Doheny's Discovery, S200, Active20, Triton owners club

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Captain 776 said:
I store mine upside down so it is not flattening the rubbers on the bottom for the suction
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Maybe that's my problem, it's it's in my pool pretty regular just sitting when it is not moving so it's always right side up.


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Re: Doheny's Discovery, S200, Active20, Triton owners club

Well, dang. I just cleaned out Gilligan after a week plus with temps in the teens and 20s and I forgot to check for damage on the bottom. Mine stays in the pool during non-swim season and stays out of the pool during swim season. But, still gets stored right side up. I need to have a look and see about those rubber flappers.

Polar bear club people are seriously crazy! I don't know what my water temp is, must be in the 30s, but there is absolutely no way I would ever jump in that! It was like instant frostbite just emptying the skimmer baskets! :shock:
 
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Ok, finally remembered to turn Gilligan over to check the mudflaps. They are all present and still well attached. A couple of them look a bit scraped up.
 
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dgknight3 said:
Pooldv, I heard that on the frostbite just emptying the skimmers. My bro in law mentioned a scuba divers glove, I'm planning to look into that.
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My husband uses a silicone Rachel Ray brand mitt-type pot holder. It's fairly long and works well. I've used it several times as well.

Looking at Walle-E's underside, there are several of the little black flaps that are getting pretty chewed up and will probably come off by summer...
 
Re: Doheny's Discovery, S200, Active20, Triton owners club

First, thanks for the great reviews, this is a great post/thread and it has sold me on purchasing a robot for my cleaning. I'm a bit confused because of the current price tags on their website. Most replies here say they got the Discovery model for $650 but the site says $799.

The "New, Improved Doheny's Saturn Powered by Dolphin" (Item # 4147) for $650 has 1 year warranty.

The other (Item # 4217) says "Doheny's Discover Powered by Dolphin" but has a small orange banner that says "New" and it run $800 with a 2 year warranty. I assume that the OP purchased this one and this is also the one I'm interested in due to the extra brush and 10' of electrical cord.

I see that the cheaper one (#4147) has only 1 brush and 10' less electrical cord. Don't see much difference other than these two items.

I have a 20K gallon plaster, which one do you recommend? If you recommend the Discovery, do you recommend I wait for a better deal? I figure this time of year should be the bargain time but seeing the $800 price tag compared to the $650 posts is confusing me a bit.
 
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Yes, the Discovery is what we all purchased. I'm sorry the cleaner looks like it's no longer on sale, but you can get $10 off by filling out the email info. They will send you a coupon/discount code. It really is a great robot.
 
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Nursenini said:
Yes, the Discovery is what we all purchased. I'm sorry the cleaner looks like it's no longer on sale, but you can get $10 off by filling out the email info. They will send you a coupon/discount code. It really is a great robot.
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Thank you, Nursenini! I'll be ordering one around March or April. With any luck, it will go on sale by then. Still worth it as I spend 20 to 30 hours a month pushing dirt around with the pole and vacuum.
 
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myngos211 said:
Thank you, Nursenini! I'll be ordering one around March or April. With any luck, it will go on sale by then. Still worth it as I spend 20 to 30 hours a month pushing dirt around with the pole and vacuum.
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Someone posted on another thread yesterday that they called Doheny and asked for $650 price and they gave them it for $650.
 

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Re: Doheny's Discovery, S200, Active20, Triton owners club

Another option is the dolphin Cayman: http://Caymanrobotic.com. Looks to be the same as the Doheny Discovery, but has SmartNav 2.0. I think it's the 2016 version that Dolphin has slated for online sales. It only has a 1 year warranty, but after rebates is $672. Available from:
http://Poolexpress.com
http://Poolbots.com
Amazon also sells it (I believe the one on Amazon is thru Poolexpress).
 
Re: Doheny's Discovery, S200, Active20, Triton owners club

Yes, that does look to be the same cleaner. Crazy how cleaners are private labeled and branded so much.
 
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it appears that the Caymen has a single brush and no track guards so I think it is one unit below the Discovery (ie. the Saturn or S50).
 
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Waiting for the spring price drop myself.
 

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