- Apr 23, 2017
- 2,400
- Pool Size
- 22000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
OK - I'm a new owner of the Doheny Discover. I've used it twice so far but noted that only 2 buttons on the controller works (on/off and the 1/2/3 cycles). Is that right? It seems to do an OK job moving around the pool, no issues with the cord.
I bought a caddy from Doheny, but it doesn't seem to fit the power pack correctly and I cannot push back the robot all the way otherwise the wheels on the caddy rub against the tracks on the robot. Not happy with the caddy, but it probably was the wrong one.
First cleaning with the 30i last night. I am a bit dissapointed in it and wish I would have spent more time researching. Apparrantly it does NOT do stairs or tanning ledges. I couldn't even get it up on the tanning ledge using my cell phone. Not much I can do now I guess.
Tanning ledges/stairs are not a strong suit for any cleaner. They are often irregular and when you look at the configuration of a lot of stairs then it's obvious a robot won't be effective. I find it a very small tradeoff in light of the overall effectiveness of these cleaners. What I and most others do is to give these a quick brush to clear them of dirt before starting the robot. Adds less than 2 minutes to the overall cleaning process.
I understand. Just disappointed because my expectations were pretty high. I also had to go out and drive it around manually after it was done because it didn't get everything. All while the wife is standing behind me squawking about how I said this thing would be the end all be all.
I understand. Just disappointed because my expectations were pretty high. I also had to go out and drive it around manually after it was done because it didn't get everything. All while the wife is standing behind me squawking about how I said this thing would be the end all be all.
Stop driving it around. Just hit a second cycle. This is a tool to simplify your life and free up your time. Let it do its thing and if there's a spot or two that it missed, let it run again.
Stop driving it around. Just hit a second cycle. This is a tool to simplify your life and free up your time. Let it do its thing and if there's a spot or two that it missed, let it run again. You should tell your wife that after three seasons of use my wife still loves ours ad would buy another in a second if ours failed. We previously used an older Dolphin with a collection bag that was such a pain to clean that we often manually vacuumed.
^^^ This x2! Best advice so far. You are thinking wayyyy too much into it. If there are still a few spots it missed after the first cleaning cycle (which happens), simply walk over to the power supply and press the start button again and let it run a 2nd cycle and be done with it. Driving it around is going eventually drive you crazy lol.