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What are Marina's prices like? Can they get me one of the many Maytronics-made Pentair Warrior SE equivalents for less than $649? An aside: If Maytronics took all the effort they've put into making umpteen colors and nameplates of essentially the same robots, and put that into developing a...

We have a dead Pentair Warrior SE. A big disappointment that worked fairly well for just over 2 years, the warranty period, then died the usual way. Should I buy another Maytronics robot or will it just die in another couple years? The guys at Leslie's where we went to look at them say...

Kind of interesting that a 3 year warranty on that motor is offered for $18.99...

Hmm, that may explain the enthusiasm in 2020. I wonder if they changed the self test routine. I feel mine would still work if it would just keep going past the test. All three motors spin, tracks move, impeller pumps, diverter goes back and forth.

Yeah, in 2020 everybody liked Marina and the Warrior and similar Dolphin model. I guess that's because they hadn't dealt with the longevity issues yet. Looking at Aiper and Aquabot, what models are good? We have a roughly 36 x 14 odd shaped pool, concrete bottom with fiberglass sides. I liked...

Our Pentair Warrior SE, purchased from Marina in May 2020, died with what appears to be the usual problem: The motor self test fails after starting up and moving a few feet. I followed some suggestions from this forum and checked the impeller and impeller motor shaft, they are clean. I contacted...

I think we lose an inch or so every day it doesn't rain. We have a Pool Sentry garden hose style autofiller.

hg901, that would also look pretty cool when operating. Rather than a timer, though, I'd run the valve from a float switch in the pool. Could pretty easily adapt a switch from a basement watchdog 12v sump pump.

For anybody who's interested, Lasco shows all of these products at LASCO Fittings Products: Pool and Spa Sweep Elbow They go up to 4" which would be some pretty serious pool pumping action.

How does the automation mode work? Does the robot just start running when A/C power is applied at the plug? Thanks!

I ordered the Pentair Warrior SE from Marina today. Called and left a message. Seth returned my call about 3 hours later. He confirmed that the Warrior SE is $699 with free shipping and no tax outside of CO, and that it's essentially the same as the two similar models priced at $719. I asked...

Well, with your rebate it would be just about free!

Is it EnergyStar rated? If so that would be a great deal with the $275 electric company rebate we have.

What would be the cost for a vinyl liner?

Wow, did you complete all the work in one day?

Well, they aren't in that good shape. But repainting the bottom seemed like a fairly reasonable way to get it looking a little better. Altho now I'm getting discouraged.

Yeah, I could believe that about the hypalon style coatings. What about epoxies, though?

Not particularly keen on Hayward, just noticed them in one of the zillion Doheny catalogs I've gotten in the mail. There's also a Doheny's brand VS at a really cheap price (1.5hp $419, 3hp $547). Only has 3 speeds, though, and I'd wonder who makes it. What's the difference between Pentair...

You'll still need to do #2. Just don't do #2 in the pool ;)

I've seen a lot of recommendations here on the Dolphin S200/Pentair Warrior Se/Dolphin Active 20 that sells for around $700. Not so many for the Aquabots. Is there a disadvantage to Aquabot? Also, I've seen where some people found the Dolphin Active 20 at pool stores for $629 - rebate. Anybody...

Yeah, we looked at plastering and it was gonna be more money than we want to spend. Also, there seemed to be some issues with how to handle the transition between the bottom and the fiberglass walls when adding a layer of plaster. Ours is a little unusual in having a right-angle ledge at the...

Browsing through Doheny's catalog, I see Hayward Super Pump VS, MaxFlo VS and TriStar VS. The Super Pump and MaxFlo are similar in price, around $900 for a 1.65 hp. The TriStar is $1100 for a 1.85 hp. Can you give me some info on the differences? I'm looking at replacing an old StaRite 1.5 hp...

Hi, all, I'm thinking about painting the bottom of our hybrid concrete/fiberglass pool this spring. It's currently painted white and hasn't been painted in about 10 years. It doesn't look really terrible yet. There are some worn areas where grey concrete is beginning to be visible plus a few...

CC = 0 or .5, FC around 28, water is still a bit turquoise/grey 3 or 4 days after opening but is making good progress. It was the usual brownish green worm cocktail when we pulled the cover off. No dead mammals, reptiles or amphibians this year - just one live toad. CYA-eating bacteria that live...

Last summer I had 50 or so PPM of CYA. Drained about 1/4 of the water out for winter. Now I have 0. Same thing happened last two springs. Where does it go? Do the cold and freezing degrade it somehow?

Our worms seem to wind up in the drain over winter and then in the pump basket. Stinky, too.

Looks like approx 800 KWH/month to run our pool pump! This month's electric bill happened to start just the time we opened up the pool. Makes sense, as it's a 1.5 HP pump running for about 16 hr/day. So, is it time to think about a variable speed pump? Here's the dope on our setup: 25000 gal...

True in many cases but our water comes from our well. Hope it doesn't have chlorine in it, that'd mean the pool's leaking into the well.

Still had milky whiteness Thursday, when a friend of Mrs. told her to try Pool First Aid. So she went back to the pool store and picked some up. Apparently it's an enzyme product that digests stuff, maybe has a clarifier too. Dumped in recommended amount (50 oz) and by Sunday water was as clear...

Came back from an 8 day vacay to find our pool looking like the proverbial Jolly Rancher. I had put 4 3" HTH pucks in the only-used-when-away inline chlorinator, so not sure why things got so far out of hand. Pool had been good until we left. Anyhoo, I pool calculatored 15ppm chlorine as shock...