Recent content by b6283

Sorry for the delay. Made it through the 4th season, but lost a wheel belt in it's last week. All rubber is degrading to the point of uselessness. I consider it dead. Not surprising since I leave it in the water the entire season. Now shopping for a replacement and will stick with Smartpool.

Wow - made it through a third season! I treated it very poorly, left it in the pool for the full season (and you can tell by the color fade). Bag frame broke, but with careful handling, I was able to use it fine. Rubber is starting to degrade (again, due to my leaving it in the chlorinated...

Lasted the entire second season without any problems. Yea! Also, I was not nearly as diligent this year about cleaning and washing it. I left it sitting in the pool for weeks at a time. Cleaned it thoroughly this week and put it away. Bag is starting to show wear issues; will probably need...

Season 2 with the Smartpool 9i. It has been up and running fine for a week now. Whew! As long as it works, I'm very happy with the performance.

Just over 2 weeks; I think 16 days. No problem, but it would have been nice to have been able to track progress.

Rebate check came yesterday; after several phone calls. After I actually reached a person, they were terrific, pleasant and quick. Cleaner did fine the rest of the season. Now it is put up until next summer.

Sept 27th Update SmartPool had me send the cleaner back to them (cost me $32). They returned it to me yesterday. No new parts visible and no explanation of what was repaired. Working fine now. Still no rebate check after nearly 3 months. I'll call on that next week.

Sept 7th Update Clearer ceased working properly this week. Moves back and forth about 5' for a couple of minutes and then stops working. Haven't even received my rebate yet. Will call SmartPool on Monday and see how they handle this.

Aug 5 Update Still working very well.

July 3 Update Everything still fine. Only using it every 5 days or so because the pool is so clean and am taking it out and rinsing when not in use (I've never been so diligent about a cleaner). Sometimes the filter bag slips and instead of catching debris, it just recirculates it. Might...

Thanks for the comments, Chris. Your advice is spot on, but... I went ahead and purchased the Smartpool 9i. They're offering a $100 rebate which brought my cost into the upper $500 range. Visa gives an extra year on the warranty. Anyway, I thought I'd give a running report on the unit and...

Hi. I live in central Virginia. We have a very large (55,000 gallon) "L" shape vinyl pool. The pool is 25 years old, but the filter is 10 years old, the pump I replaced last year and we just replaced the vinyl this year. Stupid design - there are two skimmers and no main drain. Despite...

Trying to do research on replacing my Blue Pearl cleaner (which died after 2-1/2 pool seasons). I like the SmartPool line, and love their prices, but I have read too many bad reviews on Amazon. Did a BBB search and they have a lot of warranty/product complaints. They've changed their model...