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    Recommend a slide for our pool, please

    Any time, have a great holiday weekend!
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    Recommend a slide for our pool, please

    I haven't tried it myself, but any spiral slide is going to have a slower exit than a straight-shot slide of the same height, just due to the more complex geometry and friction. Still, the G-Force has been pretty popular among our customers' kids. The S.R. Smith "heliX" is the competitor to...
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    PoolSupplyWorld

    Sorry you ran into any trouble, Alan, but I'm glad we made it right for you! Cheers!
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    New Kreepy Krauly Kruiser or Baracuda G3

    Some folks swear by the MX8, but in general, the G3 is better reviewed, and you're right about parts--for the most part, it's a replacement diaphragm from time to time. The MX8 is a little better at larger debris (leaves, etc.), which can get stuck in the G3 diaphragm, and I have one friend who...
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    Polaris booster pump

    Just out of curiosity, is it the standard PB4-60, or the "ultra quiet" PB4-60Q? The Q has had a few negative reviews, but the standard seems pretty universally loved, so if yours is a Q, you might be better off with the standard one.
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    Pool Twister for Suction Cleaners

    Cool, glad it worked out for you! Thanks for letting us know how it went!
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    Pool Twister for Suction Cleaners

    Some folks like them, but the first step is to make sure that your hoses aren't developing memory, which will cause your cleaner to track unevenly. If you lay the hose sections out, are they still straight, or are they starting to bow? If they are, stretching the hose out to its full length...
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    May move to Robotic cleaner from Polaris

    The middle video is about as much as we saw it do, locking one wheel and driving the other. It looked pretty chaotic in our pool, as you can see, but I think that's just because it's just a 12' AG, which wasn't the cleaner's natural habitat.
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    May move to Robotic cleaner from Polaris

    Ok, so we have two cell phone shots from Blake and myself, and our videographer was kind enough to toss together a rough demo using the actual underwater camera, just for the sake of this thread. [youtube:3d9ukeaz]vYxCpf8MZCU[/youtube:3d9ukeaz] [youtube:3d9ukeaz]evuhyyjHCb0[/youtube:3d9ukeaz]...
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    May move to Robotic cleaner from Polaris

    Good question! I'll have Blake find out, and schedule getting another video shot for it, as we just got our hands on them.
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    outdoor bbq gazebos

    I've been looking at similar structures for my bbq and electric smoker, but the trouble has been that they don't provide a ton of coverage in the weather I'm most worried about--storms. If you get much wind with your rain, you have to be pretty careful setting up to keep the gear from getting...
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    Installing 24' AGP

    Everything going well? I can PM you a coupon for chemicals and accessories if you share photos! ;)
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    May move to Robotic cleaner from Polaris

    We've been testing the 9400 for a week or so, and it does seem more agile than the 9300. It's the successor to the 9300, not the 9300xi, so if you're in the situation RobbieH is describing, and need a remote, the xi is still the only Polaris in the family with one.
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    I could use your help!

    Nice, I'm with X-PertPool on this one.
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    Blakej says hello! :)

    I think you'll find TFP is an excellent resource. Lots of folks with a ton of experience in here, so I certainly end up spending a lot more time reading than posting.