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I used to have an S300 / Active 30 and it couldn't climb over the bottom vent cover; it would just sit there stuck. Is the S200 newer/more capable?

My M500 seems to have burned out; everything is clean as a whistle and I can turn the treads and impeller by hand, but the motor won't budge in auto or manual mode. We recently had our patio redone and a week of cleaning out sand, cement, and grout remnants seems to have killed it. Since there...

My wife prefers Magical Dream Wish... I guess it can be MDW for short[emoji106] ?

"Magical Dream Wish"? Or maybe "Pool Robot"?

So to follow up I got my m500 today and it definitely clears the drains, and is overall faster and more maneuverable too. Only thing is the two baskets are smaller than the a30s one, and it doesn't have is the weekly scheduling thing but I opted for the old non Bluetooth m500 so maybe that's...

M500 came today and I set it up. First thing I did was go into manual mode and drive over the drain cover; made it with no problems. The Active 30 could not do that. As a bonus, it turns normally as well, whereas the Active 30 tries and often fails to turn using water jets.

That sounds very promising... probably will order it today.

Thank you. I have looked several ramps as well as attachments that keep the robot from going onto it in the first place, but none are compatible with the SDX due to its large diameter and design. Not thrilled about draining the pool and replacing them (if I can find ones with the same bolt...

I have unfortunately discovered that the Active 30i does not, but have heard that the M500 is better at surmounting obstacles. Does anyone who uses Paramount SDX pool drain know if the M500 can clear it?

Yeah, after trying to unscrew my existing cover and failing underwater I think I've concluded that I'm too lazy to drain the pool but not too lazy to return my pool robot and try another.

Maybe 1 in 3 times it can get off on its own, but it never completes a full cleaning cycle because it eventually ends up back there. These covers are like 10" wide and stuck up maybe 3/4" (guess)

My covers the a30i gets stuck on are paramount sdx, they look like this:

My brand new a30i seems to make a beeline to the drain where it immediately gets stuck. I'm going to try to replace it with the m500 which I understand has an extra brush underneath to keep it from bottoming out.

Just got a Dolphin A30i (s300i) to replace my Pentair Rebel. The dolphin was $900 and gets stuck on the drain (and also stops for no reason sometimes), the Rebel is $500 and gets stuck on the steps (used to get stuck on the drain also until I bought special tires). Both really annoy me. I...

Any updates on this?? My Maytronics Active30i (same as s300i) gets stuck on my drain cover, which appears to be a Paramount SDX. It gets stuck even without the pump running; the cover is simply too high. It's about 10" wide so not compatible with this Zodiac product that only works with 8"...