Recent content by sailorfred

Thanks for all the great replies. My friend is a Costco member, so I'm going to try out a Kleen-Machine for $449. If I'm not happy with it, Costco will take it back, no questions. In that case, I'll spring for the Polaris replacement motor, unless people tell me that the Kleen-Machine is an...

They seem to be the same price. The Aquabot website only refers to the Aquajet from one page. There are dealers that sell each of these. I assume one is a newer version/rebranding of the other, but I don't know which is more up to date, or whether they are essentially the same.

My Polaris 280's booster pump has started making a noise like a cat in a blender, so I've turned it off while considering my options. The pool guy can replace the pump for $300 plus $140 labor. Or, I can buy something like an Aquabot Turbo T-Jet for about $600, and sell the 280. I believe the...

Thanks guys, the filter is a STA-RITE PLM150. Replacing the Polaris 280 booster pump would be ~$300 with $140 labor for my pool guy to do the job. I'm thinking I could buy an Aquabot T-Jet for about $600, and sell the Polaris, for a total expenditure less than $100 under the cost of repairing...

Thanks for the input! My pool is pretty irregular, you can see it here: It's about 35' by 20', with a 9' deep end. My rough estimate is 20,000 gallons. I'll check tonight to see what the filter size is. The canister is about 2' high by 18" in diameter. The pool guy was indicating that a...

After about a year in my new (to me) house, my booster pump motor bearings are giving out. The booster pump drives a Polaris 280. My electricity costs are quite high for the pool; about $200/month, and I'd like to bring them down. I've got a 2 HP filter pump, which the pool guy says is going...