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We live in PA, near Lake Erie. We have an inground, vinyl liner, (replaced last year), inserted plastic? step unit at the side, pool. We installed the pool ourselves, (at the side of our house, which is located in the woods), about 20 years ago, and have had to replace the liner only twice during that time. We are still happy with our pool, but six children, (2 at home, 4 now married), and 13 grandchildren later, we would like a little less pool cleaning time, and additional farming and kayaking time!
Our youngest daughter, (24) and our youngest son, (22), asked Santa for a robot cleaner for our pool this year. Santa agreed but wanted to wait until spring to purchase one.
It is now spring.
I have been trying to do my research and this is what I have come up with so far:
People like all different brands for all different reasons. (Kind of like Chevys and Fords....We go a different route and drive Jeeps! )
Many have posted that they like the Doheny Discovery. I read that it used to be $649. It is now $719. (and they say it will also have a handling charge of $10.) Perhaps waiting until about June might bring down the price! The Discovery seems to have a better collection unit which utilizes a basket instead of a bottom attached net, (which people say is a real pain.) But it seems to only have a cleaning time of 2 hours, which several people do not think is long enough, and no swiveling chord.
I have a flip phone and a blue-tooth set up isn't high up on our list.
Some people like the Dolphin S300, M400, M500, or Z5. Dolphin is said to clean very well, but have bottom attached bags.
Some units have swivels for the cord and some do not. Some people are saying that swivels really don't matter that much.
Our local pool dealer has some cleaners for sale at much higher prices than online, along with posted signs that say that all warranties are void if purchased from on-line dealers.
Some warranties are for 3 years, and some may be for 5 years.
A robot which has a top debris catching unit are able to have a middle brush on the bottom which helps with cleaning and possibly maneuvering around and over the bottom main drain.
A caddy seems to be a needed accessory, but is it only for pushing around the cleaner, or is there also another reason? Is the cleaner that heavy?
How am I doing so far?
I would truly appreciate any updated advise on robot cleaners. There are good threads on this forum about them. It seems that a few are ones just purchased last year, (and before), and I would like to know if those people would buy the same model again and why, or why not, and if not, what would they now buy. Are the older versions still the better ones, and why? And if to purchase one online or from a distributor.
I would like to thank everyone for their answers and I am sorry if it seems that I am beating a dead horse.
We live in PA, near Lake Erie. We have an inground, vinyl liner, (replaced last year), inserted plastic? step unit at the side, pool. We installed the pool ourselves, (at the side of our house, which is located in the woods), about 20 years ago, and have had to replace the liner only twice during that time. We are still happy with our pool, but six children, (2 at home, 4 now married), and 13 grandchildren later, we would like a little less pool cleaning time, and additional farming and kayaking time!
Our youngest daughter, (24) and our youngest son, (22), asked Santa for a robot cleaner for our pool this year. Santa agreed but wanted to wait until spring to purchase one.
It is now spring.
I have been trying to do my research and this is what I have come up with so far:
People like all different brands for all different reasons. (Kind of like Chevys and Fords....We go a different route and drive Jeeps!
)Many have posted that they like the Doheny Discovery. I read that it used to be $649. It is now $719. (and they say it will also have a handling charge of $10.) Perhaps waiting until about June might bring down the price! The Discovery seems to have a better collection unit which utilizes a basket instead of a bottom attached net, (which people say is a real pain.) But it seems to only have a cleaning time of 2 hours, which several people do not think is long enough, and no swiveling chord.
I have a flip phone and a blue-tooth set up isn't high up on our list.
Some people like the Dolphin S300, M400, M500, or Z5. Dolphin is said to clean very well, but have bottom attached bags.
Some units have swivels for the cord and some do not. Some people are saying that swivels really don't matter that much.
Our local pool dealer has some cleaners for sale at much higher prices than online, along with posted signs that say that all warranties are void if purchased from on-line dealers.
Some warranties are for 3 years, and some may be for 5 years.
A robot which has a top debris catching unit are able to have a middle brush on the bottom which helps with cleaning and possibly maneuvering around and over the bottom main drain.
A caddy seems to be a needed accessory, but is it only for pushing around the cleaner, or is there also another reason? Is the cleaner that heavy?
How am I doing so far?
I would truly appreciate any updated advise on robot cleaners. There are good threads on this forum about them. It seems that a few are ones just purchased last year, (and before), and I would like to know if those people would buy the same model again and why, or why not, and if not, what would they now buy. Are the older versions still the better ones, and why? And if to purchase one online or from a distributor.
I would like to thank everyone for their answers and I am sorry if it seems that I am beating a dead horse.
