Hi, I live in South Alabama and purchased Dolphin Active 40 when my Polaris stopped working. Is everyone happy with their Dolphin?
Dolphin VS Polaris
- Thread starter unhappy
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,672
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Welcome to the forum!
My Active 20 is in its 8th year of cleaning our pool. Still works like new.
I suggest you read through Pool Care Basics - Trouble Free Pool and even look at a few of our videos TFP-TV - Trouble Free Pool
My Active 20 is in its 8th year of cleaning our pool. Still works like new.
I suggest you read through Pool Care Basics - Trouble Free Pool and even look at a few of our videos TFP-TV - Trouble Free Pool
- May 23, 2015
- 25,693
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Expect 3-5 years of service life out of them. If you’re careful about taking them out of the pool when not needed and storing them away for the winter, you can get longer life out of them. Robots are not designed to be repairable and so it makes more sense to simply toss them when the motor assembly goes bad (which is the most expensive part) and buy new. So that means you have to be willing to pay the cost of brand new every 3-5 years. Some people are ok with that as the cost of doing business with a pool, others prefer not to. Up to you …
8 years is an incredible record! No wonder you remain corded! What are your costs to maintain to date?
- May 3, 2014
- 62,672
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I bought a used cable, runners, and filters from a member that had theirs fail. Minimal cost.
I'd like to blame living in the post covid shortages world but in fairness, every 5 to 10 years i have wished that *anything* was still made like it used to be. I thought that the early 2000s *anything* was garbage and now I long to be able to buy something of that high quality in comparison.
Its easy to bash on pool robots these days but I just needed a coffee maker and all the various models were being trashed just the same. The old one lasted 3 years and I'd be thrilled if this one did too.
Best wishes that in 8+ years you race out to buy another one because this one did so well.
Its easy to bash on pool robots these days but I just needed a coffee maker and all the various models were being trashed just the same. The old one lasted 3 years and I'd be thrilled if this one did too.
Best wishes that in 8+ years you race out to buy another one because this one did so well.
