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Under the lid I see that my skimmer is a Hayward SP 1070 B, but the dimensions of the skimmer weir don’t match what’s expected for that model. the pool was built in the early 70’s. The closest I’ve found is someone asking “Inyo” advice on the same weir, (post attached), but no resolution was...

I recently had problems with a new Triton and sent it back for a Nautilus. This is a copy/paste from that thread. Maybe it can help someone in the robot market right now. Alright, this was the right way to go. It’s better than the Power Stream Triton in every way except for sticking to the...

I gave up on my skimmers and bought a Refurb Solar Breeze NX. It’s made a huge difference in my pool. It’s not perfect, but definitely worth the price. I don’t like that I have to keep the pool level in such tight control, or that I can’t get it to swim straight. It swims in 10’ diameter right...

Alright, this was the right way to go. It’s better than the Power Stream Triton in every way except for sticking to the walls. The tritons strengths were:1) the outboard tracks don’t have an outer support shield. When it reaches a wall, it squares up and goes up. 2) the rear facing jet really...

My videos show it climb against the vertical face of the second step, lean back, lose contact with surface, and littlerally swim in an upright position. Sometimes it would come in contact when th step again, but timeout and shut down. I lost $50 shipping it back for a refund. In hindsite, I wish...

Just placed an order for a Dolphin Nautilus Plus CC. Review will follow as soon as I see how it handles my steps.

Bombardier- Question, through this process, Maytronics suggested I might want a heavier machine and suggested M-400. When I looked into it I noticed that the new Triton is roughly 20 lbs, while the old one is 47lbs. Being a technician, where do you see that they could cut 27 lbs from a machine...

Thanks for the input, Bombardier. That’s the kind of info I’m looking for. After exhaustive research, it seems they’re all being built a bit more cheaply less reliably. A lot of lemons from each manufacturer.

Tried shortening the power cord to keep it from touching the steps and that worked,unfortunately it looked like a potential cord break in the future. I’m sending the Triton back while I evaluate the next 3 choices. Aquabot breeze IQ, Hayward TigerShark, and Dolphin Nautilus Plus. Breeze-I like...

It wouldn’t climb the step backwards, but it would go vertical on walls while backwards. I agree that the shutdown process is due to its inability to back away from the step once it’s already on top, but I believe the tall front tread bots are what I need to avoid. I’m just now noticing that...

It’s the new Dolphin Triton with PowerStream. It doesn’t come with a swivel b/c Maytronics believes it’s programming can prevent tangled. Watching it for a while, it appears to make equal number of “wheelie” turns in either direction. In theory that could work, but one turn attempt may produce...

Poolpartz has sent in a request for RMA and replacement for a new unit after watching videos of it failing. They say it shouldn’t be able to climb the steps in the first place, but it does. 20-30 minutes has been the longest runtime before freaking out on the steps. They suggest I go for a...

The problem is that my steps run the entire length of my 20’ short side. I wish it would ignore the steps altogether, but it finds them too easy to climb, fails to go anywhere, then stops. Ive sent some short video clips in to the seller. He claims Maytronics would be interested to see what’s...

Just opened the box this evening. I’m not impressed with its scrubbing, although I thought that would be its strong suit, but I’ll live with that. I’ll even be willing to live with the cord tangling,( I wish there were a swivel). The killer is that it can’t deal with my steps. It failed and...