Hello All,
Well I pulled the trigger an purchased a new Dolphin Nautilus Plus with CleverClean Item# 99996403-PC it was $669 delivered. I've had it for about a week and it's done about 4 cleanings. In a nut shell I'm satisfied. In-depth review follows.
Some history. I've done the hand vacuuming, gone through several Smartpool Nitro's, and one generic kreepy crauly. The hand vacuuming was a PIA, drag out the hose, vacuum, then clean out the big filter, repeat. Smartpool Nitro work well when they run, both units lasted about a season or so, pump motor leaked water into the housing, no more nitro. And the kreepy crauly is again a PIA just like hand vacuuming with the hoses and such.
I can say this guy moves quick. It moves much faster than the Smartpool Nitro, but the storage for what if sucks up is a much smaller volume, and the ports that suck up are also smaller.
Showing the bottom of the unit. There are two inlets on the bottom about an 5/8 inch by about 5 inches. They are off set one on the left and one on the right side on the bottom. One pump draws water through both of them and the water exits the top center of the cleaner.
The interior of A-frame structures are what catch the debris, so storage is limited compared to Smartpool Nitro. The unit came with two different sets of filters, one fine like a reemay fabric pleated filter, and one fine screen filter. There are 4 filters 2 per intake, they fit into an A-frame housing. The housings are interchangeable on each side (front/back).
So far I'm satisfied. I don't leave it in the pool for extended periods, but the powersupply allows it, you can set on the power supply once a day, every other day or every 3rd day.
Well I pulled the trigger an purchased a new Dolphin Nautilus Plus with CleverClean Item# 99996403-PC it was $669 delivered. I've had it for about a week and it's done about 4 cleanings. In a nut shell I'm satisfied. In-depth review follows.
Some history. I've done the hand vacuuming, gone through several Smartpool Nitro's, and one generic kreepy crauly. The hand vacuuming was a PIA, drag out the hose, vacuum, then clean out the big filter, repeat. Smartpool Nitro work well when they run, both units lasted about a season or so, pump motor leaked water into the housing, no more nitro. And the kreepy crauly is again a PIA just like hand vacuuming with the hoses and such.
I can say this guy moves quick. It moves much faster than the Smartpool Nitro, but the storage for what if sucks up is a much smaller volume, and the ports that suck up are also smaller.
Showing the bottom of the unit. There are two inlets on the bottom about an 5/8 inch by about 5 inches. They are off set one on the left and one on the right side on the bottom. One pump draws water through both of them and the water exits the top center of the cleaner.
The interior of A-frame structures are what catch the debris, so storage is limited compared to Smartpool Nitro. The unit came with two different sets of filters, one fine like a reemay fabric pleated filter, and one fine screen filter. There are 4 filters 2 per intake, they fit into an A-frame housing. The housings are interchangeable on each side (front/back).
So far I'm satisfied. I don't leave it in the pool for extended periods, but the powersupply allows it, you can set on the power supply once a day, every other day or every 3rd day.
