I got my s300i today! I am in love with this thing!
Maytronics replaced my Z5 with this unit and it is night and day for me. I was never crazy about my Z it was like a tank and rough on my liner.
This unit is so much more refined, the tracks are soft rubber and doesn't have those hard plastic plates that stick out. That is what damaged my liner. I don't foresee this happening anymore.
The waterline feature is much nicer. It does a whole long path at once and goes much higher up on the water line than the Z. I adjusted the handles and floaters every which way on the Z and it never helped.
I wanted less suction and this has it and doesn't disappoint.
It moves slower in the pool so it is not banging on the sides so hard.
I have steep curves in my deep end the the Z struggled in the corners. This one has handled them like a pro.
I really like the thiner power cord. I haven't seen the cord even try to tangle yet.
I haven't played with the Bluetooth yet.
It is a smaller unit so it is much lighter. I really like that, the Z was a beast and full of water I had a hard time getting it out of the water.
The basket is really nice. I wasn't crazy about cleaning the cartridges.
I have let my pool go for over two weeks. I lost my Z in June and have had to manually clean the pool and am just over it. So my pool was getting pretty dirty and after just an hour I can tell we are going to be best friends.
Plus, it is so cool to see it doing wheelies in the pool for turning
Maytronics really hit it out of the park with this one!