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Answers to above: 1. Yes, the rear wheel does touch the ground (and sides) when the Polaris is going around the edges of the pool. Once the Polaris gets all three wheels on the ground, they stay there till it encounters an obstacle. 2. I have opened up the Polaris multiple times. When I got it...

I have tried variations of the bucket test with the consensus being that the loss is from evaporation. I have found it hard to believe myself. One problem is that the longest period I can check is about 3 days, after that I risk getting my skimmers high and dry. In addition to bucket testing: I...

This pool is kidney shaped with the stairs at the smallest end. The vast majority of the time it is at the base of the walls but occasionally it will go up the sides a foot or so. I have adjusted the head float and have not seen any significant difference. The Polaris does seem to want to go...

I have purchased an older home in south Texas and it came with an older pool. The former owner had died and I purchased the home from the estate so I have no access to historical information on the pool. The in-the-ground pool is about 12,000 gallons in volume. This pool does not have a...

I have checked the head float and it does not have water in it. Since I am trying to reduce the tendency of the Polaris to float (suck down to the bottom better) I have even tried removing the head float. When I do that it tips over on it's side. I have about decided to aim my pool jets to the...

I have purchased an older home that came complete with an older in-the-ground pool. I have no historical information on the pool so I am starting from scratch. I was also gifted with a Polaris 280 pool robot. After I cleaned all the gunk out of the pool and out of the robot (two inches of...