed line somewhere between the pump and the outside wall of the pool. Since it is under a concrete deck my pool builder told me it would cost $500 to cut the concrete fix the leak (he assumes it is right at the wall) and then patch the concrete. If it turns out to be somewhere else well there will be more money spent. Since I have used it for 7 or 8 seasons I am not sure how much life the pump will have left nor the unit itself. Further, it is expensive to run as I have to run my main pool pump and the booster pump for it to work. So, rather than spend good money after bad I decided to spend $1,000 and buy a Dolphin Dynamic -- just ordered it today.

[billythec]

Learned a lot over 6 years. I just retired my "old" one (11 years) and got a rebate from the factory on a new one. That's not bad considering it lives in chlorine and I have no idea what the previous owner did with it.

1. Doesn't move: check the filter screen at the wall. For some reason this year it is clogging a lot with little fine junk (central NJ). Never happend it before. My pool guy says this is a problem in NJ recently.

2. Doesn't clean the pool properly: fiddle with the rear jet.

3. Ties in Knots: One ff three things. 1. Length and quality of the hose. 2. New floats in the recommended places work magic. they do lose their bouyancy along the way. DONT run it too long.. for me it's 3 hours.

4. My old pool service vendor took it apart every year and gave it a tune up. What a waste. The new place will tunie it up via mail for parts $ only.

5. I hate the reverser valve design because the little side jet drags along the concrete and wears out the bushing. However the new hose assembly and floats seem to be keeping it off of the pool walls.

6. Now i am working with the timing to allow it to park in the deep end so the kids don't have to move it :-)

Overall, I love it. It's a great device. I found the factory instructions online in PDF format at the polaris web site. Very helpful