Recent content by hollywoodfrodo

Thanks for the replies. That does make sense about it not working to filter existing pool water. My 2nd option was to remove water and use it when refilling from the garden hose so I'll probably go that route. I did that last year without the RV Water Softener but would rather use one of those...

I'm wondering if anyone has tried this or what the thoughts might be. Our tap water has a moderate amount of calcium, but since I live in Sunny SoCal and we get only a little rain water in the year, but do get evaporation and refill, over time our Calcium level gets high. After the bit of rain...

I have the S300i - I just got mine last year after having the Hayward Navigator before which I was happy with as well. We don't have trees in our small backyard so only get leaves when we have a wind storm several times a year and dirt when it rains which is usually 5-10 days a year. Here are...

I have the S300i which I got because it has WiFi connection and came with the Caddy. I find the caddy to be very handy and I like the WiFi because I can connect to the control unit from anywhere to start up the robot or see where it is in the cleaning cycle. BUT the bluetooth works the same...

I was talking this over with my spouse and he pointed out, why don't we just let it drain out of the overfill hole - no pump needed. We have an overfill drain so we were thinking drop a water hose into the opposite end of the pool and let it run and just let the excess flow out of the overfill...

Our city water (Lakewood, CA) is fairly high in Calcium and living in SoCal where it's always sunny we deal with a fair amount of evaporation. We do use a cover for much of the summer, but by the end of pool season, our Calcium gets up to the higher ranges. In the last few years, we've gotten...

Since I live in sunny/dry SoCal, don't have much of an issue with Algae. However, we have a gazebo and dew collects on it every night then it drips down onto the deck/pavers. In a few spots that has caused some algae to start growing - just wondering what's the best way to kill that and get rid...

Just to keep everyone in the loop, finally talked to Maytronics. They ultimately said to send in the Robot to them to fix/replace. They sent me a prepaid shipping label since it is a brand new unit. Before shipping it out (tomorrow) I called Marina just to see what they thought. They were very...

Wow - did you get yours from Marina Pool and Spa? I sent them a message on Friday, but haven't heard back yet. Otherwise, Maytronics tried to call me today, but I have a job and can't be at their beckon call so next chance I get I'll probably can them and endure the 20 minutes hold with 60...

Maytronics Customer Service (very helpful, but I question their knowledge) said it was a faulty power unit. They sent me a new one - was supposed to arrive next day but didn't arrive for over a week. Finally did - it was different than the one in the box (had the extra buttons). It seems to...

Dead accurate! The lowest wires are cable so no biggie. The highest ones thankfully are electricity and are high enough to meet code over a pool. The "guy wires" in the planter - that's a whole story - those used to go into where the pool is now. We paid to have them moved before we started...

Like others have said I agree the more affordable, the better. Ours are lasting 2 years at most. I DO recommend a Pool Reel - that made the on/off process much better as well as storage when not in use. I bought the Vingli one off Amazon as it was not too expensive and well reviewed and have...

Yeah, ours is the same. You can change the "Sensor Calibration" in the SLConfig App or the ScreenLogic Desktop software. Just be aware it may get uncalibrated over time again. We set ours last year and it was good, but when we started swimming again a few weeks ago it was reading 89 Degrees...

So we planted this moderate sized plants when our pool was finished not quite 2 years ago in the planter that was integrated to go behind our waterwall feature: This is what they look like now: They are beautiful but the trunks of these things keep growing and are huge - I'm concerned about...