Hi all,
I got a Dolphin T45, which is one of the fancier Dolphins. I was expecting better cleaning ability from it. Not sure if there is something wrong or my expectations were too high.
I have a fiberglass pool. I leave the robot in for a full cycle (with visible dirt in the bottom). It certainly does clean up 80% of it, but it often passes over a large amount of dirt and leaves a good part of the dirt behind. Like you can see the track marks of where the tracks drove and there is still a lot of dirt around. I'm not expecting absolute perfection but you'd think it would pick up the dirt it drives directly over. I have never had another robot so am not sure if this is just a weak machine, a defective machine or my expectations are too high?
It also does a weak job of picking up dirt along the sides of the pool. Where the bottom meets a side, there is a radius bend in the pool. Dirt seems to gather there and the robot does not pick up much of it, even if it goes straight up the wall and back down.
I clean the robot after every use and empty the basket, hose off the filters every time.
Would like some opinions!
Jeff
I got a Dolphin T45, which is one of the fancier Dolphins. I was expecting better cleaning ability from it. Not sure if there is something wrong or my expectations were too high.
I have a fiberglass pool. I leave the robot in for a full cycle (with visible dirt in the bottom). It certainly does clean up 80% of it, but it often passes over a large amount of dirt and leaves a good part of the dirt behind. Like you can see the track marks of where the tracks drove and there is still a lot of dirt around. I'm not expecting absolute perfection but you'd think it would pick up the dirt it drives directly over. I have never had another robot so am not sure if this is just a weak machine, a defective machine or my expectations are too high?
It also does a weak job of picking up dirt along the sides of the pool. Where the bottom meets a side, there is a radius bend in the pool. Dirt seems to gather there and the robot does not pick up much of it, even if it goes straight up the wall and back down.
I clean the robot after every use and empty the basket, hose off the filters every time.
Would like some opinions!
Jeff