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My S200 recently died. It looks like the suction motor carbon brushes are worn out. I ordered some brushes on eBay that I can modify to fit and hopefully get it working again. In the mean time I purchased an Aiper Seagull 1500 on an Amazon deal. The Aiper vacuums the entire pool no problem but...

Hello, my pool is about forty years old. It's a 35,000 gallon vinyl liner and my family would like it heated. We've gone over the virtues of using the pool cover especially if we are going to be heating the pool. After getting the pool system upgraded the PVC will be painted and a vented cover...

My S200 is three years old and has spent most of that time in the pool. I’ve been having an issue with it not climbing the walls well and the cord twisting up. The climbing issue may be due to the problem with the swivel getting stuck. I took the swivel apart, cleaned it out, and lubed the...

I’m curious to see how your retaining wall build works out as I have some of the same work to be done in my backyard in SoCal.

We’re probably going to be redoing our vinyl pool next year. How do they do the tanning shelf so it’s not slick? The bottom of our vinyl pool would be kind of dangerous to stand on in shallow water.

That looks awesome! No idea on the slide though.

A friend of mine in Orange County finished a pool in the last few years with a rock water slide. I know when I bought our house the first question from the insurer was “do you have a diving board or water slide?”. If we did they weren’t going to carry our coverage.

Thank you for that info. I guessed at the CYA since at 30 I could see the dot but at 40 I definitely could not. I'll read up on the CSI.

Here we are a year later. The pool was using an abnormal amount of bleach and of course I was being lazy about my testing. After a full test it turns out the dilution due to rain and evaporation brought my CYA down to below 20. After adding 3.5 pounds of stabilizer here's where I'm at. 3...

My S200 has no problem with my floating solar cover. I was concerned it would mess with the laser somehow but the robot seems to do just fine under the cover. It seems to be more thorough without the cover on but that's probably due to drag on the cord as it drives around. When it gets to the...

S200 works great in my 45x20 pool. The S300 includes the caddy so if you have to go a long way from the storage shed to the pool it might be a good idea. Other than the caddy the S200 & s300 are identical.

If I was eligible for a rebate on my S200 purchase from Marina should I have received a code from them or a mail in form?

My S200 was "launched" in the pool for the first time today. I'm impressed by the speed and the cleaning ability. The hardware seems pretty robust as well. So far I love it and the kids think the robot is the coolest. Emptying the filter basket for the first time was eye opening, I didn't...